It’s about quarter past midnight on a quiet main road. There is a young man about the age of 18 or 19 standing at a bus stop, lazily puffing on his cigarette. Down the road, a boy about the age of 15, wearing a pair of hands with his hands tucked away in his pockets is walking towards the bus stop. The young boy sits down at the bus stop and shyly looks at the older boy; aware of the fact his music is quite loud. The older boy recognises the song playing through the headphones, it turns out to be one of his favourite songs. He begins to tap along the song, and turns the younger boy as they both make eye contact. He lifts a quick thumbs up and nods his head towards the younger teenager. Coming in from the other direction into the bus stop, comes another teenager about the same age as the boy standing up. He is wearing a matching tracksuit with his hood up. He sits down at the bus stop as he hears the music and gives a quick glance at the boy, profiling him straight away. He then looks up towards the older boy smoking a cigarette. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a packet of cigarettes. He continues to root around in his pocket, realising he doesn’t have a lighter. He stares at the older boy for a couple of seconds before deciding to stand up and ask him for a lighter. The older teenager reaches into his pocket and takes out an empty cigarette packet with just a lighter in. He takes out the lighter, screws up the packet and tosses it on the floor. The hoodie takes the lighter, lights up his cigarette. He looks down at his packet and decides to offer one to the older boy. He accepts and says cheers whilst quickly popping the cigarette in his back pocket. The hoodie sits back down at the bus stop. A bus then comes in the stop. The hoodie quickly steps up to the front of the bus stop as the doors open, he pulls his oyster card out of his pocket, beeps it and heads on to the top deck of the bus, with the older teenager doing the same. The younger boy struggles around for change in his pocket before scraping 2 pounds together to head on the top deck of the bus. The hoodie enters the top deck. He sees a group of about 6 or 7 of his friends on the centre of the bus. The older teenager quickly gets to the top deck after him. He sees the group and throws them a quick look. One of the hoodies sticks out his leg, trying to wind up the teenager. The older boy decides to show some confidence and heads straight to the back of the bus. The hoodie from the bus stop looks and gives the boy a nod of reassurance. The 15 year old from the bus stop gets on. He sees the group and panics slightly. He decides to sit straight at the front of the bus. The group instantly notice his panic. They begin to taunt him by shouting different names and throwing objects in his direction. The group notice the boys music and begin to laugh and carry on insulting him. The older boy see’s the situation and catches the eye of the younger boy, the after looks straight at the hoodie from the bus stop. There is look of doubt in the hoodies eye as he looks between the two boys on either side of the bus.
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
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