I couldn’t believe it! I came out of art with Marcus and there was Elvin! As soon as I spotted him I started laughing, even though Marcus wasn’t saying anything funny. It was brilliant! Elvin looked well surprised. He’d come to see Mr Belakis. (I can’t believe Disha didn’t find out that Elvin used to go to our school! She said I could have asked him that myself when I was talking to him the other day. Always an excuse!) Marcus wanted me to go to the high street with him, but I said I had things to do after school. I came out of the library just as Elvin walked past on his way out. I said I thought he’d be on his bike, and he said he wished that he was. He said it was the only way to travel in London, and I said too right. So when he asked me if I had a bike I automatically said yes (not a total lie – I used to have one; I just haven’t had one for a while). And GUESS WHAT? He asked me if I wanted to go riding on the heath with him sometime! Do leaves grow on trees? I don’t remember much after that, although I’m sure everything he said was v intelligent and witty. I know it sounds weird, but I almost wished he hadn’t got on my bus. I really wanted to ring D and tell her all about it and everything he said etc. But then he said he was dropping by Catriona’s on his way home, and straight away I wished he wouldn’t get off.
You’re not going to believe this, but Sappho says women can be circumcised! I said but we don’t have a penis and she said, “You really do live on your own planet, don’t you?” (Ha ha ha, right? You can see why no one’s ever accused feminists of having a great sense of humour.) I said well, we don’t have penises, and she said maybe it would do me some good to pay some attention when people are talking to me now and then. Phoned Disha and she didn’t know women could be circumcised either.