Some twenty paces out, I heard boots behind me and knew that Walker, my mom, and Jade were all following.I reached what I thought was the halfway poin...t when light appeared down deep within the fissure. I stopped and looked down, trying to determine the source.The light or source quickly rose and flashed in my eyes.I sat down on the bridge with my eyes closed for a few seconds. When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t see anything. “Someone please tell me that the lights are out.”“Why can’t I see. ..I'm tapping that arse tonight!!! Better phone your dad and see if it's ok you being out a bit longer...in fact see if he can take the lads over night. Methinks you might like getting fucked all night....How's that sound sexy Lesley...you fancy cock all night?" "Well...of course...I don't know....all night?... I I I could try...I suppose. Never been out all night before...I could ask I I I ...." "Good girl...now...I'll get us some seats and order some drinks. You go and phone dad ...tell him. Ryan and Harry kind of shocked me when they said Graphic Design, they didn’t look like the sort of people to do stuff like that, then again I thought anyone to do with Graphics would look geeky. Reece was doing Financial studies, which upped his score in my books… obviously. I began a bit of harmless flirting with Ryan as he was the one who “discovered” me, I learned rapidly he was a very charming young man, telling me that I didn’t look at all twenty-five. I could have sat there all night,. He would walk, aimlessly, unaware of direction, oblivious of his surroundings. This became a pattern for his existence, a routine that he embraced, the very repetitiveness of his days allowing him to focus on that routine, a hollow method of forgetting…of sublimating his unhappiness. Friends called, but conversations with them were brief. The calls soon tapered off… a relief, not having to make excuse after excuse, refusing invitations. Irene called, Woody called. He spoke with them on the.