"Why isn't it you?" I would respond."I wish it were." I miss you too." Tell me," she insisted.With the woman laying in bed usually pretending sleep I ...ritiqued her. "She tries too hard to inflate my ego." "She fakes orgasm really good, but I hate that." "I tasted the lubricant when I sucked her." "Trying to converse felt like torture." "Heavenly," I said once."What?" exclaimed Bess."You jealous?" I asked."No comment," she said. The conversation flooded me with memory--our fourteenth birthday. .. So are you." On the inside, I was kicking myself for not coming up with something better than just returning the compliment. "I'm Alex by the way. That's my friend Grace over there," she said, pointing to the blonde she had walked in with, "but she looks like she's busy over there, so I hope you don't mind me talking to you." "Oh, no I don't mind at all and I'm Olivia, nice to meet you," I said, a little too excited. We made some small talk, and continued sipping on strawberry daiquiris. I don’t expect anything from you, I just wanted you to know that,” he said.The women looked at one another.“I feel the same way,” Rachael admitted, “but I’ve been embarrassed to say it.”That got confirming nods from Hala and Mia.So what do we do about it?” asked Mia.That was the million-dollar question for which they had no answer.They did, however, have a hunger to be as close as they could get. This night Rachael was the focus of everyone’s attention. And she was an eager participant. After seeing the doctor and getting the pills from the pharmacy I checked my email and saw five new emails in my inbox. They were from the four guys in the group i had taken to call Jess’s admirers, John, Rob, Kenny and Caleb. The fifth was from her boss Jeffrey saying the other guys had told him of their experience of the party and he wondered if he could join as well. I answered all their mails and told them of my proposal. To: John, Rob, Kenny, Caleb, JeffreyFrom: MeSubject: Treating Jess.