Just A Girl, Standing In Front Of A Boy (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
I didn’t know what to do.’ ‘Fan-Tastic, never apologise for calling a Musketeer Mission,’ Al says, he’s trying to spoon cold dauphinois potato into his mouth without getting it on his balaclava. I watch him, thinking about telling him to take the clava off. But the sight of him sat there like a giant tadpole is oddly comforting and he is at home after all, there’s scant chance he’ll get arrested. I leave him be. Mum strides into the kitchen but stops abruptly when she sees Al. ‘What the…?’ she says. ‘It’s only Al,’ I inform her. ‘I realise that, Jenny, but he’s wearing a balaclava.’ ‘I’m a musketeer, Pam,’ he says proudly and winks. I raise my eyes to the ceiling and shake my head. ‘Mrs T, there’s not much to do in these parts,’ Philippa says by way of explanation. ‘Every so often, if we have a task or a mission to complete we don balaclavas and call ourselves musketeers.
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