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now. But that’s why I was late; she couldn’t find anything to wear.’
    ‘Isn’t that… what you wore to this year’s Halloween party?’ George said, eyeing the large black dress, cut in triangles at the bottom.
    ‘Oh please don’t say that to her, I said no one would notice.’
    ‘I doubt anyone would dare say anything to her,’ Nick said, ‘not if they want to live … Oh, look lively.’
    George, Matt and Nick all straightened in their chairs, instinctively covering their manhoods as Kat marched over to them.
    ‘You look lovely, Kat,’ Nick said.
    ‘Shut up, Nick, I look like a whale. Dave, are you going to buy me a drink or are you going to let your poor wife die of thirst?’
    Big Dave stood, getting his wallet out of his pocket. ‘Of course, my love, I thought you had your purse.’
    ‘I forgot it. It’s not a problem, is it,’ she said coldly. ‘I mean, you’re the reason I’m this big, the least you can do is buy me a sodding drink.’
    Big Dave took a wodge of twenties out and thrust them towards her. ‘Here, buy whatever you want.’
    Kat snatched them from his hand and walked off.
    Big Dave sat down heavily and sighed. ‘Let’s play poker, boys; I think she’ll want to go home soon.’
    Matt quickly dealt the cards and George glanced over at Libby again. Even the fact that he had a useless three and five couldn’t dampen his mood.
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    G eorge was doing badly in poker. They’d been playing for about an hour and he was already borrowing matches from Matt who had won almost every game. George had won once, but he’d just ended up paying back the matches he had borrowed. He was studying his new hand when Libby came to sit with him. God, she smelt amazing.
    ‘How are we all tonight?’ she asked, beaming round at the other boys.
    ‘Now, come on, young Libby, we won’t have any of your cheating tonight, not when the stakes are so high.’ Big Dave indicated the large pile of matches in the middle of the table.
    ‘I’ll have you know that Libby is a well-respected member of this community,’ George protested, glancing down at her hands in her lap. She quickly gave the sign language symbols for A and Q and drew a heart on her palm. She eyed Nick then dusted her hands off. She had just told him that Nick had the ace and queen of hearts but nothing else worth worrying about. He smiled at her. There was something about her eyes tonight; she looked so happy it almost shone from her.
    ‘Well, if I’m not wanted here, I shall return to my table.’
    She got up and walked off, re-joining Kat and Amy without a look back. He was unable to tear his eyes off her.
    Nick clicked his fingers in George’s face. ‘Hey, what’s up with you tonight? I mean normally you stink at poker but this is a new level of bad even for you. Why do you keep looking over at Libby for? We all know you love her, that you’ve been in love with her for months, but why the sudden mooning all over her?’
    ‘I’m not mooning.’
    ‘There was definitely mooning,’ Big Dave said, and Matt nodded his agreement.
    ‘It’s nothing…’ George sighed. ‘We’re sort of going out on a date tomorrow.’
    The boys collectively oooohed so loudly that Libby looked over at them, wondering what all the fuss was about.
    ‘Not a real date, she’s just letting me practise my wooing skills on her.’
    ‘You keep calling it wooing, and you’re never getting laid again,’ Matt said.
    ‘Keep wearing shit jumpers like that and no girl will be seen with you, let alone let you get into her pants,’ Nick said.
    ‘Shut up, both of you,’ Big Dave said. ‘This is a big opportunity for you, George, this is your one chance to make an impression on her, pull out all the stops and make her fall in love with you. Don’t screw it up.’
    ‘She’s not about to fall in love with me just because I take her out on a few dates. She’s had six months to fall in love with me, I don’t think she’s suddenly going to start now.