NAKAMURA RIKAKO<br/><br/>(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk137/HaibaneR/Rika_Avatar.jpg)<br/><br/>Home Ec. was fine. Most lessons were fine. In fact almost everything was fine. School was fine too. The rumours had been circling around like vultures for some weeks. I had written home about it. From an internet café outside the campus, no way would I use the school's email software, it was no doubt carefully policed and watched…<br/><br/>Father knew someone who knew someone whose cousin's uncle's cat's sister was on the Sendai Board of Directors and knew the rumours were not<em>just</em>rumours. The sister of the cat of the uncle of the cousin of the friend of the friend had spoken with father and yes, boys were coming.<br/><br/>Boys.<br/><br/><em>Boys!</em><br/><br/><em>With cocks!</em><br/><br/><em>Yum yum.</em><br/><br/>The Sendai owners had messed up. Right and royally. Something to do with all that expenditure on the new gym and pool block perhaps? Either way, income from fees as a small girl's academy wasn't sufficient so they had opened the schools doors to boys.<br/><br/>Boys.<br/><br/>I liked boys.<br/><br/>I glanced up from my work as the PA system called the student council pres. and other senior students to gather in the headmistress' office. That was unusual during class but not unknown.<br/><br/>But still… unusual…<br/><br/>I glanced up at Mariko and caught her eye, giving her a big fat 'about those rumours…' wink. Then I looked out the window at the lazily drifting snowflakes. I went back to my note-taking.<br/><br/><em>What a cold winter. Us and the boys will have to snuggle up for warmth.</em><br/><br/><em>What a hardship.</em><br/><br/>Yes, everything was fine.