After being stuck in here for about half an hour I feel like I’m cooking. Even Priya keeps fanning herself. As soon as the oven doors of the cab are thrown open I take a deep breath of hot air, scented with the sweet smell of roses and petrol fumes. We stand under the vast...
At break, Jidé comes over to sit next to me on the wall. I feel stupidly proud to be so close to him, as if he’s some kind of badge of honor. “Where’s Ben?” I ask. “Not here. No Millie?” I shake my head. &nb...
. . In a way I wish it wasn’t half term. For the first time in my life I wish it wasn’t the holidays. Then I remember my mobile. Even though I want to talk to Jidé most, I call Millie first. The phone goes straight to answer machine. I remember now that she’s away on holiday. It’s not the sort of...
She sprang bolt upright on the sofa, her heart thudding so loud it almost drowned out the sound of the waterfall. And then she saw it, with its wings stretched to their widest expanse, every cream feather dappled with brown, lit from behind by the moon, like an X-ray image. As it glided towards h...