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From their point of view, I mean. They’d have called it being openly friendly. Steven was there too and he said Aggie had a bit of an announcement so it was nice that we were all together at this moment, and he held out his arm and Aggie came forward to tell us what it was. He and she were going to get married. Obviously nobody in the house had known about this, not even Glea, as there was a stunned silence, and Glea herself looked pissed off no little it seemed to me. Her eyes went dark although she mouthed the words lovely and what a surprise, and even managed a giggle and a kiss on Aggie’s cheek. But I could tell she was unhappy about it. And it didn’t surprise me because the vile truth

about friends is, they want you completely in their power, fixed forever, like a butterfly on a pin. And they don’t like being reminded that things in life can change of their own accord. So-called friends are always out to get you. Never forget that whatever you decide to do about it. And I just hate the way friends demand your admiration. You have to play the part of audience, cheer-leading them on, clapping at every move they make, especially the clumsy ones. The fact that they’re as bad as this has in part made me the way I am. I played along with my housemates that night but in truth they made me feel like a dog. Their eyes said the words, Stay Boy which meant I was just

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