"Charlie", he began "Mum and Dad are still on me about who I will be taking to the wedding."
"Well you will just have to go by yourself then, won't you?" I replied sleepily.
"But I don't want to, I want to go with you.
"What?" I asked incredulously, "so you are finally going to tell everyone about me?"
"No," he said more firmly, "that's not what I want at all. I want you to go as my girlfriend!"