My No.1: ‘Phantom’ – The Sisters of
Mercy
THE
30TH + FINAL DAY OF JUNE 1988
WAS:
KAT … LEIGHTON … ORANGE BEETLE
… ‘PHANTOM’ … GHETTO BLASTER … THE KING’S LYNN WALKS … CIDER … CINZANO … A-LEVEL TEXTS … FRANK + JOYCE … DANNY BLACK … THE EMPTY COMMON ROOM …
PISSED … KISSING … CONFESSIONS … SECRETS … LOVE … TAKING THE PISS OUT OF JUSTINE … DRIVING AROUND … ‘PHANTOM’ … WISBECH RAIN … THE STORM … A REHEARSAL WITH FRIENDS …
SKIRTING BOARD FUNGUS WITH YOGHURT ON … GATEWAY
CAR PARK … REGRET … SEPARATION … HAPPINESS … SAD AND MELLOW … MIRANDA WASP … BREAD ON TV … DOCTOR
WHO … FLASH ON THE PHONE … BERWIN AGAIN … ‘PHANTOM’ … FLASH PLANS
… FRIENDS …
AND,
HOPEFULY,
tHE fUtURE…
My
favourite record is ‘Phantom’ by The Sisters of Mercy. Why? I
don’t know.
Later:
‘She’s
So Fine’ – Jimi Hendrix
Today was great. I waited patiently
in King’s Lynn, until Kat ‘n’ Leighton arrived in the Beetle. There was no Willock, thankfully; he was
still at Naomi Bell’s in
Norwich. We all went and sat in the park
with the nice monument and the ‘shelter’ in it.
The mood was strange, though, as we sat among the flowers. It was like we were all happy, but at the
same time sad and mellow.
We
then walked into College, where I
returned all my textbooks. The place was
so dead, but with a trusty bottle of Cider from Gaywood Spar, we sat on the front lawn and drank.
Kat
and I started to get very close. As the
alcohol took affect, she and I went for a little walk and I told her of my
recent, scattered and fractured ‘love’ history.
I wanted her to know all about Justine and Suzi and Nat and Belinda and all
the other bits and bobs, so she could see it from my perspective. I want her to understand that I am NOT, in
fact, a WOMANISER.
She
does understand.
‘If It Wasn’t For The Reason That I Love You’ – Miki
Anthony
I
then asked her for advice on the subject of JUSTINE and I having slept together
behind Leighton’s back. She suggested I
tell him all about it if the day went well.
You see, I really felt I needed to tell him. I like him so much now. And before he and Justine got together we
were mates. The whole thing just got
messy and now that neither of us is involved with her, it seemed right to
address the matter.
Kat
and I touched, and we were embracing as Leighton came around the corner. But he’s nice. He said he doesn’t care what she or I do
(they’re best mates, see?), and if Willock finds anything out or turns sour and
causes a furore, then Leighton promised he’d stick by me. He is a good chap.
We
returned to King’s Lynn and bought some CINZANO and peanuts. As Leighton went to
check on his car, Kat and I went to The Walks, where we kissed beautiful kisses
of enormous power, whilst ‘Phantom’ by The Sisters Of Mercy played on Leighton’s
Ghetto Blaster (which I had been
carrying). ‘Phantom’ is great.
Kat
told me she loves me more than I could ever imagine; never wants to lose me;
NEEDS ME. We embraced again and, once
again, Leighton came around the corner. Kat
then walked off, really upset. Leighton
went after her and spoke to her. After a
minute or two, I went and joined them.
Tactfully, Leighton left us to it for a bit.
Alone,
Kat told me that she loves Willock but can’t understand why she constantly
feels the need to be with me.
There
is so much between us.
‘In
Search Of Peter Pan’ – Kate Bush
Totally
wazmodic, we returned to Tech and spoke to Danny a lot. He’s great, is Danny. We then, totally + utterly, took the
continual piss out of Justine. Doing
impressions of her walk, and later shadowing her bus home with the Beetle. She was on the back seat, and fully aware
that we were following, so I held up a sign saying, ‘ARE YOU ON DOPE?’ It was bastardish, I know, but Kat and I were
well weelehed and in stitches. On
reflection, I shouldn’t have done it, and I probably wouldn’t have if Justine
hadn’t been such a bitch to me the other day.
I felt really guilty afterwards.
We
drove to Wisbech, where it rained. Kat
tried to ring Willock. No answer. We passed Dan, who gave me the Tower
keys, so we could sit in the dry. In the
Tower, I sat and ran my hands across Kat’s legs and up her skirt as we
cuddled.
Kat
and Leighton stayed for the first half of our rehearsal. I was CRAP.
When
they left, I saw them off from Gateway Car Park. Kat was very upset at having to leave
me. But the storm was nice and
beautiful.
One
day we will surely have to be together.
I
finished the rehearsal feeling totally missing Kat. I believe we’re all going to become really
great friends.
‘Wow’
– Kate Bush
I
saw Miranda Wasp – she looked a MESS! I
mean, she’ll always be really attractive, but she looked tired and scruffy,
which isn’t her at all.
Flash
rang and he’s coming to stay soon, which is groovily exciting.
Later:
‘When
The Wind Blows’ – David Bowie
SO
THE BIRTHDAY MONTH ENDS.
JUNE WAS:
EIGHTEEN
… KATRISHA HILL … NATALIA WNEK … NORWICH … PARTIES … DOCTOR WHO …
LITERATURE … A-LEVELS … C’EST LA VIE … LEGS … LEIGHTON HOLT … BERWIN GROOMSTOOL
… THE RETURN OF FLASH…
WHAT WILL JULY BE?
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