" What truth?" I asked, my voice cracking. I held the slip against mycheek, like a security blanket."Trust us," said Mrs. Roberts. "Denise and I will ...ake good care of you,won't we, Denise?" Oh yes," she said, seriously."And we will always, _always_ treat you with respect, and we will never,_ever_ make fun of your or allow anyone else to make fun of you. Isn'tthat right, Denise?" I would never, _ever_ let anyone say anything against my Miss Clarke!"said Denise, defiantly. "Really, you are. I avoided talking with him or even looking at him. Bethany was at the airport to pick us both up. Ben spoke as soon as we were in the car. “Mark and I sucked each other’s dicks. It was a lot of fun.” Bethany looked at me and asked if I was gay. I told her I was not, and I had a steady date, a girl with whom I had sex almost every day. Ben had been the only one, and just that one time. “There will be more,” Bethany said. “Ben told me about the atmosphere at the college. Sex everywhere all the. “Aww” came the reaction from Alice as she saw us hugging and as I sat back down on the bed she could easily see the bulge under the robe but made no mention of it.“I have an idea” said Alice as if a light bub had lit above her head, “Why don’t you pack your bag tonight so Frank can take it with him and then go over straight from school tomorrow? Which I thought was a great plan and judging by Pip’s reaction she did too as she jumped up looking for her back pack.“Help me up Frank, your washing. The last one out of the bathroom was Talia, who looked so fetching in her satin teddy that Rachel let out a wolf-whistle. “Sleep tight, you guys,” Talia smirked. Then she switched off the lights and crawled into bed with her lover. After all that visual stimulation, the pitch darkness was an unexpected thrill. Every sound in the room—every whispered breath, every rustling blanket, every delicate kiss—had an erotic charge to it. I could only imagine what all my friends were doing to each other’s.