‘I lost my top in the pool,’ she giggled to Joey. ‘Come help me find it! Oh, hi Chloe,’ she said over her shoulder, while tugging on Joey’s ...rm. The bitch was just so blatant! Joey looked at me in dismay. ‘Go help the poor girl,’ I said, assuming that this is what Derrick would want me to say. Not at all reluctantly, it seemed to me, Joey walked off with Amber toward the pool, and shortly after Derrick appeared at my side. ‘Amber should keep Joey busy for a while,’ said. ‘You better be. She shivered with nervous anticipation, not daring to look around. She didn't know what he looked like, but he knew her. She had chosen a special outfit for him: a simple, clingy sundress that fell barely to her knees. Today she was not wet; not yet ... today she was nervous.At the entrance to the lingerie store she paused. He would not follow her in, but she wanted a bra. Her bare nipples were hard under the thin fabric of the dress. A bra would be better; one more item to remove, one more. Differently to mine, this would wash out, but I knew what he was feeling.He could not look at himself. When she finished his mom, who had justfinished having her hair done too, walked up to his sister and asked ifshe could borrow her purse. Confused, his sister handed her the pinkpurse. She handed it to the poor boy and said: "You are going to carrythis purse home. This is because you made such a fuss. I cannot standcrybabies and kids that do not do as they are told. And if you give meany more. Basically, you've been on this diet of high cholesterol sex partners. If you were a regular guy when this started, you won't be anymore if you keep this up." And do I want that?" Maybe you do, maybe you don't, but reality checks never hurt."I didn't sleep well and when there were still no messages from Tabby I was sure that I'd overdrawn my account at the reality bank. A big part of me just wanted to see her, but I suspected even if things worked out this weekend that Tabby was going to be.