Tommy’s smile nearly split his face, “Cool!” He exclaimed, “Anyway, I suppose I better go. Catch ya later Binxy.”
“Yeah, see ya later Tom.” Jerry replied and then burned the car off to speed away down the street.
Tommy turned around holding his bag on his shoulder and slowly walked up the driveway to his house, all the while thinking about Jerry’s new car. He couldn’t believe how fast the thing was, and how smooth a ride. Smiling to himself, he walked up the twisting driveway feeling the warm, gentle breeze.
As he reached the top he noticed both his mom and dad’s cars were in front of the garage. Guess they’re both home, he thought.
When he entered the house, he went straight to the kitchen to get himself a drink and sure enough there they were, Carl and Leah Bryton, his mom and dad.
His dad was sitting reading the sports section of the newspaper at the large wooden kitchen table, dressed in his usual shirt, pants and tie, and his mother was leaning against the counter with her arms folded, drinking some orange juice and talking to Tommy’s dad.
“Hey mom, hey dad.” He said as he threw his bag under the kitchen table and went straight to the fridge.
“Hey Tommy.” His mother replied back
“Alright Kid.” His dad answered without taking his eyes from the paper. He never did when it was the sports pages; he was completely oblivious to everything when anything to do with sort was in front of his face. Even if someone told him he had won the lottery he wouldn’t register it.
“So how did school go today?” His mom asked him
“Yeah it was cool. We won the match again without even having to try really, there’s no other school good enough around here to beat us.” He answered back to her whilst reaching to bring out some orange juice and pour it into a glass. “We could do with some better competition.”
“There is never gonna be any competition for my boy.” His dad said, folding the paper down in front of him and reaching for his can of beer. Obviously he had finished the sports section.
Tommy just laughed as he put the carton of orange juice back in to the fridge and gulped the juice down.
“Have you got practice tonight?” His dad asked him, leaning back in the chair.
“Na, it’s cancelled tonight. Coach said it’s good for us to have fun as well as to train hard.” Tommy answered and walked over to the dishwasher to rid himself of the empty glass
“Well, Coach Harlan is the best there is and he knows what he’s talking about, so you take his advice Tommy and you’ll go far.” His dad said enthusiastically
“So what are you up to then tonight?” Tommy’s mom asked
He leaned against the counter opposite his mother, “I dunno yet, everybody’s going out tonight and they’re all busy so I’ll probably stay in. What you two up to tonight?”
“We’re off to your father’s Halloween party tonight.” His mom said with a smile for his dad, which didn’t last long when his dad spoke again.
“Ah babe, I can’t make it tonight, I got a late night meeting tonight with Seers at his house about a new deal.” Tommy’s dad said, trying not to look at his wife.