Clay by Melissa Harrison

Author:Melissa Harrison
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-01-19T22:00:00+00:00

Daisy and TC were walking back from the common behind Sophia. Daisy had had a lovely time; one of her best times ever, probably. She thought about what TC had said, but she knew she wouldn’t be allowed to play after school, not unless it was all arranged. And although she couldn’t have said why, she didn’t think, somehow, that the arranging would be able to happen.

‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ she asked, skipping a bit as they went. ‘I’m going to be a spy, or famous. Or do parties, like my mum.’

TC shrugged.

‘Come on, you must want to be something. Is it a footballer?’

‘No.’

‘What then?’

‘I don’t know.’

‘Yes you do,’ she said, nudging him a little. ‘Go on, say!’

‘I told you, I don’t know,’ he muttered, something in his voice making Sophia look round.

‘Give over, Daisy,’ she said. ‘He doesn’t have to decide now.’

‘He could be a spy, too; I don’t mind. Or a soldier.’

‘Daisy!’

‘But I’m not even doing anything!’

It was too late. ‘I’ve got to go,’ TC said. ‘Bye, Daisy. Bye, Mrs . . .’

‘Sophia,’ Sophia supplied, as the boy slipped through the traffic on Litten Close and away.

‘He doesn’t want to be anything,’ Daisy pronounced conclusively. ‘Come on. Are you having supper at our house tonight?’

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