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that he was telling the truth. And even if he hadn’t done it yet, he was obviously intending to end it, or he wouldn’t be out on the pull – which Sandra could hardly blame Mia for.
    ‘Can Laura come?’ she asked. ‘’Cos I don’t go anywhere without her.’
    ‘I think she’s already been invited,’ Darren chuckled, nodding towards their friends, who had moved into a corner and looked deep in flirtatious conversation.
    Mia watched as Laura did that funny flicky thing she always did with her fringe when she was trying to act shy and tutted softly under her breath. She wouldn’t have minded, but Stu was a right ugly sod. Well, he was compared to Darren, who was big and muscly, with dark blond hair and sexy blue eyes.
    And a car.
    ‘All right,’ she said, making it sound like she was doing him a favour. ‘I suppose one drink won’t hurt.’
    ‘Cool.’ Grinning, Darren drank the last of the vodka and dropped the can on the floor. ‘Come on, then.’
    ‘What, now ?’ Mia gasped. ‘We’ve only just got here. And what about them?’ She looked back at their friends who were kissing now.
    Whistling through his teeth to attract Stu’s attention, Darren jerked his head in a summoning gesture.
    ‘Always get your own way, do you?’ Mia teased when Stu immediately obeyed.
    Winking at her, Darren planted his hand on the small of her back and pushed her on ahead of him.
    Still in her corner, Michelle spotted Mia heading out of the door. Frowning when she saw who she was with, she followed them out into the entrance hall.
    ‘Mia, wait! Where are you going?’
    Mia groaned because she’d forgotten all about her stupid sister and told Darren to wait outside.
    ‘Go home,’ she hissed, dragging Michelle out of earshot. ‘And if mum gets back before me, tell her I’ve gone round to Laura’s to pick something up.’
    ‘Where are you really going?’ Michelle asked, casting a wary glance at Darren. She wasn’t happy about Mia going off with him, because he was a troublemaker who had always been getting suspended for fighting when he’d still been at school. But it was his girlfriend who most worried Michelle. Gobby as Mia was, she was no match for Sandra Bishop.
    ‘Mind your own business,’ Mia snapped. ‘And don’t even think about trying to follow us.’
    ‘We’re supposed to stay together,’ Michelle reminded her.
    ‘Says who?’ Mia retorted tartly. ‘Mum only said you weren’t allowed to stay in the house by yourself. She didn’t say anything about me babysitting you.’
    ‘What about Eric?’ Michelle called when Mia flounced back to the waiting group.
    ‘What about him?’ Mia flipped back coldly. ‘He’s hardly going to try anything on with you , is he?’
    Peering back at Michelle, Darren said, ‘Who’s that?’
    ‘Her twin sister,’ Laura informed him. ‘Not that you’d think it to look at them, ’cos Mia’s well prettier.’
    ‘You’re telling me ,’ he sneered. ‘Beauty and the beast, or what!’
    Tears of humiliation stinging her eyes when people started looking to see if he was right, Michelle put her head down and ran outside. It was already dark, and patches of ice were beginning to glisten in the puddles dotting the road. Shivering, she huddled deeper into her cardigan and headed for home – although she wasn’t looking forward to being alone with her mum’s boyfriend when she got there.
    Eric had never actually done anything to her, but she just didn’t like him. At six feet he towered over her mum, who was quite short. And where her mum was chubby, he was stick-thin, with a long miserable face and beady little rats’ eyes. Appearances aside, what really pissed Michelle off was the fact that he had a key to their house when he didn’t even live there. Well, not officially, anyway; he just stayed the night – most nights. And their mum might have told him only to use the key when it was dark in case someone reported her to the DSS, but he still shouldn’t have