I didn't want to lose the role becauseof a broken nose.There was an electronic countdown, then the music started. I could justabout hear Tom shouting ...nstructions to the rest of The Quick and theDead. Purple Hair pulled me gently and we set off on our trek.For the first ten minutes or so, I hoped that their plan would fallapart. I wasn't exactly hidden. All it would take would be for one ofour team to stumble on us. But pretty soon, I realised that wasn'tgoing to happen. I could hear shouts and. She hadn’t planned on getting home after the sun went down, so no lights had been left on and the moonless night made it almost pitch black outside. Nothing to be worried about though. She knew the path from her parking lot to the stairs so well that she could find her way blindfolded, as long as she didn’t catch her shin on the potted plant at the foot. Carrying her laptop bag in one hand, she fumbled through the purse hanging over her other shoulder for her keys. It took almost the last of. Tommy stared at me, once again with that nervous look."What's going on Teddy? has that prick Kenny said something stupid to you?” I could feel my face go red. “about what?” I asked " Never mind, " He said and walked out the room. When Tommy came back he said;“Look mate it would be better if you just stayed here tonight, please just trust me, our Kenny is a weirdo, he might take the huff and kick you out during the night or something stupid, Just stay here please” To this day I don't know why I. It was actually busy - seemed like everyone was downtown milling around just waiting for the festivities to begin. I caught myself looking out the big picture window across the street, looking for Danny among the firemen setting up the tables and tents, but I never saw him. As the morning lingered on, I started to hope I wouldn’t see him. I didn’t want to go through the awkward conversation, the discussion of whether we should pick up where we left off, was it a mistake - all of it. And I.