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teeth.
    ‘Sweet,’ said Liam, laughing.
    And then came the images of the bulldozers, bringing total destruction to the forest. Kimmi and Annabel stopped giggling.
    ‘What’s going on?’ Kimmi asked.
    ‘They’re clearing the forest for timber and palm-oil plantations,’ I said.
    ‘They can’t do that!’
    Complete silence fell as some sad footage of starving orangutans followed, showing animals that had been forced out of their forest home by loggers. The film finished with a close-up of a helpless baby orangutan with big, round, sorrowful eyes. The caption read: We must act now, or orangutans will disappear from the wild by 2023.
    Kimmi wiped a tear from her cheek.
    ‘Wow,’ Liam said, blinking.
    ‘Powerful stuff,’ Jack added.
    I pulled the USB out of the laptop and handed it to Liam, buzzing from the way everyone had responded to my film. It had really worked. ‘Hope you can use it somehow tomorrow night,’ I said. ‘There might be a laptop you can put it on, or something.’
    ‘Thanks,’ Liam nodded. ‘It’s amazing. I’ll make sure it gets used.’
    I felt a tingle run down my spine as Liam looked at me. He seemed genuinely pleased that I’d gone to so much effort on the presentation.
    ‘It’s just a film,’ I said modestly. ‘But I wanted to do something to help. I was thinking maybe we could use it to raise awareness outside our school, too. It would be great if we could inspire some other groups to sponsor orangutans.’
    ‘That’s an epic idea,’ Liam agreed. ‘We could set up a website for other schools to access, and link it to one of the orangutan charities.’
    I couldn’t help smiling. It felt great to be in sync with Liam again. I still felt bad about missing the movie night, but I didn’t feel so guilty anymore. I knew I’d be involved in the Wild Club’s other projects.
    By the end of the meeting, Annabel was also excited about staying involved with the club, and Kimmi was determined to make the banner for the slushie stall really special.
    ‘I’ve got a few ideas,’ Kimmi said, as we walked off after the meeting. ‘Do you think we should have a jungle for the background, or should it be a sunset?’
    ‘It doesn’t matter what you do,’ Annabel said, smiling. ‘It’ll be fantastic.’
    Kimmi shook her head. ‘I don’t want to do the wrong thing.’
    ‘How about we help you work on it tomorrow?’ I looked at Annabel.
    ‘Sorry,’ she said. ‘I’d love to help, but I’ve got a hair appointment in the afternoon.’
    ‘Oh,’ I sighed, turning to Kimmi. ‘Looks like you’ve just got me for artistic support. I’m useless at art, but I can wash brushes.’
    Kimmi smiled, putting her arm around me. ‘Perfect. I’m pretty good at art, but I hate cleaning up. We’ll make a great team. We’ll get started right after we watch the guys play rugby.’

‘Are these definitely the right guys?’ I asked as we stood on the sidelines of yet another sporting field at Highgrove. We had already spent an hour in the wrong place, watching guys we didn’t know play a game that I didn’t understand.
    ‘I’m pretty sure I can see Ryan,’ Annabel said. ‘On the far side. In the blue top.’
    ‘Duh,’ Kimmi teased. ‘The whole team is in blue.’
    ‘Obviously,’ Annabel said. ‘But I’m pretty sure it’s him.’
    I watched as a player in a red jersey charged down one of the Highgrove guys. Another three red guys piled in on top. The ball was totally lost for a while, then it dribbled out the back and the whole process started up again.
    ‘Anyone got any idea what’s going on?’ I asked.
    ‘One side has to smash the other side out of the way, get the ball to the other end, and stick the ball on the ground.’
    ‘And they call this sport?’ Kimmi frowned. And then she squealed. ‘Oh my god! That’s Marco with the ball!’
    Next to us, a bunch of girls started cheering as Marco ran. Then they groaned as he was smashed to the ground by a guy twice his size.