Tony's Treat It was winter and it was closed season at the outdoor pool. Tony had a temporary job at a warehouse, picking goods from the thousands of storage areas and shelves, and rushing them onto trolleys to be dispatched. Every shift was a hard s...

Fancy Dress Day at the Pool. Winter passed by, and both couples, to begin with, became firmly established in their relationships. Tony had a couple of temporary jobs after Christmas, working in a warehouse and doing deliveries. There were long hour...

Away Weekend September turned into October. There was something especially sad and forlorn about the outdoor pool after the season. The sun loungers and plastic seats were all stacked away and stored under tarpaulin sheets. The water was drained out...

The next few weeks were the happiest Fiona could remember in her life. She became an item together with Tony, and the more they saw of each other the more suited to each other they seemed to be. She looked forward every day to her lunch hour, when th...

Closing Day at the Pool At the end of September, the outdoor pool closed for the winter. Tony would have to find another job until the spring. The pool was not due to open again until the end of April. Last year he worked in a couple of shops in the...

Fiona's Charity Messy Challenge Fiona's exploits at the football match were the talk of the office the Monday afterwards, and she took it all in good part. Opinion was divided as to whether her team mates had been unfair to her, but the overriding...

Fiona's Charity Soccer Challenge (in the mud). The Social Committee at the office where Fiona worked organised a series of events throughout the year, and the summer theme park outing was the first time that Fiona had joined in with any of them. Now...

Fiona's Next Day Out They all left the theme park together, and Sue complained about how she thought that they were all very silly for getting so wet. "I really enjoyed that!" Jenny replied. Tony had lent her his spare shorts, as he was happy to...

Fiona's Day Out The summer turned warm again the following week, and on Saturday Fiona's office staff were due to take their annual summer trip. Fiona had been booked to go on the outing for several months, but she had not really been looking forwar...

The next few weeks were the happiest Fiona could remember in her life. She became an item together with Tony, and the more they saw of each other the more suited to each other they seemed to be. She looked forward every day to her lunch hour, when th...

Fiona looked forward to Wednesday most of the week. She looked forward to meeting Tony again and she thought it would be really fun to get into the pool in her everyday clothes. She was a bit worried that she was not a strong swimmer, but Tony had to...

It was a week after the fun run. Fiona had enjoyed herself a lot, and as she thought back over the events of the previous Sunday Fiona felt thrilled that she had dared to get so wet at the end of the event. There was something about the experience th...

Fiona was glad that this was the last lap. She had passed the back of the park for the final time and soon she would be able sit down and rest. After all it was only that very morning that she changed her mind and entered the fun run, but after al...