On the first night of the revelry,Philip gave me cheap tequila. I mean, incredibly cheap. He was drinkingpure tequila, top drawer. The hangover was le...endary. I don't think I wasever so impaired. When I "accidentally" found out about the hangoverpill, Philip was only too glad to help out his old teammate. He gave mefour pills and then a shot of the good stuff. From then on, whenever wedrank, he gave me the pills before I drank the tequila."What were the pills then?" Victor asked.I thought it. "What about Maera and her crew?", he asked, buttoning his shirt, "They're family, aren't they? How come they're always calling you the Evil Bookends, and similar pet names?"That's just foreplay!", Didi snickered."Foreplay?", he lifted one eyebrow."Yeah, those guys have been hot for our bods ever since they brought you home.", Dierdre supplied, "We rag them about it all the time, but they know it's just part of the pregame warm up." Warm up!", he grinned, "You call what you did the other night,. “Up to you, Maria, but we’ll bring extra goodies if you want,” Alice said, and Susan nodded.“Okay, I’ll ask them. We’ve got the tent out there we can use for changing, so we won’t have the whole herd trooping through the house. As it is, I don’t think that for the bunch of us we’ll need to use it when no one else is there.” She looked at the other two with a grin. “You all run around naked and so do we, nowadays. No need to be modest.”“Well, I’ll plan to bring a bathing suit this Friday, you. We were still holding hands for a brief second before she smiled and let go of the bookmark. She stood up, and started to back up nervously. “Well, I guess I should go back to Jessica”, she told me. “I’ll see you later, okay?” She seemed nervous, and so was I. “Okay”, I stammered. “Have fun.” I put down the book immediately, not wanting to read anymore, at least for now. I felt myself grow hard at this encounter with Ashley, and I hated it. I hated being attracted to this young girl who was.