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We meet Suze and La Lips outside a kebab shop They’re sharing a bag of fries and Suze has a kebab that she’s saving for later

"Lovely ladies!" Trev croons "What does a guy have to do to get a fry and a kiss around here?"

"Sod off," Suze growls as he drapes an arm round each of them La Lips smiles and cuddles into hirily I had dinner before I ca of stea Elephant and Stagger Lee, but they never turned up," La Lips pouts

"What are you doing with them?" Copper asks suspiciously La Lips has kissed just about every boy she’s ever coed her too, a while back, to see what it was like, though she tellsthat up - but Copper has been sort of going steady with her for the last feeeks

"Stagger Lee was going to give us new ringtones for our phones," Suze says

"More Nick Cave, I bet," Copper scowls (Stagger Lee’s a Nick Cave freak - he was nicknas La Lips away fro a couple of fries She rubs her arlares

"You won’t be copping a feel tonight," Kray laughs

"He doesn’t cop a feel any night," La Lips says, tossing her hair indignantly, but nobody buys that for even a second

"Here," Suze says, handingany longer"

"Cheers, ears" I tuck in and the others crowd around one and we’re licking our lips

Suze shakes her head "Like a pack of dogs," she sighs Then she srab any fries "How’s the new school?"

Vinyl shrugs "You know All right"

"Is it very different froold-riasps

Everyone laughs

"You’re an idiot," I tell her

"Less of that," Copper says, draping a protective arm around her