’ I studied the knotted ends of the strings holding up the scrub pants from the night before, fidgeting with them while I tried to figure out where ...o start. I knew I had a limited period to clear up the mess I had gotten myself into, if I hoped to be able to at least minimize the hurt I was going to cause him. ‘I truly didn’t have any ulterior motive when I climbed into your bed.’ Steven looked like he was about to object, but I cut him off. ‘Yes, I know that sounds ridiculous. Just let me. She was reticent, obviously too embarrassed to discuss what had happened between us on Saturday night. She did look at me adoringly."Have you given thought to posing for the hip hugger flyers?" I asked.Casey and Kalian were looking on, but they didn't try to sway her one way or the other."Everyone will know it's me," she commented. That's all it was, a non-judgmental comment."That's what Chase wants. He says we'll capitalize on the show we put on last Tuesday. Everyone on campus heard about it,. Samuel hadn’t exactly hurt me, not by my standards at least, and I did look and feel tired enough to have fallen off my chair after having fallen asleep by my computers. They both nodded, and I could see the thoughts whirling in Rose’s head. ‘And Susan then?’ she asked softly ‘Did she fall and hit her face too?’ ‘No, she was hit by a guy at work, a real piece of shit according to public and not so public records.’ I answered, surprised that Rose had been able to notice Susan’s injuries when she. I leaned over and kissed her. She kissed back, but freaked out as soon as she felt my tongue on her lips. She screamed at me about how I knew she wasn’t ready for that yet and I screamed back that after a month she should be plenty ready. I then drove the rest of the way to the party in silence.When we got there we went our separate ways as I greeted all my guests. Unfortunately we couldn’t avoid each other all night because we were already put into the same group for bowling along with her.