Im his boyfriend. Fuck… fuck… fuc… fu… f… … Break it up, boys!, yelled Mr Arthur, the rugby teacher. No one messed with that hunk of junk,...so the jocks backed off in an instant, nodding to their coach. As for Elixir, he turned, took me by the hand and literally frog marched me away from campus to the outback. A field of baron scrub with one tree in the middle, which we plopped down beneath. This place had once been a fief for the gangs and emos, when battle commenced between the two separate. I know my pain was self-inflicted, but it would be all my own fault this time. I chided myself for being such an old fool, especially as Mary had warned me at the outset not to fall in love with her.I know why she warned me, but who can really help having any significant influence over how we feel about someone special who has drifted into one’s life only to be snatched back again in the realities of the different lives we lead?I tried my hardest to be brave, to straighten my back, hold my head. She looked as if she had been crying, her eye makeup was smudged and her rose-tinted lipstick half rubbed off.Nic was used to women approaching him, it was just one of the perks of being a billionaire bachelor. He first thought he was being propositioned by a prostitute, but upon a more studied look at her, he thought otherwise. She was beautiful, no doubt, but there was a realness to her. Despite her sadness, she had an air of confidence and education. She was way too smart to be a hooker. Her. .. told yuh! Still the same old Riona. I knew she wouldn’t come back as a nudie girl ... and she hasn’t!”When Riona was finally standing back at the table with the other six she threw down an A4 sheet of paper that opened out to reveal what looked like some sort of a letter or a memo or something.Shona was very quick to sweep up that sheet of paper then give a little gasp as she read it. “No way ... no fuckin’ way ... I don’t believe it. Just no fuckin’ way!”The sheet of paper was passed around.