... What a diff'rence a day makes …

Remember the song?

Like me, you can probably recall that first line, then hum the next couple of lines to yourself.

But maybe you remember the punchline - …and the diff'rence is you!

And those opening and closing lines, it strikes me, fit Billy and Cody's story to perfection.

Only three weeks ago, you'll recall, Cody was for all practical purposes (and, believe me, I had plenty of them in mind!) unattainable.

He was the boy who - unlike his best friend Billy - had never succumbed to my temptations (or, more to the point, my wallet)…

Until, that is, he got gradually drawn into that photoshoot I've already told you about and afterwards, with the promise of even greater rewards to come, far more than just that - though, sadly, off-camera.

What a diff'rence a day makes, indeed!

Of course, the difference, in this particular case, wasn't made by you but by two.

In other words it had needed the fact that it was doing something with his lifelong buddy to persuade Cody to join our club.

But, I have to tell you now, having joined up just three weeks ago, Cody now looks well on track to seizing the club presidency come the next election.

That kid has just gone wild!

He's certainly lost all his previous inhibitions about getting naked, for instance.

Let me prove my point.

It was just for a day out, really - and a bit of a reward too for all their hard work over the past three weeks.

But, of course, as I always do, I took my camera along with me.

And it was just as well that I did.

Because all Cody's modesty had gone out of the window for good (and, of course, Billy had never had any at all in the first place!)

The two boys loved playing about in the water.

The lake was normally too far for them to get to unless one of their older friends offered them a ride in a car.But after an hour or so of fun and games they were feeling a little chilly - and adopted their best acting pose for the camera to show it! - so they decided to get out of the water...Continua

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