’ ‘What?’ ‘I don’t know if I should say anything, he might not be happy.’ ‘Don’t give me that shit, answer me.’ Mike said firmly. Bo...bby looked at them for a long time before he finally started speaking quietly. ‘He kept breaking down.’ ‘Breaking down?’ Mike asked. ‘He kept saying ‘I’ve lost them’, over and over, then he would . . . well then he . . . he tried to hide it, but then he would cry.’ As his words sunk in, Mike nodded and got up, motioning to Bobby. ‘Look, it’s been a hell of a day,. And the girl on my right is laughing at some joke she just made, and I laugh too, but inside I’m about to explode. But then the pizzas arrive, and there’s a flurry of reaching and passing, and I have to stop.I’ve never been less interested in eating pizza in my life. It’s like chewing cardboard. All I can think about is you. Can they see me trembling? I feel wound like a spring to near breaking point. I can’t wait for this to be over, but I can’t leave. What if I did and you didn’t follow me? I. ??So what got her to go out with you?? I asked as I sipped some lemonadefrom my cup.He shrugged and looked a little sheepish when he answered. ?The firsttime was pretty much just a ?thank you? for helping her out with someproblems she was having in physics. I?m sure she was just being nicebut I thought I?d won the lottery. I?m ashamed to admit it but I hadsome pretty wild fantasies that she would be dazzled by my wonderfuland unappreciated personality and fall madly in love on the spot,?. We skipped breakfast and did it once again before I had to rush to work and she had to go to school. It was shortly before the summer holidays and we soon came into a rythm - We often slept in her flat while it was more practical - She had no car and her school was close to her flat - Sometimes she also had her k**s and would need to bring them in c***dcare before school.We were not together every night, but often and she was fantastic and never had a headache, tired or not in the mood. I just.