Beginning Of My Book James stood by the window, looking out on the drizzle of rain that comes with a grey April morning. James was a boy of twelve;with a sharp face framed by ear length brown curly hair. He was tall and reasonably stocky. He was waiting for his friend alex to show up,they had planned a day out with their his other friend Lilly. 'james,called his mother,I have to go out of town for a few days to a conference,do you mind staying here on Your own? You can have Alex over if you want. James wasn't surprised by the offer,his mum was a buissness woman so she never had any time for him,because of this,she was constantly trying to make the time on his own pleasearable. "yeah,sure,I'll be fine!"he assured her as he began to se lines of doubt etched on her face "when do you have to go then?" "ASAP she giggled, when's Alex coming?"now! Smiled James, for Alex was sprinting round the corner,and almost falling over whilst doing so. "sorry I'm late" said Alex as he skidded into the hall," my mum made me tidy my room! You know,that ussually takes a few days,we were lucky I'm so amazingly speedy!" he laughed and James asked him if he wanted to stay over for a couple of days. "oh,yeah that'd be brilliant!" he smiled a smile that took up most of his poor face's capasity. Just then,a shiny Volvo came down the drive and stopped near the front yard. Out of the front door came Lilly,she was carrying her rucksack,and had a triumphant smirk on her face. Both the boys looked at her and she laughed at their puzzeled expressions. "you boys should really start showering me with praise you know!" "and would your highness care to tell us why in the world we would do that?" Questioned James. Yeah, because we haven't spent all our lives doing that! "oh sut up alex!