"Samantha panicked as her mind scrambled. Unsure of what to do, she decided to do exactly what he said and relaxed. Her shoulders relaxed as she slump...d back in her chair. She unbuttoned the top of her blouse and gasped in relief. As her body began to cool down, Samantha became aware of Colin's stare. She blushed furiously."I-I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to as she began to button up her shirt."Colin waved his hands in dismissal. "Oh don't worry about it," he smiled. "You did exactly what I asked. His mum seemed to be constantly repeating the phrase “Your Highers are only a couple of months away. You need to get upstairs and do some studying.”He slumped back in his chair, turning his head to stare out the bedroom window. His room looked out onto the back green. His eyes swept over the black windows of the tenement flats on the other side of the grass. This part of Edinburgh was home to a mixture of students and professionals and most of the occupants were still out as the dusk. **** Piece by piece, they strip out of clothing, glances passing back and forthlike dares. First the undershirts. The boots hit the floor with bawdy thumps. The room hotter than anyone should bear. Clothes a misery. Off with the jeans--the leather, the denim ones. Some rough modesty keeps their underwear around their loins. One wears blaxk briefs, cut high on his legs, with a thick waistband; the other wears a pair surprisingly white and clean after the journey. Still too hot. They are. At first he looked relieved when he saw me, then his looked changed to puzzlement when he saw Jake sitting next to me.Jake was immersed in a conversation about computers with another cousin of mine so I slipped away to greet Robert and his mother.His expression softened when he saw me, but when I looked at him I could see that something was going on that left him very upset. Robert always had a carefree, boyish look that never failed to attract me, but tonight he looked older than his.