Hiya! Fliss here. Iâm so glad you could stop by. I was just checking my hair was not doing anything too mad before I see Ryan. Thatâs Ryan Scott, whoâs in our class at school. Heâs a brilliant footballer, and heâs very interesting to talk to. Well, thatâs what I think â although Frankie and Kenny and Lyndz and Rosie just laugh when I say so. Mum says theyâre probably jealous because he likes me better than them, but I donât think they mind about that sort of thing. My mum also says you should always try to look your best, and this is a date. Well, actually it isnât, but itâs a long story.
Do you want to hear it? Great. Pull up a chair while I finish off. You definitely wonât want to miss hearing about the wild time The Sleepover Club have been having lately.
First of all, you do remember The Sleepover Club, donât you? How could you forget! Iâm Felicity Diana Sidebotham, and Iâm ten (no jokes about my name, please â I get enough from the Gruesome Twosome Emma and Emily, our archrivals the evil M&Ms. You donât want to be part of their sad little gang).
If you want to know what I look like, Iâm slim with very long blonde hair. I live with my mum, whoâs a beautician, and my annoying little brother, Callum. Sometimes heâs OK, but sometimes I wish he was a girl. Then I could talk to him about important things like clothes and make-up. Thereâs also my mumâs boyfriend, Andy, whoâs great. My real dad got married to Maria, and theyâve got a lovely little baby girl called Posy. I canât talk to her about clothes either, but I canât wait till she grows up!
The other members of The Sleepover Club are Frankie, Kenny, Lyndz and Rosie. Frankie and Kenny are best friends. Just between you and me, sometimes I feel a tiny bit left out when weâre at school. Sometimes I even feel like that when weâre having a sleepover, though I do try to hide it. Frankie and Kenny are a bit mad and love playing tricks on people. It was definitely Kenny who encouraged Callum to get those revolting spiders. Yuck!
Frankieâs just as bad. She once painted her face red and jumped out at me; I got such a shock I nearly fainted. Rosie said afterwards that I looked really green, which is not a good look for me, particularly as I had a pink sweater on at the time. Pink and green just donât go. Kenny had to get me some hot sugary tea and wrap me up in a duvet. Did you know thatâs what you do if someone has had a bad shock? Kenny wants to be a doctor like her dad when she grows up, so sheâs good at knowing things like that.
Is this all sounding a bit muddled? Sorry! Itâs just that weâve had such an adventure; I canât wait to tell you about it. But I think I should go back to the beginning and tell you about The Sleepover Club properly.
Frankie first. She doesnât have any brothers or sisters. Sheâs got a pet dog called Pepsi, though. I like Pepsi because she isnât the sort of dog who jumps up and puts her muddy paws all over you. A long time ago Frankie had a cat called Muffin who got run over, and if you think itâs odd that Iâm telling you about a dead cat, it isnât really. If Frankie hadnât still been missing Muffin she wouldnât haveâwhoops! There I go, charging ahead again. Perhaps you could just remember about Muffin, though.
Then thereâs Kenny. Like I told you, she wants to be a doctor. Sheâs got two sisters, and she has to share her bedroom with her sister Molly. Iâm really glad I donât have to share with anyone. Molly is horrible â we call her Molly the Monster. Sheâs always complaining about Kenny â although I do think Kenny is a bit untidy. If you look under her bed youâll see itâs stuffed with dirty clothes. Thereâs even a big bag of rat food â UGH!!! Luckily the rat is in the garage. I donât think Iâd ever be able to sleep over at Kennyâs house if the rat was in her room like she wants it to be. Iâd have terrible dreams about scaly tails and horrible sharp teeth all night long.
I havenât told you about Rosie yet. Rosie is like me; she doesnât live with her dad. Sheâs got a big sister, Tiffany, and an older brother called Adam who uses a wheelchair. Her house is a bit like Lyndzâs house; itâs very messy and a lot of the walls need painting. Rosie says her dad keeps promising heâll come back and sort it out, but he doesnât. I donât think Iâd like to have Rosieâs room at all. My bedroom has ever such pretty wallpaper, and my mum let me choose my curtains and my rug.