"The smile didn't quite reach my eyes"
It was almost lunch time before we surfaced again and the summer sun was blazing hot even through our bedroom window.“Let’s have a pub lunch,” Wendy suggested, “My treat.”“Good idea,” I said and reached a hand out to caress her...
"kick me, kick my right leg."
The train pulled into the station in a hiss of steam, all those around me grabbed their bags excitedly and hurried to get off, I could hear the cheers of the waiting crowds, they weren't for me though, they were...
"Help me Sonia"
"Good morning madam." the receptionist looked to be about eighteen or nineteen, a beautiful girl who was immaculately turned out in a short white smock coat which displayed a generous cleavage as she bent to check my name on her...
"You're gay aren't you?"
It was my best friend who first noticed what I'd thought for years. We were both sixteen and she was all excited about going out that night with a guy from school; she'd tried to get me yet another date with his...
"I'm staying the night."
A hand delivered letter was waiting for me when I got home on the day the company broke up for the annual summer holiday. “I don’t believe this shit,” I looked again, but I’d read it right, I’d been made redundant.Without...
"The Victoria Cross"
We spent the rest of the day calling on old friends; it wasn't just emotional, it was heart wrenching. Many of my old mates hadn't made it and were buried in some foreign field, if they were lucky, others were...
"the tensions eased"
Gradually over the next few weeks tensions eased a bit, the fraternization rules were relaxed and Germany became a much better place.The rubble clearing still went on though, it had to, the building work was moving on quicker than most...