The Chain (A Catherine Diary) - Stamfield. Complete

Chapter 40

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We both returned to the girls, separately, on Jane's insistence.

The day turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience after that, chatting about how bad we were in the hockey game, about Jane nudity experiences, comparing it to my one. It made me feel more relaxed about it and I laughed with them. Even Carla's mood lightened, as she joked about the shock on the boys faces as I streaked across the pitch. She also teased Monica, saying her boyfriend Curtis couldn't keep his eyes off me. Monica retorted with some comment about what he did to her that night would suggest he was only interested in one girl and that was her. We all knew she was either lying or exaggerating, she often stated she had been messing around with some boy, later to find out it wasn't true. I had noticed how she always seemed to stretch the truth, especially when she was around Pat, or was that just my paranoia. Gemma spent the afternoon resting her head on my lap, as I played in her hair. It made me feel comforted in the thought that our previous exchanges hadn't dampened our friendship.

Gemma's family turned out to be a blast also. They had managed to arrange some speakers outside and started playing lots of old hits, which her family took great pride in showing off their dance moves, which had us in stitches. Her uncle Ted came over to chat to us, he must have been in his sixties, but he started trying to chat us up. He teased us about him taking us out to the cinema, where we could run our hand through his toupee and help him with his Zimmer frame as we walked the streets at night, then he warned us not to kiss him too deeply, as we may end up swallowing his false teeth. At that point his lovely white haired wife stole him away from us, much to our disappointment.

At seven o'clock, I said I would have to leave,much to everyone and my disappointment. I gave each of the girls a kiss on the cheek, even Pat and left for the short walk home.