Best Friends

Worried About Bill

A few minutes later, Bill's mum (Sally) pulled up outside the beach house. Faryn was waiting for her at the door.

"Hello, Faryn," said Sally. "What's going on? Why does Bill want me to take him up the hospital?"

"We were surfing yesterday afternoon," Faryn began. "We got really tired, you see, so we decided to just crash here for the night. But as we were walking up the beach, Bill stood on a sharp bit of shell and it got stuck in his foot. Amy thought we were gonna have to take him up the hospital last night, so we went to my house to ask my dad to drive us. He had a look at Bill's foot and managed to get the shell out. Dad said it should be fine, but Bill woke up this morning and it was still really hurting. I'm kinda worried he's done some real damage to his foot."

"Okay. There's no need for you and Amy to worry, Faryn. You both did the right thing, going to your father."

They went into the lounge, where Sally had a look at the wound on Bill's foot.

"Mr Tate gave me the shell to keep, Mum. Look."

He showed his mother the shell. She looked worried.

"Have you used that foot to walk since?"

"No, Mum."

"Are you sure?"

"He didn't, Mrs Fox. Me and Amy helped him hop to my house and back, and he slept on the couch."

"Thank you, Faryn. And, please, call me Sally. I think you've earned the respect for that, acting so maturely to get my darling little boy some help."

"They weren't completely mature, Mum."

"What do you mean, Bill?"

"They pranked me. I asked them to get me some change of clothes from my room, and I fell asleep waiting. I woke up this morning wearing Amy's bra and panties!"

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

"Did he look cute, girls?"

"Yeah, he did. We should've taken a picture of him, Faryn."

"You're taking their side?! But you're MY MOTHER!"

"You did do that yourself when you were little, Bill. Snuck into my room and put on some of my underwear."

"For fuck's sake, Mother!"

"Don't use that language, you rude little boy."

With that, Sally took Bill to her car and took him to the hospital.

"I really am worried about Bill, Amy."

"Me too."