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out of her bedroom. She'd been in bed when I'd left that morning. I couldn't imagine what kind of hangover she must have woken up with.
    “Sorry,” she said rather sheepishly.
    “What for?”
    “Last night. I shouldn't have dragged you to Dandy's.”
    “Forget it. Just don't ask me to go to any more clubs with you.”
    “I won't. Cross my heart.”
    “The cake's a bit over the top isn't it. An apology would've done.”
    “I didn't buy it.” She stepped aside.
    “I bought the cake,” JJ said.
    “What are you doing here?” I spat the words.
    “I owe you an apology.”
    “I don't want your apologies.”
    “JJ didn't... ”Julie began.
    “Keep out of this Julie. This is between me and your brother.”
    “I shouldn't have said the things I did,” JJ said. “I realise now that none of that was your fault. I didn't know about your mum...”
    I turned my glare onto Julie.
    “You told him about my mum? You've got no right to... Oh, you know what? Forget it! You can both keep your fucking cake!”
    Neither of them followed me into my bedroom—they had that much sense at least.
     
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    “Megs? Are you asleep?” Julie asked.
    “What?” I had been asleep until she spoke. I felt her sit on the bed. My back was to her.
    “We're both really sorry.”
    “Is JJ still here?”
    “No. He left ages ago. You've been asleep for hours.”
    “You shouldn't have told him about my mum.”
    “I know, but it was the only way I could convince him that you weren't a bad influence on me.”
    “Me? A bad influence on you? That’s rich.”
    “I know.” Julie sniggered. “I told him it was the other way around. I had to make him understand that you'd never drink. That's why I mentioned your mum.”
    “I wish you hadn't.”
    “I'm sorry. I don’t want us to fall out over this.”
    For a moment I thought Julie was about to cry.
    “It’s okay.” I pulled myself up into a sitting position. “I’m not mad with you.”
    “Friends?”
    “Friends.” We hugged. How could I stay angry at her? She looked like a scolded puppy. “Just one thing.”
    “Anything.”
    “Warn me the next time your brother is coming over. I don’t want to be here.”
    “Okay. He’s not really so bad though.”
    “He’s worse. Promise you will warn me?”
    “I promise.”
     
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    When I arrived home from work the next day, Julie was still in full-on grovel mode. She insisted on making a fry-up—my favourite. It was a nice, but terrifying gesture—Julie was a disaster in the kitchen.
    “What are you going to do about your placement?” Julie said, as she dropped the egg—shell and all—into the frying pan.
    “Here let me.” I nudged her away from the cooker before she set the place on fire. “I'll take it from here.”
    “Will they be able to get you a placement somewhere else?”
    “They said they'd try to organise something, but there's hardly any time. Unless they can arrange something for the same two weeks, I'm screwed. I'll never get time off. I don't want to think about it—it's too depressing. Let's talk about something else. What's happening with you? You've been walking around with a stupid smile on your face ever since I came in.”
    “Nothing.” Julie said. The smile spread across her face.
    "You’re a terrible liar. I can see you’re bursting to tell me, so you may as well get on with it.”
    “Okay.” Julie laughed. “Alan Rhodes has asked me to go out with him.
    “Is he the guy that you said you had no chance with?”
    “That’s him.”
    “So what changed?”
    It was only the previous week Julie had complained that Alan Rhodes didn't know she existed.
    “I got talking to him at lunchtime. He’s really nice.” Julie stared into the middle distance.
    “Earth to Julie.”
    “Sorry. I was on my way back to class, and he asked if I wanted to go to a party with him. Just like that—out of the blue.”
    “Whose party?”
    “I don’t know. I think he might