Unless I perked myself up perfectly straight, my underwear rubbed me in such a way that the pain caused me to wince. Xxnx This time, he moved himself out of the way, throwing me off balance again, leaving me to fall across his lap. “I am giving you a can of mace.” His words broke into my thoughts, but they also told me that he had reached a point of acceptance. How many nights I would have spent alone in my room, my parents fighting so loudly that no music could shut it out. “Sorry.” I muttered, running a finger over the extremely wet patch I left on his shirt. “I wasn’t ready. uh… “You. We romped around and played, swimming throughout the day – I had long since surpassed the shallow parts of the lake – until the alcohol really started taking hold, then we
