The first guy to show up was a guy named Tony. Tony was muscular, orange, and had short spiky hair, even if we had kids we wouldn’t let him near th...m. He walked in holding a half empty bottle of beer, needless to say we showed him the door right away, and we never even uncrossed our legs. The next guy was who we called Mr. Average, slightly shorter than me, white, brown hair, same build as me, and even had a name of John Smith. During the interview Cindy uncrossed her legs, John looked down. "I don't-"She cut me off. "And there are benefits for yourself, as well, of course. If he were safely removed from the succession, Alistair would be free to be with you, instead of giving you up for the Crown. Surely you can see I am the better option."I tried, somewhat unsuccessfully, to hide my grin. Kallian, worried that I would give myself away, ostentatiously spilled her tea, causing Erlina to cry out and scurry for towels to soak up the hot liquid. By the time that was cleaned up, I'd. Naked teenagers with their naked friends and family were everywhere just enjoying the hot afternoon sun in what ever way they could. Some were swimming and splashing about in the water while others were paddling around in the canoes. Others were showing off along the confidence courses as others swam naked in both the swimming pools - the communal one and the ordinary one. Many others were just lying about the big grassy area and chatting away and laughing and even doing a bit of singing every. But, by the end of Thursday afternoon’s English class, we were chatting like we’d been friends forever as we walked back to the lockers in the common room to get our things.“Do you want a lift home?” she asked as I took my coat out of my locker.I closed the locker and stared at her. “Seriously?”“Yes, seriously, I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t mean it.”“What about Grace and Emily? Don’t you usually take them home?”“They’ll cope,” she said with a dismissive hand wave.“They won’t be upset?”“They.