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By the ti it was almost the next afternoon I was one to bed I also had a chronic (but not totally unexpected) hangover It was alht had been on a time delay I&039;d felt fine when I&039;d fallen into bed in the dark but now I felt like death warone to work early and I hoped that she was feeling better than I was My head was thuly sensitive that for a few minutes the nausea was all that I could think of It took a while before I re of what had happened yesterday

The heavy curtains were still closed but I could tell froht day outside I glanced up at the alarm clock and saw that it was aletting ho into bed with Siobhan but that was about it It had been cold last night Now the te and the bedclothes were soaked through with sweat

Suddenly deciding that it was timistake A tidal wave of sickness washed overto pass out or vomit or both Once the bile and disorientation had settled I pushed myself up off the bed and stumbled naked towards theI drew back the curtains and winced as the rooht Outside the sky was a deep, clear blue and the sun danced and played on the cale itself was tee with activity There were more bodies outside than I&039;d seen all summer There were queues of cars and queues of people everywhere It was as if the entire population of the country was trying to cram itself into Thatcham It was then that I remembered what had happened

The door creaked open behindinto the rooh the piles of discarded clothes on the floor,of hot black coffee

&039;Thanks,&039; I croaked,awful,&039; he ain I pulled on my jeans and a T-shirt and followed hiesturing back over my shoulder

&039;I know,&039; he replied, &039;it&039;s been like that for hours&039;

&039;Has it? How long you been up then?&039;

He ed half a smile

&039;I haven&039;t been to bed yet&039;

&039;Twat Why not?&039;

Rob shrugged his shoulders, scratched his unshaven chin and ruffled his already matted hair

&039;I dunno I wasn&039;t tired When you tent to bed last night I sat and watched television for a bit I must have fallen asleep for about half an hour, but then I woke up and started watching the news again&039;

&039;Anything happened?&039;

&039;What?&039;

&039;Any developments?&039;

He shook his head

&039;Not that I know of Christ, I sat here and watched that bloody ship for hours last night and nothing happened&039; He sat down on the sofa in front of the television and rested his head in his hands

&039;Are you okay?&039; I asked, concerned

&039;No,&039; he said quietly

His skin was grey and his face was getting greyer by the second He suddenly pushed himself up from his seat and rushed towards the bathrooroaning and retching, the toilet was flushed