Fifteen Going on Grown Up Read Online Free

now Hal?”
    Hally grinned.
    “Was that you who turned it off?”
    “Yeah well I just thought those two yelling was a bit much with the stereo on as well.”
    With that he bounced back off to the house and a few seconds later music was again blasting out into the garden.
    Clia and Corrinne had made their way towards Hally.
    “What’s that all about?”
    Enquired Clia. Corrinne was nodding her head and looking intently at Hally.
    “I don’t know. But it must be something sort of serious for mum and dad to take them off.”
    As Hally finished her sentence she was bumped from behind and tumbled into Clia.
    “Hey watch it you idiot.”
    Clia told the culprit. But it soon became obvious to the three girls that the bump had not been intentional but was because the girl who did it could not stand up straight.
    “Oops sooo sorry.”
    Hally stared at the girl and recognised her as Kerry’s cousin. She remembered Trish, a girl in her tutor group, asking her if she could bring Kerry and Anna and Kerry’s cousin because she was staying with her. Hally had agreed adding them to the list. Now she regretted that decision very much as she realised the girl was quite drunk.
    “I think you had better leave.”
    Hally told the girl.
    “I can’ I’m stayin at Kerry ‘ouse.”
    The girl slurred.
    “Right then I’m taking you to my parents.”
    She took hold of the girl’s arm and with difficulty and help from Clia and Corrinne led her into the house to the study where her parents were.
    Inside the study both girls were sitting on chairs in floods of tears. Dad was on the phone talking quietly to someone and as Hally and her two friends eased into the room with the drunk girl her mum put her finger to her lips indicating that Hally wait. Dad finished on the phone and turned to his daughter.
    “So what have we got here?”
    He asked. Hally pointed to the girl.
    “Dad she’s completely hammered and she’s with these two.”
    “That explains a few things then. We can’t get a word from these two. They just keep crying.”
    He told his daughter.
    “Who were you phoning?”
    Hally asked.
    “Your mother managed to prise a home phone number out of one of them but her parents are not in. I was speaking to her older sister and asked her to tell her parents to phone us as soon as they get home.”
    The girl Hally had brought in made a loud belching noise.
    “Oops. Don’t know where that came from.”
    She muttered.
    Hally’s mum took the girl’s bag and opened it.
    “Hey you, you can’t do tha’ tha’s my pers… my bag.”
    “Oh be quiet.”
    Mum told her firmly and at the same time pulled out a bottle of almost empty vodka.
    “And where did you get this from?”
    She demanded. Kerry suddenly stopped crying and this caused everyone to look straight at her. She was shaking her head rapidly at the girl. As soon as she realised everyone was looking at her she stopped and covered her face with her hands and began making a sobbing noise again.
    “That is not going to work young lady.”
    Mum told her very sternly.
    “Now where did this alcohol come from and have any of you got any more?”
    Kerry and Anna both reluctantly handed over their bags and mum found inside a bottle of whisky and a bottle of rum. Both bottles had a lot more inside than the vodka.
    “So I’ll ask again where did it come from?”
    Anna genuinely began to sob again. Kerry gave her a fierce look but she ignored her and quickly spilled out the truth.
    “We got all of it from Dana. She sold it to us for a fiver a bottle. But she made us promise not to say where we got it from, she said…” At this point Kerry jumped up and grabbed Anna.
    “Shut up you stupid cow, he’ll kill us.”
    Dad stepped forward and pulled Kerry away.
    “Now calm down, we’ll have none of that sort of behaviour.” And looking at Anna he said “Go on and tell us everything.”
    With her eyes wide and obviously terrified Anna began to explain.
    “Hally you know that stuff