308 wivesbehavingbadly

. it was hot and sunny , and children in blue shorts and red jersey hoodies ran about like ants on speed . it took me two seconds  to locate rose in the crowd . she was sitting on a tartan rug with felix with an open cool bag between them . her full pink skirt was the color of a flower  eve was sitting with another group a little way , chatting with a friend . a similar tyablean was repeated ad infinitum  : tartan rugs , open cool bags from which disgorged potato chips , slices of cold pizza , and fruit juices , plus bottles of wine to save the adults' saanity .
rose waved a cocktail sausage in the air and said something to felix , who laughed so hard that he fell back onto thfe rug and kicked his legs in the air . he always threw himself backwarde when i made a joke , but i had not seen him laugh like that for a long time .
" hallo , " i collapsed onto the rug beside them . rose was cool ." hallo , minty . lucas is over there ." she pointed to a knot clustered around the games mistress , " he did well ."
felix pulled at my jacket ." hey , careful ." . i bent over to kiss him . he was hot and sweatyy , and smelled of wine gums and orange juice , which  was not particular enticing , but it  was dearer to me than  anything i could think of at this precise moment ." how did you do ?" . i whjispered .
he pressed his mouth to my ear , and the roar  of his breath assaulted my ear drum ." i came in tenth , mummy ."
rose gazed into the middle  distance . a couple of teams were conducting an impromtu tug -of-war . " thje boys kept asking where you were ." she added ." whatever it was . i ho[pe it was worth it ."
"i do too ." i echoed , fervently .