Drinks were had, several pipes and joints were passed around until the effects of each substance began to take its hold.The night went on in a colorfu...l blur. People laughed, time oozed by or skipped entirely, food had been conjured at some point and Liz remembered partaking in part of a grapefruit. Which was odd considering how much she hated those- but at the time it had been the most amazing thing she had ever tasted.She also remembered music and dancing. More girls had shown up at some. It was bad enough that they knew that Mark was my best friend. All day people would pass me and avert their eyes. Whispers seemed to follow me wherever I went. A surprising number of people would stop me and either tell me they were sorry or ask me how I was doing. I couldn't imagine how it would have been if they knew about Shannon. I'd probably never get another date if word got out that another girl I was seeing had died. I managed to make it through to lunch okay. I ran into Tim on my way. " How do you do?" Partner? Shucks. That squashed the vague thought in my head that Robert might be a romance in the making. That, and my reflection in the mirror behind the bar. I looked old. Devin was nearly as good looking as Robert, although not so rugged in appearance. His hands were soft as a child's."Problems, problems," said Devin, turning from me and addressing Robert in a delicate and elevated tone. "Heather has run off with a truck driver or a mountain climber or somebody of that ilk.. I could even see the tight ridges of their inner lips showing between the thin material that barely hid their cunts. Every step we took, I became harder and was beginning to sport a large bulge in my pant leg. The girls began glancing at my crotch as we reached to top of stairway. Catching my breath, I overheard Maria speaking to Alyssa, saying, “I don’t care what our parents want. I’m old enough to know what I want and I don’t want to wait any longer for Dad to find me a suitable partner to.