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W: And April. And May.
H: Yeah, if you want.
W: Define hanging out.
H: Um, I was, you know… spending time. With one of the supply teachers. She’d moved down from … from up north… and she didn’t know anyone here.
W: Poor her.
H: Don’t be like that. It won’t help.
W: Sorry. Carry on. She didn’t know anyone there…
H: So I started hanging out with her a bit.
W: You want me to believe that’s it?
H: And if I’m being brutally honest, there was maybe a moment when – I mean, you and me, it wasn’t really working, I think we can agree on that, right? And so I thought it might go somewhere with… this person.
W: This person?
H: This woman. It was a woman, you’ll be pleased to hear.
W: Oh good. Yeah, I’m thrilled.
H: But it didn’t. I mean, we were friends, and then we were sort of close friends, and then when… you know… the thing… between us… when it didn’t come to pass, then the shine all sort of wore off a bit. I think that happens if you wait too long. And we did wait too long. Because I’m married. So I wasn’t in a rush.
W: That’s good of you.
H: Wendy…
W: No, I get it. Seriously. I do.
H: And now we’re back to being workmates again.
W: Right. OK. I think I see.
H: But we never… ever… you know…
W: Had sex?
H: Yeah. We never had sex. I promise.
W: Define sex.
H: Ha… Funny. Seriously, we didn’t.
W: I’mbeingserious. Define sex.
H: Wendy, we didn’t do anything. No matter how you choose to define sex, we didn’t do it. OK?
W: Kissing?
H: No one defines kissing as sex.
W: So you did, then? You kissed?
H: …
