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not remember the first night you saw me?’
    ‘Because I wasn’t
just really pissed that night, I was really wasted and I’d smoked a couple of
joints before we went out. I was so ill in the morning.’
    ‘Joints?
Jesus Mia,’ he looked at me shocked.
    ‘It’s not
like I’ve got a drug habit, it was a one off. I wanted to try it to see what
the fuss was about, but I didn’t like the after effects.’
    ‘Do you have
to try everything going?’ he snapped as he fixed me with another glare.
    ‘I don’t
see you complaining when it comes to me being curious about trying sex things,’
I snapped back.
    ‘Fair
enough, let’s not fight again,’ he sighed, ‘but I’m not happy about you doing
drugs.’
    ‘It was once Gabe, I figured a smoke wasn’t going to kill me.’
    ‘You
could’ve been raped if you were that stoned, that guy you were with was pawing
you and you disappeared with him. I don’t want you touching anything like that
again.’
    ‘Lexi was
looking after me Gabe, she took me home and told me she’d told a guy to get
lost. I promise to be more responsible from now on.’
    ‘You’d
better be,’ he said with a scowl. ‘I won’t stand for that sort of behaviour
Mia.’
    ‘You’re so
… urghhhh you’re so bossy Gabe. You don’t own me, I still get to make my
own choices.’
    ‘Let’s not
argue again Mia, please. I just don’t want you doing anything like that again,
you’re making yourself vulnerable and I don’t like it.’
    ‘Fine,’ I
sighed. I had no plans to ever do anything like that again, but he didn’t have
the right to tell me what I could or couldn’t do. I’d be better fighting my
corner when he was being domineering about something I really disagreed with.
    ‘Right here’s
my phone, look up the pizza and I’ll ring it through. Are we sharing?’ I looked
at him horrified. ‘ Ok I’m taking that as a no then?’
    ‘I don’t
share pizza Gabe. You share pizza and you end up still being hungry.’
    ‘We can
order a large one between us.’
    ‘O Gabe you’ve
so much to learn about me. I can eat three quarters of a large pizza easily and
I like to keep a few slices back for breakfast.’
    ‘You’re
joking right?’
    ‘ No .
You ring Lexi now and ask if I share pizza and she’ll laugh her socks off. It’s
only like my favourite food. Ever .’
    ‘Ok,’ he
laughed. ‘You can order a whole large pizza all to yourself. I’ll just have a
medium.’
    ‘No way,’ I
said shaking my head. ‘You have a medium and when you’re still hungry you’ll be
trying to sneak a piece of mine and then it’ll get really ugly. Have a large
too, if you wimp out on finishing it, so be it.’
    ‘You really
think you can out eat me baby?’ he asked one eyebrow raised.
    ‘When it
comes to pizza yes,’ I nodded empathically.
    ‘Ok
challenge is on, two large pizza’s it is.’
    ‘And ice
cream.’
    ‘No way?’
he said looking astounded.
    ‘Way,’ I
nodded again.
    ‘You’re not
going to tell me you eat a whole tub of that as well?’
    ‘It’s been
known yes, but I’m happy to share that tonight, but I don’t do B&J’s chunky
monkey.’
    ‘What the
hell is B&J’s chunky monkey?’
    ‘Gabe,’ I
sighed. ‘You really need to eat less healthily, I’ll educate you then you can order.’
    I ended up called
it through for him as he looked seriously confused after I’d gone through the
different types of dough, edges with and without fillings, toppings and then
run through the various Ben & Jerrys flavours. I ordered him a thin crust
Hawaiian and me a deep pan cheese stuffed crust with mushroom, blue cheese and
rocket, then a tub of Cookie Dough and a large bottle of full fat coke. He
looked mortified.
    ‘So I’ve an
appetite and like sugar, deal with it,’ I shrugged.
    ‘I just
don’t get how you can go out on Friday, eat nothing all day and then you order
all of that just for tonight.’
    ‘By eating
nothing some days, I can eat all of that. What’s with you