Swaying awkwardly to the music, I shrank into the corner of the dance floor.
It was 1994 and, at 18, I was at a party with some old school pals and desperate to go unnoticed.
Yet, when I looked up, a lovely-looking bloke was smiling at me.
‘Fancy a drink?’ he asked.
That's how I met Dave, then also 18.
He was 5ft 11in and well built, with a kind smile.
I was a size 12, and 5ft 7in, but I'd only recently shed the puppy fat and still felt like the ‘fat friend’ next to my skinny
