Brand New Friend
by Mike Gayle
Finding friends is hard to do…When Rob’s girlfriend asks him to leave London and live with her in Manchester, not only will it mean moving cities and changing the only job he’s ever had, it’ll also mean leaving behind his best mate in the entire world. Six months later Rob realises that sometimes making friends in your thirties can be the hardest thing to do. With drastic action needed, his girlfriend places an ad in the classifieds for him, but after three excruciatingly embarrassing “bloke dates”, Rob begins to truly despair. Until his luck changes. There’s just one problem. Apart from knowing less than nothing about music trivia, football, and the vital statistics of supermodels, Rob’s new friend has a huge flaw. She’s a girl.