"I nodded. "Yeah well if I do stay, I will be sleeping in the spare room."She shrugged smugly. "Yeah whatever Nath if you want to sleep in there byyou...self then just do it. But it's a pigs sty in there."I took my clothes into the spare room. She was right it was a mess. Therewas shit everywhere. I cleaned all the old fitness gear off the bed andstacked up some of the other shit to make some space. There was a smallsingle bed but I had to move a mountain of shit to find it.As I was making the. It seemed ridiculous: a grown man asking out a schoolgirl at a bus stop. As it happened, Amber wasn't at the bus stop on the Monday or any other day that week. I missed her; and her extensive collection of knickers. I wondered what had happened to her. Her friends were on the bus as normal and I thought about asking them if she was okay. Had I scared her that much? Was she sick? I wanted to know and realised just how much I cared about the girl with whom I had shared but a smile.Then on. "Did you get him on the train all right?" she asked, giggling shyly as if she was saying something naughty."I did."I approached her slowly and put my arms around her."Did he have a lot of luggage?" she asked."No. A pair of trunks and a toothbrush. He's travelling light." I guess he's going to be in or around the water most of the time," she giggled."Perhaps water on the outside, but definitely alcohol for inside use," I replied."Do you think he'll..."My younger brother and his friends were a. The weekend finally arrived and I showered and shaved ready for the party. Mom commented it was so nice we were going to a movie together but I played along. Maya had dressed real nice, light makeup, her hair in a ponytail and a light summer dress. She drove us to the venue in her car."You look really nice Sis." I said, trying not to look at her cleavage"Thank you, I shaved everywhere too." That's uh, nice I guess."Maya gave me a look and before we pulled down the street where the venue was.