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sunday 21st june

yesterday was quite a day!

it had been getting hotter and hotter during the last week. mum decided we would eat outside in the cool of the evening so a long table was laid out in the garden. a blue and white striped awning was fetched from the summerhouse and put up over the table. grandma and my elderly aunts arrived first, followed by numerous cousins. when max and serena arrived the hubbub fell silent as the introductions were made. serena looked absolutely stunning in a deep shade of rose pink. “she’ll make a beautiful bride! ” grandma whispered eagerly to aunt lena.

’she will, won’t she? ’ aunt lena readily agreed.

when i was introduced to serena i smiled shyly and went red, clashing unattractively with her dress.

my grandmother was dubious about eating outside. ’storms will often break a spell of hot weather,’ she warned. my parents waved her concerns aside and we trooped into the garden. we were more than half-way through dinner, when there was a terrific crash from the sky. ’that’ll be thunder,’ said grandma, sagely.

a second clap followed, louder than the first and suddenly the- heavens opened. my father and brother hurriedly helped the old ladies towards the house; cousins grabbed whatever plates and bowls they could from the table and sped indoors. i was about to follow when a sudden gust lifted the awning and threatened to fly it away over the houses. i grabbed two poles and clung on. the awning stayed put. then i saw serena holding tightly to the poles on the other side. we stared at each other for a moment then laughed. the awning started to sag and fill with water like a paddling pool. it got heavier and heavier, then too heavy to hold. at the same moment we let go and the awning fell to the ground in a cascade of water. rain fell in torrents. i grabbed serena’s hand and we dashed into the summerhouse.

we got talking - there’s not much else to do when you’re stranded in a summerhouse - and she asked me about myself and my future plans. i told her my parents had strong views about my career. ’they want me to take up a profession and be successful like you and max are,’ i told her.

’they don’t, do they? ’ she sounded genuinely surprised. she told me that max had shown her some of my work that was published in the school magazine. she thought i could be successful like myself not like her or max or anyone else. i, serena and max are coming to lunch today. i think i’m feeling brave enough to start talking to mum and dad about my application, even if it doesn’t go well, i know who i can talk to for advice.

it’s funny how things turn out. talking to serena in the summerhouse was just like having a chat with a friend. she was still wearing the beautiful pink dress but it was soaking wet, just like mine. she still looked lovely - not like me - but somehow that didn’t matter anymore. i should know by now that you can’t always judge by appearances, that if you make assumptions about people without knowing them you can get things completely wrong. i probably should stop making assumptions about my parents and what they are likely to think. i probably, should stop making assumptions about what i can and can’t do and i definitely should start believing in myself a bit more.


answer the questions.

1. what usually happens when a couple gets engaged?

2. what educational qualifications does max’s fiancée have?

3. by what name is bobbie-jo known at home and what does she think about it?

4. what does bobbie-jo’s family already think about serena?

5. what is max’s job and what is serena’s most recent work?

6. what course does bobbie-jo want to take at university?

7. how does bobbie-jo think she will appear on saturday evening?

8. which other people have been invited to the family dinner?

9. what did most of the family do when the storm began?

10. how did bobbie-jo and serena come to be together in the summerhouse?

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