Davey Jones's Locker
““Stop that you two!” she called, her face alight with laughter. “We are playing hide-and-seek, not catch-and-kiss!”
Muriel giggled and called back, “It can be, if you want that.”
Jennifer shook her head. “Nah! There isn’t a boy here that I fancy, not one that isn’t already taken anyway,” she replied.
Andrew felt Muriel stiffen and supposed that she had drawn the same conclusion as him; that he was worth chasing. ‘Surely she doesn’t mean me,’ he thought. ‘She must mean Blake.’ He ha...d always admired Jennifer for her beauty and grace but had never dared to think of trying to win her affection. Now he feared that she had made Muriel jealous.
Muriel sounded annoyed. “You are supposed to be hiding and I am in. So start running,” she snapped back at Jennifer.
Jennifer stopped smiling at the tone of voice used to her and nodded, then turned and hurried away.MoreLess
Muriel giggled and called back, “It can be, if you want that.”
Jennifer shook her head. “Nah! There isn’t a boy here that I fancy, not one that isn’t already taken anyway,” she replied.
Andrew felt Muriel stiffen and supposed that she had drawn the same conclusion as him; that he was worth chasing. ‘Surely she doesn’t mean me,’ he thought. ‘She must mean Blake.’ He ha...d always admired Jennifer for her beauty and grace but had never dared to think of trying to win her affection. Now he feared that she had made Muriel jealous.
Muriel sounded annoyed. “You are supposed to be hiding and I am in. So start running,” she snapped back at Jennifer.
Jennifer stopped smiling at the tone of voice used to her and nodded, then turned and hurried away.MoreLess
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