After the telling off of Mia’s entire life, her and Ryan were ordered to stay behind after school for detention. She’d tried to argue that it was all his fault, but the principal said that her reaction had still been ‘disproportionate’. Mia would have argued further if it hadn’t been for the fact the principal threatened her with putting it on her permeant record. That wouldn’t help her college applications. So here they were. Just the two of them in front of some crusty old teacher who clearly didn’t have a life to go home to at the end of the day. Mia had already taken out her homework and had started filling it in. Although it was hard to concentrate when the person who was ruining her life was sitting right next to her. She was so uncontrollably angry with him, that she still hadn’t stopped shaking. The sudden sound of snoring filled her ears, and she jerked her head upwards to find that the teacher who was meant to be watching them, had fallen as

“Hey, Mia!”Mia swung around to find Tilly calling after her. She stopped, and waited for her to catch up. What was this going to be about?Once the other girl stood before her, she shifted her weight backwards and forwards, struggling to keep eye contact.“Listen, I just wanted to say I was sorry about yesterday…with your diary and everything.”Mia tried not to let her expression betray how she was really feeling. “It’s fine. Those guys really aren’t worth it.”Tilly bit her lip. “Have you thought any more about the article? Brooke asked and well…seems like you kinda owe them one back.”Mia sighed. So, was Tilly just here to chase her up about the article? For a moment she’d thought…no. It was stupid to think like that.“Er no. I still haven’t decided. But honestly, I’m thinking about leaving it anyway. I don’t want any more

Ryan hadn’t planned on having this conversation. He’d hoped that his Mom just wouldn’t find out. Why did Savannah’s dad have to have such a big mouth?“It wasn’t her fault, Mom.”Angela laughed coolly. “So, she throws a tray at your head, and you’re telling me it wasn’t her fault? And what’s more, she hasn’t even contacted me to say sorry. I had to hear it from Bob Miller! Is she expecting to just walk in on Saturday like nothing has happened?”Ryan placed his hands on the kitchen table, trying to ignore the stack of beer bottles in the corner of the room. He wondered briefly how many more would be sitting there by the end of the night.“It’s complicated. Alright. I sort of deserved it.”His mom narrowed her eyes at her son. “What do you mean? What did you do?”Ryan scratched the back of his head and cast his eyes downward. “I re

Mia knew she was grounded, but she wasn’t sure if being grounded meant she couldn’t have friends round either. She wasn’t going to ask, but was sure that if they were caught, her mom would be too overjoyed at the fact she actually had a friend.“I can’t believe I’m standing in Savannah Miller’s room.”Tilly was gaping at the room as if it belonged to the Queen of England. Mia just rolled her eyes.“Yeah well, start looking, because we won’t have much time until my mom or Bob gets home. And I can’t face another one of their lectures.Savannah’s room was everything Mia had expected. A space entirely covered by soft furnishings all in various shades of pink. She walked over to one wall where Savannah had pinned a thousand photographs. They were mostly of Savannah herself, posed in different positions designed to make her look as beautiful as possible. She caught sight of one of her and R

“Being part of the popular crowd may not always seem as perfect as you might think. It’s easy to see these kids as carbon copies of what a teenager is meant to be. To someone on the outside they are witty, wear the most stylish clothes, not to mention their seemingly God and Goddess like bodies. Everyone wants to be them, or the very least, be their friend. But are they really all that?What if I told you that the most popular girl in school, the Pom-Pom Princess herself was taking diet pills. Yes, you read that right. Diet Pills. How many of you have been bullied by Miss Miller for being overweight? Too many to count I’m guessing. How ironic is it then that she herself doesn’t even have that slender frame naturally? In fact, you may be taking the very same diet pills. There’s even a chance she’s caught you taking them and ridiculed you for it.  And those ‘friends’ that seem to dutifully follow her round? Are you sure they ar