“You’ve shaved your legs too.” she noticed, causing Mike to go crimson. “right, I’d better be off… I’ll see you boys later.” she said.
“Bye Mum.” Charles replied.
“Bye Mrs Jackson.” Michael timidly said.
Before actually leaving, Marie reminded Charlie to fetch one of his headbands for Michael, and suggested that Charlie also teaches his friend how to tie a nice neat bow, describing his current bow as looking a bit shabby. “Sorry about her.” Charles said once his mother had gone. “You don’t have to wear a headband if you don’t want to.”
“It won’t make any difference.” Mike gulped. “A headband won’t make me feel any more ridiculous than I already feel.”