"She woke up then?" Effy gulps nervously as Ayla, Freddie, Panda and Emily stare at her blankly. Freddie furrows his brows and pushes past her. "Fred, listen, she...pulled my hair." Effy pleads pathetically, her eyes red from what looked like hours of crying.
"So what?!" Freddie bites back. "She pulled your hair so you smashed her head open?".
"It was an accident! I was tripping! She choked me, I couldn't breathe!" Effy blurts out. Freddie's eyes squint with anger. Ayla walks up to Effy slowly and leans in close to her. She had been up all night waiting by the phone for a call from Katie or the police or someone and you could tell by the way she looked.
"I can't see any bruises," Ayla says snidely, raising her voice. "I can't see nine fucking stitches!". Effys face sags lower and lower with guilt as she looks into Ayla's tired eyes.
"When did it happen?" Freddie asks quietly.
"Just before..." Effy replies, looking down at the floor and then up to Freddie. Freddie's face distorts with disgust and he steps back, walking away to the exit. Effy turns to Ayla.
"Ayla, it was an accident. I promise". Ayla doesn't reply and walks back down the hall towards Katie's room. Effy turns to Emily and Panda desperately, her eyes pleading for forgiveness.
"You hit her with a rock. You just left her there. She could have died." Emily says gently, crossing her arms and heading back to Katie's room, Panda following her. Effy stands, red-faced, with her mouth open as they walk away.
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"Tennessine and Oganesson, and then we're done" JJ finishes, taking a deep breath of air.
"Woah, impressive J" Ayla nods with approval as she mops the grotty tiles.
"Anything to distract you!" JJ beams, as he sanitizes the benches. JJ had started working at the butchery a few weeks ago, much to Ayla's pleasure. He had spent the whole day distracting Ayla from the fact that Cook and Effy were missing by telling her facts, singing her songs and so on, and had just finished reciting the periodic table to her. "I love working here, I'm so happy I got the job. I think your boss only gave it to me though because he thought I was a girl over the phone". This makes Ayla chuckle.
"I wouldn't be surprised". It was 7:54 pm and almost the end of their shift so they were cleaning up.
"How has Katie been?" JJ asks as he empties the bin.
"Extremely self-deprecating but only on the inside. She is still putting on that 'I'm better than everyone' exterior. She hasn't left her room yet since it happened so Ems has been sitting her exams for her, because she's not even going to school"
"How is Emily doing that?" JJ asks, looking up attentively.
"She just puts on the right makeup, wears the right clothes, acts like a bitch"
"How immoral" JJ replies, slightly unimpressed.
"J." Ayla laughs. "You've seen Cook down a bottle of gin and then drive us all to a club, only to beat up three innocent people and spend 100 pounds on strippers. What Ems is doing is nothing compared to that."
"Hmm, I suppose you're right". It's quiet for a moment. It was pitch black outside yet the weather was getting warmer. Ayla wondered where Effy and Cook were and what they were doing. How many times had they fucked?
"Hi darl," yells Darren from the back of the store, breaking Ayla's train of thought.
"Hey, Darren" she replies as he waddles toward the two of them. She bends down to pick up her bag from the floor and as she does Darren slides past her, staring at her ass.
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Фанфик"he's playing hard to get." says effy "never seen him do shit like this with anyone else".
