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Everyone’s moving in different ways.
    i dont mind things changin. i just want them 2 change 4 the beta.
    The new people thing might be one your friend gets over. She’s experimenting, I guess. She’ll straighten out sooner or later.
    u really 16? u seem kinda older.
    Yep. Don’t worry, I’m not some dirty old man trying to perv on you.
    good. im ros.
    Hi Ros. I’m Jonathan. I’m guessing you just started sixth form too.
    yeah. which subjects r u doin?
    I rattled them off. There was a pause.
    wow. u must b really clever.
    I wasn’t sure how to answer that, so instead I said, You know what made me laugh? When I got in on Monday college admin had my name down wrong on all the registers. Teachers kept calling me Hawthorn.
    hawthorn? that a name?
    My middle name – I swear my parents were on crack when they cooked that one up. My dad’s a tree surgeon so it must have seemed a good idea. Thank God it’s not my first name!
    :-P thats funny. im so glad im just rosalind emily.
    You got off lightly.
    in tree mythology, hawthorns r symbolic of chastity & happiness.
    Not sure I like that! You’re pulling my leg, right?
    no, i just looked it up. i hav sum mythology websites on my faves from when we were doin a project at skool.
    Which A levels are you doing? I never asked.
    There was another pause. biology, geography, history, art. i like art best. i draw a lot of portraits & things & maybe il go 2 art college later.
    Yeah, I saw your art on your profile – really impressive. What other things are you into?
    collecting things. bakin cakes. wishin we had a dog.
    What do you collect?
    china figurines.
    I knew the kind she meant. You saw them advertised on the back of TV guides, with a load of tacky garble on how beautifully they’re crafted. Freya and I joke that they’re only bought by old ladies with no taste.
    i also have figurines of characters from sci-fi shows & some animes 2 but there not as easy 2 get as the china 1s.
    You into sci-fi?
    kinda. lot of its old stuff. no1 at skool really nos wot im talking bout.
    Hey, I love old sci-fi! Especially shows that have naff plastic monsters and were patently filmed down a quarry in Dorset. They’re hilarious – so not scary.
    they r when ur little. i know cos my dad has almost evry episode of dr who eva made & they used 2 give me nightmares.
    Man, I wish my dad was that cool! Nearly every episode – seriously?
    yup. & star trek. i no the special effects dont stand up now & there kinda tacky but thats partly why i like them.
    Exactly! You’re so lucky – I keep trying to download episodes but my connection sucks and I can’t afford DVDs.
    u never said u liked sci-fi on ur profile. it just says u like rock music, computers & horror films & then theres the huge list of bands.
    I like to tone the geek thing down.
    i dont no much bout music. abby burned me a few cds once but i didnt get into it.
    Tell you what, I’ll send you some of my favourite tracks. Maybe you’ll like them better.
    thatd b greattnx!
    No prob. I should warn you, I’m a music nut, so if I go over the top, tell me to shut up.
    why rnt u takin music a level then?
    Parents.
    say no more.
    It sucks. If they’d let me apply to the conservatoire (that’s a music school BTW) I could have been with Freya.
    is freya ur sister ?
    Nah, I’m an only child. Freya’s my girlfriend and I miss her like crazy.
    o. she pretty?
    Yeah. Hang on, I’ll send you a pic.
    Rosalind
    8.50 p.m.
    As soon as the file transferred, I clicked on it so it filled the screen. A guy and a girl were standing in someone’s garden, back to back, smiling at the camera. Both held guitars.
    Jonathan’s photo reminded me of the trendier sixth-formers at school. He wore baggy jeans with colourful badges stuck all over, a T-shirt with some band logo on, beaded bangles and black-rimmed rectangular glasses, making him look both studious and cool. His long floppy reddish-brown hair was some way between wavy and curly, and for a guy he had big