Two lads, Wayne and
Alan are playing truant from school. They spent the morning lurking
around the railway sidings until a workman told them to clear off.
They loitered around the town centre, avoiding policemen and panda
cars. They pooled what little money they had and shared a bacon bap from
one of those cheap cafés that caters mostly for taxi drivers,
claiming they had a dental appointment when quizzed about not being
in school. Later in the morning, they loiter at a bus stop and wonder
what to do for the rest of the day.
A lady who lives nearby
notices them from an upstairs window. Twenty minutes later they're
still there and after half an hour, she's deduced that they're not
waiting for a bus since three have gone past now. Knowing that they
probably should be somewhere else, she dons her overcoat, exits her
home and approaches them. She loiters as if waiting for a bus
for a few moments before breaking the ice. “No school today boys?”