The day after that

Bonnie shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts. It was the second day after Halloween. She had a vague sense that something uncomfortable had happened the day before, but she couldn't quite remember what it was. It probably didn't matter too much.

She met up with Susie in Doc Topper's Malt Shoppe and shared a malt before school, ignoring his funny looks. They walked to school together, chatting and laughing and gossiping about how dumb all the boys were. Strange, Bonnie noticed as she came in through the gates. Anne-Marie was sitting on a bench just inside the school fence, surrounded by cheerleaders, in the shade of a towering oak tree. And they all had cameras for some reason.

Ben was sitting with them. He looked up, pointed, and laughed.

"Hey, look, everyone," he shouted, so loud that the whole school could here. "Bonnie and Susie are here! And they're NAKED!"

Bonnie gasped, a horrible realisation dawning on her, and swiftly dropped into a knock-kneed crouch, desperately trying to cover her naughty bits. But it was too late.