Sunday 12th December

My Kind Of Guy

Today me and Kiran and Molly were at the park on the swings trying to see who could swing highest.

Molly and Kiran were losing, because when I was younger Saffy taught me to do this wriggly sort of thing with my arms and legs that makes you swing higher and faster than people who aren't doing it.

Kiran was laughing at Molly who was singing "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it is Permanent Rose!"

When Molly said Permanent Rose I thought about the way Tom says it, and then I thought about how me and Tom and Indy used to wish on aeroplanes.

Kiran said, "You do know you are speaking out loud Rose"

And I said "Oops" because I didn't.

Molly said "You haven't told us about Tom in a while, tell us again"

And Kiran said, "Yes we all know Molly is a sucker for a love story"

So I said crossly "IT IS NOT A LOVE STORY. I DO NO LOVE TOM."

But then I told them the story anyway because I needed to remind myself.

"What kind of guy" Said Kiran "What kind of guy sits on roofs and wishes on aeroplanes and has a guitar strap with roses on it?"

And then I had to think for a very long time because I do not know any kind of guy who sits on roofs and wishes on aeroplanes and has a guitar strap with roses on it (from me, roses from Rose, get it?) apart from Tom, because even Indigo does not do that. Sometimes Indy sits on the roof but that was mostly when Tom was here and sometimes he takes me to the library and we sneak up to the roof (which is very high up and when Indy stands to near the edge he freezes up because despite spending a lot of time hanging out of his bedroom window when he was younger he never quite managed to cure himself of his fear of heights and so I have to pull him back) and we lie there wishing on aeroplanes going to New York (because that is where Tom is) but even Indy does not have a guitar strap with roses on it, even though he does have Tom's old guitar and is teaching himself to play (with help from Tom through emails) but he is nowhere near as good as Tom. And Tom so is the only guy I know who sits on roofs and wishes on aeroplanes and has a guitar strap with roses on it, and that is what makes Tom who he is.

Which is Tom.

So after I had thought about all this I said "My Kind Of Guy."

Kiran rolled her eyes and Molly said "Oh Rose"

I do not know why they did that.