I think Vanessa and Karen might have solved our band issues! Apart from finding us a manager, obviously. But the practising and the gigging and stuff. In fact, they might have solved our entire summer. In theory I feel I should thank them but I can’t bring myself to do it. It happened during the morning break today. We were sitting around in our classroom talking about our plans for the summer, which in most people’s cases were non-existent, apart from Emma who’s going to the Gaeltacht with her best friend from home. Vanessa was sitting around the next desk with what I am appalled to say is now her gang − her old sidekick Caroline, of course, and now Karen ‘Bitchface’ Rodgers, my nemesis. She and Vanessa have become all chummy since they both got starring roles in the musical. Luckily, Caroline and Karen’s friend Alison have sort of teamed up. Both of them are nicer than Karen and Vanessa and, in fact, would be completely fine if they just stopped hanging around with them.
