"Good kicking." Hartley said it to Bill as he happened to stand close to them and assessed that he sounded sarcastic. Seemed about right, that was what he got for even attempting to pretend that football was interesting to him on any level. He'd sooner watch the gardener prune trees some more. And giving them a good talking to, from the looks of it. No wonder that a number of boys had already walked over there, pretending to know things about gardening or cars simply to strike up a conversation.

"You should go talk to him," Hartley tried to encourage Aziraphale. "What's the worst that could happen?"

He kind of wanted to see it.