Casa Rosa (Cai, Danny, Zoe)
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darker_londonAfter school, Cai and Zoe and Danny had missioned through Camden to buy Rachel a sneaky second phone before getting the bus back to Cai's house. He led the way down his quiet street, most of the time a few paces in front of the others, walking backwards to talk to them. He'd lived in this house for all of his life, and was familiar enough with the street to know where the cracks or lumps in the footpath were and when to duck under protruding tree branches without looking at them.
“Welcome to Casa Rosa,” said Cai, as the three of them stopped in front of the pink house and it became obvious that this was their destination. There was a little wrought iron fence that Cai usually just vaulted over, but since he had guests and one of them was wearing a school skirt he thought he better be a gentleman and use the gate.
Zoe thought: if I was seeing this house for the first time five years ago, I would have been exquisitely happy. It was painted such a lovely shade of pink, and all the windowsills were a clean white.
Cai's grandfather was in the garden, decked out in gardening gloves and kneepads, one rather large pile of weeds behind him. Cai called out a hullo and Dom sat back on his cushion, pulling off his gardening gloves as he eyed them all up.
He was a good looking man, Dominic Finch. Though he had flown past his sixty-third birthday he still had a thick head of silver hair, and "the body of a man who still did all his own stunts," as Cai had written in his last birthday card. Cai was taller than he was; he'd overtaken him a couple of months ago, and hadn't stopped gloating about it since.
"This is my granddad, Dominic," Cai said, as Dom came over. "This is Zoe and Danny. D'you remember Danny, Danny Marlow?"
"Course I remember Danny Marlow," said Dom, as Cai had suspected he would. Dom never admitted to forgetting anything. "How's it going, lad?" Dom asked, as he reached out to grab Danny's hand and shake it.
“Welcome to Casa Rosa,” said Cai, as the three of them stopped in front of the pink house and it became obvious that this was their destination. There was a little wrought iron fence that Cai usually just vaulted over, but since he had guests and one of them was wearing a school skirt he thought he better be a gentleman and use the gate.
Zoe thought: if I was seeing this house for the first time five years ago, I would have been exquisitely happy. It was painted such a lovely shade of pink, and all the windowsills were a clean white.
Cai's grandfather was in the garden, decked out in gardening gloves and kneepads, one rather large pile of weeds behind him. Cai called out a hullo and Dom sat back on his cushion, pulling off his gardening gloves as he eyed them all up.
He was a good looking man, Dominic Finch. Though he had flown past his sixty-third birthday he still had a thick head of silver hair, and "the body of a man who still did all his own stunts," as Cai had written in his last birthday card. Cai was taller than he was; he'd overtaken him a couple of months ago, and hadn't stopped gloating about it since.
"This is my granddad, Dominic," Cai said, as Dom came over. "This is Zoe and Danny. D'you remember Danny, Danny Marlow?"
"Course I remember Danny Marlow," said Dom, as Cai had suspected he would. Dom never admitted to forgetting anything. "How's it going, lad?" Dom asked, as he reached out to grab Danny's hand and shake it.
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Date: 2014-04-23 03:32 am (UTC)From:"What's a donkey's year?" Faye asked, staring at Danny. Nonnie gave her a little nudge, and she drew together all her courage and strode over to offer her hand to Danny to shake.
"A really long time," Cai explained. He remembered how frustrated he got when adults didn't answer his questions properly when he was a kid.