At the Firefly Gate (2008)
“He was almost sorry that he wouldn’t be at school with Simon and the others for the last week of term. But Simon was coming round on Sunday — it had been Mum’s idea for Henry to invite him — so there was now someone he could call a friend.
On the coach home, the talk was of the Air Display next day at Lakenfield; Jonathan, Neil and Elissa were all going, with their families. Simon pulled a face and said that he had to go to a wedding, a friend of his mother’s he hardly knew. ‘Boring! I’d much r...ather go to Lakenfield. You going?’ he asked Henry.
Henry said he would ask Dad, but suspected that there’d still be too much house stuff going on.
Simon’s mother was waiting for him, as before, parked outside the village shop. As he ran across the green he called back to Henry, ‘See you Sunday!’ ‘Come on,’ Grace said impatiently, as if Henry were a dog that hadn’t yet learned to follow at heel. Henry thought he might just dump his bag at Pat’s, then come back out to see if any of the other boys were playing football in the rec.MoreLess
On the coach home, the talk was of the Air Display next day at Lakenfield; Jonathan, Neil and Elissa were all going, with their families. Simon pulled a face and said that he had to go to a wedding, a friend of his mother’s he hardly knew. ‘Boring! I’d much r...ather go to Lakenfield. You going?’ he asked Henry.
Henry said he would ask Dad, but suspected that there’d still be too much house stuff going on.
Simon’s mother was waiting for him, as before, parked outside the village shop. As he ran across the green he called back to Henry, ‘See you Sunday!’ ‘Come on,’ Grace said impatiently, as if Henry were a dog that hadn’t yet learned to follow at heel. Henry thought he might just dump his bag at Pat’s, then come back out to see if any of the other boys were playing football in the rec.MoreLess
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