"Ten bucks says Jenna doesn't remember we made plans." Jake said, taking another drink of his beer. I laughed. We'd been hanging out for almost two hours, waiting for my dumb blond of a roommate to show up. This is the third time I've had to entertain him while we wait for her. Jake is more her friend, though we all hang out on occasion. I suspect he has a t...
I think I've always been an exhibitionist at heart, but until I turned 40, I never had the nerve to do anything to satisfy my desire to show myself to a stranger. I've never been very comfortable with my body, feeling that it didn't come up to par with everybody else's. I've always carried a few extra pounds, but wouldn't be considered fat by most people's s...
Your mind began to race. Candles burning as you entered the cabin, despite the long car trip up. Music playing in the background even though neither of us had been in the cabin after our race to the lake. Now extra towels appearing from nowhere. "Sean, where did these towels come from? They weren't here a few minutes ago." "Don't be silly babe. I guess I b...
When I went off to college, I was ready for a fresh start, a new beginning. I wanted to explore my options and settle on someone as close to my ideal as possible. Little did I know where that ideal was. I got to college, and after a few months, I wasn't necessarily feeling homesick; it was my friends I missed, namely, one of my closest friends, Chris. I wen...
They were all there in the hospital lounge looking somber, but not distraught. Either nobody had told them anything or Louis was going to recover. In addition to Sunny and Sandy, Sam and Harri had somehow managed to get there before us. "Thank God you two are here," said Sunny. "What's the situation?" asked Jeff. "We don't know. Nobody is telling us anyt...
My parents were not expecting me for dinner, not that they ever really did. I made it a point to tell them I was having dinner with Jeff. It was part of the strategy we had discussed. Put it out there repeatedly. Dinner with Jeff. A trip with Jeff. A concert with Jeff, classical no less, at the Mann. My Father was usually unable to hide his displeasure wi...
Jen parked in my drive at 7:30. She started to gush about Rich. He was really interested in what she had to say. She could tell the difference. Sure, guys know they're supposed to appear fascinated. He'd also learned to do that for his business. But there is just so long you can take it without a flicker, a dart of the eyes, a movement of the mouth that g...
Jennifer was still trying to arrange for me to visit her class, but wasn't getting much cooperation so I decided to use my business skills. My family contributed lots to money to all kinds of things so we were known in the community. I called the Mayor's office. He referred me to the Superintendent of Schools. I called and told him I wasn't sure what I wa...
The first night back I had dinner with Jeff. We went back to his house to spend some time alone. The Goldbergs were very understanding, even Sandy. I would have loved to take him back to my room, but after the pep talk about all the eligible prospects awaiting me in Europe, I thought it a trifle lacking in subtlety. The truth was, at that point I did feel...
The next two days were like being on a honeymoon. We put all our focus on being together. We ate meals out. We didn't do laundry or dishes. We made love. We went to a movie. We took walks. We played Scrabble - once. Never again will I allow someone to so thoroughly humiliate me at a game. He even let me take him to a club where I knew the bouncer so we did...