JASMINE, Naked in School – chapter 2

MONDAY

Of course I knew it was coming, so I wasn’t surprised when the computer read out my name. I was the only one who wasn’t though, judging by the gasp that went around the hall. When I heard my name though, I couldn’t help thinking of how Rosie must have felt when she found out that she’d been picked and I tried wiping away the tears that were forming.

I walked up to the front and Mrs. Chaplain told me I was excused.

"I have to do this," I insisted, "For Rosie."

She looked horrified but stood aside.

She took me into a separate office where the five women from the Program Committee were.

I had to explain what we always had to explain to people, that we could be sisters even though we were only three months different in our ages because we were both adopted.

I thought I’d made a mess of explaining why I had to be in the Program, then I had to wait outside with Mrs. Chaplain.

Then I told them about finding Rosie’s journal and I gave it to Shelley, who was looking more unhappy than Mrs. Chaplain.

Then I took off my clothes and went out into the corridor where the other proggies were waiting and already being asked to pose. There was a big cheer when I went out, but nobody asked me to pose.