“He went to the hardware convention,” Janet replied. “I thought maybe you went as well.”“I’m without my weekly allowance,” I jokingly re...plied.Janet laughed. She tip-toed to pour water into a planter that was sitting on a ledge.“Do you want me to get that for you?” I asked.“Sure,” Janet replied. “I seem to be a little on the short side.”“Well,” I replied, “Good things, I have heard, come in small packages.”“You are a mess,” Janet replied.“Well, you’re a mess as well,” I said as I took the. They ordered pizza. And produced some cheap red wine; we sat around and chatted as we ate. Neither the wine nor the pizza were outstanding, but I was consuming them in the company of five bright young women.Emma was noticeably quieter than the others. Had I not known her, I might have described her as 'dowdy', but I could see behind the surface. I knew her to be intelligent, caring and considerate and suspected that with a little care in respect of her clothes and perhaps new glasses or. You know you can't stay in there forever."It was quiet for the better part of a minute, then I heard the tick of the door being unlocked. I waited, but she didn't open the door herself.I grabbed the doorknob and turned it. As the door swung in, I could see her sitting on her bed, facing me.Her face was flushed, as if she'd been running. Her hands were together between her legs, which were together from crotch to toe, bent to the left at the knee. I could see her chest moving as she breathed. Then as if on cue, Jada returned from her fifteen-minute trip to Walgreens. “We good,” Jada told Sharane as the two girls both sat in front, while I sat in the back, my cummed-in condom still on. They drove me back to the strip and left me on the side of the road. I felt used…like a chick. I stood alone beneath the glimmering lights of the strip, trying to figure out who’d gotten the best of that exchange. Something just didn’t make sense. After sneakily taking off my condom in public and.