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him a shove, ‘Gerroff, perv.’ But I wasn’t offended. Rich is the loveliest guy on the planet. And not into girls. Not that you’d know it if you didn’t know it, if you know what I mean.
    ‘Well?’ asked Donna, as I checked my phone.
    I shook my head. ‘It’s from my mum.’ It wasn’t anything that couldn’t have waited till she saw me. I put my phone away and waited for the adrenalin rush to subside. Talk about hope springs eternal. Every time my phone rang, I hoped it was Joe. I even
expected
it to be Joe, which was just stupid.
    Ollie stood up. ‘C’mon, then. Who’s dancing?’ And he shimmied on to the square of scuffed wood in front of DJ Alan’s booth, hunching his shoulders and pointing his fingers like a badass. He was the only (straight) boy I knew who’d happily be the first on the dance floor. How he managed to be the playboy of Woodside High, I do not know.
    A couple of middle-aged women were doing the step-slide-step to ‘Don’t Stop Believin”, and Olliegleefully joined them. He knew all the words too.
    Donna and I pushed our chairs back and stood up as one. ‘Anyone else?’ I asked, but the rest of the table declined. Cass usually loves a dance, but not when Adam’s around. So me and Donna boogied over to Ollie, and there we stayed for a good five songs. It was brilliant, and the first time I hadn’t thought about Joe since I’d left him in Spain.
    ‘Wahey, Aerosmith!’ Rich suddenly appeared beside us, twanging away on his air guitar and head-banging like a crazy person. Donna narrowed her eyes.
    ‘Rich …?’
    He looked confused and then, getting her meaning, shook his head vehemently. ‘No, course not.’ He looked hurt. ‘In front of my best mate’s family? C’mon …’ Rich was a bit of a one for the illegal substances, but it was another thing about him you wouldn’t know unless you knew. Dancing until the sweat poured out of him was usually a sure sign, although tonight it seemed he was just on a natural high.
    ‘I’m parched,’ announced Donna when we got back to the table. She grabbed the water jug. ‘I’ll get a refill.’
    ‘Cass, what’s going on?’ asked Ollie, sitting beside her. ‘Grease Megamix wasn’t the same without you. Idid the man bits and everything.’ Cass just shrugged and smiled unhappily. Weird. Ollie and I exchanged confused looks.
    ‘Actually, I think I’ll get a drink too,’ she said. ‘Same again, babe?’ Adam caressed her bum as she stood up, which was apparently code for ‘Yes please’. Jack put down the remains of a giant scotch egg he’d manfully been working his way through.
    ‘I’ll come with you. S’pose I should say hello to people.’
    Adam coughed. ‘Don’t think so, mate … Sit down, babe. I’ll get the drinks.’ He gestured for Jack to go first then followed him with his usual cacked-my-pants swagger.
    ‘Uh, what was that?’ asked Donna.
    Cass looked miserable. ‘Adam’s got a bee in his bonnet about Jack again. He saw me “touch him” earlier, or something.’ She ran her hand through her hair. ‘It’s so silly.’
    Silly was one word for it. ‘Babes, you’ve got to sort this out,’ said Donna. ‘It’s not like you can change the fact you and Jack have known each other forever. How many times have you told Adam there’s never been anything between you?’
    ‘I know. He’s just a bit insecure,’ said Cass. ‘He’ll get over it eventually.’ But she didn’t look convinced.
    At that moment the object of Cass’s blind adorationappeared back at the table, empty-handed. We all immediately and very obviously stopped talking, but he didn’t seem to notice. He took Cass’s coat off the back of her chair and held it out.
    ‘Actually, babe, let’s go. This party’s lame.’
    And without a murmur she put her arms into her coat.
    ‘Bye then,’ said Ash, pointedly. Cass turned back for a moment, smiled apologetically and mouthed,
Sorry
, then trotted obediently after him, but a few