This campus was packed! If not for our self-confidence in our game, we would have probably felt very much out of place in our little schoolgirl unifor...ms at a time when most of the country was walking around in blue jeans. The advantage it had was that the photographers easily spotted us, and we kept smiles on our faces for the media right up till we got to the dressing room reserved for us. We carefully folded and hung our uniforms up and changed into our suits. It was a moment of decision.. I need to justify the 300 to you. Let me whisper it in your ear." Julia whispered, "Dollars." I could tell by proximity that Lily had all her attention focused on my ear, but I was sure she didn't catch Julia's whisper."Ahh! I understand. But I wouldn't like girls who wanted to date me because of that." They're not going to be wearing signs declaring their reasons. It's not that simple anyway, as all the reasons combine. Most girls honestly won't know what their main reason is, they'll just. Mr. Webster is strict as they come. He's been at the school so long he taught some of our parents. But that doesn't stop him being stern, formidable, keen on silence and a good shot with a board rubber. And we're doing fucking rivers again. I swear the whole of GCSE geography can be summed up in three words; volcanoes, cities, rivers. You can only get so excited while listening to a middle aged man talk about the formation of ox bow lakes, in detail, for a fifth time in your life. Unfortunately. "No, I don't think so. But we could have a go and see." She giggled."Between you and Her Loveliness I suspect we'll find out, and I rather think that any that don't, will when you've finished."I walked back to the house, decided to have another look at the collection of cars, just to assure myself that I wasn't dreaming really. I had a friend coming over to look at them and see what needed doing to get them going. I didn't know what I was going to do with them, but seeing if they would run.
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