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"You're OK you know Nicky!"
I had to say something as he had come out of the shower with a small
towel which he had just managed to knot around his waist. It was the
first time I had seen him bare from the waist up. I was similarly clad
and he had come to sit next to me on the settee as we settled to watch
a film.
"What the hell do you mean by that? I've heard nothing but comments
about me all day from the guys in the workshop." Nicky's unbroken voice
got to an even higher pitch if he was upset. At seventeen years old the
reason for it was a question on everyone's lips. He had come to us as a
student on placement and made to join the workshop team as his subject
was engineering. As it was a truck company in a rural area some of the
work was done outside. The other staff were all seasoned mechanics and
drivers. If the weather was hot they would strip off their tops and
even down to shorts.
Not so for Nicky; no one had seen more than his bare arm. But his
shyness only made the guys wonder more about his sexuality. Now he
seemed to be allowing himself some intimate contact, at least he was
allowing his bare arm to touch mine.
"Look I'm not criticising you" I said putting my arm over his shoulder
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