What she did say was that the reason for their split was that Amy had been too rough.Which I had understood as Amy having beaten her, or something clo...e.Now, helpless on the floor of our living room, I began to reflect my meager knowledge. Perhaps I had captured the meaning right, and Amy was some kind of domestic abuser. Or, and the longer I thought, the more reasonable it appeared, she was into kinky bondage games. That would also explain why Nell didn’t scream and run every time we. "Suddenly a gunshot echoed in the room as masonry from the fireplace splattered the people in the room. Samantha was halfway to the floor with Diane on top of her when Valerie muttered, "Shit, I'm sorry."Sophia picked up her partner's backup weapon from the floor and handed back to Diane. "Maybe we ought to get Val a water gun before we let her have anything lethal." A communal sigh replaced the fear surrounding the fireplace.The sounds of sirens filled the morning as the sun peaked over the. First Lieutenants were about as far down the officer food chain as Specialists were down the enlisted food chain. I think it was on Battalion’s mind, though. Throughout December, January, and February we were getting a lot of promotions and decorations. I made Specialist in December; Riley made it in February. He got a Commendation Medal with V in January, and I got a Bronze Star with V in February. It was a bit generic, simply stating I had ‘performed valorous action in combat’ with a period. It all was quite interesting, but my main problem was to keep the fact I was totally inexperienced a secret. Actually, it turned out nobody suspected that I hadn´t even kissed a girl or nobody gave a shit while being busy with their own little dramas.The situation even got worse when I began to study at a university that turned out to have almost no female students.So there I was, at one of the campus parties. I guessed that several hundred boys and a few girls were present. The exact number.