After lunch, the video player had been put away. The researchers began explaining more about what would happen the following day. Apparently, I would be sleeping in a hotel-like bedroom suite tonight. My wake-up call was scheduled for 6:00AM, and I would be taken to the "laboratory" shortly before 7:00AM. I would then spend the next 12 hours in the lab with...
I hated Halloween with a passion. It was such an overdone holiday and every year the candies and decorations arrived on door shelves earlier and earlier. This year I was in the local Target at the end of August and there was the display of orange and black crap. It's ridiculous. What I hate the most, of course, is that what is supposed to be a fun evening f...
Note: This story is part of a small volume of stories that I have posted here previously. They will appear with different names as chapters (10 in all). I think these stories stand alone well, but they are meant to be read as part of a larger work entitled "Divorcing Myself From Myself." This chapter, #5, is called "Beth." It was posted here previously with...
My girlfriend had landed a bit part in our local community theater, and said she'd be in rehearsals for the next several weeks, then they'd have performances over a few weekends. She got me a ticket for the final performance so I could be with her at the cast party. She told me nothing about the play, except that it would be made up of comedy farces each ab...
The year was 1981 and I was a sophomore in college. This was before all the hazing laws came into effect. I went to a small university in north western Virginia, not far from the West Virginia line. There was not much to do for fun so most coeds joined sororities and fraternities. I decided on a fraternity and they choose me and next thing I know hell week b...
Paige and I were out on the town for dinner at our first date restaurant, Gilmore's. We were sitting in the bar area again. Just before finishing dinner, Paige kicked me in the shin. "Ouch! What was that for?" "Reba is here. She's with a guy." "Good for her. Did you need to kick me so hard?" I asked rubbing my shin under the table. "Are you going to lo...
Barbara and I live in the Midwest and have been married for over 27 years. Our sexual urges lately have been less than news worthy. If we do it more than once a month, I'm amazed. She is still quite attractive, with a striking figure for a woman of 50: ash blonde, 5 ft.5, and well endowed with a beautiful set of 34D's. Over the years though she seems to have...
Dr. Derek Evans sat back and watched his patient's chest rise and fall with deep, even breaths. Her eyes moved rapidly beneath closed lids. Parted lips were indicative of a relaxed jaw. Long legs and arms were stretched out, resting comfortably. Dr. Evans took a sip of water and prepared to steer them into unfamiliar territory. "Ok, Miranda," he began in a...
It had been a long day at work, and, of course on the night I want to leave early, my manager keeps me late. I drove back home as fast as I could to get to the party. My roommate was having a bunch of people over to celebrate her recent graduation and I wanted to be able to change out of my work clothes before too many folks arrived. I walked in to find abou...
Jessica and Michelle have been friends since high school. Now in their late 20's, they had been through many things together. However, neither had ever considered what they would go through together on this night. Michelle had been dating her boyfriend for almost 2 years, and things weren't going well. It was a relationship that probably should have already...