A Reunion Of Sorts

As their mini procession reached the turning onto the main road, Debbi and Carol could see the parade approaching. They were relieved to see no crowds lining the road at this point but knew that their luck was unlikely to hold as they got closer to the town center. "Where's our place ?" Stew asked Diane. "Near the back, we slot in after the fire brigade" she replied.

Debbi groaned inwardly when she heard that. Not the fire brigade ! She just hoped that her idiot ex boyfriend Andy wouldn't be on the float. Their affair had limped on for a few weeks after the debacle of the decontamination unit but she knew his pride had been hurt when she dumped him.

The floats began to pass. It was only a local parade but Debbi knew it would draw a crowd, if only of friends supporting those taking part. There was a float from the local hospital, a combined float for the boys and girls brigades and a colorful one featuring the students from the arts college. Debbi noticed two floats from rival companies and one from a travelling circus that just happened to be in town that week and had accepted an invitation to take part. Then it was the fire brigade.

Debbi groaned again to see Andy there in uniform at the back. So far she and Carol had passed relatively unnoticed as they waited in their stationary position with arms folded across their chests and their crotch area shielded by the handles of the hoppers. But now they had to begin bouncing to follow on behind the firemen. "Deb !" Andy called out in surprise.