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alcoholic husbands and all his friends covering for him. <strong>The</strong>y were characters,<br />

they were living highs and lows, most of all they were trying to survive.<br />

I hoped me and Elly would have something more solid. A relationship that<br />

didn’t require a comedy escape routine every weekend. I knew that a couple<br />

shouldn’t be together all the time and even the strongest need a little time alone<br />

with friends but I hoped that we would never reach a stage where one of us was<br />

looking for answers in a seedy bar at the bottom of a glass.<br />

I had wanted to take her in and show her off but as we got closer I just pointed it<br />

out to her and we walked past. She was feeling tired by now so we caught a bus<br />

back. <strong>The</strong> price seemed to go up every time I caught a bus and it was over a<br />

quid each. I thought to myself that the taxi business must be booming in<br />

England. I had caught taxis in Poland after nights out, but I could imagine in<br />

England that it was a smarter move if there were a few of you to pay for the taxi<br />

anytime.<br />

We got home to find my Dad’s work van in the driveway and Scott’s new MG<br />

was parked up as well. He had bought it while I’d been away but he had put the<br />

snaps up on facebook. It was his first car and beat the shit out of my first car, a<br />

banged up VW Polo. I loved that Polo though, even if I did nearly wreck it<br />

learning to drive. I couldn’t work the clutch and stunk the thing up terribly one<br />

Sunday morning with my Dad mastering the art and then the following Sunday<br />

he took me out to get some milk, in York! It was a good experience though and

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