She’d also left him a few Barbie DVDS, along with Tinker Bell and the Disney Princesses films.

He wondered if his mother would make him go outside too, and cast his mind back to the girl from the skatepark in the rose queen parade. All those thoughts were now his reality.

His daydream was broken by his mother opening his door. “From now on, I want this door kept wide open.” She said. In her arms was a bundle of bedding, from which she grabbed a clean duvet cover, pillow case and sheet. She told him to change his bed, but noticing the clean bedding was equally pink and girlie, he began to moan.

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