I had to keep myself busy. I got up off the sofa turned the TV off and headed upstairs to get showered. As I was walking upstairs I heard Charlie movi...g around, I knocked on her bedroom door. ‘Hi mate, your mum asked me to stay and look after you so if there’s anything you need just ask’ I said through the door as I said this Charlie opened it. Dressed in a cropped pink hoodie and a pair of lose black gym shorts. ‘Thank you but I think i’m just going to chill in bed’ Charlie said smiling at me. It would be easy to blame the alcohol, but the truth is, those prejudices must have been there beforehand. The alcohol just made it easier to express them.We've spent a lot of time getting help from Father Martin and I think I am better now. Maybe I shouldn't have been too stubborn to accept his help earlier. But however things are now, I can't undo what I have done to the Lady you're obviously in love with. If you can't forgive me, I will only have myself to blame, but I ask one thing of you –. ” “Oh, so you plan to keep me to yourself?” “For a little while, yeah.” “How long until I can join this merry band of degenerates you’re running?” “I’m not running them. Karla’s the one. You don’t really want to do that, do you?” Alex propped herself up on an elbow. “Why not? I need to get laid. It seems like you’ve got this little group of folks fucking for the fun of it. That would suit me and my situation perfectly.” “The thing is, everybody’s married.” “Julian’s not married.” “You know. He was naked, his hands big, grasping at my shoulders and pecs as I lay in bed. I woke with the sheets twisted around me, my crotch damp and sticky.I was not liking this town.School resumed on Tuesday after much of the snow had thawed. As I'd told mum, I quite liked the uniform. The navy blue and beige combination. I wasn't keen on the yellow piping and the yellow striped tie, but overall it wasn't bad.I'd woken from a dream in which Maxie starred in my bed. Again, but this time I'd woken with.