..pl-please let me stay here with you..” Oh Shit---I thought.. Now look what I've done.. We lay silently wrapped in each others arms as our breat...ing and heart rates stabilized.. I was just dozing when Debra looked at the clock.. “Damn—I'm running late!” It was only 6:30 am .. But women need more time to prepare than men. She jumped in the shower as I lay , still dozing .. She dressed quickly in her own room, and left before I got up. She's just downstairs—I told myself, and went. “You can start by lowering that dupatta a bit. Or completely remove it,” he said and winked.“How dare you…”“You do realize my dad is a politician, right? I can get your son suspended or even worse. He can’t go to any school. I’m not letting you walk away free after you talked to me like that,” he said with a smile. “Now, take off that dupatta.”I realized I got myself into huge trouble and had no other option. I removed my dupatta and held it in my hand.“Now beg for my forgiveness,” he said,. He confided to me that he thought he might be gay but didn’t know how I would react.’‘Well, whatever you said to him, babe, must have worked – he seems to be back on track based on any conversations I’ve had with him since then. What did you say to him?’‘It’s not so much what I said, babe, it’s what I let him do!’‘NO! …you didn’t!’ Marged gasped in disbelief. Her eyes were wide and her jaw hung slack. I expected an. Or that snob Jason either, I guess, but just about everybody else."We walked into the building and I thought half the school was waiting for us, well, for Beth anyway. Obviously the school's faster-than-light, underground messaging system must have been working overtime. Cindy ran up and hugged her oldest friend while Greg stood back with a big grin. Beth's mice were gathered around looking like a bunch of cheerleaders, all they'd need were pompoms and short skirts. I saw Jason and a couple of.