“Are you OK with heights?” I enquired before buying two tickets.“I’m fine,” She replied, “I had no idea you had a cable car in London, I�...ve never heard of it.”“Hangover from the Olympics.” I replied, “Hardly anyone uses it, and I’ve no idea how long it will survive.”We boarded and anticipated we had a car to ourselves. As we crossed the river I asked Tracey if I could kiss her.“I wanted you to remember our first proper kiss,” I said as I gestured towards the view of Canary Wharf.We embraced and. As the first word came out of my mouth I grimaced, terrified of someterrible blow, but it didn't come. I paused.Then I felt the flush of heat build up on my face like a summer breezeand the build up of pressure in my ears and at the top of my throat. Iswallowed, trying to clear the close sensation then swallowed again.I read the second and third words quickly, flecks of spittle jumpingfrom my lips as I struggled to get my tongue round the odd syllables.A shudder passed through the house. It was. ‘Some fun, Tracey. Probably inspired by the Mr. Randall and those Romans,’ I muttered as I headed out the door. It was things like this that made me wish I hadn’t let Mom talk me into changing my hair style and getting contacts instead of glasses. When my hair was up in a bun and I had my black-rimmed glasses on, the boys had never treated me like that. Now, my senior year would be spent listening to outrageous comments just because I was pretty. Just then Tracey stopped and said, ‘Oops, I. I put my glass down and walked to the sink; rinsing my hands off; acting like all was normal. It was probably the wine; but I found myself agreeing to go with them.Outside; there were some people eating; some still in the pool or just sitting around talking. At that moment; a pretty blond came up to us and asked Alex to join their group. He hesitated; looking at me and then Tony said"Don't worry I'll take care of your mom and get her settled" Alex left with the girl and Tony directed me to.