"After an hours drive, they pulled into a strip mall, and found a parkingplace close to The Changing Scene. He sat there looking at the building,tryin... to get up the nerve to get out of the car. She looked at him, andsaid, "Come on. It's no big deal." I know. But, I'm as nervous as the first time I took you out." Wait. You were nervous when you took me out the first time. Even afterall the time we spent together studying." You bet." Why?" Later." Now!" Let me get through this first." All right.. “Paul,” she said to the top of my head. “My father used to tell me that there are reasons, and there are excuses. He wasn’t interested in the excuses, only the reasons. So, what’s the reason you didn’t talk to your mom?”I thought about it long and hard, and Susan let me. I knew what the answer was, but I couldn’t form the words. Finally, I took a deep breath. “I was scared,” I admitted.“Scared that Amy might be pregnant?” she asked rhetorically. “Scared about how your parents would react, and. She wore an old baggy tee-shirt over a ripped denim miniskirt, her face was smudged with dirt, and her long blonde hair was tousled. On her feet, she had a pair of rubber gardening boots — and I thought she looked absolutely gorgeous."You shouldn't have dressed up for me." I smiled, she looked up at me… and promptly began to cry."I'd got it all worked out," she sobbed into my shoulder. "I was going to dress up in a long evening gown; there was going to be champagne in an ice bucket on the. I was within my rights as her master and it was good discipline -- but it needed to be balanced with sexual excesses. That being the case, I needed to make some preparations... "Boys," I announced, "I'm going to need the basement for a while. I'll be over in the far end, but you might not want to expose your sluts to what I'll be doing." Having provoked a gasp from the pair by the deliberately rude characterization, I leered at them, adding, "On the other hand, they might find it.