Joe

I got away with the note. Benson just took it, read it and put it in the register. He didn’t say a thing, didn’t even look up at me. Which is just as well cos I was shitting it. I was dreading that he was gonna call me up to the front and ask me about it. And then I wouldn’t have been able to lie to him cos I’m rubbish at things like that. I just crack straight away. I can’t lie to save my life.

Then Ash came in and started acting like a weirdo anyway. God knows what’s got into him. He’s acting like he’s got a real attitude. Maybe it’s cos of the bag. Maybe he scared himself with all this. Or maybe he’s just pissed off that we lost the money.

It’s his problem, though. He can deal with it. I’ve got enough to deal with on my own. I still feel freaked out by everything that happened, and everything that could have happened to us. And I haven’t even started thinking about my exams. I can’t even figure out what’s going on inside my own head at the moment, let alone Ash’s.

Since I’ve been home from school, I’ve checked the internet twice to make sure that there’s nothing on the news about the bag. There’s no mention of it. I feel relieved but I still feel kind of weird.