Exit Jess
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Jess is from a privileged background but has found herself living relatively modestly since running away from home (she works for minimum wage in a supermarket). She's nineteen years old. She's witty, sassy and extremely sarcastic. She stands out because she is unusually tall, but is desperate to fit in. She has a burning desire to help others but often goes about it in the wrong way leading to catastrophe. She's fiercely loyal and protective towards her only friend, her housemate Sophie.
I met
Soph by accident. I suppose that's how you meet anyone, isn't it? You know what
I mean. I bumped into her, literally, as I was wandering lost, also literally.
I don't need to say literally at the end of every sentence? Okay.We clashed
in comical fashion, face to face (well, more like chest to face) which sent
tiny Soph sprawling flat on her back on to the pavement. ‘Oh my God, are you
all right?’ she said. I
was still processing what had happened, trying to find the source of all this
commotion; like a small bird had flown into a window and the only evidence was
a soft clunk and a faint imprint.‘All
right?’ was all I could manage. She then sat up and said the words I've heard
from her a thousand times since.‘Starving. Fancy getting a bite to
eat?’ I laughed, for the first time in a long time. How could I say no?
