4
The morning arrived too soon. ‘Stop treating me like a little kid,’ Tammy complained as they drove up the high street towards school.
‘I’m not,’ Scott said. ‘I’m just checking you’ve got everything, that’s all.’
‘It’s not like we’ve never been to school before,’ Phoebe grumbled from the back. ‘Just not this school.’
‘Can’t you just drop us here?’ Tammy asked. ‘We’ll follow the other kids.’
‘I told your mum I’d take you all the way to the gates, so that’s what I’m going to do.’
‘Jesus, don’t. Just stop on the other side of the road or something. Don’t take us right up to the gates.’
She looked across and he caught her eye. He’s actually enjoying this . He stopped just short of the entrance to the school in the worst possible place. Hordes of kids swarmed past on either side. Tammy
