I may have figured outwhat 'sexy' was; after all, I had Mandy and our clique at school asexamples to go by. But, at that moment, I was still too new ...o thepower that girls could have over horny boys."He means you're a sexy girl, silly!" Mandy said. She leaned over,cupped a hand over my ear between her mouth and Bob, and whispered: "Andyou're turning him on like crazy. Look!" She tilted her head a bittowards Bob and flicked her eyes down and towards him.I looked to Bob. He was smiling, and. I still didn’t want to be close to him any more, but he had been a good friend for a long time and I couldn’t justify hurting his feelings again. I was surprised to see Robin at the door. ‘Well hello sweets, to what do I owe this honor?’ ‘Let me in Mark, I have some making up to do.’ ‘Oh, did you do something wrong Robin?’ ‘Yes Mark, I tried to force you into doing what I wanted without thinking of how it would affect you, I was wrong and I need to make it up to you.’ ‘No you don’t Robin, I. At about 2:30 PM, I called and she said that she was home alone and free for the afternoon. She gave me directions to her apartment and told me to bring a pint of whiskey. Here I went, Jim Bean, brown-bagged, in hand, to her apartment, which was a glorified dorm room on campus. I hadn't ever seen her before and this was in the day before Facebook, so I was somewhat nervous about what would answer the door. I figured that if the door opened and I was confronted by a horrifyingly hideous. They ran to him and gave him a very excited hug. Tom was just getting used to the silent form of communication and was still trying to come to terms with it.Over our meal a great many different things were discussed. This was much quicker and richer than verbal communication. I acted as mediator in some ways and kept the discussion on what I could give to the group and what their responsibilities would be.Nobody argued with the long training time now that they knew how short it was in.