


He'd heard more or less the whole argument, and he hadn't understood a word of it there seemed to be a piece missing somewhere. Marcus wasn't surprised that she couldn't explain what had happened. "Marcus, I'm not really thinking about the pizzas right now." I don't think they give you much of it anyway.

And didn't he order one with pepperoni on it?" Marcus and his mother were vegetarians. "What about his pizza?" They'd just ordered three pizzas when the argument started, and they hadn't arrived yet. You'd think that if you'd peed with someone you ought to keep in touch with them somehow. He'd once shared a toilet with Roger, when they were both busting for a pee after a car journey. He had quite liked Roger, and the three of them had been out a few times now, apparently, he'd never see him again. He didn't think he'd ever get used to this business. Asking his mum whether she'd split up with Roger was a perfectly sensible question, he thought: they'd hadĪ big row, then they'd gone off into the kitchen to talk quietly, and after a little while they'd come out looking serious, and Roger had come over to him, shaken his hand and wished him luck at his new school, and then he'd People quite often thought Marcus was being funny when he wasn't.
