When we got there, I saw that there were a lot of girls my age there for the tryouts and I got nervous. Dar seeing that I was uncomfortable grabbed my...hand and said, "You'll do fine. I have faith in my little friend, and she'll blow the rest away."I felt a lot better after that, and said good bye to George as he pulled out. Dar waved a bit with his left hand, and started to drag himself to the field with his good leg. I caught him easily and pushed him over to where the tryouts were to be held. She searchedeverywhere, getting more and more frantic, but shecouldn’t find it and finally she burst into tears andthe school nurse sent her home.“What’s wrong?” her father asked. “Is it some boy?”He tried to sound concerned, but she knew that deepdown he was jealous over her, and inwardly shelaughed with glee. She imagined her mother’sconsternation. You never gave me anything, she saidsilently to her mother’s memory, and now I’m takinghim. Charlotte was right. Our first time was very quick, a frantic, no-foreplay sex that lasted only a couple of minutes. I would have been upset at it ending so quickly if there hadn't been an explosive release for Charlotte too. She wasn't a screamer, but God, she left no doubt that she was getting off.I remember thinking early on, when I first met her, that she had the body of an athlete. When I saw her naked for the first time, it confirmed my suspicions. She used that athleticism when we had. She started to giggle and then chortle, frantically searching for a place to put her full coffee mug down. Finally she laughed until she had tears in her eyes. I got pissed off and stood up and brushed past her. I knew ‘academic derision’ when I saw it. I’d had to put up with it on some level all through my studies at the University. Cassiopeia turned around and followed me into the kitchen. I dumped my coffee into the sink and rinsed out the mug and put it into the dishwasher. Bree Sutherland.