the Peace campaign. Well, when I say “recruiting”
what I mean is I stood on a chair in the Sixth Form common room today and said, “’Ere, everyone, listen!” and told them what
Mr. Bamblebury wanted. Everyone just stared at me pulling the same “Are you a mentalist?” face that I did last week.
Finally Sean Burton, who was spending his study hall sewing glitter patches onto a silver bomber jacket to go and see Kylie
Minogue, spoke up and said, “Shizza, have you seen some of those kids out there? There’s one lad in Year Ten who calls himself
Meatman who’s got gold teeth and a tattoo of Tupac Shakur on his arm? He shouts ‘Kill da fairy!’ everytime he sees me!” Lots
of folks nodded like they knew him. “Y’know, Shiz,” Sean said, “I ain’t overly concerned with increasing Meatman’s peace.
In fact, I’m sort of hoping someone shoots him soon.”
“Thank you, Sean, that’s ever so helpful,” I said, although to be honest I could see his point. I started to panic a bit then.
What the bloody hell was I going to do? But suddenly, Joshua Fallow stands up and says, “OK, Shiraz Bailey Wood, put my name
down. I want to increase the peace!”
So I say, “Are you serious, Joshua?”
And he says, “Yeah, it’s a good idea. We should do something…. I’ll help you organize it. Just tell me what you want to do
and I’ll do it.”
I wrote his name down and gave him a little smile ’cos despite him being proper up himself he had totally saved my life. Joshua
gave me little wink and I felt a bit funny.
Of course, the moment Joshua says he’ll help, lots of other people like Saf and Sean and Luther and Sonia and Carrie said
they’d get involved too. We are the “Mayflower Academy: Increase the Peace Initiative.”
Crapping hell—now we really have to do it.
WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER
Studying at my house is proper impossible. IMPOSSIBLE! I’ve told our Murphy a thousand times that he can’t play bloody Dubstep
in his room when I’m reading my Shakespeare but he just don’t get it at all. I hate him sometimes.
In the end I went over to Carrie’s house as we’re supposed to have finished
Henry IV
Part One by tomorrow. Carrie wasn’t much use at all. In fact she was a proper distraction. When I got to Draperville, Carrie
was lying on her bed staring at the beauty section of
In Touch.
Carrie said that eyes are going to be very big news next spring/summer season NOT lips like in autumn/winter. So I said, “Bloody
hell, Cazza! You love your cupid-bow lips! What are you going to do!?” So Carrie says, “Doesn’t matter, Shizzle, I’m going
to start doing smudge kohl eyes instead like Tabitha Tennant did at the
TV Quick
awards.”
So I said, “Wooo, dat is well nang, Cazza, but do you think we should read
Henry IV
Part One now?”
And Carrie said “Mmm… yeah, but first, what do you reckon about Saf? Do you reckon he’ll end up snogging me if we do “Increase
the Peace” campaign together? Man, he is well choong!”
The only time Carrie really picked up her Shakespeare was when we heard her dad on the landing shouting, “Carrie? I’m back!”
Barney walked in and saw Carrie pretending to study and looked really happy. “Would the future CEO of Draper Hydration and
her best friend fancy some Chinese food? ’Cos I’m putting a takeaway order in,” he asked.
“Ooh thank you, Dad!” Carrie said. “Can me and Shiz share a Set Meal A? But change the pork balls to chicken in black beans
and get shrimp crackers too… THANK YOU DAD, YOU’RE THE BEST!”
The second he shut the door she picked up
In Touch
again and started reading an article called “Hollywood Tips for Heavenly Eyelashes.”
FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER
We had our first “Increase the Peace” meeting today in the Audio Visual room. I was well nervous ’cos I’ve never been in charge
of anything before EVER and suddenly loads of Sixth Formers are all up in my face expecting me
what I mean is I stood on a chair in the Sixth Form common room today and said, “’Ere, everyone, listen!” and told them what
Mr. Bamblebury wanted. Everyone just stared at me pulling the same “Are you a mentalist?” face that I did last week.
Finally Sean Burton, who was spending his study hall sewing glitter patches onto a silver bomber jacket to go and see Kylie
Minogue, spoke up and said, “Shizza, have you seen some of those kids out there? There’s one lad in Year Ten who calls himself
Meatman who’s got gold teeth and a tattoo of Tupac Shakur on his arm? He shouts ‘Kill da fairy!’ everytime he sees me!” Lots
of folks nodded like they knew him. “Y’know, Shiz,” Sean said, “I ain’t overly concerned with increasing Meatman’s peace.
In fact, I’m sort of hoping someone shoots him soon.”
“Thank you, Sean, that’s ever so helpful,” I said, although to be honest I could see his point. I started to panic a bit then.
What the bloody hell was I going to do? But suddenly, Joshua Fallow stands up and says, “OK, Shiraz Bailey Wood, put my name
down. I want to increase the peace!”
So I say, “Are you serious, Joshua?”
And he says, “Yeah, it’s a good idea. We should do something…. I’ll help you organize it. Just tell me what you want to do
and I’ll do it.”
I wrote his name down and gave him a little smile ’cos despite him being proper up himself he had totally saved my life. Joshua
gave me little wink and I felt a bit funny.
Of course, the moment Joshua says he’ll help, lots of other people like Saf and Sean and Luther and Sonia and Carrie said
they’d get involved too. We are the “Mayflower Academy: Increase the Peace Initiative.”
Crapping hell—now we really have to do it.
WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER
Studying at my house is proper impossible. IMPOSSIBLE! I’ve told our Murphy a thousand times that he can’t play bloody Dubstep
in his room when I’m reading my Shakespeare but he just don’t get it at all. I hate him sometimes.
In the end I went over to Carrie’s house as we’re supposed to have finished
Henry IV
Part One by tomorrow. Carrie wasn’t much use at all. In fact she was a proper distraction. When I got to Draperville, Carrie
was lying on her bed staring at the beauty section of
In Touch.
Carrie said that eyes are going to be very big news next spring/summer season NOT lips like in autumn/winter. So I said, “Bloody
hell, Cazza! You love your cupid-bow lips! What are you going to do!?” So Carrie says, “Doesn’t matter, Shizzle, I’m going
to start doing smudge kohl eyes instead like Tabitha Tennant did at the
TV Quick
awards.”
So I said, “Wooo, dat is well nang, Cazza, but do you think we should read
Henry IV
Part One now?”
And Carrie said “Mmm… yeah, but first, what do you reckon about Saf? Do you reckon he’ll end up snogging me if we do “Increase
the Peace” campaign together? Man, he is well choong!”
The only time Carrie really picked up her Shakespeare was when we heard her dad on the landing shouting, “Carrie? I’m back!”
Barney walked in and saw Carrie pretending to study and looked really happy. “Would the future CEO of Draper Hydration and
her best friend fancy some Chinese food? ’Cos I’m putting a takeaway order in,” he asked.
“Ooh thank you, Dad!” Carrie said. “Can me and Shiz share a Set Meal A? But change the pork balls to chicken in black beans
and get shrimp crackers too… THANK YOU DAD, YOU’RE THE BEST!”
The second he shut the door she picked up
In Touch
again and started reading an article called “Hollywood Tips for Heavenly Eyelashes.”
FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER
We had our first “Increase the Peace” meeting today in the Audio Visual room. I was well nervous ’cos I’ve never been in charge
of anything before EVER and suddenly loads of Sixth Formers are all up in my face expecting me
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