“Marvellous news!” Jenna has wound down the window to yell her greeting. Besides her in the car, Joe wriggled down in his seat. His mother has mastered teenager embarrassment three years ago; this was yet another example.
Across the road, Kay Turner nodded. “Mmm-hmm. Straight A’s, so Nicola’s got her pick of unis.”
A farther 50 metres down the road, Jenna’s manic grin vanished.
Joe groaned inwardly. Here it comes, why oh why couldn’t you-
“Swotty little cow!” Jenna exclaimed. “Never liked her or her mother. If you’re at Lincoln Polytechnic, least we’ll never run into them again!”
Across the road, Kay Turner nodded. “Mmm-hmm. Straight A’s, so Nicola’s got her pick of unis.”
A farther 50 metres down the road, Jenna’s manic grin vanished.
Joe groaned inwardly. Here it comes, why oh why couldn’t you-
“Swotty little cow!” Jenna exclaimed. “Never liked her or her mother. If you’re at Lincoln Polytechnic, least we’ll never run into them again!”
