57 Nick
It was the jumper that did it. The old university jumper that so many people at the uni had. I remember the first day I spoke to Emma and noticed that the badge on hers was slightly different.
The university had a rather bizarre emblem that was emblazoned across everything: a pelican with a pen in its mouth. It was some obscure reference to a half-famous writer who once went to the university years ago. Only Emma had altered hers by undoing the stitching on the embroidered badge and replacing the pen with an embroidered spliff. It was a very bold but understated move from someone so quiet and reserved. Almost like a silent protest. Most people didn’t notice, and if they had she probably would’ve got into a lot of trouble, but it was one of the things that first attracted me to he
