"No." Baaaaant! Not true, you have to do a dare!" shouted Kim.Sarah was jerked from her own mental revelry by the frankness of the question. "Jeez, Ki...!" she said under her breath, but no one else seemed to think the question was out of the ordinary."No, wait!" retorted Bob. "My friends and I never masturbated while watching Mrs. Smith. That's not to say that I never masturbated while watching her, nor that my friends and I never masturbated together." You masturbated... together!" whispered. "Please no more shots, I don't feel very well Erik."Erik pats Joes cheek. "Joe, I can't stop giving them to you until the vileis empty. If I do you will die and I will not let you die. I love you toomuch to let you get mad and let yourself die."Joe frowns up towards Erik. "Well you should have thought of that beforeyou gave that crap to me."Joe just walks around Erik and lays down on the bed, looking up at theceiling. Erik enters the room. "Please forgive me Joe, you have everyright to be mad. Ab unki saari zaroorate kon puri karega .To maine unse kaha ki main ye to nahi jaanta .Lekin agar unhe kabhi bhi meri zaroorat pade to.Mai. Hamesha unki help karounga .Kuch dino ke baad mami mere kamre mein aayi or unhone mujhse pucha ki agar mere mama apni zindagi mein kush hai to kya vo bhi apni zindagi mein kush nahi rah sakti.Maine kaha ki bilkul rah sakti hai.To unhone kaha ki kush rehne ke liye unhe kisi saathi ki zaroorat hai.To maine kaha ki ek kyon unhe to bahot saare saathi mil sakte. And he found he could go whole days without thinking of Carol even once, and when he did, it didn’t trouble him. After a week or two, he dropped his guard and tried it. For the first time in many years, he sat down and deliberately tried to think about her, to explore what he felt instead of pushing the thoughts away. Like a tongue cautiously probing a rotten tooth, he tentatively let his mind rest on a few small things that he remembered: Carol sitting close to him in his car. Watching.