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Goodbye, Miss Granger - Part 4
Date: 12/22/2015, Categories: First Time, Author: blin18, Rating: 3, Source: LushStories
kid,” he went on. “Got a head on him like Brian’s. Shoulda used a good-lookin’ kid like Hugh Jackman here,” he gestured at Kevin. “I know right?” I laughed, musically. “Except he can’t act.” I reached down and squeezed his thigh. “Can’t even do impressions! Do your Australian accent, Kevin!” “Aw, cripes Em’,” he said in his normal voice, trying not to laugh. “You’re embarrassing me.” “Acksh’ly mate, that’s not bad,” Brian said. “Keep at it. Hardly anyone’d guess you’re a bloody Pom.” And then, realising what he’d said. “No offence, y’know.” “None taken,” Kevin laughed. We watched the view out the window as Skip did most of the talking, telling us about the Freshwater – which is the ferry we were on – and regaling us with anecdotes from half a lifetime of work on Sydney Harbour. “This is Bradley’s Head coming up on our right,” Skip pointed to some lights marking the edge of the dark harbour. “You’ll be able to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city in a tick.” Sure enough, the lights of the skyscrapers appeared first and then the familiar coat-hanger of the bridge came into view – tiny and unfamiliar to me from this distance. “Oh wow!” I breathed, almost forgetting my English accent. “What a view you get from up here!” “It’s got nothin’ on the view from up top,” Brian pointed above his head. “Three-sixty views in every direction.” “What’s up there?” I asked. “I thought this was the top deck.” “It is,” Skip agreed. “But there’s a ladder up to the roof. There’s a rail ...