Maude slipped inside a bathroom stall and closed the door just as the Asturias portion began to wear off. She stood in silence, listening to the sound... of students moving through the hall as she watched her form gradually resume visibility.The strange odors of the rarely-used bathroom assailed Maude's nostrils, dank smells of things that burst through pipes from time to time as a result of Myrtle's fits of temper. The odor of mold growing on some of the surfaces adding to the bouquet. Maude's. ”Alaina started to laugh, and the anger she’d been building up since she’d spotted the other girl that afternoon fizzled out. “Wait,” she said between peals of laughter, holding her stomach. “You think...” She had to stop, doubling over as she gasped for breath. “Laura, I can’t even—” she lost track of herself as she laughed, squeezing her eyes shut until she felt a tear rolling down her cheek. “You think I’ve been blue-balling Will?” She shook with laughter at the idea. I have a fucking Class. She poured out her lukewarm tea into the sink then leaned against the ledge, her eyes drifting to the Overlook. If Caleb kept spinning this conversation around and around in circles, she might just throw herself off the cliff. ‘I want to not be a freak,’ Caleb said suddenly. Peyton looked over her shoulder and found Caleb’s sweatshirt in her view. She looked up and studied the expressionless way Caleb stared down at her. ‘I want to be able to take my shirt off at the beach and not have everyone. I sat down in the hot water, reaching back to make sure my pistol was well within reach.Polk had cautioned me about that. Telling me that a man sitting in a bathing tub naked, is just as apt to get robbed as he is asleep in his bedroll. I wasn’t about to get robbed. I had plans for the money I had worked hard for and saved.I heard some men coming out of the barbershop for a bath, even before they came out the door onto the wooden platform where the five bathing tubs are lined up. I’d picked the.