Next to her, as usual, was Karen's best friend Heather. Well, best friend after Jon of course. Karyn briefly wondered if Heather had got the new game as well, they were in to the same things. Karyn had decided to buy a new games console yesterday and had been up all night playing on one of her new games. She had been so engrossed that she hadn't realized what tthe time was and that was why she had overslept this morning.
Checking to see if Mr. Thompson was looking, Karyn leaned over to Heather and whispered.
"Hey, Heather..."
"Yeah?" She whispered. "Are you all right? You look pretty rumpled?"
"Couldn't get to bed," she said. "Was up playing till late."
Heather looked at her oddly. "Playing what?"
"The game...you know," she said.
Heather had always been interested in sports, and was uncertain which game Karyn was talking about. "I..."
Mr. Thompson looked in their direction. Karyn signaled later.
