“Now, everything’s going to be okay.” She put her arm around his shoulders and gave him a warm motherly squeeze, careful not to press her right ...reast into his shoulder. “Two things need to happen. We need to stop touching that rock. And you need to find yourself a girlfriend.”“You want me to throw it away?” Sam knew it was the right thing to do, but he was still crestfallen.“If you can, honey. But I tried that already, and it wasn’t easy.” Joyce squeezed him tighter. Her boob pressed into his. " That's okay Kev, at least I know you have taste." Mom said laughing.Then leaning over she whispered to me;"Besides I came here to find a young one." Too much information Ma." I told her. "But all the more reason for me to leave." Nonsense. I don't think you being here is a coincidence." You don't?" I asked nervously. She shook her head, then killing her drink waved the glass at the bartender I had never seen her drink like this before."Nope. I think it's a sign this wasn't meant to be. “I agree completely with that. Sometimes I miss her, but just because I don’t want to be alone all the time. I just need a good friend right now.” “Exactly.” Nikki said, pointing at him with her beer bottle, and swaying more than a little. They had gone through quite a bit of beer by this time, and he could tell that Nikki was pretty much done. Her eyelids were heavy and she was about to fall asleep on the table in front of him. “I don’t think I can make it home,” she slurred. “Do you have an. It was Shilla, hi Eve, I’ve got your party goodies and I have something to tell you when you come over to pick them up. Shilla was at her best, hiding information, always making a mystery out of everything. I said I would call over at eight o clock as Tom would be in for his tea around six thirty and had a squash match on at the leisure centre, so I would get him to drop me off on route and then pick me up on his way home. Not another party, said Tom when I asked him to drop me off at.