They had just finished their lunch and were sitting on the grass near to the tennis court, idly watching a couple of girls who were more energetically inclined having a friendly match. Shirley and Debbie enjoyed tennis, but were content just now to bask in the warmth of the midday sun. It was mid-May and unseasonably warm for the time of the year. ‘She knows jolly well I want to leave and start working full time,’ she went on. ‘What’s the point of sixth form and college and all that, when there’s a job waiting for me?’ ‘But you could still carry on working there,’ said Shirley, just as Debbie’s mother had said. ‘Don’t you realize how lucky you are? You’re dead brainy; you know very well you’ll get good grades in everything. Not like me. I’ll be lucky if I can scrape through with half a dozen passes. But I’m still going on to the sixth form, that’s if I do alright. And not just because my parents want me to. I’m looking forward to it.’ ‘You can’t be!
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