Kiss me damn it! I implore him, but I can't move. I'm paralysed with a strange, unfamiliar need, completely captivated by him. I'm staring at his exquisitely sculptured mouth, mesmerized, and he's looking at me, his gaze hooded, his eyes darkening. He's breathing harder than usual, and I've stopped breathing altogether. I'm in your arms. Kiss me, please. He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath, and gives me a small shake of his head as if in answer to my silent question. When he opens his eyes again, it's with some new purpose, a steely resolve.
"Build, you should steer clear of me. I'm not the man for you," He whispers. What? Whise is this coming from? Surely I should be the judge of that. I frown up at him, and my head swims with rejection.
"Breathe, Build, breathe. I'm going to stand you up and let you go," He says quietly, and he gently pushes me away.
Adrenaline has spiked through my body, from the near miss with the cyclist or the heady proximity to Bible, leaving me wired and weak. NO! My psyche screams as he pulls away, leaving me bereft. He has his hands on my shoulders, holding me at arm's length, watching my reactions carefully. And the only thing I can think is that I wanted to be kissed, made it pretty damned obvious, and he didn't do it. He doesn't want me. He really doesn't want me. I have royally screwed up the coffee morning.
"I've got this," I breathe, finding my voice. "Thank you," I mutter awash with humiliation. How could I have misread the situation between us so utterly? I need to get away from him.
"For what?" He frowns. He hasn't taken his hands off me.
"For saving me," I whisper.
"That idiot was riding the wrong way. I'm glad I was here. I shudder to think what could have happened to you. Do you want to come and sit down in the hotel for a moment?" He releases me, his hands by his sides, and I'm standing in front of him feeling like a fool.
With a shake, I clear my head. I just want to go. All my vague, unarticulated hopes have been dashed. He doesn't want me. What was I thinking? I scold myself. What would he want with you? My subconscious mocks me. I wrap my arms around myself and turn to face the road and note with relief that the green man has appeared. I quickly make my way across, conscious that Bible is behind me. Outside the hotel, I turn briefly to face him but cannot look him in the eye.
"Thanks for the tea and doing the photo shoot," I murmur.
"Build...I..." He stops, and the anguish in his voice demands my attention, so I peer unwillingly up at him. His eyes are bleak as he runs his hand through his hair. He looks torn, frustrated, his expression stark, all his careful control has evaporated.
"What, Bible?" I snap irritably after he says - nothing. I just want to go. I need to take my fragile, wounded pride away and somehow nurse it back to health.
"Good luck with your exams," He murmurs.
Huh? This is why he looks so desolate? This is the big send off? Just to wish me luck in my exams?
"Thanks." I can't disguise the sarcasm in my voice. "Goodbye, Mr. Sumettikul." I turn on my heel, vaguely amazed that I don't trip, and without giving him a second glance, I disappear down the sidewalk toward the underground garage.
Once underneath the dark, cold concrete of the garage with its bleak fluorescent light, I lean against the wall and put my head in my hands. What was I thinking? Unbidden and unwelcome tears pool in my eyes. Why am I crying? I sink to the ground, angry at myself for this senseless reaction. Drawing up my knees, I fold in on myself. I want to make myself as small as possible. Perhaps this nonsensical pain will be smaller the smaller I am. Placing my head on my knees, I let the irrational tears fall unrestrained. I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous. Mourning something that never was - my dashed hopes, dashed dreams, and my soured expectations.
I have never been on the receiving end of rejection. Okay...so I was always one of the last to be picked for basketball or volleyball - but I understood that - running and doing something else at the same time like bouncing or throwing a ball is not my thing. I am a serious liability in any sporting field.
Romantically, though, I've never put myself out there, ever. A lifetime of insecurity - I'm not tan enough, too thigh are too thick, too scruffy, uncoordinated, my long list of faults goes on. So I have always been the one to rebuff any would be admirers. There was that guy in my chemistry class who liked me, but no one has ever sparked my interest - no one except Bible. Maybe I should be kinder to the likes of Job Konglikit and Nodt Panyagarm, though I'm sure neither of them have been found sobbing alone in dark places. Perhaps I just need a good cry.
Stop! Stop Now! - My subconscious is metaphorically screaming at me, arms folded, leaning on one leg and tapping his foot in frustration. Get in the car, go home, do your studying. Forget about him...now! And stop all this self-pitying, wallowing crap.
I take a deep, steadying breath and stand up. Get it together Build. I head for Us' car, wiping the tears off my face as I do. I will not think of him again. I can just chalk this incident up to experience and concentrate on my exams.
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Us is sitting at the dining table at his laptop when I arrive. His welcoming smile fades when he sees me.
"Bui, what's wrong?"
Oh no...not the Nititorn Akkarachotsopon Inquisition. I shake my head at him in a back-off now Us way - but I might as well be dealing with a blind, deaf mute.
"You've been crying," He has an exceptional gift for stating the damned obvious sometimes. "What did that bastard do to you?" He growls, and his face - jeez, he's scary.
"Nothing Us." That's actually the problem. The thought brings a wry smile to my face.
"Then why have you been crying? You never cry," He says, his voice softening. He stands, his brown eyes brimming with concern. He puts his arms around me and hugs me. I need to say something just to get him to back off.
"I was nearly knocked over by a cyclist." It's the best that I can do, but it distracts his momentarily from...him.
"Jeez Bui - are you okay? Were you hurt?" He holds me at arm's length and does a quick visual check-up on me.
"No. Bible saved me," I whisper. "But I was quite shaken."
"I'm not surprised. How was coffee? I know you hate coffee."
"I had tea. It was fine, nothing to report really. I don't know why he asked me."
"He likes you Bui." He drops his arms.
"Not anymore. I won't be seeing him again." Yes, I manage to sound matter of fact.
"Oh?"
Crap. He's intrigued. I head into the kitchen so that he can't see my face.
"Yeah...he's a little out of my league Us," I say as dryly as I can manage.
"What do you mean?"
"Oh Us, it's obvious." I whirl round and face him as he stands in the kitchen doorway.
"Not to me," He says. "Okay, he's got more money than you, but then he has more money than most people in Asia!"
"Us, he's-" I shrug.
"Build! For heaven's sake - how many times must I tell you? You're a total babe," He interrupts me. Oh no. He's off on this tirade again.
"Us, please. I need to study." I cut him short. He frowns.
"Do you want to see the article? It's finished. Nodt took some great pictures."
Do I need a visual reminder of the beautiful Wichapas I-don't-want-you Sumettikul?
"Sure," I magic a smile on to my face and stroll over to the laptop. And there he is, staring at me in black and white, staring at me and finding me lacking.
I pretend to read the article, all the time meeting his steady gaze, searching the photo for some clue as to why he's not the man for me - his own words to me. And it's suddenly, blindingly obvious. He's too gloriously good-looking. We are poles apart and from two very different worlds. I have a vision of myself as Icarus flying too close to the sun and crashing and burning as a result. His words make sense. He's not the man for me. This is what he meant, and it makes his rejection easier to accept...almost. I can live with this. I understand.
"Very good Us," I manage. "I'm going to study." I am not going to think about him again for now, I vow to myself, and opening my revision notes, I start to read.
It's only when I'm in bed, trying to sleep, that I allow my thoughts to drift through my strange morning. I keep coming back to the 'I don't do the boyfriend thing' quote, and I'm angry that I didn't pounce on this information sooner, when I was in his arms mentally begging him with every fibre of my being to kiss me. He'd said it there and then. He didn't want me as a boyfriend. I turn on to my side. Idly, I wonder if perhaps he's celibate. I close my eyes and begin to drift. Maybe he's saving himself. Well not for you, my sleepy subconscious has a final swipe at me before unleashing itself on my dreams.
And that night, I dream of brown eyes, leafy patterns in milk, and I'm running through dark places with eerie strip lighting, and I don't know if I'm running toward something or away from it...it's just not clear.
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I put my pen down. Finished. My final exam is over. I feel the Cheshire cat grin spread over my face. It's probably the first time all week that I've smiled. It's Friday, and we shall be celebrating tonight, really celebrating. I might even get drunk! I've never been drunk before. I glance across the sports hall at Us, and he's still scribbling furiously, five minutes to the end. This is it, the end of my academic career. I shall never have to sit in rows of anxious, isolated students again. Inside I'm doing graceful cartwheels around my head, knowing full well that's the only place I can do graceful cartwheels. Us stops writing and puts his pen down. He glances across at me, and I catch his Cheshire cat smile too.
We head back to our apartment together in his Mercedes, refusing to discuss our final paper. Us is more concerned about what he's going to wear to the bar this evening. I am busily fishing around in my purse for my keys.
"Bui, there's a package for you." Us is standing on the steps up to the front door holding a brown paper parcel. Odd. I haven't ordered anything from Amazon recently. Us gives me the parcel and takes my keys to open the front door. It's addressed to Mr. Jakapan Puttha. There's no sender's address or name. Perhaps it's from my mom or Dan.
"It's probably from my parents."
"Open it!" Us is excited as he heads into the kitchen for our 'Exams are finished hurrah Champagne'.
I open the parcel, and inside I find a half leather box containing three seemingly identical old cloth-covered books in mint condition and a plain white card. Written on one side, in black ink in neat cursive handwriting, is:
Why didn't you tell me there was danger? Why didn't you warn me?
Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them those tricks...
I recognize the quote from Tess. I am stunned by the irony as I've just spent three hours writing about the novels of Thomas Hardy in my final examination. Perhaps there is no irony...perhaps it's deliberate. I inspect the books closely, three volumes of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I open the front cover. Written in an old typeface on the front plate is:
'London: Jack R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1891.'
Holy shit - they are first editions. They must be worth a fortune, and I know immediately who's sent them. Us is at my shoulder gazing at the books. He picks up the card.
"First Editions," I whisper.
"No." Us' eyes are wide with disbelief. "Sumett?"
I nod.
"Can't think of anyone else."
"What does this card mean?"
"I have no idea. I think it's a warning - honestly he keeps warning me off. I have no idea why. It's not like I'm beating his door down." I frown.
"I know you don't want to talk about him, Bui, but he's seriously into you. Warnings or no."
I have not let myself dwell on Bible for the past week. Okay...so his eyes are still haunting my dreams, and I know it will take an eternity to expunge the feel of his arms around me and his wonderful fragrance from my brain. Why has he sent me this? He told me that I wasn't for him.
"I've found one Tess first edition for sale in Tokyo at $14,000. But yours looks in much better condition. They must have cost more." Us is consulting his good friend Google.
"This quote - Tess says it to his mother after Alec D'Urberville has had his wicked way with her."
"I know," Muses Us. "What is he trying to say?"
"I don't know, and I don't care. I can't accept these from him. I'll send them back with an equally baffling quote from some obscure part of the book."
"The bit where Angel Clare says fuck off?" Us asks with a completely straight face.
"Yes, that bit." I giggle. I love Us, he's so loyal and supportive. I repack the books and leave them on the dining table. Us hands me a glass of champagne.
"To the end of exams and our new life in Bangkok," He grins.
"To the end of exams, our new life in Bangkok, and excellent results." We clink glasses and drink.
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The bar is loud and hectic, full of soon to be graduates out to get trashed. Nodt joins us. He won't graduate for another year, but he's in the mood to party and gets us into the spirit of our newfound freedom by buying a pitcher of margaritas for us all. As I down my fifth, I know this is not a good idea on top of the champagne.
"So what now Bui?" Nodt shouts at me over the noise.
"Us and I are moving to Bangkok. Us' parents have bought a condo there for him."
"Oh my, how the other half live. But you'll be back for my show."
"Of course, Nodt, I wouldn't miss it for the world." I smile, and he puts his arm around my waist and pulls me close.
"It means a lot to me that you'll be there Build," He whispers in my ear. "Another margarita?"
"Nodt Nutthasid- are you trying to get me drunk? Because I think its working." I giggle. "I think I'd better have a beer. I'll go get us a pitcher."
"More drink, Bui!" Us bellows.
Us has the constitution of an ox. He's got his arm draped over Tong, one of our fellow English students and his usual photographer on his student newspaper. He's given up taking photos of the drunkenness that surrounds him. He only has eyes for Us. He's all tight shirt, tight jeans, perfect hair, away from his face, his usual stunning self. Me, I'm more of a sneakers and sweater kind of guy, but I'm wearing my most flattering jeans. I move out of Nodt's hold and get up from our table. Whoa. Head spin. I have to grab the back of the chair. Tequila based cocktails are not a good idea.
I make my way to the bar and decide that I should visit the bathroom while I am on my feet. Good thinking, Build. I stagger off through the crowd. Of course, there's a line, but at least it's quiet and cool in the corridor. I reach for my mobile phone to relieve the boredom of waiting in line. Hmm...who did I last call? Was it Nodt? Before that a number I don't recognize. Oh yes. Bible, I think this is his number. I giggle. I have no idea what the time is, maybe I'll wake him. Perhaps he can tell me why he sent me those books and the cryptic message. If he wants me to stay away, he should leave me alone. I suppress a drunken grin and hit the automatic re-dial. He answers on the second ring.
"Build?" He's surprised to hear from me. Well, frankly, I'm surprised to ring him. Then my befuddled brain registers...how does he know it's me?
"Why did you send me the books?" I slur at him.
"Build, are you okay? You sound strange." His voice is filled with concern.
"I'm not the strange one, you are," I accuse. There - that told him, my courage fuelled by alcohol.
"Build, have you been drinking?"
"What's it to you?"
"I'm - curious. Where are you?"
"In a bar."
"Which bar?" He sounds exasperated.
"A bar in Phitsanulok."
"How are you getting home?"
"I'll find a way." This conversation is not going how I expected.
"Which bar are you in?"
"Why did you send me the books, Bible?"
"Build, where are you, tell me now." His tone is so, so dictatorial, his usual control freak. I imagine him as an old time movie director wearing jodhpurs, holding an old fashioned megaphone and a riding crop. The image makes me laugh out loud.
"You're so...domineering," I giggle.
"Build, so help me, where the fuck are you?"
Wichapas Sumettikul is swearing at me. I giggle again. "I'm in Phitsanulok...s'a long way from Bangkok."
"Where in Phitsanulok?"
"Goodnight, Bible."
"Build!"
I hang up. Ha! Though he didn't tell me about the books. I frown. Mission not accomplished. I am really quite drunk - my head swims uncomfortably as I shuffle with the line. Well, the object of the exercise was to get drunk. I have succeeded. This is what it's like - probably not an experience to be repeated. The line has moved, and it's now my turn. I stare blankly at the poster on the back of the toilet door that extols the virtues of safe sex. Holy crap, did I just call Bible? Shit. My phone rings and it makes me jump. I yelp in surprise.
"Hi," I bleat timidly in to the phone. I hadn't reckoned on this.
"Stay where you are, I'm coming to get you," He says and hangs up. Only Bible could sound so calm and so threatening at the same time.
Holy crap. I pull my jeans up. My heart is thumping. Coming to get me? Oh no. I'm going to be sick...no...I'm fine. Hang on. He's just messing with my head. I didn't tell him where I was. He can't find me here. Besides, it will take him hours to get here from Bangkok, and we'll be long gone by then. I wash my hands and check my face in the mirror. I look flushed and slightly unfocused. Hmm...tequila.
I wait at the bar for what feels like an eternity for the pitcher of beer and eventually return to the table.
"You've been gone so long." Us scolds me. "Where were you?"
"I was in line for the restroom."
Nodt and Tong are having some heated debate about our local football team. Nodt pauses in his tirade to pour us all beers, and I take a long sip.
"Us, I think I'd better step outside and get some fresh air."
"Bui, you are such a lightweight."
"I'll be five minutes."
I make my way through the crowd again. I am beginning to feel nauseous, my head is spinning uncomfortably, and I'm a little unsteady on my feet. More unsteady than usual.
Drinking in the cool evening air in the parking lot makes me realize how drunk I am. My vision has been affected, and I'm really seeing double of everything like in old re-runs of Tom and Jerry Cartoons. I think I'm going to be sick. Why did I let myself get this messed up?
"Bui," Nodt has joined me. "You okay?"
"I think I've just had a bit too much to drink." I smile weakly at him.
"Me too," He murmurs, and his dark eyes are watching me intently. "Do you need a hand?" He asks and steps closer, putting his arm around me.
"Nodt I'm okay. I've got this." I try and push him away rather feebly.
"Bui, please," He whispers, and now he's holding me in his arms, pulling me close.
"Nodt, what you doing?"
"You know I like you Bui, please." He has one hand at the small of my back holding me against him, the other at my chin tipping back my head. Holy fuck...he's going to kiss me.
"No Nodt, stop - no." I push him, but he's a wall of hard muscle, and I cannot shift him. His hand has slipped into my hair, and he's holding my head in place.
"Please, Bui," He whispers against my lips. His breath is soft and smells too sweet - of margarita and beer. He gently trails kisses along my jaw up to the side of my mouth. I feel panicky, drunk, and out of control. The feeling is suffocating.
"Nodt, no," I plead. I don't want this. You are my friend, and I think I'm going to throw up.
"I think he said no." Holy shit! Bible, he's here. How? Nodt releases me.
"Bible," He says tersely. I glance anxiously up at Bible. He's glowering at Nodt, and he's furious. Crap. My stomach heaves, and I double over, my body no longer able to tolerate the alcohol, and I vomit spectacularly on to the ground.
"Ugh - my god, Bui!" Nodt jumps back in disgust. Bible grabs my hair and pulls it out of the firing line and gently leads me over to a raised flowerbed on the edge of the parking lot. I note, with deep gratitude, that it's in relative darkness.
"If you're going to throw up again, do it here. I'll hold you." He has one arm around my shoulders - the other is holding my fringe back so it's off my face. I try awkwardly to push him away, but I vomit again...and again. Oh shit...how long is this going to last? Even when my stomach's empty and nothing is coming up, horrible dry heaves wrack my body. I vow silently that I'll never ever drink again. This is just too appalling for words. Finally, it stops.
My hands are resting on the brick wall of the flowerbed, barely holding me up - vomiting profusely is exhausting. Bible takes his hands off me and passes me a handkerchief. Only he would have a monogrammed, freshly laundered, linen handkerchief. WBS. I didn't know you could still buy these. I cannot bring myself to look at him. I'm swamped with shame, disgusted with myself. I want to be swallowed up by the azaleas in the flowerbed and be anywhere but here.
Nodt is still hovering by the entrance to the bar, watching us. I groan and put my head in my hands. This has to be the single worst moment of my life. My head is still swimming as I try to remember a worse one - and I can only come up with Bible's rejection - and this is so, so many shades darker in terms of humiliation. I risk a peek at him. He's staring at me, his face composed, giving nothing away. Turning, I glance at Nodt who looks pretty shamefaced himself and, like me, intimidated by Bible. I glare at him. I have a few choice words for my so-called friend, none of which I can repeat in front of Bible. Build who are you kidding, he's just seen you hurl all over the ground and into the local flora. There's no disguising your lack of gentleman behaviour.
"I'll err...see you inside," Nodt mutters, but we both ignore him, and he slinks off back into the building. I'm on my own with Bible. Double crap. What should I say to him? Apologize for the phone call.
"I'm sorry," I mutter, staring at the handkerchief which I am furiously worrying with my fingers. It's so soft.
"What are you sorry for Build?"
Oh crap, he wants his damned pound of flesh.
"The phone call mainly, being sick. Oh, the list is endless," I murmur, feeling my skin colouring up. Please, please can I die now?
"We've all been here, just not quite as dramatically as you," He says dryly. "It's about knowing your limits, Build. I mean, I'm all for pushing limits, but really this is beyond the pale. Do you make a habit of this kind of behaviour?"
My head buzzes with excess alcohol and irritation. What the hell has it got to do with him? I didn't invite him here. He sounds like a middle-aged man scolding me like an errant child. Part of me wants to say, if I want to get drunk every night like this, then it's my decision and nothing to do with him - but I'm not brave enough. Not now that I've thrown up in front of him. Why is he still standing there?
"No," I say contritely. "I've never been drunk before and right now I have no desire to ever be again."
I just don't understand why he's here. I begin to feel faint. He notices my dizziness and grabs me before I fall and hoists me into his arms, holding me close to his chest like a child.
"Come on, I'll take you home," He murmurs.
"I need to tell Us." Holy Moses, I'm in his arms again.
"My brother can tell him."
"What?"
"My brother, JJ is talking to him."
"Oh?" I don't understand.
"He was with me when you phoned."
"In Bangkok?" I'm confused.
"No, I'm staying at the Imperial."
Still? Why?
"How did you find me?"
"I tracked your cell phone Build."
Oh, of course he did. How is that possible? Is it legal? Stalker, my subconscious whispers at me through the cloud of tequila that's still floating in my brain, but somehow, because it's him, I don't mind.
"Do you have a jacket or a bag?"
"Err...yes, I came with both. Bible, please, I need to tell Us. He'll worry." His mouth presses into a hard line, and he sighs heavily.
"If you have to."
He sets me down, and, taking my hand, leads me back into the bar. I feel weak, still drunk, embarrassed, exhausted, mortified, and on some strange level absolutely off the scale thrilled. He's clutching my hand - such a confusing array of emotions. I'll need at least a week to process them all.
It's noisy, crowded, and the music has started so there is a large crowd on the dance floor. Us is not at our table, and Nodt has disappeared. Tong looks lost and forlorn on his own.
"Where's Us?" I shout at Tong above the noise. My head is beginning to pound in time to the thumping bass line of the music.
"Dancing," Tong shouts, and I can tell he's mad. He's eyeing Bible suspiciously. I struggle into my black jacket and place my small shoulder bag over my head so it sits at my hip. I'm ready to go, once I've seen Us.
"He's on the dance floor," I touch Bible's arm and lean over and shout in his ear, brushing his hair with my nose, smelling his clean, fresh smell. Oh my. All those forbidden, unfamiliar feelings that I have tried to deny surface and run amok through my drained body. I flush, and somewhere deep, deep down my muscles clench deliciously.
He rolls his eyes at me and takes my hand again and leads me to the bar. He's served immediately, no waiting for Mr. Control-Freak Sumettikul. Does everything come so easily to him? I can't hear what he orders. He hands me a very large glass of iced water.
"Drink," He shouts his order at me.
The moving lights are twisting and turning in time to the music casting strange coloured light and shadows all over the bar and the clientele. He's alternately green, blue, white, and a demonic red. He's watching me intently. I take a tentative sip.
"All of it," He shouts.
He's so overbearing. He runs his hand through his unruly hair. He looks frustrated, angry. What is his problem? Apart from a silly drunk boy ringing him in the middle of the night so he thinks he needs rescuing. And it turns out he does from his over amorous friend. Then seeing his being violently ill at his feet. Oh Bui...are you ever going to live this down? My subconscious is figuratively tutting and glaring at me over his half-moon specs. I sway slightly, and he puts his hand on my shoulder to steady me. I do as I'm told and drink the entire glass. It makes me feel queasy. Taking the glass from me, he places it on the bar. I notice through a blur what he's wearing; a black t-shirt, black jeans, black Converse sneakers, and a dark jacket. In my groggy frame of mind, he looks yummy.
He takes my hand once more. Holy cow - he's leading me onto the dance floor. Shit. I do not dance. He can sense my reluctance, and under the coloured lights, I can see his amused, slightly sardonic smile. He gives my hand a sharp tug, and I'm in his arms again, and he starts to move, taking me with him. Boy, he can dance, and I can't believe that I'm following him step for step. Maybe it's because I'm drunk that I can keep up. He's holding me tight against him, his body against mine...if he wasn't clutching me so tightly, I'm sure I would swoon at his feet. In the back of my mind, my mother's often-recited warning comes to me: Never trust a man who can dance.
He moves us through the crowded throng of dancers to the other side of the dance floor, and we are beside Us and JJ, Bible's brother. The music is pounding away, loud and leery, outside and inside my head. I gasp. Us is making his moves. He's dancing his ass off, and he only ever does that if he likes someone. Really likes someone. It means there'll be three of us for breakfast tomorrow morning. Us!
Bible leans over and shouts in JJ's ear. I cannot hear what he says. JJ is tall with wide shoulders, curly dirty-blonde hair, and light, wickedly gleaming eyes. I can't tell the colour under the pulsating heat of the flashing lights. JJ grins, and pulls Us into his arms, where he is more than happy to be...Us! Even in my inebriated state, I am shocked. He's only just met him. He nods at whatever JJ says and grins at me and waves. Bible propels us off the dance floor in double quick time.
But I never got to talk to him. Is he okay? I can see where things are heading for him and him. I need to do the safe sex lecture. In the back of my mind, I hope he reads one of the posters on the back of the toilet doors. My thoughts crash through my brain, fighting the drunk, fuzzy feeling. It's so warm in here, so loud, so colourful - too bright. My head begins to swim, oh no...and I can feel the floor coming up to meet my face or so it feels. The last thing I hear before I pass out in Bible arms is his harsh epithet.
{End of Chapter}
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