Not governed by time, stress, or the whims of another. I emerged clean and fresh. What’s more, I felt safe.I took two more painkillers before retiri...g to bed. Cocooned in the duvet, I watched a smattering of raindrops waltz down the windowpane, dancing in time to the click and twang of the radiator pipes and soft whoosh of a night-time breeze. My eyelids grew heavy, my head too. Sinking into the pillow, I let the world dissolve.*An icy chill awoke me. Adjusting to the darkness, I saw my breath. I think this girl is going to be fun, but she can also be very high maintenance. I looked over at her, and she smiled at me. It wasn’t faked – I could recognize those. It was genuinely warm.*******We got our papers back in in the last minutes of the last class of the semester. We were standing in the room looking at our papers when she quietly said, “I want to see you downstairs.” Then she left without me.I found her standing in the driveway outside Wagner when I came down. She obviously was. "STOP right there! There is a restroom inside, nearer my office. You need to come back over here NOW," I said firmly.Young Natalie, visibly shaken, stopped and moved slowly back to the security area with the others. Her face turned pasty and I almost thought she was going to faint as she looked over at me with pleading eyes. I gave her a stern look and then caught back up to her mother who had stopped at the end of the security corridor."Ms. Walker, I need to talk to you and each of the girls. , excited by the promise Rachael’s words had held.“Oh, nothing,” Christine said playfully with a smile. “Rachael is just a silly girl.”We carried on with the drinking and talking- about all kinds of stuff- and in no time I had a hand around her waist and our conversation bordered on sex and matters closely related to sex. Chalk it all up to the effect of the drinks on two adults that naturally exuded great sexual energy.“Right now, I just want to get you out of these clothes and suck your boobs.