Four
Ivy
A couple of days later, Frances turned the whole flat upside down to move in her things. She wasn’t bringing an excessive amount of furniture, the landing was just small and the shape of the flat made things awkward.
“Keep going, Tash!” one of her friends shouted as the two of them carried in a small armchair. “Pivot!”
“Right behind,” someone else warned. “Careful, careful. You’re going to smoosh me into the wall.”
I had offered to help but Frances brought so many friends, there wasn’t much to do for me. It wasn’t quite clear whether any of them were her girlfriend but I’d never seen this many people rock up to help someone move. Apparently, the promise of pizza and beer had done the trick.
I did wonder why none of them had class but they were all college students, they were
