I stood exhausted, hands shaking, blushing and tired in front of four high school girls who were all laughing hysterically. I was trying not to cry.Cy...di finally got possession of the panties and snapped her fingers to get my attention. "You want these?" Yes," I said."Why?" she asked lightly."I, um I need to cover myself." Why?" she asked, "we're all girls here." Everybody giggled but me."I'm not a girl." You are dressed like a girl," she said simply."Look, I'm a boy. My name is Carl and. ”I laughed, “I doubt many have that don’t live in Malheur County.”The scenery got more and more boring, the same rolling hills mile after mile. Tanya spoke, “Anyone up for a silly game?”I answered, “Sure, what is it?”“Called Would Ya Rather,” she said.I glanced over at her, “Never heard of it, how do you play?”“Well, we take turns; first person mentions two things. Then we all say which of the two things we’d prefer, like this: Hot dogs or hamburgers.”Adriana said, “I get it, Okay,. Having a reputation at school had a few advantages with boys. It emboldened more of them to ask her out. There was less time spent fumbling through the awkward stages of early first dates. More time in the back seats of cars. She often moved as quickly as they did. Each time there was that fluttering in her stomach, but her hands never shook when she reached to unzip them as she had imagined she would when fantasizing about Mr. Keene.Most of those guys feigned some form of respect as they. By the time I came home, I had been with Karin as Birgit. At some point, Stephanie said something to Jennifer about Karin and that’s more or less what forced the issue.”“I said I was sorry about that, Big Brother.”“I know, Squirt, and I forgave you. I’m not trying to pin this on you. It’s really on me. Think about everything from Jennifer’s perspective. I kept telling her I loved her and was thinking about a future with her, but at every turn there was someone else — first Birgit, then Becky,.