21 August 2012
Chapter 3
"do you come here often?" I said to him wilst shoveling salty hot chips into my mouth sitting in a small cafe down the end of Miles Point. I had made him walk here with me , we had walked and and merrily talked but mostly just walked. We had come to the end of Graze beach and had kept walking till he suggested for us to stop at Miles Point for Fish&Chips. "nah... I usally just stay in Graze I am not one for being outside." he said trailing of. "really?" I said shocked "why? The outdoors if full of possibility ,chance,adventure anything. You can do anything you can-" I looked over at him, his head was low he lifted it slowly. "I guess." He said shrugging his shoulders. "well uh what do you do then-uh?" I said as I tried to lift the tension hovering. "Clay" he said as if he read my mind. "Frankie" I smiled and held out my hand. "Frankie" as he shook. "Clay" I said copying him. "umm well I uh draw a bit, and uh paint a little." "that's interesting" I said trying to find his gaze. He just looked down embarrassed. "um, can I see them?" I asked nervously. "oh" he looked up surprised "um ok, yeah I guess" he reached down into his pocket and pulled a small leather book out and handed it to me. It felt heavy in my hands and the Lether rubbed against my rough hands, it was hard but had a warm and I opened it up to first page witch had a coffee cup stain on it, and lightly you could we in beautiful neat writing 'Clay Bear Wood' I looked up at him "wow really beautiful name" before he could answer of protest I put my finger to his lip and turned the page to find a little bird in the corner of the page "oh my god". The little bird had tinny inderviduel blue and black feathers and tinny grey beak. I flipped the next page it had a bigger bird that cover half of the page with a little daisy on the other half all with names under them, Grey Beaked Sparrow, Water Cress, Yellow tipped daisy. "there amazing" I said astonished. "oh uh thanks" he said blushing. "no really there amazing, incredible! Can you draw any other creatures?" I said laughing a little. "um I guess I can draw people." he said still looking down. "really" I said feeling my eyes open wide "come with me!" I said grabbing his hand felling it tighten around mine I pulled him out of the restaurant and putting a crumpled ten dollar note on the table. And We Ran.
Remembering Frankie • Opuss № I