We would imagine what it would be like if we were not so far apart. We talked about what we would do to one another. We both fantasised about me taking her virginity. She had not even sucked a cock, she told me. We both wished mine would be the first.

We carried on like this for several months before my boss came into my office one day. I had been texting with Lucia. Nothing too sexy, just telling one another about our days, but I laid the phone down when he entered.

"Hey," he asked. "You speak Spanish?"

I shook my head. I knew a bit of French but...