After a brief search, I found the pink swimsuit and tossed it to Tori. Thinking she’d wear that to walk back to the room Ben and I shared, I started... back towards the bed to help her change. But Tori stopped me as I passed her bags. ‘Uhmm…will you grab the big pink towel in my suitcase, babe? Please?’ she asked. ‘Sure. But aren’t you going to wear the swimsuit to my room?’ I asked as I came up with the towel. Tori hesitated a little before answering. ‘I would, but it’s borrowed…I just don’t. ’ By way of reinforcement I put my arms round his shoulders and hugged him quickly, leaving my hands resting on his back as we pulled apart just a little. Again, I let my lips brush his, lightly. ‘Frank’ he started again. ‘I’m in a bit of a mess. There’s you, there’s me, there’s Karl. Much as I dislike him, and despite last night, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do about you, as he’s your boyfriend.’ Nice passion-killer, I thought briefly, then squashed the thought as being uncharitable, as. The Maitre D’ was very polite and made no mention of his jeans, though it was obvious that everyone else was dressed for dinner. He summoned a waiter, who showed Bruce to his table. There was a man already sitting at the table and as Bruce arrived, he stood up.‘I’m sorry mate.,’ said Bruce. ‘There seems to have been some mistake. I didn’t invite anyone to dinner and I certainly can’t afford to eat here.’The man offered his hand. ‘Good evening Mr Goddard. I’m Will Wainwright, and I hope you’ll. But we both like the same things, since we ran into each other by accident the first two times doing things we both enjoy. And next weekend we are going to my school dance, which is well chaperoned. So if you want me to stop seeing her after that, it will be rather hard. Since no matter how big this city is, we will run into each other again. Especially as next year we will be going to the same school.”She studied me a bit after that, and nodded her head. “I can see that, and I can also see.
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