His unfocused gaze of the whole crowd sharpened as I approached him."Excuse me, officer, but my..." Christ, I'd almost said "boyfriend." I picked up a...ter the hitch in my thoughts, "friend over there is the artist that was having the show in the gallery that's on fire. Can he talk to someone to find out how bad it is?" Probably," he agreed. "Hang on." He used his radio to call someone and pass the information up whatever chain of command they used. We could both hear the response that a. I knew that, Todd knew that, everyone at the table knew that. We were like insurance to each other. At the end of the night, if you were alone and wanted to be with someone, you could always go back to the table to see who was left. This was something we all agreed to a couple years ago when we all met. We were a group of FWB’s. There were times when we were all almost inseparable and other times when we may only see each other once or twice a month. It’s just how our group is. Maddi was the. " Maybe you should look again when they open their American office,"Janet teased. "Reckon you and Jason would suit the Big Apple, heh." ...Maybe not," Shannon giggled. "You're still coming to the weddingthough, right?" Wouldn't miss it for the world!" Janet giggled. "Already bought adress and a hat with my wage advance. And yes, yes, I know, I'm meantto be sensible, save the money for around the house costs especiallyafter moving, but, you know? Can't a girl treat herself?" I hope so!" Meredith. Emma had read up on the student night club next to theuniversity and tonight we were going to head there to have a few drinksand party, we originally planned to try and get into one of the morepopular local clubs which was slightly more expensive but Emma had readthat this place was meant to be better for students, especially on thefirst night. Just after I got dressed I had a message from Jake sayinghe wasn't going to be able to make it, he was feeling ill and had aheadache after the flight. I.