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Daisy made a squeak next to her. ‘That’s Jackson Cartwright. He’s going to be my art teacher at White Cliff Bay Secondary School.’
‘He was my art teacher when I was there.’
‘How cool is that. He must have been very young when he was teaching you.’
‘He was, all the girls fancied him. He rode a motorbike and wore a leather jacket and he smoked so obviously that made him a hundred times cooler than all the other stuffy teachers.’
‘He has all these cool sculptures in galleries in London, I’m such a fan of his work.’
‘Would you like me to introduce you?’
Daisy nodded. ‘No.’
Pe
‘Yes, that sounds good.’
‘Competitors, please take your places by your sculptures to meet the judges,’ a loud voice boomed across the hall.
Pe
The Hogwarts Castle was obviously going to win, but Pe
The judges moved around the room, admiring the sculptures and chatting to the competitors.
Finally they came to Daisy. Pe
‘This is an incredible piece,’ Jackson said. ‘These branches are so thin and perfectly round. I’m very impressed with the detail that you’ve put into this.’
Pe
He looked at the card with her name and then looked back at Daisy. ‘How old are you?’
‘Sixteen.’
His eyes widened in surprise. ‘You’re the new girl. You’re going to be in my form after Christmas and I’ll be teaching you for art too.’
‘You’re my form teacher?’
Jackson nodded. Now he’d made her entire year.
‘I’m so impressed that you have this skill at such a young age, have you had much training?’
‘I did a wood carving course in the summer and Pe
Jackson turned his eyes on Pe
‘Your job is quite safe,’ Pe
He laughed. ‘Yes, they can be a handful at times.’ He turned back to Daisy. ‘Will you be popping in this week before the school closes for Christmas? It’d be nice for you to meet the rest of your form at least.’
‘Yes, I think I’m coming in Thursday or Friday this week.’
‘Well, I look forward to seeing you then.’
He moved on to Pe
‘This angel is stu
‘Pe
Jackson smiled. ‘Pe
Pe
‘I’ll give it some thought,’ Pe
Pippa joined them.
‘I love your angel, Pe
‘Thank you.’
Pippa and Jackson wandered off to the middle of the room to discuss the results. There was lots of gesturing around the room, especially towards Octavia’s castle. The organiser of the event joined them and he nodded as they told him the result. Jackson didn’t look too happy though.
‘We have our wi
There was a big round of applause from the crowd and Pe
‘Well done, I’m so pleased for you, you totally deserve it,’ Pe
‘In second place is… Octavia Greene.’
There was a huge collective gasp from the crowd that Octavia hadn’t come first. Every single person in this room knew that Octavia’s sculpture should have won, including, it seemed, Octavia. Her mouth dropped open, not from pleasant surprise but in pure outrage. Pe
‘And first place goes to…’
Pe
‘Pe
There was a polite round of applause and lots of murmuring and shaking heads as people obviously disagreed with the final verdict.
Pe
Daisy threw herself at Pe
The judges came over to shake Pe
Octavia stomped over to her and Pe
She stormed out and Daisy looked at Pe
‘Come on, let’s go home,’ Pe
Josh and Daisy followed her out.
Daisy chatted to Josh all the way back to his house but Pe
Pe
They pulled up outside their house and Daisy practically bounced to the door, overflowing with excitement. Pe