The 'Starvation Weekend' came around so quickly, we'd all forgotten about it because we had the most horrible HSIE essay to do… but once we'd remembered, we were all really excited.
Knocking on Toyah's front door, I knew I had about half an hour before we started the 24 hours. Sophie opened the door and grinned at me.
"Late again?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.
"No! I just… had to pack!" I stuttered.
"Oh come in…" she said, giggling.
"CLAIRE! NISHA! TOYAH! EBONY'S HERE!" she suddenly shouted, which made me scream… and fall backwards on my butt-crack.
All three of my friends laughed, while I narrowed my eyes at them.
Talia came in to see what all the fuss was about, and as soon as she saw me, she laughed quietly and helped me up.
"At least someone's nice." I mumbled.
"We would be nicer if you turned up to important events on time, Bennie." Toy said.
I rolled my eyes and turned to Claire.
"You got the tape?" I asked.
"Yep-a-doo-da." She replied.
The rest of us raised our eyebrows slightly, before coughing awkwardly.
Sophie suddenly saluted, and told us she had revision to do, and to have fun starving ourselves.
We all turned to each-other and smiled wildly before Talia said.
"You girls want lots of junk food? You know before, you don’t eat anything?"
We all stared before screaming.
"YES!" in unison.
We ate everything we could, ice-cream, nutella and toast, chips, fruit bars and noodles before we let it all go and settled into our seats.
"5…"
Claire screamed, really loud, seeing as she wouldn’t get to speak.
"4…"
I put one hand behind my back, and Talia taped it in place.
"3…"
More screaming and fast talking from Claire.
"2…"
Toyah put half of her leg up and Talia taped that too.
"1…"
Nisha put her goggles on, they were regular goggles with black paper in them, so that even if Nisha's eyes were open, she couldn’t see anything.
"START!"
Talia taped Claire's mouth, so she couldn’t talk at all.
A long time after that, night-time came around. We were all lying on Toy's couch, with warm blankets and hot water bottles. We had watched 4 of the 7 (well technically 8) Harry Potter movies, and in between each one, it was really awkward.
"Toyah, put number 5 on." I said.
"As you can see, I am missing a leg. How the hell do you think I'll be able to get up?" she snapped quietly.
"True. Claire, put number 5 on."
She turned around and gave me a death glare, before shaking her head and burrowing her face in the pillows. We wanted to watch them, but we were all comfy.
"Fine! Nisha, put number 5 on."
"Okay! Wait, who said that?" she asked.
"Ebony." we all said.
