One Night Only (108 page)

“He
’
s
ga
y
,
”
he
r
brothe
r
T
i
m
woul
d
sa
y
.

“
Y
ou’r
e
gay!
”
sh
e
woul
d
sa
y
back
.
T
urne
d
ou
t
sh
e
was righ
t
wit
h
tha
t
one
.
T
i
m
no
w
wa
s
wel
l
an
d
trul
y
‘out
’
and ha
d
a
differen
t
ma
n
ever
y
tur
n
around
.

Whe
n
Georg
e
Michae
l
di
d
eventuall
y
‘com
e
out’
,
she
ha
d
crie
d
fo
r
week
s
bu
t
the
n
sh
e
forgav
e
hi
m
an
d
decided
tha
t
sh
e
woul
d
jus
t
hav
e
t
o
settl
e
wit
h
bein
g
hi
s
best frien
d
foreve
r
.
He
r
lov
e
fo
r
Georg
e
wa
s
to
o
stron
g
t
o
just dum
p
hi
m
becaus
e
h
e
didn
’
t
lik
e
women
,
an
d
t
o
be honest
,
sh
e
wa
s
gla
d
becaus
e
sh
e
woul
d
hav
e
bee
n
terribly jealou
s
i
f
h
e
ha
d
eve
r
marrie
d
som
e
skinn
y
supermodel. Me
n
wer
e
fine
.
Sh
e
coul
d
cop
e
wit
h
that
.

I
t
ha
d
bee
n
mor
e
tha
n
twenty-fiv
e
year
s
sinc
e
sh
e
had dance
d
t
o
hi
s
musi
c
a
t
th
e
schoo
l
disco
.
B
y
th
e
tim
e
sh
e
was
hittin
g
rea
l
nightclubs
,
Georg
e
ha
d
turne
d
a
differen
t
corner
s
o
t
o
spea
k
an
d
whe
n
h
e
mad
e
hi
s
comebac
k
sh
e
ha
d
been
stuc
k
a
t
hom
e
changin
g
nappie
s
an
d
watchin
g
hi
m
o
n
MT
V
.

“
I
can
’
t
believ
e
he
’
s
goin
g
t
o
pla
y
it
!
Bu
t
w
e
g
o
after George?
”
sh
e
said
.
“Deal?
”

“Deal!
”
sai
d
T
ess
.
“H
e
i
s
playin
g
a
doubl
e
set
,
jus
t
for you
!
I
tol
d
hi
m
I’
d
sno
g
hi
m
i
f
h
e
did.
”

“
What?
”
sai
d
Poll
y
,
disgusted
.
“
I
ma
y
b
e
drunk
,
but don
’
t
thin
k
I
didn
’
t
hea
r
that!
”

“I’
m
joking!
”
sai
d
T
ess
.
“Jesus
,
yo
u
nee
d
t
o
lear
n
to
lighte
n
up
!
”

Gin
a
fanne
d
he
r
fac
e
wit
h
he
r
clutc
h
bag
.
Th
e
excitement
wa
s
to
o
muc
h
t
o
bea
r
.

Jus
t
then
,
th
e
openin
g
line
s
o
f
‘
W
ak
e
M
e
U
p
Before
Y
o
u
G
o
Go
’
fille
d
th
e
ai
r
an
d
Gin
a
close
d
he
r
eyes
,
absorbing
ever
y
beat
.

“
W
il
l
w
e
danc
e
o
r
sing?
”
aske
d
T
ess
.
“Kin
g
Kon
g
with th
e
bi
g
don
g
sai
d
h
e
woul
d
giv
e
u
s
th
e
microphone
,
o
r
he woul
d
sin
g
i
t
fo
r
us.
”

“
I
thin
k
it
’
s
tim
e
I
learne
d
t
o
sin
g
again!
”
sai
d
Gina.
Sh
e
woul
d
d
o
it
!
Sh
e
woul
d
sin
g
he
r
hear
t
ou
t
a
s
a
bi
g
two
finger
s
u
p
t
o
th
e
lif
e
sh
e
ha
d
suffere
d
throug
h
sinc
e
the las
t
tim
e
sh
e
sang
.
Thi
s
wa
s
th
e
beginnin
g
o
f
something ne
w
an
d
sh
e
woul
d
mar
k
i
t
b
y
singin
g
on
e
o
f
he
r
favourite
song
s
i
n
th
e
whol
e
world
!

“Oka
y
,
yo
u
sin
g
an
d
we’l
l
dance!
”
sai
d
Poll
y
,
still
stun
g
b
y
T
ess
’
s
‘lighte
n
up
’
comment
.
Sh
e
woul
d
prov
e
her wron
g
shoul
d
sh
e
hav
e
t
o
sno
g
Kin
g
Kon
g
herself
.