Ihurriedly returned the compliment and, once again, we came together ineach other's hand.Eventually we rose and cleaned ourselves up. After showering ... dressedquickly in male jeans and tee-shirt and ran downstairs to put on themorning coffee. Gavin joined me a few minutes later and we sat down tobreakfast together. "Well last night was another big step forward," Gavinremarked. "I guess we are now formally 'an item.' We should mark it someway." I agreed and after breakfast we caught the bus into. His mother was sitting in front of her dressing table, her body wrapped in her big fluffy robe as she applied her makeup. Their eyes met in the mirror and she gave him a smile, making him flush with emotion. “Do you know ... do you know what’s happening tonight?” he asked.“No, not really,” she replied, her hand moving skillfully in front of her face she applied her mascara. “Jamal sent me a message saying they were taking us out somewhere but didn’t give me any idea where. He said to go ahead. The man who supplied her was no better and no worse than the other pushers in her town, but he had wanted the dark haired cheerleader for his own. He had wooed her, slipped her a little powdered recreation and then, over time, slowly introduced her to more addictive substances.When she was hooked, he took her and, when he tired of her, he put her to work. Her life since then had been full of pain, full of anonymous men who used her without regard to who she was, who she might have been. She had. "I'll have to come back here and make them an offer." "You don't work," Ryan said. "Your grades suck, and you're a juvenile delinquent." "Dude, my parents are loaded," Paul said. "They give me whatever I want as long as I stay out of their way." At that moment, guard dogs started chasing us and I knew I needed to get the fuck out of there. Adrenaline rushed as I hopped back over the fence. The three of us ran for our lives.“I'm done playing truth or dare,” I said.At that point, Paul had to get.