BULLY
The suburb of Mount Druitt bakes in the sun in the western suburbs of Sydney in the city of Blacktown. John walks along the footpath next to the brown, bone dry, nature strip. The asphalt road shimmers in the heat as he trudges along. Nixon got stuck into him again today. Pushed him over, pushed him right in the back as he walked along. John fell arse over tit onto the ground. A few kids laughed but Nixon’s not after laughs. John gets the feeling Nixon might punch him soon. Laid into him, because there’s viciousness in what he does. John plays cricket and rugby league, and nearly everyone likes him. Nixon has a shock of red hair, bad acne and he’s a huge kid for sixteen, fat and angry and he’s terrible at classes, a real dumb- arse. But John can’t figure out why Nixon hates him.
Jo
