Now, it was almost like I was one of HER friends. I was now on the inside of their secret circle, not the outside. She would come over and sit by me i... the living room while I was watching TV, even if my mom was in the kitchen. She would put her arm around me and sit close. Her eyes sparkled when she smiled at me. It was awkward for me, but she knew what she was doing. She knew that I liked the attention, even though I didn’t consciously realize it myself. I guess I had stayed at the door. I realized that I had lost track of time. Most of the others, on day one of our adventure, had begun to count the days but somewhere along the line they all had lost track. They also had lost varying amounts of weight. Our clothes hung on us all. I hadn't thought that I could lose more weight, but I lost all that I had put on since returning from paradise.I found Miles sitting on an over turned five gallon bucket and staring up at the mountain. I approached him carefully.Me: Miles are you ready. He didn’t let me go and stood me up with his hands tightly grasped on my arms as he hovered behind me, I went into my wifes closet and found some pantyhose, thigh high stockngs, high heels and a black slip to wear. I was shaking the whole time; I was so nervous and just in complete shock at what was going on. After I got dressed up, he grabbed me and threw me on my bed again; he just stared at me with this big evil grin on his face. He said, “so this is why you never had a girlfriend”, i was. In any case, it was a long way back to town. He sometimes stayed the night on the twoseater, but he was way too big and his feet stuck out over the end. She had a good sized double bed, of course, but she wasn't sure what message that would send. He was, after all, an 18 year old guy."Junior?" she said, "I really need some shut eye. Do you really want to sleep on that couch? It doesn't seem comfortable to me." I'll be alright." Look," she told him, "I've got tons of room in my bed but I don't.