The Flirting Games (The Flirting Series - Young Adult) by Wilkinson Stella

Author:Wilkinson, Stella [Wilkinson, Stella]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-03-24T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Jack Parkhurst was glad he had decided to drive over to his old school and drop in on Alex and Ellie. Their parents normally tried to do a Saturday visit once every couple of months, but as a recent ex-pupil it was a great feeling to come up the driveway and know that he wasn’t going back to his old room.

He smiled fondly at the grand old building. Compass Court Boarding School had been his second home for seven years and he’d been happy there.

It was an old manor house built around the first ever proper fixed compass in Britain. It was built in a square and the huge iron compass itself still stood in the center of the large courtyard in the middle. A tower had been built at each corner making up the four schoolhouses. The towers were each at the corner they were named after: North, East, South and West. He’d been in West Tower House. He could see his old window from the front drive.

Looking round the driveway, he watched as various parents collected their children for a day out. He waved at a couple of people he knew from the year below him.

You always got a funny mix at boarding school. Kids were sent here for so many different reasons. His own father was an army captain, in charge of training, and was sent all over the country as needed, and his mother preferred to rent a house in barracks rather than stay at home so they could be together. She hadn’t wanted the children to get moved around all the time so they shut up the family house during term time, which was why he and his brother and sister had all attended boarding school.

Jack wandered into the main hall looking for his brother and sister. Alex was in the courtyard with their cousins, Rose and Toby.

Alex and Rose were both 16 and had been born only days apart, and so they’d always been close. Toby was only 13 and Jack hadn’t ever really had much time for him as the age gap between them was so large, he himself having turned eighteen last January.

He was more interested in finding Ellie. As younger sisters went, Ellie was pretty cool. She was full of mischief and sharp as a tack. He’d actually really enjoyed having her around when she finally joined him and Alex at Compass Court. She was cheeky with his friends, up for any dares and perfectly capable of charming her way out of trouble with the teachers. Plus it was her birthday this weekend, and he was looking forward to surprising her.

Alex saw him and made his way to Jack, letting him know that Ellie was in the village pub.

Rose looked up and gave Jack a wave. He waved back, but didn’t bother to go over. Rose and Toby had spent 3 weeks of the summer holiday at his parents’ house while their own parents had been abroad working, so he didn’t feel the need to chat to her again so soon.

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