‘Can I ask you a question?’ Amy asked as we were walking down the
road at a steady pace. She was carrying the giant stuffed lion in her arms. Her
head was resting on the lion’s head as she walked.
‘Go ahead,’ I said.
‘Can I know a bit
more about you?’ she asked.
‘What do you want
to know?’ I answered with a question. I wasn’t sure what she was going to ask,
but I braced myself from some tough questions nevertheless. I don’t want to
give off the impression that I’m thinking about the answer too much, which is
an answer in itself and will give Amy all the information she needs. I’m
probably over thinking it a bit, but I don’t want to brace myself and she does
ask a series of questions that are difficult to answer quickly.
‘I just want to
get to know you a bit more,’ she said shrugging casually. ‘What are your
interests?’
A nice, easy
question for starters. ‘I like watching a lot of films,’ I said.
‘What kind?’
‘Science Fiction,
mainly.’
‘Any good ones
you can recommend?’ she asked.
‘The Red Lit
Room,’ I answered, followed by an explanation of the plot, which she found
quite interesting. ‘But, I don’t mind watching any genre of films. If anyone
says that they recommend a film then I’ll be happy to sit down and watch it.
Although, Chick Flicks are a little difficult to get through, if I’m honest.
What about you?’
‘Oh, I’m not too
fussed either. I don’t mind watching Chick Flicks, but I will admit that there
are a few that I have felt a little uncomfortable watching. They were just too
clichéd for my liking.’
We’re getting to
know each other that much more than just our names and the classes that we take
and I’m not going to let anyone or anything get in between that.
‘Any other
interests?’ Amy asked.
‘Um… Well, I like
studying science, but you already know that,’ I said. ‘And I know that about
you as well considering you did a talk about Time Travel. I’m also fascinated
by Time Travel as well. I like how there are so many theories which all somehow
point to the same conclusion and all the paradoxes that can come with it. I
know I’ve already said it, but I really liked your speech about Time Travel. I
was going to do that myself, but when I found out that you were going to, I
quickly changed my mind because I didn’t want you to feel like I copied you,
even though there were a couple of people who did do the same subject.’
‘How did you find
out that I was going to talk about Time Travel?’ Amy asked.
‘Tom told me,’ I
said simply.
‘Oh,’ she said as
if she should have known the answer already. ‘Tom’s a good friend.’
‘He’s been
putting up with me ever since we met at pre-school,’ I said. ‘And if you said
the same thing to him, he’ll probably say the same thing about me.’
‘It’s not every
day you find someone who will stay by your side no matter what,’ Amy said.
‘We’ve had our
ups and downs, but we’ve always managed to come out of the other side of that
particular tunnel,’ I said.
‘That sentence
was longer than you expected, wasn’t it,’ she smiled.
‘It was, yes,’ I
chuckled.
After a couple of
seconds of silence as we calmed ourselves down, I thought it fitting to ask her
a question.
‘So what made you
choose to study science in college?’
‘Oh, I really
enjoyed science in high school that I thought it would be interesting to pursue
a career in the field,’ she explained. ‘Besides, it was either science or drama
and I hated drama.’
‘Drama was one of
those cases that you just wanted to get it over and done with and in doing so
you did a good job at it,’ I said.
She nodded, ‘the
teachers didn’t think that was the case though. They don’t think like that, do
they? When I didn’t pick drama for my GCSE’s they asked why because I was
really good at it and I told them what you just said to me. I just wanted to
get every class over and done with as quickly as possible because I hated the
notion of being up on stage and performing for people and in doing so I did a
good job at it, much to my surprise. I mean, I didn’t even think that was possible
that you could do a good job having wanted it over and done with as quickly as
possible. Anyway, long story short, I chose to do triple science instead of
drama and here I am today. What about you? What did you pick for your GCSE’s?’
‘Triple science,
History and Graphics,’ I said, reeling each subject off with one of my fingers.
‘I thought about choosing IT, but I was already rather good at it and I considered
that as more of a hobby and I didn’t want to destroy my liking of it by
pursuing a career in the field, if you know what I mean.’
‘And so you
decided to pick something that you liked the most inside of school and left
what you like outside of school outside,’ she said putting in a much better way
than I did.’
‘That’s my plan,’
I said.
We rounded the
final corner and made our way to my house where I pulled out my front door key
from my pocket and unlocked the front door, letting Amy enter first.
‘Thank you,’ she
said, stepping into the hall. I followed, shutting the door behind me. ‘Nice
place.'
‘Thanks. I’m home
alone at the moment. Due to my parent's work, they have to go away on business
trips now and again so I’m left to fend for myself until they get back.’
‘That must have
been tough,’ she said sympathetically.’
‘It was at first,
but my nana and grandad took care of me when I was younger. This is the first
time I’ve actually stayed on my own, to fend for myself.’
‘So you haven’t
had a party yet,’ she said smiling.
‘No, I haven’t.
Not yet.’ I don’t know why I said that last bit. It didn’t come out as if I
meant it as a joke and I have no intention of throwing a party.
She put down the
lion on the sofa and had a proper look around the living room by turning around
on the spot.
‘Very well
organised,’ she said, ‘but I can’t see it staying that way for long.’
‘I’m surprised
it’s organised as well. When I’m on my own I do tend to spread out a bit. I don’t
notice it at first, but when my parents come home, I then realise that things
aren’t all that organised at all.
‘Makes sense,’
she said, eyeing up my film collection that stood beside the TV.
‘Um,’ I felt as
if Amy was waiting for me to ask it. ‘Would you like a cup of coffee before we
head back to the fair?’
‘I thought you
would never ask,’ she said.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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Antony Hudson
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