"Well I hope they pay you like a gazillion pounds for your efforts," grinned D."Not quite that much I'm afraid." So you ready for the club tomorrow?" ... guess so, but since I don't know what it is I'm not really sure how to be ready for it." Best way, you come at it fresh, at least that's what the coach says." Hmm, well I guess I'll already have the kit on if it is after PE."We lapsed into silence after that just watching the TV, a short while later Gwen came back in to tell me it was time to be. She told me her husband of 3 months had stuck a steel shish kabob rod up inside her when he found out she was pregnant and that she was bleeding and sick for days. Apparently she’d healed some, because she hitched a ride from Holyoke to Brush, off to the West and then from Brush she got a ride into Denver. This had all happened 2 months previous to when I met her, and she’d just arrived in Denver the day before I met her. She hadn’t eaten very much or bathed at all for quite a while. Her. Friendships come and go, there is a lot of laughing, even more crying, devastation, heartbreak, pregnancy, drug addiction, stalkers, streakers, theft, rape, and an occasional hero who comes along and makes it all worthwhile. Of course, not all those things happen to all of us. Personally, I could have done with a few more heroes, but I'm not complaining.Somewhere along the path toward summer we realise that, despite all the fun and games, we've completely forgotten that we were here to learn. “So,” she continues, “I guess we should meet and then we can talk about you having this phone number.”“Okay,” I reply, “care to tell me where you have in mind?”“This evening.” She asks, “Are you busy?”“Not especially,” I reply.“Good, can I phone you at six?” she replies. “I can send a driver when you confirm your availability.”Taken aback somewhat, I say to Louise, “This is all very cloak-and-dagger sounding.”“Sorry about that,” she replies. “Hopefully, your mind can be put at ease later. I.