“You seem different.” The boy looks amused as I wave from the drive. I’ve been waiting, impatient to see him, on the steps outside the front door.“Do I?” I do a jazzy walk towards him to make him laugh.“Yeah. You grown some?” He jokily pats me on the head.“Yeah, haven’t you?” I mirror his gesture.“IContinue reading “Chapter 10: I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
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Chapter 9: A Bite of the Big Apple
I go to New York with Tilly on leave weekends, and write to the boy whenever I remember, usually in the mornings after I’ve dreamt about him at night, or when I see something that would make him laugh. When I do, I send him presents: records, magazines, books. Lovesick Blues by Hank Williams. IContinue reading “Chapter 9: A Bite of the Big Apple”
Chapter 8: I Miss You
It’s easy to make friends at Miss Porter’s School for Girls. Most of the young ladies here are good eggs. My new best friend is Matilda, she insists everyone call her Tilly. She’s from New York City and knows all about the world. She’s the most confident fourteen-year-old I’ve ever met, and she looks, justContinue reading “Chapter 8: I Miss You”
Chapter 7: It’s My Party
The weekend before I leave, I have a send-off party.Everyone is having the time of their lives. Mabel and Bingham. The country club kids. My friends from school.Miss Mary invites the boy’s family too, and they show up in full force, parents, his grandmother, who’s always around and lives with them most of the time,Continue reading “Chapter 7: It’s My Party “
Chapter 6: I’ll Remember You
I don’t start school at Miss Porter’s until the end of summer, and thankfully we’re only in the beginning.I want to imprint on the boy as much as I can before I go. I can’t imagine a future without him. It’s impossible. After I tell him I’m leaving, it turns into a push and pull.Continue reading “Chapter 6: I’ll Remember You “
Chapter 5: It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You
We’ve finished our exams for the year, and we’re ready for high school. I have something to tell the boy, and I know he won’t like it one bit. It’s about where I’ll be heading after the summer holidays. I keep putting it off, distracting myself by soaking up the magic of spring, rushing aroundContinue reading “Chapter 5: It Wouldn’t Be the Same Without You “
Chapter 4: Young Dreams
It’s January in 1949, and the boy is celebrating his fourteenth birthday.He turns up at my house mid-afternoon, carrying a book of cartoons, a gift from his parents he’s eager to show me. I am sitting behind the big desk in the downstairs office, the one adjacent to the library. It used to be GrandpaContinue reading “Chapter 4: Young Dreams “
Chapter 3: The Fifth Horsewoman of the Apocalypse
I find the boy looking downcast outside the main building. “What’s wrong?” I ask, hurrying over to console him with a hug. He’s stiff as a board and trembling, so I squeeze him tighter.Leaning back to face him, I ask, “what’s the matter?” “Don’t worry about it.” He hangs his head in shame. I passContinue reading “Chapter 3: The Fifth Horsewoman of the Apocalypse “
Chapter 2: Welcome To My World
We’ve started hanging out after school, the boy and I, on the down-low. Apparently, we’re at the age where boys and girls become a danger to each other, according to society. But at my house, we can see each other semi-secretly as much as we like. No one needs to know, apart from his parentsContinue reading “Chapter 2: Welcome To My World”
Chapter 1: My Little Friend
It’s the first day at my new school and I am bursting with excitement.Due to the sudden rush to find me a place, Grandpa George’s Girl Friday, who is actually an old and highly efficient lady called Bonnie, has enrolled me in a local state school in Memphis, not the sort of place I’m accustomedContinue reading “Chapter 1: My Little Friend “
My World of Interiors 