Just Watching

[Freddie Lagowski]

Freddie lingered near the tables, watching some boys roll an enormous gourd across the grass. Some people had already started carving. It looked fun. Everyone was smiling, laughing, messing around, throwing pumpkin guts at each other- and it was sunny, warm and sunny, like winter was gone for good now. Freddie fidgeted with the serpent ring on his middle finger. What could he do? Not swim. Not sit in a boat. Help carve one, maybe. But was it really gonna be fun, if he couldn't do the best part? What if it just made him feel sad instead?​

 

[Ruby Beese]

Carving a pumpkin sounded easy right? Yeah nah, it was hard work and, as far as Ruby was concerned, totally disgusting. It took Ruby a really long time to cut out the flesh with a knife all while making faces at how bad it smelt inside. "Yuk!" she said, scrunching her nose as she scooped out a handful of stringy orange guts and seeds. She looksd around, only to spot her friend Freddie standing there doing absolutely nothing. Typical and some friend he was to not even be helping her, "Oi Freddie!" Ruby called then she flung the handful of pumpkin guts straight at him.