Fifth Year Friendships at Trebizon by Anne Digby

Author:Anne Digby [Digby, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781899587285
Publisher: Straw Hat
Published: 2011-09-06T16:00:00+00:00

Dear Mum and Dad,

Thanks for your lovely letter with all your news; I got it last week. I've had some very exciting news myself, though perhaps you know about it already. I wonder if Mr Lasky has written to you yet . . .

And so on. Then she wrote to her French pen-friend.

On Sunday, she rushed through all her prep, hoping to have time for some revision as well. Mocks were after half-term!

Robbie cycled over to see her in the afternoon, a lovely surprise.

'I've been trying to get over to see you ever since I had your letter, Rebeck. I'm getting roped in for rugby again, now Oxbridge is over. So there was a contract in the offing? I was right!'

Robbie still hadn't sorted his future out; in fact, he seemed to have put the future out of his mind. He was concerned about the present and working maniacally for his A levels, so he couldn't stay long.

The same evening, she had a phone call from Cliff and they talked for quite a long time. He'd received her letter but was surprisingly cautious about the idea of her becoming a full-time tennis player: 'It's all right, unless you have another car accident, Rebecca! Anyway, when am I going to see you?'

'I'll be around at half-term!' Rebecca suddenly realized. 'At least, I'll be back here before the others. I shan't be going to Gran's because of Bristol, you see. I'll come straight back here when it's over. But I'll still be on holiday! I'll ask Mrs Barry if you can come and have lunch with us.'

'Yum. Lovely. Is she a good cook?'

'Very.'

Rebecca came off the phone feeling happy. It would be so nice to see Cliff again. She'd go and fix it up with Mrs Barry right away, before she forgot. Then she could phone Cliff back and make it definite.

She hadn't managed to get any revision done, after all.

Late on Tuesday evening, in the little kitchen at the top of Court House, Tish and Sue cornered Rebecca at cocoa time and tackled her about something.

Holly Thomas had been taking Sue into her confidence.

'She's really smarting over this business of the chocolates,' explained Sue. 'She says you haven't been fair.'

'Naomi Cook's honest,' said Rebecca flatly. 'I told them to go and see May Ling and tell her she'd made a mistake.'

'They did. And May told them she hadn't!'

'All that stuff you gave them about May being Chinese, Rebeck. It just won't wash,' added Tish. 'They've now discovered that Naomi and May are both in One Alpha and even sit together in some lessons!'

'Really?' Rebecca was startled.

Was it possible? Could Naomi have slipped back from the sports centre and stolen those chocolates? She had had enough time. Had she taken the blazer . . . and Holly's new Walkman, as well?

No. It was unthinkable.

'Naomi wouldn't pinch anything,' said Rebecca, stubbornly. 'She's not the type. I'd stake my life on that!'

'Oh, Rebeck, no one's asking you to do that!' grinned Tish.

'But Holly wants you to come and talk to May Ling yourself, Rebecca,' said Sue, worriedly.

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