‘That would be fun,’ she said. ‘Okay, then. If we’re agreed on the terms…?’ He looked at me. ‘Good to go,’ I said. ‘Great. Let’... get you to hair and makeup.’ We all stood up. Millie was all but dancing with excitement. ‘I presume you’ll want to be there through the whole process?’ he asked, addressing me. ‘Up to my wife,’ I said. Millie gave me a sweetly mischievous smile. ‘For everything but the photo session,’ she said. ‘I want to surprise you when the magazine comes out.’ As we walked. ”It was all I could do not to cry.Of course it was too much to hope that such a boy would remain without girlfriends throughout his schooldays and over the years I spent many evenings sulking in my room as he took one or other of my contemporaries out on a date. I had to run from at least two school parties when I saw him kissing another girl in the corner of the room or worse, outside in the darkness.Tomboy Robbie couldn’t be seen in tears, could she?When we were eighteen and I heard rumours. I always seemed at least one step behind.“Maggie told me that you and her had spoken about last night. She said that she knew I hadn’t had the opportunity to complete my fun. I did tell her I was fine but when I told her that Simon had gone to sleep straight away and stayed asleep, she said she felt bad and didn’t want me to miss out. She didn’t want to be selfish. I really did protest it was okay, but she insisted that I came back to see you. She said that we would both let her know what. What better way to control Gerri and her family's connections in the entertainment industry?"I'll get some guys together to throw that freshman fuck off the roof before that happens." Yeah. We should probably do that for Cynthia, too."That seemed an out of place observation. I remembered that Cynthia had dated Rod briefly, but she'd broken it off when she learned he'd neglected to mention he had a girlfriend back at his old high school.I shrugged. "Cynthia mostly just likes to party, anyway." I.