It was coming up to the end of term and I had quite a few assignments tocomplete for my University course, so I didn't have much time to broodover the...next few days. In fact I was somewhat surprised to return homelate on the Friday afternoon to discover that our "deal" was upon us andthat Gloria was already well advanced in getting ready. "Hurry up andhave your shave and shower she called out. I've heated the water so it'sall ready for you. Then I'll come and give you a hand with your corsetand. ”Frankie moved like lightning to be in Penny’s face saying, “No, you don’t, Penny. We both know that Joe is as special, if not more so, to me as he is to you and a host of other women all over the country. I’m not some child whore he picked up because you were too tired to finally act on your need to fuck him at least once since you met him. I don’t have any reasons not to act on that need, so I did, a lot. While you dealt with the stuffed shirt political machine I worked behind the scenes to. Walking alone along the the path between the bars made me a target. Every girl was staring at me, trying to entice me. I got half way along the path and I swear it was getting narrower, the girls much closer, all saying “hello” and “hi” and trying to get my attention. I felt the heat on my cheeks and the sweat running down my spine. I scanned the girls. Somehow their obvious availability was intimidating and off-putting; a shy nervous first-timer like myself was going to get eaten alive!And. . I didn't even ask, nor did I ask them to use any protection. What did I care? So now I wait to learn the results of my latest test.***The Test was negative... . INTERLUDE: From childhood's hour I have not been as others were I have not seen as others saw. I could not bring my passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow I could not awaken. My heart to joy at the same tone. And all I loved I loved Alone! ---Edgar Allan Poe ALONE. CHAPTER TWO: stillness at the.