"I'm Sure He'll See Your Potential !"

"Hi there Waggsie" Roddy greeted Debbi in the player's bar with a chaste kiss on the cheek. "Hi superstar" replied Debbi. "You scored a goal and had two assists !"

"Who told you about assists ?" Roddy was intrigued, he knew Debbi had little idea about football. "Sally" answered Debbi, formally introducing her friend, who was already deep in conversation with Clinton, one of Roddy's team mates.

It had been arranged that they would all go back to Roddy's place where he had invited a few arty friends. Clinton accepted the invitation too, though it was not really his kind of thing. But he seemed enamoured of Sally !

"Wow !" exclaimed Sally on arrival. "It's a mansion Roddy." The embarrassed footballer explained that it seemed extravagant but they were paid ridiculous salaries and he valued the privacy. Sally continued to explore. "Gosh, these are the famous statues Deb. They're all you !" The four graces, or four Debbis as they were, dominated the entrance hall. Clinton was also impressed by the nudes, he had not been in Roddy's place since they had been installed. "Lesley did them as you know" said Debbi.

"Maybe I can get her to do a statue of you ?" Clinton told Sally. "What ? Put me in the garden so the birds can crap on me ?" the blonde girl laughed. "They cost me an arm and a leg" Roddy advised him. "She could do a painting much more reasonably though, she's very talented" suggested Debbi, who began describing the lingerie and swimwear collection Lesley was designing.

"I used to be a WAG too you know" Sally commented as they began to make their way to the reception room. "But he was only in a championship team up north."

"Who was that ?" asked a jealous Clinton. "Jimmy Gaskell" Sally replied. "Oh I know him. Not in our class, eh Rod ?" said Clinton. "I heard he was taking his badges, he wants to get into coaching" Roddy remarked.

"Booooring !" yelled Debbi, draping herself seductively around one of her statues. "Where are the others ?"

"Leonora and Connie should be here any minute, Tony's just finishing a rehearsal" Roddy replied, referring to a ballerina and actress and a well known conductor. "And Eddie Tempest's texted that he's just left" he continued, consulting his phone. "The comedian ? He's so funny" said a delighted Sally. "Yeah, but don't expect him to be telling jokes all the time" Debbi warned. "He's off duty and expecting him to be funny all the time would be like expecting you to take your clothes off and do a pole dance, just 'cos that's your job !"

"I wouldn't mind" Sally said coquettishly, as Debbi laughed. "Seriously though, I can ask him about your stand up routine" she continued. "That wasn't a serious idea" Debbi protested. "Course it was" Sally contradicted her. "I'm sure Eddie'll see your potential !"