Changing Everything

Chapter 10

We stayed up all night reliving what had happened and filling each other in on the bits we were alone for. Jenna told of how the Louis situation occured and Madison told of how things went with Harry. We should have been tiered the next day but we weren't. We giggled all the way to 6th form/school. Passers by looked at us as though we belonged in a mental institute, not like we were three teenage girls on their way to school but we were still on such a high we really didn't care. All the worry over Liam and Niall I had the previous night had dissipated after chatting and laughing with my best friends. Once in lessons the day seemed to fly by, a school day had never gone quite so quick. Until last lesson that is...

It was the final lesson of the day - French and myself, Madison and Jenna we're sat together chatting away happily.We tried not to talk about the previous night because we only got excited all over again. It wasn't far from the end of the lesson and the teacher left the class to photocopy some work for her lessons the next day. It was then the trouble began. Jodie sniggered across the classroom "Oi Leila, it was nice seeing you last night." Kim laughed, along with a couple of other girls.

"Yeah you too Jodie." I replied in what I hoped was a monotone voice so as not to show my irritation towards her. It would only make things worse. Sadly for me she wasn't giving in. Jodie slid out of her seat at the other end of the classroom from me and headed over to my table, her possy in step behind. Everyone in the room had diverted their attention to Jodie and myself. If Jodie was getting attention she was happy, no matter what she had to do to achieve that.

"We saw your tweets about meeting One Direction after the show." Jodie said.

"Oh yeah that was a lot of fun." I said looking back down at my work. I had wanted her to get the mesage and move away but I could tell that wasn't going to happen. Jodie coughed rudly to attract my attention. I had had enough.

"Do you have a problem Jodie?" I raised my voice as I stood up letting my seat skid out from under me. Jenna and Madison stood too.

"Yeah, what do you want?" Jenna asked with venom laced in her words. She was angry too.

"We think your a liar! Go on tell them Jodie" Kim jibed.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Madison jumped in.

Ignoring all three questions Jodie continued with "So you met One Direction?"

"Yes we did." We answered in unison.

"Where's your proof?"

I laughed at this, actually laughed in her face. That made things even worse but I couldn't help myself. She truely was pathetic. The look on her face said it all, she was furious I was laughing at her, nobody had ever laughed at her, until me that is. But she also had something to throw at me, her whole reason for starting this aggrivated conversation.

"Well from that answer I take it that you have no photo proof and no signatures. I think you're lying Leila. You think you're so good but in actual fact you're a liar. You never met one direction. Why would they want to meet you." It's true we had no photos or signatures, we'd been too busy for that.

"Sure, Jodie. I never met One Direction at all, I'm a liar. Thats why I have Liam's number saved in my phone isn't it?" Oh how I despise her!

Jodie looked shocked for a moment but hid it with "Lets have a look then?"

"Why would I show you? You'd only say its a fake number anyway." I looked at my bestfriends who stood defensively by my side. "Plus we know what actually happened last night." I said with a wink and a grin.

"Yeah we all know what happened last night, you went home straight after the concert, I even saw your mum pick you up Leila." Jodie lied.

In my head I was screaming at her: YOU LIAR, YOU'RE LYING YOU CRETIN!

Instead of the words I wanted to say to her I said, with an exaggerated eye role and stifling another laugh, "Yes, thats what happened." She stood in front of my desk staring me down but I refused to be intimidated. She had done that to me for too long. I pasted on a bitter sweet smile and stared right back at her.

"Play her at her own game!" Madison whispered in my right ear.

Kim noticed but Jodie was too busy looking smug at me. "What was that Madison?" She piped up.

"Oh nothing, I was just telling Leila that you have something on your face."

"I DO NOT!" Kim yelled rubbing her face, to get off whatever she believed was on there. I laughed again, moving my attention from Jodie. When i looked around the whole class was laughing at Kim.

"Oh, I'm sorry Kim, it's just your tide line. I thought someone had glued orange peel to your face in your sleep." The laughs around the room grew. Madison rarely insulted people (to their face anyway) but when she did they would know about it. Kim looked like she might cry but I didn't feel sorry for her at all. The other girls backing Jodie up started throwing insults our way but Jodie halted them.

"Don't bother girls, everyone knows Leila Town, Jenna Tillborne and Madison Lovejoy are liars. Unlike us that is."

"What do you mean 'Unlike us'?" Jenna spat.

"Did you not know? After the show last night me and Kim were invited back stage to meet One Direction. They were so nice. Look I even have a picture of me with all of them and I have a signed poster." Jodie flashed her iPhone in my face with a picture of her and One Direction on it. When I tried to get a better look she moved the phone away. "Not too close Leila, you might break the glass!" Jodie cackled. At this I snatched Jodies phone off her and flicked through the pictures. Jenna and Madison stared while I showed them. Jodie was gloating to her so called friends. The class was quiet again listening to the action at the front of the room.

"They're not real." I whispered to my best friends under my breath after assessing the image on the screen.

"What?" Madison replied.

"How do you know?" Jenna asked bemused.

"Look at Harry's head," I pointed on the screen to the boy on the very far left of the picture. "You can see the cardboard. He's just a cut out!" I laughed and my friends joined me.

"What are you laughing at?!" Jodie huffed after a few minutes of trying to speak over our laughter.

"Thats..." Jenna cried not quite managing to get her words out.

"You call us liars Jodie! You hypocryitical cow." Go on Madison! I was getting ready to get my pom poms out to do some cheer leading for my friends but instead I composed myself.

"You're the liar. This is a picture of you with a cardboard cut out!" I said. She tried taking her phone back but I passed it on to a boy a few seats down.

"Leila is right. It's just cardboard." He chuckled passing on the phone. I was stood on my chair by this point looking at Jodie's embarrassed face. Her friends looked as equally embarrassed.

"And this picture of your so called signatures Jodie? These are fake. The posters were being sold for £2 outside the arena after the concert. You didn't even buy tour merchandise!" Another girl at the back of the class cried when looking at the pictures. The room was in uproar!

It just so happened that at that moment Mademoiselle Amberjack came back from the photocopier.

"WHAT IS GOING ON?" She shouted looking around. I could imagine the scene through her eyes. Me stood on my chair with Jenna and Madison stood near, in a face off with Jodie, Kim and crew, every other member of the class was laughing at Kim and the pictures on Jodies phone. It did not look good.

"LEILA GET DOWN FROM THAT CHAIR AND EVERYONE SIT DOWN AND BE QUIET. SASHA GIVE ME THAT PHONE!" Mademoiselle Amberjack stormed over to the girl who had pointed out Jodies poster was a fake and jerked the phone out of her hand.

"It's not mine Miss." Sasha laughed.

"Well who does it belong to?" Mademoiselle Amberjack asked addressing the class.

"It's mine Miss." Jodie said as she crawled back to her seat with a fleeting look back at me.

"If it is yours Jodie, why does Miss Sasha Ocarbour have it?" She really was mad.

"Leila gave it her Miss, she has been bullying me."

WHAT?