• 30 A few days later, Gaz, Dave and Nathan were in Asda, the big
new shop where Dave's wife, Jean, worked as an assistant. Gerald
had told them to get some dance videos and there were plenty of
videos on the shelves at Asda.
Dave could hear Jean laughing loudly. He walked towards her
but then stopped. Jean hadn't seen him. She was joking and
laughing with a good-looking young man called Frankie, who
also worked in Asda.
Gaz saw the worried look on Dave's face. 'Don't get upset,
Dave,' he told his friend. 'It's nothing serious. Jean just enjoys a
good laugh, that's all.'
Dave hoped that was true. He remembered the women's
conversation he had half heard when he was standing outside the
toilet in the Working Men's Club. So this was the man they were
talking about.
Gaz had picked up a video of the film Flashdance. 'This is a
good one,' he said. But Gaz didn't have any money and Dave
didn't either. 'Well, you know what this means,' Gaz told Dave.
'You're going to have to steal it.'
Dave looked at Gaz in horror. 'Why me?' he asked.
'Because you've got an innocent face and I haven't,' Gaz
replied. He walked off with Nathan, leaving Dave standing in
front of the videos.
Dave picked up Flashdance and put it into his pocket. Then he
rati out of the main door. Immediately the shop alarm began to
sound, but it was too late. Dave had escaped.
• Later, in Lomper's security office, the group watched Flashdance. The star of the film was a wonderful dancer and they watched her
with open mouths, staring in astonishment at the way she moved.
'That,' Gerald said when the video ended, 'is what we're
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looking for. And I'm going to teach you. Even you, Dave, will be
able to dance. I'll teach you in a week.'
'Me?' said Dave. 'You're joking. I'm much too fat.'
'All right, then,' Gerald replied. 'Two weeks.'