I kick my legs nervously as I’m sitting on my little couch, waiting for Ramona to finish changing into her pjs.

She leaves my en-suite with a deep sigh and comes to sit down next to me. “Wow, your mates are totally nice. I really enjoyed dinner. It was so much fun.”

“Yeah, we really have a wrong picture of them where we come from." I chuckle but she scrunches her nose.

“Nah, I think that they're being so friendly because of you. I guess they would have ripped me apart just for looking at them the wrong way.” She grins at me, and I laugh, taking a package of...