Chloe Hadjimatheou

She didn't react?

She didn't react?

What Gareth does remember is that the action sort of dissipates and Ben and the other boys get bored and leave. Sir Gareth slides into the seat opposite Miss Bowen. The porno mag he grabbed off Ben is tucked away somewhere inside his blazer pocket or down the back of his trousers.

What Gareth does remember is that the action sort of dissipates and Ben and the other boys get bored and leave. Sir Gareth slides into the seat opposite Miss Bowen. The porno mag he grabbed off Ben is tucked away somewhere inside his blazer pocket or down the back of his trousers.

Gareth thinks she's going to confiscate it. But instead, she opens it up under the table so it's out of sight. And she starts flicking through the pages.

Gareth thinks she's going to confiscate it. But instead, she opens it up under the table so it's out of sight. And she starts flicking through the pages.

And at that moment, what was going through your mind?

And at that moment, what was going through your mind?

Yeah.

Yeah.

But what it had done was cross a boundary with you. It was a new boundary that had been crossed.

But what it had done was cross a boundary with you. It was a new boundary that had been crossed.

Did you say anything? Were you shocked?

Did you say anything? Were you shocked?

And then the curtains of his memory fall on this scene and it ends there. He doesn't remember how, but he knows he and Miss Bowen get back to school. And he knows, however hard it is to keep his mouth shut, he can't tell anyone what happened. If all this went down as Gareth remembers, that incident with the porno mag has completely tilted his relationship with Miss Bowen.

And then the curtains of his memory fall on this scene and it ends there. He doesn't remember how, but he knows he and Miss Bowen get back to school. And he knows, however hard it is to keep his mouth shut, he can't tell anyone what happened. If all this went down as Gareth remembers, that incident with the porno mag has completely tilted his relationship with Miss Bowen.

Now, she's not just an attractive teacher. She's a woman who's given him explicit permission to think of her in sexual terms. She's invited him to. I'm not an expert, but I imagine this is probably what grooming looks like. And Gareth, he's hooked. The next day when they meet up after school, he tells her he loves her.

Now, she's not just an attractive teacher. She's a woman who's given him explicit permission to think of her in sexual terms. She's invited him to. I'm not an expert, but I imagine this is probably what grooming looks like. And Gareth, he's hooked. The next day when they meet up after school, he tells her he loves her.

And now he can't bear saying goodbye on the street corner, so one day he just keeps walking with her towards her place. That's when he clocks the other boy.

And now he can't bear saying goodbye on the street corner, so one day he just keeps walking with her towards her place. That's when he clocks the other boy.