Sitting on the wall opposite the corner shop, Sam kicked his heels against the brickwork in quiet rhythm as he enjoyed his second cigarette of the morning.
He was making so many ‘spur of the moment’ trips to the shop that Mum had started to get suspicious. This was the reason he'd re-taken up skateboarding, just to use as an excuse to leave the house.
'A pretty clever ruse if I do say so myself,' he thought with a smile.
He was still smiling when Angelica and Kaycie turned the corner. Angelica favoured him with a dirty look and spun her face away so fast her stupid ponytail almost whipped her friend across the face. Kaycie glanced up at him, made a face he couldn't read and looked down.
Kayley's words replayed in his brain—'That girl fancies you.'
He took the last drag of his cigarette while the girls were inside the shop and flicked th
