Differently Normal by Tammy Robinson

Author:Tammy Robinson [Robinson, Tammy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-04T18:30:00+00:00

Maddy

“Are you sure you don’t mind?” I ask again, for the twentieth time. Mum rolls her eyes.

“Of course not.”

“You guys will be ok?”

“We’ll be fine. I do know what I’m doing you know, despite what you might sometimes think.”

“I know. Sorry.”

“Relax. Enjoy yourself. You haven’t spent a night away from us since your Year 6 camp.”

“That’s not helpful. I’m nervous.”

“You’ll be fine. You’ll be more than fine. I wonder where he’s taking you? Ooh, maybe a flash hotel.”

“I have no idea. He wouldn’t give me any clues.”

I drop the kitchen blind, which I have been nervously looking out of on and off for the last hour, and unzip my bag on the counter top again to check the contents.

“How did you know what to pack then?” Mum asks. She’s sitting at the breakfast bar with Bee, colouring in some of Bee’s tape covers. Bee is pointing to what she wants mum to write, and after mum writes it on the covers Bee colours it in with felt. She’s a talented artist, my sister, and we have a few of her framed drawings up on the wall.

“I didn’t. I’ve just tried to cover a few bases. Jeans, a nice top, a t-shirt, shorts, togs, a dress and some sandals.”

“Should be ok then.”

“I hope so.” I’m seized by a fresh set of nerves. “What if I’ve forgotten something important though?”

“You haven’t. It’s not like you’re going away for a week.”

Beep beep

I jump when we hear a deep horn sound out front and lift the blind.

“Is it him?” mum asks.

“I have no idea.” There’s a large black truck outside our house. The kind with a cab and a flat bed deck. I’ve never seen it before. A hand comes out from the driver’s side and waves, then the door opens and Albert steps out and grins at me.

Mum follows me outside and stands on the doorstep, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed as I walk self consciously up the garden path lugging my bag.

“Hey,” he smiles.

“Hey. Nice truck.”

He steps back and surveys it proudly. “She’s a beauty eh?”

“As far as trucks go sure. Whose is it?”

“Mine.”

“Seriously?”

A bubble of excited laughter escapes him. “Yes, seriously. I can hardly believe it myself, but I’ve just signed the paperwork.”

“Wow.”

“I know.”

“You bought a car.”

“I did.”

“Wow.”

“I know.”

“Seriously?”

“Seriously.”

“Expensive?”

“Not too bad. Second hand of course. I should just about be able to afford the monthly repayments and still treat my girl to the odd night out.” He takes my bag from my hand and throws it onto the back of the truck in one smooth move. Then he freezes. “There wasn’t anything breakable in there was there?”

“Luckily for you, no.”

“You’re ready?”

“As I’ll ever be.”

He holds out a hand. “Then your chariot awaits madam, to take you on your next adventure.”

I put my hand in his and run my eyes over his face. It’s only been a few days since we last saw each other but when I see him again I am hit with the intensity of how much I have missed him.

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