? ?Meaning I only love you.? ?Horse shit ? this isn't the first time you've slept around either,is it?? ?I haven't been sleeping around.? ?No. Take a ...ook at these.? Craig tossed a set of photographs on thetable. ?I had you followed about six months ago ? you remember, the timewhen you refused to have sex. I guessed something was up then and I provedit. Isn't that the guy who used to run the church music group you were in?? Craigpicked one picture where Ronnie was clearly fucking another guy.. Each time our eyes met her steely face showed no signs of recognition. But it was that fact that our eyes met, and they did several times, that let me know I hadn’t been dreaming. She wasn’t going to openly say anything in front of everyone else, but she was acknowledging me in her own secret way. I tried not to stare. I tried not to look her way too often. I tried not to grin. I hoped my brother’s t-shirt impressed her.At school neither James nor Kev seemed to notice any kind of change in me. It's true that when you give love it's always returned. At least I've found it so.Things happened pretty quickly from that afternoon onwards. Some two weeks later I was cuddling with Nan on her sofa. It was evening and I'd just shared dinner with Nan and her folks.Her parents had found other things to do to give us some 'privacy.' Nancy's 18th birthday was coming up and we were discussing what she would like to do."We could go out to that French Restaurant," I suggested, "crepe suzette?" Oh. "In a fit of sleepy madness at morning, I'd decided to wear less boringunderwear so I could go direct to Katie's after work. Anyone with somesense in their head would have taken it in an overnight bag, but atthat time in the morning I was still a shambling lump."Ok, Alix. You've made your point. For what it's worth, I apologise forany remarks that could have been taken as personal. It's just... Becareful, OK?"She looked defeated, which wasn't something I wanted."Apology accepted, Val."On an.