Rachel made a shocked face at his joke followed by a squawk of laughter. Some people laughed prettily. Rachel squawked or shrieked or snorted. Laughter often caught her by surprise. Like Zoe caught her by surprise, standing a little way behind Danny. Zoe had been the first to clean up her chemistry bench so she'd been allowed out a couple of minutes before the bell. "What's so funny?" she asked, giving Danny an awkward hello-I-don't-know-you-but-you're-making-my-friend-laugh smile.

She knew who Danny was though. Mrs Marlow's son, and Gloria had killed his sister. Zoe thought it was very important to know all the people who had lost someone to Gloria.

"Repressed memories mean I don't have nightmares," Rachel explained.

"That is a riot," Zoe agreed.