"Lisa came from the bedroom, rubbing her eyes. She had slipped one of my T-shirts on and came to me, then kissed both me, Brandy, and Tina who were st...ll on my lap. She made the rounds, kissing everyone who was sitting at the counter or standing across from me, before pouring herself some coffee. Big Tina said, "I have to get ready to go. I have an eight o'clock class and if you don't get there by seven thirty, you sit in the back and can't hear." She kissed my cheek and winked at me, "I'll be. Precious glared at us as if we were dead bugs in her water bowl.I let Peggy set the pace and just enjoyed the run. It had warmed up, so all the snow had melted. It was still in the high 30s, which made me miss LA even more.“Do you have a date for tonight?” I asked.“I thought I would go stag and hang out with Ashley and Scarlet. I hope you know that you have to dance with us.”“Unlike you three, I’m not socially inept. I actually have a date,” I said with a superior attitude.“It’s kind of hard to. I sparked up, pulling my long black coat tight around me. My long purple hair was blowing in the wind, and I could feel the biting wind against my stockinged legs, my short skirt offering no protection. I saw a guy sit on the bench beside me, lighting up a cigarette. He looked me over, seemed to make his mind up, and said, "Nice look. Goth or emo?" "Fuck off," I replied, turning away from him. "Wow. Nice mouth." Cheeky cunt, I thought. "Yeah, and this mouth would blow you for fifty quid." The. One chap said he'd heard about a gay pub in Walsall and why didn't we go there, just for a laugh. Except in those days gay meant happy not queer! So we all went to this pub, it was called the 'Fountain' and was run by a woman in her 60s everyone called aunty. When we arrived Aunty refused to let us in, saying she thought we were from the rugby club and had caused trouble there, the week before. Standing at the door I could see a few women and girls sitting talking to each other, and men at the.