Black Velvet

The next morning I allowed Deb to give me a lift to school. She, like myself, was lightly concerned about the friends I had made and although we both agreed it was probably a good thing they had taken a warming to me she still wanted to see what they looked like so I said I would introduce her. She pulled into the car park as I text Alex to tell her where I was. We had exchanged phone numbers the day before and she had been texting me the whole evening trying to get me to come to a night out in one of the local bars.

"It's that them?" Deb question out the side of the mouth, trying to not make it obvious. We were sitting in the front of the car, waiting patiently for them to arrive.

"How did you guess?" I joked as we both stepped out of dad's silver Mondeo, "Hey guys," I smiled at them all, "This is Deb, Deb this is Alex, Taylor, Marnie and Georgina," I introduced them all, gesturing to each girl as I said their name.

"What a babe, just like Mia here!" Alex said, her mouth agape. Even after a day I had gotten used to Alex's sudden outcries of over the top compliments but I could tell Deb was finding her amusing.

"Thanks," Deb smiled. I could tell inside she was probably busting to jump back in the car and let out her real thoughts, "You girls all look so grown up, it's weird to think you're the same age as Amelia," she said, trying to make conversation but I could see her lip was twitching and she was trying not to laugh.

"Did you not see Mia's make over, she looked so good, anyway we better get to English," Alex said in a rush, linking her tanned arm through mine, "Come on honey, Mrs. Client can be a mega super bitch if you're too late," she murmured turning me around, "It was great meeting you Deb, hopefully we'll be seeing more of each other!" she smiled over her shoulder.

"Oh I'm sure we will," Deb replied, "Have a great day... honey!" she then called after me, mocking what Alex had said. I hoped that Alex didn't notice and to my surprise it went right over her head.

English was relatively pointless, Mrs. Client was clearly bored of the curriculum and she just wanted us to read Wuthering Heights all lesson instead of doing any actual work on it. I sat back in my seat, my blazer sleeves rolled up and book in my hands. I tried to get into the book to make the lesson go faster but a piece of folded white paper was suddenly slid in front of me with a heart on it. I looked up and Alex grinned. I opened it carefully, attempting not to alert Mrs. Client. 'Heard what happened with Way yesterday! You're more fun than I thought! ;)' Confused and a little worried I grabbed a pen from my bag. 'What happened yesterday?' I scribbled sliding it back to her.

'In art, Marnie told me!'
'What happened in art?'
'Way telling you how good you looked and then wanting you stay after class!!'

At this point I looked over at her and she was innocently smiling at me. I felt my body heat up again. I shook my head at her and tried to mouth something to her but Mrs. Client quickly interrupted with an abrupt slap of her hand at her desk accompanied by an icy glare.

'Not like that! Was just being nice!' I put the note in her lap this time in case Mrs. Client got hold of it.

'He's kind of a hottie though... don't play coy with me! ;)'
'I guess so, not playing coy just didn't think of him like that!'

I gave the note back to her and looked at her again. She simply shrugged and winked. It slightly annoyed me she thought we had a secret inside joke but at the same time I didn't want to press the matter because I could tell my defensive attitude would probably just prove her right. I did like Mr. Way, maybe even found him good looking but he had a wife and I found him more comforting than anything else. After English Alex and I walked towards the field to meet the other girls, she linked arms with me but stayed silent until we got there and were sat down with them. They all smiled when they saw me and I smiled back as I lowered myself to the floor. Marnie tutted patronisingly and pulled my pony tail out, fluffing my hair up before dabbing at me with mascara. It was a nice warm day and it was relaxing to know we had half an hour out in the sun.

"Girls we have a big problem," Alex said once she had finished dabbing at her own make up. Her hand suddenly fell over mine, I looked at her, as curious as the other girls to know what the problem was, "Our little Mia here is a virgin," she cooed. It took me a second to register what she said.

"I'm not a virgin though," I said slowly, confused whilst glancing at the other girls.

"Babe, it's us okay, we don't mind," Marnie said, trying to be reassuring.

"No I get that but I'm not a virgin," I said again.

"Then why did you get so defensive when I asked about Mr. Way, you said you didn't look at him like that even though he was good looking. Only a virgin would say something like that," Alex stated as the other girls nodded. My eyes widened, I was still confused and was now even more confused by her strange theory, "How many guys have you fucked then Mia?" Alex asked me, staring at me.

"Three," I confessed slowly. I didn't know whether to bump my number up or down or to just be honest. In the end I went with honesty as lying would probably have me more puzzled.

"Who were they then?" Taylor piped in, all of them now incredibly interested. I sighed, it was strange to be grilled about something that had been so insignificant before.

Although dad had never wanted me having boys sleep round he also wasn't completely oblivious. Deb had helped as well and from the moment I was able to have a conversation with her she had treated me like an adult. Sex wasn't a serious issue in my house, Deb had told me about the countless guys she had been with in college and dad the same when he was in his past band.

"The first one was one of my friends from my last school, the second was on a night out and the third one was a guy I met at the cafe I used to work in," I confessed, watching their reactions, "I don't get why it's a big deal though," I then added. Alex's mouth dropped a little before she shoved me playfully.

"You dirty little slut, all of us have only fucked two guys and mine were both of my long term boyfriends," Alex smiled proudly, the other girls nodded, "Well I think Taylor fucked some guy from Disco Dorm but she'd never admit it, he was awful and old-"

"He wasn't that old, he was under twenty five I think and I didn't anyway!" Taylor interrupted quickly, trying to defend herself, her cheeks turning pink. I gave her sympathetic smile and she simply scowled at floor. I made a non-committal noise and also looked down at the floor, feeling like I should have lied as well.

"Oh babe, I'm sorry I just wanted to know. You seemed so weird about Mr. Way!" Alex cooed in my ear wrapping her arm around my neck. I smiled and nodded, feeling uncomfortable, her eyes suddenly flashed up, "So would you fuck him?" I shrugged, "Come on be truthful!" she said sternly, her eyes widening, "I know you think he's hot, you got all red when I mentioned him!" she declared.

"Yes, fine I would fuck Mr. Way but I didn't think it was such a big-" I was suddenly cut off by the girls all spluttering out into giggles and looking over me like Alex had done, "what are you all-" this time I cut myself off as I turned around. Mr Way was stood behind me, walking from the Art block to the main building. Inside I died, I didn't understand why Alex hadn't told me if he had been there. Humiliated I stayed seated, staring ahead of me, my vision a blurred from the tears threatening to fall.

"Not a very appropriate conversation to have really girls," Mr. Way commented awkwardly. Alex spluttered and I inwardly groaned. Marnie suddenly burst into fits of giggles and I pushed myself up off the floor. I stood up and turned round, nearly walking into Mr. Way before storming off across the field. Tears of embarrassment pricked the corners of my eyes and my face grew hot, "Amelia, wait!" I heard Mr. Way yell after me, "Alex go and see if she's alright!" he then ordered loudly. At this point I started running. Alex was the last person I wanted to see. I threw myself through the boys playing football and weaved through friends chatting in the courtyard before I got to the main building. I then headed towards the toilets briskly.

They were a dull blue colour and grubby, the smell of disinfectant was faintly apparent in the background and I could feel the slippery sensation of cleaning product on the door as I slammed one of the cubicles closed. I had never been so embarrassed in my life and once more I had never been so embarrassed by people I thought were my friends. I sat on the closed toilet lid and mindlessly played with my hands, pushing my hair up into a pony tail. I suddenly heard footsteps and I held my breath, I knew it was Alex.

"I know you're in here babe," she sighed, tapping her knuckles delicately on the cubicle, "Please just open the door, I'm sorry okay, it's just a dumb teacher." I stayed silent. "Listen, I'll climb over the top of this cubicle if I have to," she murmured sweetly. I unlocked the door realising she wasn't going to go and I was making no progress by sitting in here. She enveloped me in a massive hug as soon as the door was open, "I'm so sorry I didn't see him coming and I know I shouldn't have laughed but it just, I don't know, I get ahead of myself," she whispered, her forehead pressed again mine. I stared at her but felt myself softening.

"You suck," I whimpered, "that was awful and so embarrassing, I will never be able to set foot in Art again," I whined as we sloped out the toilets, her arm linked to mine.

"Don't be so sensitive honey, he doesn't care. He's so weird, I can't believe you even want to fuck him-"

"-Stop!" I said nervously looking around in case he popped up again. She simply laughed and put her arm around me, leading me down the empty corridor, "I have Art at the end of the day, you know that right," I muttered gloomily.

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