Darrin was the fat one in the group. He never said anything, he just laughed at the other two. He had a really weird laugh, like a retarded monkey in ...elbert's opinion."Dill-Breath!" Todd said. "What a stupid name!"Delbert didn't say anything, because deep down he agreed with them 100%. Delbert was a stupid name. He was certain that if he had a better name he wouldn't get teased so much."Dill-Breath thinks he's better than us, don't you Dill-Breath?" Lester said. "All because your momma's a. My hands took hold of each side of the desk as I braced myself for the unknown. My heart thumped loudly in anticipation.Whoosh. Thwack!“Whooo,” I panted, followed by, “one.”Thwack!“Two.”Thwack!“Three.”“Are you okay?” he asked.“Y-y-y-y-yes,” I stuttered. I felt the paddle through my clothes, but it didn't hurt too badly. Just stung a little. The more intense feeling was the fluttering in my head and stomach at this intimate thing he was doing. Handsome Mr. Stevens was paddling me. I was bent. At that point in our lives, we were both struggling. Our marriages were in the final innings, our careers were in transit, and we drank too much. But it was after that event that we started our own business together and really became good friends as we sorted our lives out.Today, we have moved on. We are both divorced. We both have new careers. And we both have new loves in our life. We went through the valley of death together and emerged stronger for it and remain the closest of friends. THOSE TINGLES, THEY'RE ZOOMING NOW!!!!! Then he more or less moved everyone into my little office,so we could get my opinion on something or other they'd been discussing.All very normal. I had some words to say about a couple of points and theimpromptu meeting lasted for almost half an hour. Salient points wereraised, new ideas were suggested, and further discussion was warranted. As he was leaving, he looked back at me and asked me to seehim later, early.