"Eric smirked, Billy's big sister had just asked him "Is your drama going to have an intermission soon?" He loved it when it was his friend who was getting into trouble and not him. Besides which, standing by the huge picture window with its elegant crimson curtains it certainly looked as if they were on a stage. How appropriate she referred to it as a drama.
They had been playing indoors because Billy had a bit of a cold and his mum did not want him going outside at the moment. They had been playing a game where they both were trains. Eric wanted to be 'The Flying Scotsman' but Billy said it was better he play that engine as he was wearing check trousers and they looked similar to a tartan.
Well, things got a bit out of hand and before long the two lads were scrapping. Fists and legs were flying in all directions and the noise emitting from them both as they grunted and shouted was dreadful. It was lucky nothing had got broken. A vase had done a kind of wobble on the coffee table by the door as the skirmish developed but it had righted itself before any water got spilled. Thank goodness they had not fought against the big window which went from floor to ceiling in the lounge.
Molly, Billy's big sister, was fuming. Hands on hips and an ever so cross look on her face she stood there and glared at her brother who looked as if he had a broom stuck down his trousers, he stood so perfectly straight up.
"Just wait until Mum gets home" Molly said, "I think it's time you went home Eric."
And with that Eric escaped before she could turn her anger on him. It hadn't really been Billy's fault, he had started it and Billy was not really to blame."
I decided to make the background a little like a stage and drew in some red curtains in order to link in with Erika's theme at Art Journal Journey, 'Seeing Red', and I dressed one of the characters as red as I could and added a kind of Burnt Orange to another figure as it is not a million miles away from red. I hope there is enough for Erika's theme in my page. Then I wondered what to do for the scenery so the story changed a little and it became a huge picture window in a house. Thank goodness it was easy to change tactics.
