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196 Cecelia AhernRuby: Yes! It reminded me of when I was younger at the school discos orthe ceilis; I was always one of those girls, stuck dancing withanother girl as a partner. There were more men dancing with menlast night than there were women with women.Rosie: Yes I know, somehow I get the feeling that was due to personalchoice. Although they took the wearing high heels a little too seriouslydon’t you think? Could you imagine Greg and Teddy comingwith us to a class?Ruby: Oh that would be a sight for sore eyes! Teddy can’t wrap his armsaround himself, never mind hug me. By the time he would getaround to doing a twirl, it would be next year.Rosie: Ha! Yeah and Greg would probably become so obsessed withRicardo counting the steps aloud that he would begin to calculatethem in his mind, add them, multiply them, subtract the first countfrom the square root of the sixth or something. Greg, the bankmanager and his love affair with numbers. It looks like it’s just youand me Ruby.Ruby: Looks like it . . . So what’s Alex up to these days?Rosie: He’s still hanging around slutty Bethany’s dad trying to get a jobchopping people’s bodies up.Ruby: Oh...kay...who is Bethany, why is she a slut, and what businessis her father in?Rosie: Oh sorry, Bethany is Alex’s childhood sweetheart and first love,she’s a slut because I say so, and her dad is a surgeon of some sort.Ruby: Oh how exciting ...the return of one of Alex’s ex-girlfriends . . .this will be a page turner ...Rosie: No she’s not around anymore; Alex is just attending some lecturesbeing held by her father.Ruby: Oh Rosie Dunne, expect the unexpected for once. Maybe this timeyou won’t get such a shock when things don’t go your way.