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open. “Hello, you must be Lisa,” said the lady who opened it. “Adam said you would be calling.”
If this was Adam's aunt, she was certainly no old maid. For starters, she looked little older than Adam. She was also stunningly beautiful; tall, slim, elegant, with piercing green eyes and pale flawless skin. Her smile was incredibly inviting and yet distant at the same time.
“Later, aunt,” said Adam as he bundled past, zipping up his hooded top as he came out of the house.
“Bye Adam, darling” said Anna, still smiling at Lisa. “Be a good boy and don't do anything I wouldn't do...”
Once out of earshot of the house, Lisa couldn't resist asking Adam about Anna. “Is she really your aunt? She looks about the same age as you.”
“Three years older, actually,” said Adam, trying to sound as matter-of-fact as possible. “She's 21. My grandmother told me that she was a happy accident. My father is much older than her.”
Adam and Lisa left the hospital's grounds and started walking down Chiefswood Road in the direction of the new hospital and Darnick village. There was no school today because it was the October half-term break and Lisa had promised to give Adam a whistle-stop tour of Melrose. They would begin with the town's latest tourist attraction, the Jim Scott Gallows, at the foot of Chiefswood Road.
“What's the story with you and Liam,” asked Adam. “How long have you two been an item?”
“Since last year,” said Lisa. “We were at school together, Liam was in the year above me, but left after fifth year so he could start working. I'm now in sixth year.”
“Sixth year? So that makes you how old?”
“Seventeen,” replied Lisa. “Liam's just turned eighteen. I think he wishes he had stayed on at school longer. He is bored stiff emptying boxes and stacking shelves. Plus, his manager is always giving him grief.”
Lisa was quite a bit shorter than Adam who was nearly six foot tall. Her long hair was dyed a flame red colour, with the parting in the middle so that it often completely covered one of her blue eyes. She was wearing black leggings and a black woolen jumper that was definitely two or three sizes too big for her. There were also enough religious artefacts on chains around her neck to stock a small shop in Lourdes, but despite her unorthodox appearance, there was no hiding her natural beauty.
“So what's with all the chains and necklaces? I've seen less metal round Flavor Flav's neck.”
Lisa laughed. “Who the hell is Flavor Flav?”
“You don't know who Flavor Flav is?” said Adam in mock horror. “Shame on you, girl. Flavor Fav from Public Enemy! You know, that little-known hip-hop band that sold a zillion records back in the day!”
“Public Enemy I have heard of. I wear them because I'm a goth.”
“I take it you don't mean one of the sword-wielding maniacs responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire?”
“Goths get a bad press, but I don't think I've ever been blamed for the fall of the Roman Empire before.”
“Ah, right, “ said Adam, “so you must be one of those goth kids I've read about who have a morbid fascination for everything, well, morbid.”
“That would be me,” said Lisa. “At my cousin Mhairi's wedding, my Gran told anyone who would listen that I was a devil worshipper! You could have heard a pin drop when I, the spawn of Satan, caught the bouquet! Not that I particularly wanted to catch it, but it came straight at me!”
“So who's the lucky man then? Liam?”
“Liam says he'll never get married because his parents got divorced. Anyway, I've got years before I need to worry about anything serious like that. I've got school to finish, then I want to go to St Andrew's University to study history, and then I want to see the world before I finally settle down. Who knows, I might even come visit you in America.”
“That would be cool,” said Adam, knowing that it was never going to happen. In four or five years time, he wouldn't
If this was Adam's aunt, she was certainly no old maid. For starters, she looked little older than Adam. She was also stunningly beautiful; tall, slim, elegant, with piercing green eyes and pale flawless skin. Her smile was incredibly inviting and yet distant at the same time.
“Later, aunt,” said Adam as he bundled past, zipping up his hooded top as he came out of the house.
“Bye Adam, darling” said Anna, still smiling at Lisa. “Be a good boy and don't do anything I wouldn't do...”
Once out of earshot of the house, Lisa couldn't resist asking Adam about Anna. “Is she really your aunt? She looks about the same age as you.”
“Three years older, actually,” said Adam, trying to sound as matter-of-fact as possible. “She's 21. My grandmother told me that she was a happy accident. My father is much older than her.”
Adam and Lisa left the hospital's grounds and started walking down Chiefswood Road in the direction of the new hospital and Darnick village. There was no school today because it was the October half-term break and Lisa had promised to give Adam a whistle-stop tour of Melrose. They would begin with the town's latest tourist attraction, the Jim Scott Gallows, at the foot of Chiefswood Road.
“What's the story with you and Liam,” asked Adam. “How long have you two been an item?”
“Since last year,” said Lisa. “We were at school together, Liam was in the year above me, but left after fifth year so he could start working. I'm now in sixth year.”
“Sixth year? So that makes you how old?”
“Seventeen,” replied Lisa. “Liam's just turned eighteen. I think he wishes he had stayed on at school longer. He is bored stiff emptying boxes and stacking shelves. Plus, his manager is always giving him grief.”
Lisa was quite a bit shorter than Adam who was nearly six foot tall. Her long hair was dyed a flame red colour, with the parting in the middle so that it often completely covered one of her blue eyes. She was wearing black leggings and a black woolen jumper that was definitely two or three sizes too big for her. There were also enough religious artefacts on chains around her neck to stock a small shop in Lourdes, but despite her unorthodox appearance, there was no hiding her natural beauty.
“So what's with all the chains and necklaces? I've seen less metal round Flavor Flav's neck.”
Lisa laughed. “Who the hell is Flavor Flav?”
“You don't know who Flavor Flav is?” said Adam in mock horror. “Shame on you, girl. Flavor Fav from Public Enemy! You know, that little-known hip-hop band that sold a zillion records back in the day!”
“Public Enemy I have heard of. I wear them because I'm a goth.”
“I take it you don't mean one of the sword-wielding maniacs responsible for the fall of the Roman Empire?”
“Goths get a bad press, but I don't think I've ever been blamed for the fall of the Roman Empire before.”
“Ah, right, “ said Adam, “so you must be one of those goth kids I've read about who have a morbid fascination for everything, well, morbid.”
“That would be me,” said Lisa. “At my cousin Mhairi's wedding, my Gran told anyone who would listen that I was a devil worshipper! You could have heard a pin drop when I, the spawn of Satan, caught the bouquet! Not that I particularly wanted to catch it, but it came straight at me!”
“So who's the lucky man then? Liam?”
“Liam says he'll never get married because his parents got divorced. Anyway, I've got years before I need to worry about anything serious like that. I've got school to finish, then I want to go to St Andrew's University to study history, and then I want to see the world before I finally settle down. Who knows, I might even come visit you in America.”
“That would be cool,” said Adam, knowing that it was never going to happen. In four or five years time, he wouldn't
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