Bad Girl, Bad Boy - Ackley Bridge

- Play date (6) -

" So whyd you go to that school?" He asks me as we walk down the road to the town, him on his bike and me walking beside him.

" My parents are friends with the Nawazs" I shrug.

" Sadiq? That school sponsor guy?" He asks, his face slowly turning into a smile as if he knows something, I nod at him and then he begins to laugh.

" You know Miss Carter is sleeping with him, heard her and Mr Bell arguing bout it" He laughs, which causes me to laugh too.

" That why he punched you or something?" I laugh, obviously trying to make a joke but then he stops laughing.

" Yeah, actually." He says, which leaves me unsure of what to say next.

"Your mum was the one what punched you weren't it" he says, quickly changing the subject.

" No, I just fell" I say, giving a confused look.

" Think I'm stupid?" He questions me, slightly laughing.

" Yeah I do Jordan, I mean you have a kid" I say, scrunching up my nose and shrugging my shoulders.

"And you have an abusive mother" he smiles, rolling his eyes.

" You wanna just make out Jordan? The sexual tension between us is getting way to much " I say, as I'm trying to make things awkward between us to get the attention away from my mother.

" shut up" he says, looking over at me with an almost weirded out look as we cross over the street.

" I'm just having you on, I go for boys that aren't yet fathers" I shrug, which him to slightly laugh.

" I fucking hate you" he laughs.

***

" you got any siblings then?" I ask him, as we sit down at a table at our local Chicken shop with our food.

" Just a brother, in year above. You? " he says, as he opens his chicken box  and takes a couple of chips, shoving them all in his mouth.

" Sister, in year above too." I say, cracking open my can of coke and taking a sip of drink.

" That Max girl isn't it" he says, raising both his eyebrows at me.

" yeah... how'd you know?" I question him, popping a couple chips into my mouth too.

" Cory said something bout her." He shrugs as he eats more.

" if Cory is anything like you, our max wouldn't want to be involved." I say, as I chew my food and swallow it.

" you what?" He asks confused.

" I mean she's better that all of us apparently, she's not, just cos she sucks up to everyone" I roll my eyes, still eating the chicken and chips.

" what happened to you then?" He asks, which warrants an annoyed look from me.

" Fuck off" I laugh, pulling out my phone and realising the time is 5:52, and I need to be home at 6 and it takes around half an hour on foot to get back.

" Oh shit" I say, quickly standing up.

" what?" He questions, as I take the last couple of chips and shove them into my mouth.

" I'm fucking late aren't i" I say, before picking up my bag and running straight out of the chip shop door.

" Hey, ill ride you" He says, standing up too and following me out of the door.

" that's the last thing I would want" I say, as I begin to walk further up the road.

" just get on" he says, grabbing his bike, as I stand on the back of it, on the stunt pegs.

***

" Thanks" I smile, after telling him to stop outside my house.

" Alright" He says, before turning his bike around and getting ready to leave again.

" Bye Esther" he smiles, before riding away.

" Bye Jordan" I say, before walking up the front of my house and trying to quietly open the door so my mum doesn't know I've came home late.

" There She is"Max smiles, as she walks up the stairs.

" What?" I say, as I shut the door, kicking my shoes off.

" You've been hanging round with those Wilson boys haven't you?" She says, slightly laughing.

" and?" I say, as I take off my jacket and hang it up on the coat rack.

" Alya told me they're not good kids. But then again, you don't exactly have much going on for you" she shrugs, eyeing me up and down before walking back up the stairs.

I roll my eyes before running up the stairs too, and going straight into my bedroom.