This is gonna be beautiful. He picked them up, two in each hand, then hung them in front of his erection and, slightly bending over, struggled his way...up to the house, looking like a moron who had no idea what he was doing. Which he was. As he climbed the stairs, Maria came out of the house and saw how dumb he looked. Nick's heart jumped into his throat. "Oh," she said, sounding surprised. "Nick are you okay? Are they too heavy for you?"Shit, he thought. This was all he needed. Just great. He. I knew there were a lot, but it was more than I expected. There were 19 boys and 22 girls. I saw some names I expected like Marlene, the Waterman brothers and a few of their friends, but some of them were people I’d been friends with.I handed her back the list and sighed. “Is your list all the same names Beck?” I asked quietly.“Mine’s longer,” she said miserably and got it for me. All the baseball team was on it, but otherwise it was the same.“How?” I asked.“There was a party at Marlene’s. The sunset glowed reddish. Spence remembered the old adage: red at night, sailors delight, red in morning, sailors take mooring. It should be a rainless evening. His eyes drooped and he felt the tiredness take hold. Spence startled awake. The post dusk darkness was settling in. There were stars out in the cloudless sky, the new moon pale on the horizon. He was leaning into Ariel who seemed to have fallen asleep as well. Her head rested on his shoulder and her hand rested on his leg, fingers. I failed to neither confirm nor deny his observation, though my embarrassment grew knowing his eyes were now constantly checking, gazing at me. Had I awakened lustful thoughts and desires in his head? Was I creating in his head an imaginary scenario, with him surmising being one of the perpetrators, rolling his fingers over my paps? I think a temporary fright prevailed with the men scared of the possible repercussions deciding that enough was enough, though their amusement at my humiliation.