He was embarrassed to have an erection in front of me, but I assured him that I was getting one too. "Hey how big are you down there?" I asked"Not big... it sucks," he replied. "Want to compare our sizes?" I asked"Um, yeah ok," he answered.The movie continued on as I rose from the bed to pull down my zipper and unbutton my pants. I kept my boxers on until I saw my friend pull down his shorts. Soon him and I were standing with just our shirts, socks and underwear. Then at the same time we pulled. I..." Cheryl gave me a wan smile."It's okay," I said seriously, "You can tell me." I put a hand on her shoulder, trying to reassure her.Something was bothering Cheryl, that much was immediately clear, but she'd been hiding it well. The young twenty year old needed to tell someone because that too is the nature of secrets, they aren't really very good if someone else doesn't know. Keeping whatever was wrong bottled up could only make it worse and she was smart enough to know that."I think...". She came over and sat. I took a chair on the other side of the window leaving the lights off for the anonymity the half-light provided. "Tell me." Tonight is the first night." Yes," I said. "Your friend at the bar said so." No. I mean the first night. Not at Adelita's. Ever."I was surprised. "You mean ever with a man?" Si." Why are you working at Adelita's?" Mi familia is from a very poor place. It is small place and there is no money. Mi Padre get a friend to take me here to work in the. ”He stopped walking and resisted me saying, “No, Susie, we can’t do this. You’re best friends with my daughter, and only sixteen years old. I’m a forty year old married man, and we shouldn’t be doing this. And besides, I’ve never heard Janet say anything about you girls being on birth control, and I don’t have any condoms with me.”His comment about birth control and condoms made me realize that he was considering being intimate with me. I pulled on his hand to get him moving toward the bedroom.