”“But you’ve never made a pass at me?” she said with a hurt expression.“Everybody thought you were unavailable,” he said.“Yeah I guess t...hat was true, but now I am… so… are you going to make a pass at me?”He looked into her earnest blue eyes “Well in that case yes, but I left the instructions in my bag.”She smiled. “I can save you the time… we can go to my home if you like? My parents are at work.”“OK, I like that idea”, he said, “but how about some lunch first, I'm starving.” They sat talking. “You’re never gonna believe this guys, we just got a fifteen percent wage rise.” Julie announced to the surprised table. There was a fair bit of excited chatter from the girls for a while before Julie got them to calm down for a bit.“The only problem is there are two conditions.” She said seriously.“What conditions?” Chris asked her.“Well the first one is Jenny.” They all looked at the bass player.“What me, what about me?” Jenny squeaked.“Well the wage rise is dependant on you joining the band. “Oh, I don’t know. It’s not too fancy. I mean, it’s just the country club for dinner, not a party. I was thinking of some nice tight slacks and a sexy top. See me when you’re out of the tub.” She passed me and headed into her own bath, so I went into the hall bath for my own.I did as Mom suggested. I took a half dozen Advils and a long hot bath, with a whole mess of bath salts and bubble bath soap. I stayed in until I was limp and pruny, then climbed out and had another bunch of Advils. I was. We been two freshmen in a room with five upper classmen, and roomed together in college, until this year when Debra Simmons and Megan Freeman came to Pontiac. I'd gotten Charlie laid his first time. Hell, I'd even fucked his mother a few times. I could always tell when he was upset about something."Deb's pregnant," he began.I marked my place in the book I'd been studying, and set it aside. Did Megan know? Why hadn't she warned me? How should I react to this news? What did he want me to say?"How.