Once she'd been there for a while and had got thoroughly bored, Hannah managed to extricate herself from Janine's house under the pretence of having to go to work. Janine smiled in a pouty, sulky manner, and then commented that maybe she'd drop in on Hannah at work later in the day. Hannah hoped that she wouldn't, not that she said so: she wasn't really going to work. At least, not yet.

As soon as she was out of earshot of Janine's house she opened her mobile and called Rona.

"Hannah!"

"Rona, mate, gorgeous, I'm so sorry about blowing you off last week. How can I make it up to you?"

"You could take me out for a coffee."

"Done and done. You free now?"

"Now? Yeah!"

"You at your place?"

"Uh-huh."

"Hang tight, I'll head right over."

An hour later Hannah knocked on Rona's door. "'I'll be right over'?" Rona said with a raised eyebrow.

"Shit, sorry mate, I had to come through the city. From St. Kilda."

"What the hell were you doing in St. Kilda?"

"I was at Janine's house."

"Oh Hannah, you're not going out with a south of the river girl!"

"I know, I know. I hope you haven't been waiting for me."

Rona looked around. "Well it's not like I have anything else to do!"

"Aww" Hannah cooed in sympathy, and wrapped Rona in a warm embrace. Rona sniffed the sleeve of Hannah's coat.

"Is that weed?"

Hannah released Rona and sniffed the coat too, then wedged a hand into her right pocket. She pulled out a tiny bag of marijuana. "Bugger me, I thought I'd used all that up." She looked at Rona inquiringly.

"Hannah, it's not even lunch time!" Rona exclaimed in disbelief. "Maybe later" she added after a prolonged silence from Hannah. "Now, where are you taking me? Better be somewhere nice, you've got a lot to make up for!"