Peter nodded before typing “Yeah, saw it before Xmas… it’s ace!”
“Bugger!” Noel typed. “Me and Mark are gonna go next week, if you fancy watching it again?”
“Er… maybe… it’s really good.”
“Carol says you could hang out with her instead.” Noel replied.
“Is she there?”
“Yeah.”
“Might do.” Peter said before stating that next Wednesday is the best day for him to visit. “I could come over a couple of hours before you go, then hang out with Carol for a bit.” he suggested.
“Just a ti…” Noel managed to type before he sister barged him out of the way and took over her brother’s laptop. “It’s me Peter… Noel’s been kicked out 🙂 .” Carol typed.
“Hi Carol.”
“Hi.” she typed. “Wanna video chat?” she asked.
“Nah.”
“ 🙁 .” she typed. “Why not?”
“Got my uniform on and Noel might come back.”
“It’s Sunday!”
“Yeah I know… got a stack of homework and I have to wear my uniform whilst doing it.” he informed her. “One of the rules 🙁 .” he added.
“Oh well.” she typed. “It’s nice knowing you look nice, even if I can’t see how nice.” she said, adding a smiley.
“You are going to delete this chat before Noel sees it?” Peter asked.
“Will do.” she replied. “I think they’re going to an afternoon viewing, so if you come over say one-ish… you’ll have a couple of hours with him and a couple of hours with me.” she typed, adding another smiley for good measure.
“Cool.” Peter replied. He added a smiley too.
“See you Wednesday.” she typed. “Over and out!” she added a septet of Xs.
“Yeah see ya.” Peter added before the chat window disappeared. She didn’t even give him chance to add one ‘x’ before closing their chat. “I hope she deletes that.” he grumbled before quickly checking tomorrow’s weather forecast. Wind and rain, all day long. He sends Alan a quick message suggesting that Friday might be a better day to visit.
“Five minutes I said..” his mother says as she appears behind him.
“Yeah… just tellin’ Alan that it’ll be too windy to ride over tomorrow.”
“Well I’ll drive you.” his mother says.
“I’d rather ride.” Peter said. He’s not had chance to use really use his new bike yet, and he’s up for the challenge… weather permitting. “If it’s bad on Friday you can drive me.” he tells her.