University Challenge – Part 3

"Mike's coming home for Christmas. Nicky can hardly contain her excitement - and anxiety!"

I slammed my hand on the loudly buzzing alarm clock beside my bed, choking off its insistent drone. Glowing angry-red numbers showed the unearthly hour – six o’clock – but I didn’t care. At long last it was Friday. THE...

University Challenge – Part 1

"Teen girl goes for interview at University and makes a life changing misjudgement"

It was November 1983 and I was in my final year of school; the year we call the ‘Upper Sixth’. England was a world without internet, mobile phones, personal computers, e-mails or text messages. Like most of Europe, it was...

University Challenge – Part 2

"Rescued Nicky is confused. She turns to her stepbrother for the comfort only he can offer.."

Whether she wanted it or not, naive, eighteen year-old Nicky has just been ‘rescued’ by her older stepbrother Mike while just beginning to have sex with one of his rugby-playing friends in an alleyway down by the waterfront. *** I...

Sam’s Saturday Night

"Unusually at home on Saturday night, tipsy Samantha helps comfort her distressed younger stepbrother"

“No, you go without me, Kim! Have a great time.” “Yeah I know, but I can’t go tonight; not in this state.” “I’ll be fine by tomorrow, really; Monday latest. I’m really sorry.” “Nah, don’t worry. I’ll be ok. See...