I'd have to be a complete fool to over-analyze this."C'mon, Joe. This offer closes in two minutes."I snorted. I did want to fuck her. "I'll be back."I...dashed to the bedroom and found my box of condoms. I shed my sweats on the way back. Sherri grinned when she saw me, through rather that was in appreciation of my speedy return or at the way my erection bounced as I moved across the room, I couldn't say. I halted behind her and stroked myself a couple of times to get myself harder before rolling. I couldn't back down, though, not to Jake."Yeah? What did you see, Jake?" I was in the tree the other night. I saw you and Molly walk back into the woods, so I followed you. I saw the whole thing." The whole thing?" I asked. "So you were peeping at us like a perv?" A perv? Me? Damn it, Sean, you almost hit me with that first condom you threw into the woods!"I looked at him, not sure I heard him correctly. Just the image that conjured up in my mind was enough to make me bust out laughing. Jake. But this is a dream, and you don’t question things in dreams.I’m in the bath. I don’t remember undressing, or running the water. The bathroom window is open wide. Outside the sun is setting. The bathroom is orange, then red. There is a mirror on the ceiling, in my dream. (In the waking world, there is no mirror; but this is a dream.) The mirror is misted by condensation but I can make out my reflection. It’s warped and indistinct like an impressionist painting. A small pale girl. A splash of. "I don't know. You hurt him pretty bad." Naomi petted Eric's head.Eric turned his head and looked pitiful, hoping Naomi would keep holding him. The fire in his behind cooled and stilled. He was as tender as a new kitten, but Ms. Cottin's surprisingly gentle touch began to grow on him. She very lightly massaged his buttocks, and the cold cream felt like warm butter chilling the pain. It wasn't the only thing that grew."Hey teacher. I think he forgives you." Naomi giggled once she noticed the new.