Change

Change always happens. Not always big, not always small, not always good, not always bad, but always. Every second of every day.

Not surprisingly then, things had recently changed for Dave.

Pea had cut his hair.

Aline had left. Back to the Land of the Mole Divas. Dave had been there as she boarded the coach to London, where, true to form, she caused everybody to be late. She wanted to get off a stop earlier and was informed, very rudely, that this was most inconvenient and she would be charged an extra ?14.50 to do so.

Despite her plans to come back in January, Dave would miss her. Hell, he had even got in a car with Princo to be able to see her off.

Aline wasn’t alone in disappearing and Dave had to saw farewell to several others too, but the biggest change of late had occurred much closer to home.

Ste and Jenny had split up.

They still wanted to be friends, and for both of them and Anya’s sake Dave agreed it would be best if they did. Jenny was a decent person and Ste had no regrets.

He wished all three the best.