.. I don't know where my things are sir. Thought I bought them, she paused. They must have fallen out of my bag on my way to school". Cherry could bar...ly contain her tears. Running down her cheek ruining the light layer of cover-up she was allowed at a Catholic school. Then it came, the dreaded "You will need to meet me after school today Cherry" her teacher almost spitting on her as he told her this, the anger evident in his eyes.The rest of the day was beyond torture for sweet little Cherry.. Some of the guys who had already begun befriending the girls dragged their companions into the water and soon most of the girls were drenched from head to toe. We were treated to a visual delight as it was for the first time for most of us to ogle at so many wet bodies at close quarters.We were all waiting for Rupa to get into the water. She had stayed out so far. One of the guys from our group walked over and had a talk with her to convince her to get in along with us. She hesitated, looked in. The sharp bang of Alex’s bedroom door being flung open had me bringing my head up sharply and I realised I wasn’t alone, I prayed that the ground would open up underneath me, but my wish wasn’t about to be granted. Heat flooded my cheeks and to compound my embarrassment I felt my nose start to run, quickly I swiped the back of my hand across my face and sniffed loudly. ‘Jesus honey, what did that floor ever do to you?’ He said laughing softly as he crouched down beside me. ‘It’s been giving me. I know now I made the wrong decision at the time. I moved out here and slowly left the church, after realizing I was having a belief crisis, really I just went because it’s where my family and friends were. And when I left, they all abandoned me. Figures.”“I’m sorry to hear that.” I said, not sure how to take the last few minutes in. “Well now you’re here” she said, “Maybe we should grab a coffee sometime. Like now for example” she gave a piercing smile.”We talked and got caught up with the.