Susan catches the bus into town at ten-thirty a.m. she sits on the back seat. she at The man in head and thinks how his fat wrinkled neck is like a large carrot Sticking out from the collar of his shirt. she adds up the on her bus ticket to See if they make twenty-one, but they don't. maybe she shouldn't going to school at All, then. her will be in the yard with their arms folded on their chests, Shielding their breasts to try and them look bigger, whilst the boys will be too busy Playing football to notice. the bus is on the high street when suddenly it begins To rain torrentially and it sounds like someone has emptied a million packets of Dried peas on top of the of the bus. 'what if it just keeps raining,' she Thinks to herself, 'and it was like being in an aquarium except it was all the Shoppers and office-workers that were floating passed the instead of fish? ' She's thinking about this when the bus goes passed caroline lee's house where there Was a party last week. there were some exchange students there who were very Mature; they all ended up jumping out of the bedroom window. one of tried to get her To kiss him on the stairs, so she kicked him. later she was because she drunk too Much cider. caroline was drunk as well; she was pretending she was married to a boy In glasses, and she had to wear a for three days afterwards to cover up the Love-bite on her neck. by now the bus is passed the market. outside is a man who Spends all day forcing felt-tip pens people's hands and then trying to make them pay For them. she used to work in the pet shop, but she got sacked for to boys when She was supposed to be working. she wasn't too bothered though, she hated the of the Rabbits anyway. 'maybe this bus stop,' she thinks, 'and I'll stay on It I'm old enough to go into pubs on my own. or it could drive me to a town where People with black hair special brew and I can make lots of money by charging fat old Men five pounds a time to look up my skirt. oh, be queuing up to take me out to Dinner...' I suppose you think she's just a silly girl with ideas, but i Remember her in those days. they talk people with a fire within and all that stuff, Well, she had that alright. it's just no-one dared to jump into her fire; they would been consumed. instead, they put her in a corner and let her heat up the room, Warming their hands and in front of her, and then slagging her off around town. No-one ever got inside susan, and, and, she always ended up getting off the bus at The and then walking home.