As I was walking towards the door, Danielle ran up to me. She gave me herphone number, and then a kiss on the lips. I have always been a bit shy,so it...took me a little by surprise. But, I really liked it. She said, "Call me."I replied, "I will."I tried to wait the required 3 days before calling her. I couldn't do it.I broke down before the end of the first day. As I dialed the number, thebutterflies in my stomach grew. When she answered, I felt so nervous Ithought I would be sick. I managed to. Last night would have been the third time in a weekthat he'd forgotten that they were due to meet for a secret tryst. Indeedshe felt that the meetings were becoming so secret that not even he wasgetting the memo. With the Prom less than two weeks away now, she wasstarting to think that he might have another woman that he was seeing onthe side.She found Reece talking with his Rugby playing mates in the playgroundjust before the end of lunch and bell was due very soon. She was pleasedto see none. " he replied "Let me guess, you're just now leaving work?" She sighed and said "You know me so well ... What's up?" "Well your extreme predictability is something I have learned by now, that combined with your your pretty crap memory is why I went ahead and took your brother to the airport." "SHIT, thanks hon. I completely forgot John was leaving. I doubt I could have gotten off of work early anyway, the store was packed and the new girl didn't show up for work again." "Don't worry about it. “Oh! Speaking of mysteries – I wanted to thank you for taking all those grotty clothes out of my school bag and putting them in the wash,” I said. “I was all set up with the gas mask and the tongs ready to empty my bag. It took me ages to build up the courage, but when I opened it up they were already gone. It was such an anti-climax. I stood there and laughed.”Mum shrugged. “You were busy drawing and I was about to start a load of washing, so it was easy.”“But Mum, they must have stunk. I was.