As it faded, Trish signalled them to begin. ‘Forget the cameras,’ she had told them beforehand. ‘What we want is normal chat, OK?’ The cameras began to roll. An uneasy silence descended. Then everyone began to speak at once. Only Bryony and Angelina, on opposite sides of the table, and with a wall of cereal packets between them, said nothing. ‘Can’t wait to see Bryony and Angelina in the Nativity play, can you, Melissa?’ Melody said, with a winning smile at camera one. ‘Absolutely, Melody,’ Melissa replied, giving her a nudge under the table. ‘I’ll bet Bryony’s a beautiful Virgin Mary!’ ‘Though you can’t help thinking, can you,’ Melody went on, ‘that it’d be better if Angelina was Mary, because Angelina can act…’ ‘But of course Bryony can’t be the angel, can she,’ they chorused, pressing their identical heads together so they fused in a mass of gel, ‘because Bryony can’t sing!’ They stared expectantly from Bryony to Angelina, hoping for a reaction.
What do You think about Bryony Bell's Star Turn (2005)?
