‘It’s serious for me. Ladies are not allowed down here, and if we are discovered, I will certainly lose my place.’As he finished these worrying ...remarks, we heard more shouting followed by four loud splashes.‘They’ve stripped off and are naked in the pool. I’d say they are drunk,’ Mr Portman reported, his eye still at the crack as the noise of further splashing and horseplay reached us.‘We must create a diversion.’ The words were out of my mouth before I realised. ‘Something to distract the. ”“Oooooh!” Krista said, “I love it when you get all authoritarian like that. It sends chills down my spine.” She drew her knees together, and said, “I’ve got this fantasy. Do you want to hear about it?”“I’ve got a feeling you’re going to tell me anyway, so I may as well say ‘yes,” I said. I sat on a kitchen chair, across the room from Krista, on the couch.“I’ve got this fantasy that you arrest me for something,” Krista said, “and you’ve gotta frisk me. You know, up against the wall, searching. "It looks like the party's been going on for a while." Yeah!" she exclaimed. "We've been going at it since after work!" Oh!" I said. "You told me after nine," confused as to why she hadinvited me to come later."Did I?" She acted as though she didn't remember. "Oh well! You'rehere now! Relax and have fun!" Grace?" I asked nervously."Yes Danni?" Am I the only man here?"She looked around the room, pretending to check for other guys. It wasobvious that I was the only male at the. "I don't think so," he said. "I haven't got the legs for it. And Mrs Thatcher might not be best pleased if she found out, either." Mrs Thatcher?" I asked him. "Who's she?"Mr Nairn looked at me and winked. "Ask your mum," he said.The first lesson of the afternoon was science. Mr Nairn was our science teacher, and he told us were were going to do weather.After about ten minutes, the classroom door opened. It was Mrs Templeton, so we all stood up. We always stood up when Mrs Templeton came.