Wehad drinks, the kind of giant drinks that college kidslike to pour, and in no time we were all pretty lit. OK,really lit.“I told Johnny that I...caught you sucking that boy, andthat you had to do whatever I tell you, if I want” shesaid with a comical combination of raging lust andsloppy drunkenness. I burst out laughing, which wouldhave been fine if it was just she and I, but Neddielooked like he was going to cry. I told him that I wasjust laughing because his cousin was such a. "Doesn't ring any bells." Well..." she started. "I kind of was hoping you'd be willing to do the same thing for me," she hurried her words, not looking at me."You mean..." Another guy," she clarified.I thought about it. Shit, I really didn't want to... but I wanted to make her happy, and I certainly didn't want to do anything to discourage her from being adventurous. Goddamn it."C'mon, I did it for you , you aren't willing to do the same for me?" She grabbed my arm and looked at me. The argument became bigger and her friends had to intervene to calm us down. Shruti said she was fine with the incident as I was like their little brother. But I stormed out of the room angrily. Shruti, still wrapped in a towel, followed me. She sat beside me in the hall and tried to cool me down. While she was saying something to me, I couldn’t concentrate on what she was saying and had only the image of her sitting beside me in her bra and panty. I wanted to pull that towel and touch her. It didn't hit anything too vital. Taken together with the broken ribs, you are going to be in some pain, I am afraid. If it hadn't been for a shop owner calling for an ambulance, you might have bled out," the doc said."If I had run at my usual time, there would have been no shops open," I said."Then you caught a break from that little change. Tell me, do you always wear a vest and carry a gun when you run?" he asked."Sure, I consider it my handicap," I said. It was a lie, I never carried more.