“There was a friend, a girl I used to date. She tried to comfort me, to give me some peace. We made love, but it felt empty. It felt like a lie. I b...came more aggressive with her. While she seemed to enjoy it, she was fairly bruised afterwards. I hurt her. She tried to tell me everything was alright, but seeing those bruises, and feeling the emptiness of the sex we had... , “ I trailed off.Risa sat watching me. Her face was inscrutable. I contented myself with sipping my tea and watching the. It’s because I trust you. I don’t mind if it’s embarrassing if it’s with you but with anyone else…I don’t want anyone else to know.”Trust. It was a big word for kids our age, but its profound meaning wasn’t lost on us.“Don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone. And even if I do, it’ll be because I trust you to trust me.”“Thanks…wait what?!”Of course I meant it as a joke that time, and it didn’t even make a lot of sense. After that we just sort of fell asleep naked. We’d just laugh about that experience. And I was a little anxious on Saturday morning when I called Gary, and said, “Hey, Gary, sorry to bother you on the weekend, but I don’t think you’ll mind. Megan and I had a long talk last night, and she’d like for you to come over this weekend to see if you can handle her. She loves your cock pictures and wants to try that big thing on for size. Can you come over?”Gary could hardly contain himself, and said, “Fucking right I can come over, and I’ll be there around noon. I already planned to. You go and impregnate that girl and then leave her, I'll personally kick your short ass from here to Orzammar and back. If I hear about a little dwarven baby with no father near Lake Calenhad, you'd better hope you can run faster scared than I can mad."He laughed loudly and belched in my general direction, but I saw Zevran hand him a suspiciously familiar little vial of contraceptive powder before he left, and I hoped that meant he'd at least thought about it.Anora stayed stubbornly in her.