Thinking, ‘What the fuck does it look like I’m doing?’“Why is it taking you so long to do that one?” she asked me sweetly.“It’s stuck,�... I replied crankily.She shook her head at me and tapped the gold pen in her breast pocket. “Oh! For f ... far out sakes,” I swore. She chuckled and got up and sauntered away from me. Damn, I love watching that beautiful arse and sexy legs.Fuck me! I’ve not lived that one down. Mitch had thought it was hilarious when Beth told him what I had been doing. Some mage. .. but had to be erased when it was over."What do you have in mind?" Too asked Andrea."The records state plainly that there was a pirate ship in the Celebes Sea ... it shot down ten attacking Jap aircraft. The records also state that it took an extensive search to find the ship ... but they never did. Who do you know that can do that?"Tim lost it. When he settled down, he waved his hand at Andrea, "Only you, Andy. Only you." He went off again. This time when he stopped, he exclaimed, "I might. The city. A flat in Carlton.” For some reason I didn’t mention my ‘flatmate’.“Yeah I live in the city, mostly. You down just for the day, mate?”“Weekend.”“Is there anythin’ on tonight? Ya know, like a party?”“Usually somethin’. We’ll ask around later.”“Yeah, good. My name’s Mattie.”“James.”Mattie stood up, walked towards me, and reached out his hand. I sat up and shook it, lookin’ up at him. His face was shadowed. I couldn’t see his expression, just the flash of his white teeth against tanned. Purely on grit and determination I completed this lastdance. My movements were not that fluent anymore, but it still went well.I hoped it had gone well enough. We finished our dances in style beforeretreating to our waiting chairs. The Jury went to deliberate on theoutcome, while we got something to eat and drink. I saw Mom talking toCynthia, and then she came to me. "You did a very good job tonight, Honey. I'm proud of you." "What did you say to Cynthia, Mom?" I just said that she danced well.