About a Boy [antikvár]

one 'Have you split up now?' 'Are you being funny?' People quite often thought Marcus was being fiinny when he wasn't. He couldn't understand it. Asking his mum whether she'd split up with Roger was a perfectly sensible question, he thought: they'd had a big row, then they'd gone off into the kitchen to talk quiedy, and after a little while they'd come out looking serious, and Roger had come over to him, shaken his hand and wished him luck at his new school, and then he'd gone 'Why would I want to be fiinny?' 'Well, what does it look like to you?' 'It looks to me like you've split up. But I just wanted to make sure.' 'We've split up.' 'So he's gone?' 'Yes, Marcus, he's gone.' He didn't think he'd ever get used to this business. He had quite liked Roger, and the three of them had been out a few times; now, apparently, he'd never see him again. He didn't mind, but it was weird if you thought about it. He'd once shared a toilet with Roger, when they were both busting for a pee after a car journey. You'd think that if you'd peed with someone you ought to keep in touch with them somehow. 'What about his pizza?' They'd just ordered three pizzas when the argument started, and they hadn't arrived yet.