CHAPTER 1 FRIDAY OUTING

“It's Friday again! Oh, I love weekends, ”shouted Sally. Friday was the day she and her clique of friends hanged out at Pyramid Complex. They were Jenny, Aminah, Doris and Bee Choo.

The Sunway Complex was their meeting place every Friday afternoon after school. They had been waiting for this day the whole week.

The thought of meeting each other at the complex on Friday made them bear homework and tuition throughout the week. Friday was their special day.

After school on Friday, they changed into their jeans and T-shirts. Then, they made their way to the Sunway Complex. They usually went to the first floor. From that level, they could look at the escalator. They could see who was coming and leaving.

Since they were seen hanging around in the shopping complex on Friday, they were called the “Pyramid Kids” by the shop owners. So, it was by that name they were identified.

It was common to hear them ask each other, “Have you seen the ‘Pyramid Kids' today? ”

They were not doing any shopping at all. The complex was just a meeting place. There, they would talk about their school and friends.

One of them would say, “Do you know what happened in my class today? ”

Without waiting for an answer, another one would go on to describe what the teacher said and did that week. So everyone was gossiping about their classmates and teachers. The activity seemed purposeless. But, to the “Pyramid Kids”, it was their Friday outing.“Everyone has to be somewhere, so Pyramid Complex is our central point, ” sang out Jenny. She was the leader of the “Spicy Girls” group.

They were all students from Fairview School, a school known for its outgoing female students.

The group was so called because the girls tried to imitate the hairstyles and dressing of the famous group “Spice Girls”. They were fans of this singing group.

At times, the girls even tried to walk and talk like their pop idols. Their activity caused much laughter from the shop tenants and shoppers who watched them with amusement.

The boys from Wellington School would watch and comment. Some even whistled. They then whispered into each other's ears that so and so had a funny walk. So and so giggled too much. So and so's hairstyle today looked funny. And all the boys would end up sighing and saying, “Girls....”