. but we were also so much more. Ricky and I realized we had similar curiosities when we were at a classmates birthday party together. We were playing...an innocent game of hide and seek. When it was time to hide, I ran down the hall to hide in a closet under the stairs. Turns out Ricky picked the same spot to hide as I did. I gave him heck and told him to go hide somewhere else, but he didn’t have time, as the seeker was almost done counting...so we had no choice but to hide there together. The. ” I put particular emphasis on that last one.“I’ve a confession. On my way back from dinner I stopped at a couple of pubs and one of them was the Angler. I saw you and a couple of your friends sitting outside and I’m afraid I may have eavesdropped on part of your conversation. I got the impression you were talking about me.” She reddened when I said that.“How much did you hear?” She asked.“Enough to know that you’re quite wrong about your chances with me, I’d love to go to bed with you.” I. "Itswhy I don't drink... when I drink I get depressed and when I getdepressed I've thought about ending the pain." Don't you fucking dare think that!" Bee said in horrified English!We fell silent for a moment before Bee changed the subject and wentback to trying to explain her messed up sense of self. As she spoke shepulled my mind back from the darkness that lurked in my head. I wasastonished to recognise that a surprising amount of she was sayingreminded me of things I had felt and thought. I wondered if you might like to shave me bald to see if that alleviates the irritation. It would be interesting to see how it looks too," she said. Tess rode into the shed and parked her bike against the side wall. Dave's truck was in the shade of a big tree beside the sheds. Tess crossed to the back garden gate, she noted that her tomato bushes had grown and small yellow flowers were now evident. 'It's very hot, I must water them after lunch,' she thought. She stopped at the step to the.