” I glowed with pleasure at this unexpected compliment. “I’ll have to remember that when the four of us next get together, but for the moment le...’s keep it as our little secret, okay?” I nodded. That was all she had to say on the matter, but it was more than enough for me. * “Come on, Sleepyhead,” I whispered into her ear as I woke my stiff, aching wife and helped her out of the car at the terminal, “we’re here now”. Alice slowly surfaced, then unfolded herself from the rear seat before. He was on an emotional high and he hoped he wasn't going to be making a fool of himself. After all they had really only know each other about seven months. He had gotten Morgan an ankle braclet to match the I.D. braclet she had gotten him for his birthday. She was seventeen same as him. They would be Seniors the next year, he was going to be gone for the summer and he want to spend as much time with Morgan as possible. He hated having to work over Christmas vacation but it was worth it if he. He smiles at me and I smirk. C’mon asshole, just order, I think.“I will have a diet soda, a cheeseburger and your panties.” He says with a straight face.I let out a deep breath and try to ignore him. I write down his order.“How much are they, I couldn’t find them on the menu.” He says.I look at him, frustrated. Please, can we just give it a rest? He is staring at me and I just blurt out a number.“Fuck, for that much I should get what’s in them too.” He says.“You can’t afford that.” I shoot. Pale. Overweight. Ugly. Lonely. Depressed.*We'd got chatting in a bar after I'd accidentally trodden on her toe – both drunk but she more drunk than me – and admitted towards the end of the evening she'd had a rough time when she had been younger, hinted at abuse.Damaged and vulnerable, I'd concluded as I'd given her my mobile number - my kind of female.I'd met her the next day for a coffee in town and she'd been uglier than I'd recalled: beady little brown eyes too close together set in a.