Beautiful Joshua. New to the school that year. Not tall, but broad-shouldered. His flashing smile, his bright blue eyes. His shock of beach blond hair... Josh in his sports kit, which didn’t seemed big enough to contain him, the shorts hugging the muscles of his thighs. There was a picture of him going the rounds. Socks around his ankles. One sleeve rolled right up to his shoulder. His arms and legs tanned by a Mediterranean sun. It was passed round the girls of the class from phone to phone till. .. hugged me very, very closely, to my embarrassment, given that Seff was– well, Seff was being hugged similarly by Rainer...Not that I got any hint of what was going on ... or any explanation, anyway. In fact, Seff seemed quite reluctant to talk, or least to be rather keener on getting me into bed, so no problems there...Next morning, though, I began to think that something was up when Seff leapt straight out of bed and started packing stuff up before she'd even got dressed, pausing only to. So we set off in search of the ideal property and my future home.After first determining that the residence of the late Mr. Dorian Gray was not available to me, we set off in the afternoon to find the right place for me. The next place was nice enough on the outside, with a very pleasant garden, but the interior was ... hideous, at least from my perspective and I demanded we leave at once.The following home was fine with me, save for the price. It was far more than I intended to pay. Far more,. “Weak heart you know.”“I’ll keep that in mind,” she added with a laugh.Frog knocked, then came in. “Sorry I wasn’t sure when you would be back, so I went out for a milkshake.”“Not a bad idea at all. Is it any good?” I asked trying to be friendly.“It is made with artificial strawberry syrup. That should tell you all you need to know,” he replied.“Okay, note to self don’t order the strawberry shake,” Bitsy commented.“Toad, be careful about going out alone. You should have one of us with you.