It had started off with a new school project that Franchessca had gone to for sometime, then, in late July, his school had sent along Jo too. They both remembered the first time they spoke to each other. It was amazing for Jo who lingered on to her every word, and still did to the very day.
“Hi Suzy, is Franki there?”
“Yeah hang on Jo I’ll get her for you” It was the same every time Jo called. He had always found it hard to speak to Franki’s mum for a long time on the phone, it made him stutter a lot.
“Hello?.… Oh hiya Jo how are you baby… My dad’s coming down today so I don’t know what time…. Say 3o’clock?.… Yeah ok I’ll see you later hunny, love you loads, bye.”
Franki had always dominated the conversation between the two, but Franki always dominated all of her conversations. She was a very loud girl, who never liked to see anyone hurt. She was extremely kind and outgoing and had a beautiful smile that could make anyone feel a whole lot better. Jo praised the ground she walked on and when she entered a room all eyes were on her. She had an elegant flow when she entered a room, which caught all males’ attention, making a lot of girls jealous of the attention she received.
One particular girl who envied her was a petite girl called Lucy. The kind you avoid if you don’t want people to stare at you. She had an alternative dress sense and always kept herself to herself, which raised a lot of suspicion from other kids at the youth centre. Jo had become a friend of hers from the time he worked at the youth club. He had sort of felt sorry for her at first, but got to know her quite well. Jo never could tell but through the whole summer, Lucy had developed a crush on him, and Lucy had thought that Jo felt the same way too.
Jo walked up the front path and knocked on the door; Joel answered and let him in. Joel always became defensive with Jo around the house as he felt he was trying to take his big sister away from him. This had caused a few confrontations in its time but nothing real big. Jo really liked Joel and had always tried to show him that. Franchessca’s mum sat in her chair watching Telly. Curled up tightly into a ball like a cat. Suzy was a wonderful woman who understood children and teenagers a lot. Unlike other adults she didn’t brush them aside, but she listened to them and respected them. Jo liked her a lot. She had an amazing relationship with Franchessca, more like best friends than mother and daughter. The two were very alike and made Jo laugh a lot. Suzy looked like a sister rather than her mum and despite the number 43, you would think she was a 21-year-old if you hadn’t met her. She was vibrant and cheerful with a wicked sense of humour and was very good at bitching about people, Jo enjoyed listening to her bitching and had more than once nearly choked on his tea laughing.
Jo took off his coat and hung it on the end of the stairs, then he went into the living room to wait for Franki. She was always upstairs blow-drying her hair when Jo arrived at her house. Leaving Jo to chat to her mum for a few minutes. Jo liked to talk to Suzy and found her very interesting, she was a very clever woman with an amazing knowledge of almost anything you could think of.