Thanks so much DeathRealm! Sorry it's not prompt, but school's back in for me, and it's a hinderance. Also thank you to Got Scots for your review.


--------Sick Boy: Acquisition--------

Mark's eywis been odd. But ah nivir thought eh'd take it tae moi.

We've been mates fir a long time -- fuckin ages, like. Eh's the sort ye kin kick roond n they'll jist sit n take it. Nae backbone, likesay, though they've baws. That orange cunt's done some surprising shit.

Such as what he did yesterday.

The Rent Boy up n kissed me yesterday. Radge cunt.

If the cunt's gaunnae try n snare Simone, ehs in desperate ay pointers.

Here is it -- Simone's list ay 'What tae dae' fir Mark Renton:

1 - If ye're goin fir a sneak approach, dinnae lay oan us fir ages before ye dae it.

2 - Learn tae kiss better, fir fuck's sake. (Though nae too bad, like -- jist some polishin is no outta the question.

3 - Most important of all: dinnae try tae get moi unless yer a born, braw bird. (That should have been the first yin.)

Wouldn't ye agree, Sean?

Too right, Shimon.

Thank you. Nivir seen Sean as nae buftie. But...well, the thing is...point three is null and void. Ehs no a bird n ehs gone n done it. Now the question comes tae me. Why the bleeding fuck did ah let ihm? Ah kissed back tae fuck ihm up. Bad choice, Simone. Rents is oan after ye now.

Fuck.

Ah lay back down oan ma sofa -- the same yin me n Rents have sat oan countless times, watchin Jean-Claude Van Damme movies n the far fae astounding sex tape ay Tommy and Lizzy's that Mark lifted. The sofa me n countless birds huv shagged upon. Ah fold ma airms behind ma heid, starin at the ceiling.

Rents is ma mate. Ehs nae too bad oan the eyes tae be sure, save fir his facial imperfections n being a ginger minger. Ehs lackin in sexual prowess, but ye cannae expect great things fae a ginger/half-soapdodger/oan-n-off junky.

Ah'll take it as an adventure. Ye've got tae try shomething new tae move up in the world. Too right, Sean. Too right. N there's naething mair tae ma liking than a steady social climb, n a challenge.

N that is what this is: It's a challenge, a bit ay fun. Pit the Rent Boy in ehs place.

Ah smile.

Rents'll be over soon. Ah'll shock the shite outta ihm.