"Hallo, Nicky," Terry replied with a grin, "I didn't know Chris had a girlfriend, he kept very quiet about you. I hope we'll see you in here often, we don't get too many beautiful women in a small place like this."
Nicky glanced quickly at her brother, before she offered her hand to shake Terry's. "Hi Terry, nice to meet you," she said. "Thanks for the compliment. I think my boyfriend just wants to keep me to himself, but he needn't worry I'm a one-man girl."
"Nicky's going to be staying with me for a while," said Chris, "And tonight we're going to risk one of your notorious dinners, I suppose it's pie and chips or pie and chips, right?"
"Yeah," replied Terry with a grin, "That's about right, it's a choice of real meat pie or pretend meat pie, both served with frozen oven chips and froz
