Unlike their other friends, Jimmy and Rowan were serious about music. They didn’t admit it to anyone but that’s how they preferred it. Sometimes friends joined them, but often they were alone. ![]() That was their hangout spot, always, even in the summer when most other kids would spend their lunchtimes playing football or lounging on the school field. If you needed to talk to Jimmy or Rowan, the school’s music department was the place to search. They would have no reason at all to approach someone like Lister Bird. There were occasional encounters with bullies, but they preferred not to dwell on those. They were the school’s star music pupils – Rowan was taking his grade 8 cello exam aged only thirteen, while Jimmy was always called upon to play the guitar at school events.Īnd they never got into any trouble. They spent their lunch breaks in the music practise rooms, playing Kula Shaker and The Killers covers, and their evenings in Jimmy’s grandad’s garage, making up songs. That’s how it had been since primary school and how it would undoubtedly stay. They had other friends, but they didn’t need to let anyone else into their inner circle. Jimmy and Rowan had no desire for a friend like that. Lister didn’t seem to do much except cause trouble, scowl, and refuse to roll down his sleeves. And he was often spotted sitting outside the Head of Year 7-9′s office catching up on homework he’d obviously failed to turn in. His appearance was so often messy that it had to be deliberate – loose tie, untucked shirt, and scuffed knees. ![]() If a teacher was screaming at someone in the corridor outside your class, chances are it was at Lister. If there was a fight outside the school gate, Lister was probably involved. You couldn’t not know who Lister Bird was. If Jimmy and Rowan could have picked the last kid in school they ever expected to become friends with, it would have been Allister Bird.
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