From Troy to Man by Adam Pearson

Author:Adam Pearson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION, TEENAGERS, DIARY, PROBLEMS, LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, LIFE, CHILDREN, FAMILY, SEX
ISBN: 9781909143821
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2013
Published: 2013-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

So he has only got four left and he is only four months old. I somehow doubt that he will live to draw his pension.

Snowy went to Fratton Park for Pompey’s first game of the season against Tottenham Hotspur and I spent that time sat in front of the television watching Gillette Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports. I couldn’t bring myself to listen to Southampton’s game at Sheffield Wednesday. It must be a sort of post-traumatic stress condition brought on by listening to a year and a half of crap. I was also a bit paranoid by the fact that it was the thirteenth of the month and it wasn’t a Friday, a combination that usually brings me bad luck. Fortunately, though Saints went one-nil up half way through the first half, thanks to Kenwyne Jones and hung on to win the game. The icing on the cake for me, though was Pompey’s two-nil defeat.

Snowy decided to go to stop off in Newport and spend the evening with Samantha (her mother). So I made a point of going out to the pub. Jason, Ed, Tom, Hayley, Katie, Kelly, Karl, Butch, Vernon and Rachel were all there. I asked Katie what was going on with her house. She said that it was sold and that there was no chain involved and that she would be leaving soon.

‘Where are you going?’ I asked.

‘Back to Ipswich. I’ve got a place in a college there and Hannah is putting me up in her house. It means that I can bank most of the money I get from the sale of the house! When the market dies down I should be able to buy another house!’

‘You’ve got it all worked out, haven’t you?’

‘Not all of it! There are still certain complications in my life that need to be sorted.’

I thought for a moment that she might be about to divulge the big secret that she was guarding but Jason came over and asked us what we wanted to drink.

Jason left soon afterwards as Hayley was feeling tired but he returned half an hour later. Ed said to him, ‘why aren’t you staying with Hayley?’

‘I didn’t ask for her to get pregnant! So I don’t see why I should have my social life ruined because of it!’

‘You heartless bastard!’ Ed remarked. I fight nearly ensued but I grabbed Ed and Karl grabbed Jason and things simmered down.

It wasn’t the best of evenings out. I never did get a chance to gloat about Saints’ victory or Pompey’s defeat.

14 August 2005, Sunday

I was woken up this morning with a phone call from Pitbull. He begged me to play in Cowes Park Rangers league match against Pan. I had no excuses not to, apart from being dreadfully unfit, so I got up, showered, grabbed my kit, flushed the dead fish (Le Tiz) down the toilet and drove to Northwood Park. The line-up today was Pitbull in goal, Ed, Jason, Jonathan Chandler and Karl in defence. Vernon, Tom, Nathan and Jamie in midfield and me and Paul Squires up front.

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