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policewoman.’
    ‘A proper policewoman? What the hell are we going to be?’
    Susie giggled before continuing. ‘We got in because of the change in policy. I mean I’ve wanted to be a policewoman my whole life but look at me.’ She gestured at her rounded body. ‘I was never going to get in.’
    ‘And what about Nasty?’
    ‘She’s doing her Bachelor of Policing at the University of Western Sydney.’
    ‘Huh?’
    ‘It’s a three year degree. This is her final stage.’
    I was perplexed as to why you would do a three year degree when you could do an eight month course and end up with the same job. ‘She’s dirty that we got in so easily?’
    ‘Uhuh. I better let you unpack,’ Susie said, gesturing toward my unopened back pack.
    ‘It’s okay,’ I said, ‘why don’t you stay and keep filling me in.’
    She perched on the lone chair causing it to groan in protest. I winced, hoping it would withstand her weight. ‘Well,’ she began, ‘there are twenty of us, and then there are another thirty men in our intake; although some of them are more boys then men, especially in comparison with the Riot Squad.’
    That got my attention. ‘Riot Squad?’ I stopped my unpacking and looked at her.
    She nodded her head as she giggled, her brown eyes sparkling with mischief. I decided I was going to like her a lot. ‘They’re training here over the next few months. I saw them at the canteen today.’
    ‘And?’
    She fanned herself and pretended to swoon.
    ‘Oh boy,’ I said. Riot Squad – I bet there were a lot of bad asses amongst that lot.
    My daydreaming was disturbed by Susie letting out a shrill little scream. ‘Is that a Louis Vuitton?’ she asked, staring longingly into my wardrobe.
    ‘Got it for my 21st,’ I said. ‘The whole town pitched in.’ I plucked it off the shelf and handed it to her, watching in amusement as she ran a finger reverently over the surface. ‘The rest are knock-offs,’ I admitted, gesturing at the other handbags squished together. I mean really, how did they expect us to fit all our clothing in one teeny little wardrobe. ‘I got them in Thailand last year. But don’t tell anyone and I’ll let you borrow them.’
    ‘Cross my heart,’ she said as she placed Louis back in my wardrobe.
    ‘I don’t know how I’m going to fit everything in,’ I finally admitted ten minutes later. The wardrobe was stuffed and I still had clothes on my bed.
    ‘I don’t know where you’re going to fit your uniforms,’ Susie said.
    ‘Uniforms?’ Shit, I hadn’t even thought of having to fit uniforms in as well.
    ‘We get them next term.’
    ‘Well it gives me a few weeks to sort it out.’
    I compromised by putting my winter clothing in the suitcase under my bed. When it cooled down I could do a clothing swap.
    ‘It’s dinner time,’ Susie informed me. ‘If we hurry we can get a seat near the Riot Squad Boys.’
    Not needing any more coaxing than that I followed her out the door. We ran into a few of the other girls on the way down and Susie introduced me to the ones she knew.
    The Riot Squad Boys were queued up at the buffet when we entered the dining hall. A hushed silence fell over our group as we paused to appreciate the view. That they were buff was obvious – even from where we were standing. That they were cute was undeniable, but it was the feeling of danger they possessed that attracted me the most. They were like a group of wild animals pretending to be domesticated. I shivered in delight.
    We filled our plates and took a table as near to them as was possible with the gaggle of other students already present. ‘Who’s the one at the head of the table?’ I whispered to Susie, trying not to stare.
    ‘That’s Rick.’
    ‘Rick.’ I rolled the name around my mouth. Delicious.
    Rick’s muscles bulged delectably with the minor movements created by his eating. With his dark skin and the set of his puppy dog brown eyes I was certain there was some Latin American in his