I shook my head. I hadn’t had a real girlfriend since Shelly McPherson in the eleventh grade. She was my first time. We dated for eight months. I told you about her. She was the longest before you.
“All the better, my friend. Girls always get better staff housing too, so you gotta hook up with one to have a decent place to go.” His face was red and splotchy, his cheeks huge with his perpetually smiling mouth.
Manon entered.
“Man-on! Come have a drink with us.”
She sat down next to me.
“I’m gonna get us all a drink. Celebrate the occasion. Whaddya think?” He got up and went over to the canteen.
Manon spoke quickly, “You should come with me. Come and check it out.”
“I don’t know. It sounds cool, but I –”
“You what? What do you have to lose? You are taking the easy way with him. Go t
