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Story title : How I Spent My Summer Vacation 
              by Carol Hitchcock - Part 2 

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Carol Hitchcock - 
Part 2 (FF, rom, exh, toys, college)
by Rogue Writer (roguewriter@hotmail.com)

***

A college student tries to break up with her girlfriend 
and ends up having a life-changing experience.

***

CHAPTER 7: THINGS COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE...

The four of us were in the Jacuzzi the next morning and 
the topic was suicide. We got on the subject after 
smoking a joint and hearing Isobel open up about it. 
She had considered suicide during high school and 
planned to hang herself. 

"Hanging yourself, ugh," Kim said, "I couldn't do it 
that way, slowly choking to death. Suffocation scares 
me."

"No, I thought it happened quick," Isobel said, "I 
heard your neck breaks before anything else, right?"

"I think that depends," I interjected, "on how far you 
fall before it catches you. When they used to hang 
people in the Old West they'd fall through a trap door 
and drop a few feet until the rope caught, which broke 
the neck. If you just kick a chair out from under you 
it'll strangle you until you're dead."

Isobel had a pained look on her face; obviously she now 
had another reason to be glad she didn't go through 
with it. The first reason put an arm around her 
shoulder and hugged her. Kim looked over at me with a 
smile. "Well thank you Doctor Scully."

"What's your problem, slut?" I asked.

"You're awfully up on your death knowledge there, 
whorebag. Guess I should be careful in case you want me 
out of your life." Her last words made me just stare at 
her. Kim looked over at Isobel and Maria. "Now if I 
wanted to do myself in, I'd get in a bathtub full of 
warm water and cut my wrists open."

"Why would you do it like that?" Maria asked.

"Well first of all it's not too painful, you just wait 
to pass out from losing too much blood. And second, if 
people hurt me enough to make me want to commit 
suicide, I'd be getting back at them when they walked 
in to find a big, bloody mess in the bathroom."

The three of us just sat there and stared at Kim. Her 
eyes stared off to some faraway place, and I just knew 
she was imagining how she'd love to do that to her 
parents.

"Jesus Kim," I said, snapping her out of her vicious 
dream. "What?" she asked.

"You. Blood, revenge...and you said I was morbid."

Kim smiled. "Guess I just have to always go over the 
top."

The four of us ate some breakfast, or lunch by then, 
and went out to the beach. Electric jolts of excitement 
coursed through my body as I once again walked topless 
in the open air, surrounded by people. Today I was much 
more comfortable with it, my inhibited side had had its 
fear fit yesterday, leaving only my naughty side to 
enjoy the situation. The feeling of the sun and wind on 
my bare breasts was making me wet and I had to fight 
the urge to touch myself. I also had to stop myself 
when I was spreading suntan lotion on my breasts and I 
kept doing it to the point where I was practically 
playing with them. We went into the water for a little 
while and had some drinks at the open-air bar again. 

Isobel and Maria went home to get ready for that night 
and Kim and I went back to the house to do the same. 
When I got out of the shower I found a beautiful dress 
lying on the bed. I thought I knew everything in Kim's 
wardrobe, so I picked it up and held it in front of me 
in the mirror just to check it out. It was a bone 
white, one shoulder piece that came well above the 
knee. In the mirror I saw Kim walk into the room.

"This is going to look killer on you," I said.

"No it's not," Kim said. "I got it for you."

I stared at her for a moment and then put the dress 
back on the bed. "Kim...I appreciate this and all, but 
I can't take it."

"Why not?"

"You're already paying for this trip, and for me to go 
see my parents. That's too much already. This dress 
looks expensive."

Kim rolled her eyes, "What's expensive to me? C'mon 
fuckwad, I wanted to get you something that you'd look 
really nice in 'cause I'm sick of seeing you in 
discount fashion. Just put it on and take a look."

I humored her and put it on. She gave me a pair of 
white two-inch heel sandals and (it wouldn't be Kim 
without it) a gold armband to go along with the gold 
anklet and toe ring set she'd given me last month. When 
I stood up for her to look her eyes bulged out.

"I always tell you you're beautiful and you never 
believe me," Kim said, "now go look in the mirror." I 
did and what I saw made me stop and stare. Kim walked 
up behind me. "Even you can tell now, can't you? See 
what the right clothes can do?"

I posed and smiled. "Wow."

Maria and Isobel picked us up and after dinner we went 
to the lesbian club they'd told us about. As we found a 
table, I looked around and noticed the place was bigger 
than I thought it would be. I wasn't sure if that would 
work with my plan. 

My plan. It was becoming harder and harder for me to go 
through with this. After letting her pay for this trip, 
the dress, saying 'I love you'. It wasn't that I was 
afraid she was going to think I was taking advantage of 
her anymore, I felt my plan was so perfect none of that 
would be a problem. But part of me was starting to 
regret what it was going to do to her. I worried about 
hurting her feelings. To tell you the truth, I wasn't 
as worried about me saying 'I love you' as I was about 
her saying it, because it meant she really felt it. 

But deep down I knew I had to do it. Kim was a big 
problem in my life whether she loved me or not. I 
wanted to graduate from college and she had become an 
obstacle. This was the way it had to be. So I started 
out with saying, "That was really shitty the way you 
treated your mom earlier."

Kim looked down at the table, but I could already see 
the anger building in her face. "That's because you 
don't have to live with her."

"No. But I do have to watch you treat your parents like 
shit."

Kim looked me in the eye. "Why the hell are you 
bringing this up now?"

"Because I got so angry hearing you talk to your mom 
and I realized how long I've wanted to say something 
about it." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Maria and 
Isobel quietly get up from the table and move out onto 
the dance floor. Kim looked down again as I continued. 
"From what I've seen they're willing to do anything for 
you, give you anything you need"

When Kim looked up at me I could see the rage in her 
eyes. "And they're always telling me what to do too, 
trying to tell me how I should live my life!" 

"Hello! That's every parent, at least the good ones. 
You know how many friends I had back home whose parents 
didn't give a shit about them? Right now most of them 
are in jail or belong there." Kim turned away. I could 
almost feel her seething rage from across the table 
like it was a physical force. She was trying to keep it 
bottled up, which was very unlike her. I had expected 
more yelling and screaming by now. But then I realized 
she didn't want to explode at the one she loved. 

That thought almost stopped me from going through with 
it. I felt the guilt welling up inside, ready to step 
in and calm her down by apologizing for what I'd said, 
wanting to soothe her and hold her and tell her 
everything would be okay. That would have been what 
happened if a waitress from the bar hadn't walked by, 
reminding me of the waitress from the diner. Suddenly I 
realized I had to look out for myself as well. I shut 
my eyes tight and thought of anything that would push 
my 'Kim guilt' away.

My parents.

Safeway Mart.

The waitress.

I opened my eyes. It was time to seal the deal. "I bet 
my friends would give anything to have parents like 
yours."

And the bottle cap blew off. "You have no idea what 
you're talking about!" Kim had screamed so loud at me 
that even with the dance music blaring some people 
around us stopped and stared. I felt some spittle from 
her hitting me in the face as she spoke. "You don't 
understand how much they expect from me! What they want 
from me!"

"God forbid they should ask for anything in return!"

"Then maybe I should start expecting things back from 
you too!" Kim screamed. 

Bingo. I gave her an angry look. "If that's the way you 
want it," I said, "I'll give you as much money as I 
can. Just don't expect anything else." I got up and 
walked away from the table. 

All the way to the bar I hoped against hope that she 
wouldn't follow me to try and make up. There were two 
things left to chance in my plan, the first being that 
her anger would overpower her urge to make up quickly. 
Sure, she'd probably try to patch things up tomorrow, 
but by then it would be too late, as long as the second 
part left to chance worked. I sat at the bar and when 
the bartender came up I didn't order a drink. I waited 
and waited, but nothing happened. Most of the bar 
stools were taken, but it seemed like everyone there 
was with someone. Worry started to creep into my body, 
and it took everything I had to resist the urge to turn 
around and see what Kim was doing. But I reminded 
myself that I needed patience in order for this to work 
out right, just like I needed to take some chances too. 

It paid off because a few minutes later the bartender 
came up and said someone wanted to buy me a drink. She 
pointed at the end of the bar and when the girl waved 
my eyes almost fell out. She looked like a model from 
an L.L. Bean catalogue- the gorgeous, healthy looking 
girl next door. I estimated her age to be late 
twenties. Her chestnut brown hair spilled past her 
shoulders and her skin had the slightest hint of a tan. 
Best of all, she had those big, luscious Angelina Jolie 
sized lips that begged to be kissed. Jesus, Kim was on 
the mark about the right clothes.

I ordered the drink as I felt my stomach tighten and my 
throat dry up. When the bartender served me I downed 
half of it to solve the problem and walked over to my 
admirer. She turned away from the bar as I walked up 
and flashed me a set of perfect teeth.

"Hey there," she said.

"Hey. Thanks for the drink."

"It was the least I could do for exposing me to your 
beauty."

I'd never felt so self-conscious in my life. Here was 
this beautiful creature telling me I was beautiful. I 
was so caught off guard I couldn't speak. She broke out 
in laughter.

"Wow," she said, "I've never seen a whole body blush 
before! I guess that line really works. Some guy used 
it on me and I couldn't tell if he was cheesy or just 
the line, so I figured I'd try it out. Must have been 
him." She smiled again. "But I really do think you're 
beautiful, otherwise I'd have never tried it on you. 
Best thing to walk into this place in a long time. I'm 
Gwen, by the way."

"Carol."

"You want to go someplace a little more quiet?"

"Sure."

I snuck a quick peek as we walked and noticed that 
Maria and Isobel were back at the table with Kim, but 
they weren't looking in our direction. Gwen led me to a 
door with a bouncer in front of it. They exchanged nods 
and the bouncer opened the door, revealing a staircase 
going up. The room at the top had a bar on the right 
wall and three sets of couches and stuffed chairs 
around small tables. Two women occupied only one of 
them. To the left there was a wall-to-wall window 
looking down on the rest of the club. We sat near the 
window, but the blaring music was barely audible. After 
a waitress came up and took our drink orders I asked, 
"Who do you have to know to get up here?"

"It's not who you know," Gwen said, "but what you 
have." Great, she was a rich girl. How long would she 
want to be with me when she found out I was dirt poor? 
Under the table I felt her bare leg slide up and take 
residence against mine. "So, this your first time in 
Rio?"

"Is it that obvious?"

"I've been here three years and I haven't seen you 
before tonight. Besides, I figure a sophisticated 
looking lady such as yourself would have made it up 
here before if this wasn't your first time."

I tried hard not to react to being called 
sophisticated. "Must be great. Living here, I mean."

Gwen shrugged. "It's okay. Like anything it loses it's 
shine after a while. How long are you here for?"

"Three weeks."

"Like your hotel?"

"Not staying at a hotel." I hesitated. "My family has a 
place." I mentioned the name of the street we were on.

Her eyes lit up a little. "Nice neighborhood."

"It's not who you know but what you have," I said. Gwen 
smiled. We chatted with small talk for a while as I 
acted up the rich girl role. I had to do some fast-
talking, but luckily my writers' imagination and 
empathy were great tools. When I mentioned I wanted to 
be a writer she laughed and told me she was the author 
of several romantic fiction novels. That time I 
couldn't hold back my excitement. Gwen told me the 
titles of her books, none of which I'd heard of since I 
don't read romance stuff, and explained she had just 
finished doing research on her new book. I told her 
about some of my story ideas and characters and she 
said they were outstanding. When she told me she wanted 
to see some of my stuff and possibly give it to her 
publisher, I had to keep myself from screaming and 
lunging across the table to kiss her. This plan was 
turning out better than I could have imagined.

Gwen kept buying drinks and time seemed to melt away as 
we talked. At some point I came to the conclusion that 
her hair was dyed but I don't remember why it seemed 
important. What was important was that I hadn't felt 
this much joy in months. Sure, part of it was the 
alcohol and the fact that Gwen had a great personality, 
but most of it was the feeling that something new was 
starting and the old was shedding away. First, I had 
spent the past few months partying with guilt, knowing 
my grades were slipping and that my girlfriend was a 
black hole whose gravity I had fallen prey to. Then, 
when I finally decided to do something about it, I was 
saddled with the burden of having to break up with Kim. 
Most of that burden had come from guilt; Kim had always 
lent me money when I needed it, or actually when she 
needed me to have it. Kim would buy me drinks all night 
to keep me out partying with her.

So many times during the conversation I just wanted to 
lean across the table and kiss Gwen. The women at the 
other table had started kissing each other, and after 
seeing that I said to Gwen, "Let's go to my place." I 
liked being able to say that, so much so that I it 
didn't dawn on me until the cab was halfway there that 
if Kim were home my little ruse would be shattered. Of 
course that had been part of my plan, but now I didn't 
want to lose my connection to Gwen and the opportunity 
for my writing in the process.

Turns out my lucky streak for the night wasn't over, 
Kim and the girls must have stayed out for the night. 
Gwen complimented me on 'my place' and I went upstairs 
to get one of my stories while she mixed us some more 
drinks. When I came back downstairs there was some soft 
music playing on the stereo and Gwen was sitting on the 
couch. I handed her my story and she told me she'd read 
it tomorrow. Gwen handed me my drink and made a toast, 
"To the start of a successful career." She downed her 
drink in one shot and I followed suit. She took the 
glass from my hand and put them both on the table, then 
leaned over and kissed me.

The sex between Gwen and I was not slow and calculated 
like Kim and I have. It was raw, vicious, almost like 
an attack. This was completely opposite from the lady 
I'd met earlier. This sex wasn't like a moan, nor was 
it like a scream- it was more like a guttural cry. 
Savage. Primitive. She had my clothes off in mere 
seconds. I was positive I'd find a tear in them 
somewhere later. That made me angry so I tore off her 
clothes too. It only seemed to fuel her desire because 
she threw me down on the couch and sucked on my breast 
like a madwoman. Gwen took no time in working her way 
down to my pussy and her tongue was all over the place. 
I put my hands on her head as she licked and sucked me 
to an orgasm. When she was done she kissed down my leg 
until she got to my feet and sucked on my toes. She did 
the same to the toes on the other foot and kissed up 
that leg. She crawled on top of me and we embraced in a 
passionate kiss that seemed to last forever.

We got off the couch and lay on the floor as we 
continued to kiss and cuddle. Finally I got up on my 
knees and told her to lie still. I picked different 
parts of her body to lick and suck on for a minute at a 
time. First it was her neck, then the toes of her right 
foot, the hollow of her left shoulder, the underside of 
her left knee, her entire right side, her belly button, 
her face and finally I used my fingers to lightly play 
with her breasts. Turning around while I straddled her, 
my fingers danced in her hairy mound as her breaths 
became more audible and ragged. Gwen's legs spread 
open, exposing her pink beauty and inviting me to give 
her pleasure. I leaned down and dipped my tongue into 
her folds for a brief second, causing her legs in front 
of me to jerk in response. I did it again and again and 
finally covered her sex with my mouth, letting my lips 
slide towards the center until I gave it a kiss. Then I 
began licking in earnest, my fingers sliding into her 
slit!
 and slowly pumping away. I found her clit and sucked 
on it until she gave a loud moan at the sign of her 
climax. As she lay on the floor catching her breath, I 
turned and lay in her arms, cuddling to her breast.

"That was great," she said after a few minutes. "You 
ready to have some fun?"

"Yeah, but let me get something first." I ran upstairs 
and grabbed the anal beads and the lube. When I came 
back downstairs Gwen was in the same position, so I 
handed them to her. "I want you to use these," I said. 
Gwen started lubing the beads as I straddled her body 
again. I looked out the patio door at the moon 
reflecting on the ocean, remembering how the unexpected 
invasion of the vibrator increased my pleasure. 
Suddenly I felt a slow pressure on my asshole. It was 
Gwen's finger, getting my hole ready. She worked it all 
the way in, moved in and out a few strokes, then pulled 
all the way out. I knew the beads were next.

"Ohhh," I cooed as I felt the first one go in. Half a 
minute later she pushed the second one in, then the 
third. On the fourth one a wave of pleasure washed over 
me. Gwen teased me by tugging on the string a little. 

"Don't you dare," I said. She laughed and started 
licking the globes of my ass from the outside inward 
until she reached the sensitive skin of my ass crack, 
where she gave a long slow lick all the way up the 
valley. Her hand reached under me and started fingering 
my pussy, rubbing all around until I was good and wet. 
Gwen put one, then two fingers inside of me, burying 
them all the way in. They moved around in there, 
causing little waves of pleasure to surge through me. 
She began pumping her fingers in and out of my cunt, 
building me up to a climax while her other hand gripped 
the string and pulled the beads out slowly, each one 
causing my hips to shudder. 

My eyes stared out at the waves coming onto the beach, 
the water breaking onto shore and then sliding back, 
coming and going over and over again. An act of nature, 
peaceful and serene, filled my eyes as the rest of my 
body was in a violent overload of sensations. My orgasm 
struck as Gwen pulled out the last two beads, the 
combined sensations had me gritting my teeth while a 
deep growl came from my lungs. I finally let out a 
scream. My body, covered in sweat, fell onto Gwen's as 
I took air deep into my lungs trying to catch my 
breath. 

Gwen said she'd get me something to drink. While she 
was gone I looked out at the ocean again and had the 
wildest urge to go swimming. I suggested it to Gwen 
when she came back, and she said maybe after we rested. 
Soon, I'd finished my drink, but I felt really wiped 
out from our fun and the two of us cuddled up on the 
couch. Suddenly I was too tired to worry about whether 
Kim walked in on us or I lost Gwen, and fell asleep 
before I decided which one I really wanted more.

When I woke up someone was shaking me. I had trouble 
opening my eyes, and when I did manage to open them, 
they had trouble focusing. Finally they showed me Kim 
standing over me with a look on her face I had expected 
to see- she was upset. She said something I couldn't 
make out and I groggily asked her to repeat it.

"We got robbed!" she yelled. I heard what she said that 
time but it still took me a minute to comprehend it. I 
was in a fog. Actually more than a fog, my mouth was 
dry and my tongue felt like it weighed a hundred 
pounds. I sat up slowly because it was the fastest 
speed I was capable of.

"Robbed?" I asked.

"The money I left in my room, some of my clothes, my 
PDA. And two paintings are gone too." She was really 
angry, her face was red and none of it was from sun.

"Fu...fuck."

Kim looked back at me and suddenly her anger was 
replaced with concern. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," I said. I started to stand, but my legs were 
having none of it and Kim managed to grab me before I 
fell face first on the floor. She helped me into a 
chair. "I'm just...a little...hung over."

Kim put a hand to my face. "You sure? You're white as a 
ghost and you're skin's kinda cold."

Maria and Isobel came down from upstairs. Maria strode 
confidently, holding a carving knife in one hand and a 
bread knife in the other. Meanwhile, Isobel held this 
stubby little paring knife and her fearful eyes kept 
looking around. I would have laughed, but I was pretty 
sure laughing would have made me puke. "No one is 
here," Maria said. "Are you going to call the police?"

Kim hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Call an 
ambulance, right now."

"No, I'm fine," I said. "Where's Gwen?"

Kim looked at me. "Who's Gwen?"

"The girl I was with."

Kim became stern. "She was here?"

"No, there," I said as I pointed at the couch. It made 
perfect sense to me at the time.

The ambulance came and Kim insisted on riding with me 
to the hospital, holding my hand the entire way. She 
kept cursing Gwen, saying she was a thieving bitch and 
that she'd hunt her down and kill her for what she did 
to me. At the hospital the doctors pumped me full of 
fluids. They also tested my blood and found, along with 
plenty of pot and booze, a drug that is used to sedate 
people. When the police showed up I thought they were 
going to arrest me for using drugs, but all they did 
was ask me a hundred questions about Gwen. Turns out 
there had been a string of crimes involving an American 
woman who targeted rich people, both locals and 
tourists, by seducing them at a bar and getting them to 
take her home. Then she'd spike their drink with the 
drug and rob them of small but expensive items before 
they woke up. I was the first one to end up in the 
hospital. The doctors said some people have a bad 
reaction to the drug. The cops showed me a sketch of 
the suspect, which!
 looked just like Gwen except her hair was darker. 

Kim was by my side the whole time acting like a 
concerned mom, holding my hand, giving me little kisses 
and telling me she would take care of me. Kim's been 
sappy with me before, but never to this degree, and I 
remembered that she said she loved me, but now I was 
starting to get an idea how much. An ache started 
growing in my chest, nerves about what I intended to do 
and how hard it was going to be now. But I also 
remembered school and how important that was to me, and 
my parents, and how I didn't want to let any of us 
down. I decided that when Kim and I got back to the 
house I would do the deed before guilt hit the brakes 
again. It was at that moment that a thought hit me and 
I realized I had to check one thing before I went 
through with it. I was released after Kim paid my 
hospital bill with her credit card, adding more guilt 
to my conscience.

When we got back to the house I said, "I'm so sorry 
about all this, bringing that bitch back here."

"Don't worry about it. And don't worry about the 
paintings, all my dad's shit is insured."

"Yeah, but he'll be angry as hell."

"Not when his little girl lays it on thick," she said 
with a wink. "Now I want you to lie down on the couch."

"Actually, I'm going to lay in the bedroom. I need some 
sleep."

Even thought I could have done it myself, Kim insisted 
on helping me up to the bedroom and tucked me in. It 
surprised me how much this whole incident brought out 
the mothering instinct in her. But as soon as she was 
out the door I got up and went to the dresser. It was 
the something that dawned on me in the hospital, 
wondering how thorough Gwen's search was. I knew Kim 
left her money all over the place, so I couldn't be 
sure if Gwen just grabbed and ran.

Turns out it was thorough enough, my escape money was 
gone. So was the story I'd given Gwen. I sat on the bed 
and cried quietly, not wanting to bring Kim into the 
room. Just last night my dreams were within a moments 
reach, and I thought my life was about to change 
drastically. I should have remembered what my mom 
always told me about those get-rich-quick schemes on 
the infomercials, "Anything that comes so fast and easy 
exits the same way."


CHAPTER 8: ANNONYMOUS CLUB DRUG SEX

Throughout the following week I fell into an old 
pattern- going out with Kim and partying. Of course, I 
know now that getting drunk and stoned every night was 
my attempt to forget the disappointment and shame over 
my failed plan, as well as the guilt for what it 
further cost Kim. But that's the problem with 
hindsight- it's never there when you really need it. 
All that guilt was self-inflicted since Kim acted like 
I did no wrong. According to her, I was the victim more 
than anyone else and she blew off the fact that I'd 
cheated on her by saying it was a result of our 
argument and that we both acted badly that night. Part 
of me was uneasy about Kim's attitude toward the whole 
situation, but I since I felt so much guilt about what 
happened I was just thankful she wasn't angry.

Kim was also happy that I was finally loosening up and 
having a good time. She had no idea I was trying to 
numb myself and forget my predicament. We spent our 
days on the beach, the exhibitionist in me getting the 
most out of it, and the nights going out to clubs and 
dancing, usually ending up with Maria and Isobel in our 
bed. But like anything that was too good it had to come 
crashing to an end, and it started the night we were at 
a club with Maria and Isobel. We ran into a group of 
their friends. There were these two girls who, when 
Isobel introduced us, I immediately forgot their names 
for some reason. I figured I'd ask again later.

Kim was at the DJ booth, trying to get the guy to play 
a KMFDM CD she'd brought with her. The two girls whose 
names I couldn't remember were going to the dance floor 
and asked me to come. They said if Kim got the DJ to 
play the song they wouldn't know how to dance to it, 
since it wasn't their type of music, and wanted me to 
teach them. I rarely dance to club music, but I was 
stoned and on my third drink by that point, so I easily 
agreed. On the dance floor the two girls were grinding 
up on either side of me. The bass of the music felt 
like it was going straight through me, like I was a 
part of it, my heart synchronized with the rhythm. 
Suddenly I noticed the people around us were no longer 
dancing, apparently our antics had attracted attention 
and the people on the dance floor simply stood around 
us in a large circle to watch. The girl in front of me 
rubbed her breasts against mine, and the girl behind me 
ground her crotch into my ass. I was so high on the 
moment, en!
joying the way these girls were dancing with me and 
turning me on. All the people watching us just seemed 
to add fuel to my fire, the exhibitionist in me coming 
out again.

The girl in front of me grabbed my head and kissed me. 
As I felt her tongue collide with mine, the crowd 
erupted in cheers and yelling encouragement. I felt 
something else enter my mouth, small and hard like a 
pill. Suddenly the object was at the back of my throat 
and, fearing that I might choke on it, swallowed. The 
girl ended the kiss and stared at me with a big grin on 
her face.

"What the hell was that?" I asked.

"A little surprise," she said as she started to dance 
again. My naughty side was in command those days, so I 
didn't worry too much. Not that it would have mattered 
if I did, I'd already swallowed the thing. The girl 
behind me put her arms around me and slid them down 
until her hands were at my crotch, her fingers pressed 
down and I felt a jolt. I didn't know if the crowd 
could see what was happening with the other girl 
standing in front of me or if my face gave it away, but 
another round of cheers, louder than the first time, 
erupted in the room. I pressed myself back into her 
body, feeling her large breasts against my back and she 
pushed her crotch into my ass. We must have gone too 
far for somebody because a pair of bouncers came 
through the crowd and asked us to break it up. We 
separated from each other and just started dancing, and 
the crowd started dancing again as well. A few guys 
came over and started trying to dance with us, so we 
decided to leave the floor a!
nd grab some drinks at the bar.

We found Kim talking with a few other people at a 
table. Her attempts with the DJ had failed because 
"they didn't play that type of music here". It didn't 
surprise me when she explained her next plan was to 
offer to let him watch us kiss if he would play it. 
When Kim wanted something, 'no' was not in her 
vocabulary. I told her about the dance floor and we 
laughed our asses off. Right after that I started to 
feel it. Not exactly like feeling lightheaded, more 
like I could feel everything and nothing at the same 
time but I had no control over which at any given 
moment. Ah, fuck it. Putting the physical sensation of 
tripping into words is impossible (at least I assume 
that's what I was doing, I never really found out what 
I took). But describing what I saw defiantly isn't. 
Looking around, all the light seemed to have shadows 
and even people did too, but they were colored shadows 
following behind them. Afterwards I realized the 
shadows were the color of their shirts a!
nd I was seeing trails.

Everything after that happened in some kind of 
heightened reality. I needed to ask that girl what she 
gave me, but when I looked around the table I realized 
she and her friend were gone. Somehow logic was still 
present in my brain and I thought they must have made a 
trip to the bathroom, so I got up.

"Hey, slutknocker, where are you going?" Kim asked.

"Hunting for clues." I responded. I didn't even think 
to ask Kim if she knew where the girls had gone. The 
walk around the dance floor seemed like a slow motion 
adventure, and even now I still remember some of the 
faces I saw on my way. Some guy complimented me on my 
performance; it wasn't until the next day I realized he 
was talking about my m‚nages e trios on the dance 
floor. I just said "Thanks, whatever," as I walked 
away. I don't know if he heard me.

Walking into the bathroom was like walking into a 
vacuum. The loud music and people talking were reduced 
to a muffle through the wall. And no more color trails 
because this room was a bright antiseptic white, the 
lighting made the walls and the floor almost glow. It 
was the brightest bathroom I'd ever been in. I had to 
stand there for a second just to get oriented. This is 
what Heaven must be like, I thought. Then where is God? 
Had to be in one of the stalls. The first two were 
empty. The third was locked so I knocked.

"What?!" The voice was heavily accented European.

"Are you God?"

"Fuck off."

I thought for a moment, maybe closer to a minute. Then 
it hit me. "Are you the girl that kissed me on the 
dance floor and gave me drugs?"

"I don't fucking kiss girls."

"Oh my God." 

Those words didn't come from me, I heard them out of 
the last stall and they were followed by a giggle - a 
very cute giggle. So I went down there and knocked. The 
door opened and the most stunning Asian girl sat on the 
toilet. She wore a tube-top and a pair of shorts that 
I'm sure looked better on her hips than her ankles 
where they currently resided. She had long hair, dark 
exotic eyes and a diamond stud in her nose. She was so 
beautiful that I just stood and stared. This had to be 
Heaven, because this girl was an angel. She smiled back 
at my stare.

"Holy shit," she said in perfect English, via Southern 
California, "you're that girl from the dance floor." My 
witty response was to continue staring. She giggled 
again and said, "Sorry, I'm not God."

"I want to eat your pussy," came out of my mouth 
without my internal censor even looking at it. Who am I 
kidding - my internal censor was off to the moon with 
the rest of my brain functions. The Asian girl's eyes 
widened with surprise, and then settled back into place 
as a smile that was part wicked and part innocent 
crossed her face. She nodded, so I entered and closed 
the door behind me.

"I've never-" she started, but I cut her off by putting 
a finger to her lips. "Shhhh," I said as I smiled. I 
took the finger away from her lips.

"Hold on a minute," she said and grabbed some toilet 
paper to wipe between her legs. When she was done she 
took her feet out of her slides and shook out of her 
shorts. She put one leg over the toilet paper rack and 
braced her other leg against the door. Her hands spread 
open her flower and she looked up at me with a smile.

"Go for it," she said. I got on my knees and put my 
tongue to work. She tasted bitter but not pungent. I 
licked all around as she began to moan and groan. No 
idea how long I went at it or if I was even doing it 
well, but I knew I was having a good time. I remember 
teasing her clit to the point where she begged, or 
maybe yelled angrily, for me to suck on it. I did so 
and pressed my finger inside of her. She was actually 
pretty tight, so I left it at one finger and pumped in 
and out as I sucked her clit. The Asian girl put her 
hands on my head as her body shook and I licked up her 
cream as it came. The girl was breathing heavy and she 
laid back, her head resting on the wall.

A strange feeling washed over me. My body felt numb and 
I felt like I couldn't breathe. This place was too 
quiet, too sterile, and too empty. For a moment I 
wondered if I had really died. Like a wave crashing 
over me, the urge to get out of there struck with 
overwhelming force. I stood, said "Thanks," and slipped 
out of the stall. Two girls were standing near the 
sinks whispering. I avoided their gaze as I walked 
briskly to the door. 

Outside the bathroom I was blasted by the music again, 
the smoke and the lights, the people gyrating on the 
dance floor. It was great. I knew I was alive. Suddenly 
I realized it was KMFDM that was playing. 

"Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!" I screamed in joy and 
jumped into the crowd on the dance floor and danced 
like I never had before. The music was pulsing through 
my body and I felt like pure happiness was coursing 
through my veins. A hand grabbed my arm and I saw it 
belonged to the girl whose name I couldn't remember, 
standing next to her was her friend whose name I also 
couldn't remember.

"How do you like it?" she asked.

"It's fucking great!" I yelled. They started dancing 
with me and at one point I grabbed both their heads and 
pulled them into a three-way kiss. Soon after, the 
three of us left the club together, and that was the 
last thing I remembered.


CHAPTER 9: IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS YOU DON'T REMEMBER

Suddenly there was water. It smelled like salt water- 
hitting me in the face, swirling around my neck, 
slapping against my breasts and stomach, tickling my 
pubic hairs, sliding over my legs and foaming between 
my toes. I coughed, sputtered and gasped for air as I 
pushed myself up from the sand. Then there was light, 
not a bright light, but brighter than the darkness 
behind my closed eyes. I opened them, but they couldn't 
focus immediately. It actually took me a minute to 
realize I was cold. I could finally see that the sun 
hadn't completely come up yet, half the sky was lighted 
by the dawn as last night's darkness retreated over the 
other half. And there I was lying naked on the beach. I 
looked around and saw that no one was with me, and my 
clothes were equally absent. The only thing I was 
wearing was body jewelry.

When I crawled up the sand to escape the waves of high 
tide I felt a sharp pain on my waist, just above and to 
the left of my crotch. I went to grab at it and felt 
material other than my skin. There was a bandage there. 
It was small, about two inches square. A dozen 
questions filled my mind. Who did this to me? Or did I 
do this to myself? Where did I get bandaged up? Where 
the hell are my clothes? And how the hell did I get 
here? Part of me wanted to pull off the bandage and see 
what was under there but part of me was afraid to face 
the answers to any of those questions.

The decision to leave came with the noise of people 
from somewhere behind me. I was stark naked in a public 
place. As much as it would have normally turned me on, 
I had no idea how I got there and I was worried about 
what was under the bandage. My head felt like there was 
nothing in it, but I managed to stand up and started 
walking. Looking around, I recognized some of the 
houses and realized I wasn't far from the Ross house. 
Hugging myself with my arms against the cold, I could 
feel my nipples were rock hard from the wind coming off 
the ocean. 

There was a part of me that felt like crying. I'd hit 
rock bottom. I came here to get rid of a problem and it 
had only gotten worse. Now I was waking up in strange 
places without my clothes after getting so fucked up 
that I couldn't remember how any of it had happened. 
Even worse, apparently now I had damaged myself. I 
looked out towards the ocean, then back towards land. 
There were a few people in the windows of their houses 
and I passed by some early morning walkers who stared. 
I remember hoping this didn't take the pleasure of 
exhibitionism away from me. The pain on my waist was 
still there when I walked into the Ross house. Kim was 
sleeping on the couch. I shook her awake, her eyes 
widened when she saw me.

"Oh my God! Where the hell have you been?"

"Body surfing. I need you to look at something for me."

We went into the bedroom as Kim told me how she had 
looked all over the club for me. Finally she came home 
in case I was here. She also told me she finally got 
the DJ to play KMFDM by kissing first Maria and then 
Isobel when the guy got greedy. I lay down on the bed 
and pointed to the bandage.

"What the hell happened?"

"Just pull it off and tell me how bad it is."

Kim peeled off the bandage. "Holly shit!" she said.

"Oh my God, is it that bad?"

Kim looked up at me, then back down at my waist. I had 
a hard time reading her look.

"What?" I looked down and saw a black mark on my skin, 
and at first I thought it was a burn. But looking at it 
I realized it was a design.

"You got a tattoo," she said.

I looked at it closer. "What is it?"

"I don't know. It looks like it's one of those Chinese 
characters."

"What does it mean?"

"It means you got a tattoo without me." Kim climbed off 
the bed and walked out of the room without another 
word. No outburst. It was more unsettling than if she 
had screamed and lost her temper. I felt this huge 
horrible feeling wash over me. I realized it was guilt. 

Kim and I had talked about getting tattoos together. 
Not that we were planning on getting the same one, but 
we did promise we would share our first together. It 
had to do with experiencing something together that 
would last forever. I remembered, before I started 
planning the break up, how much I was looking forward 
to getting a tattoo and how special it would be getting 
it with her. That was why I understood how hurt she was 
at that moment. That's why, even though this was a 
perfect chance to break up with her, I followed with 
the intention of begging forgiveness.

I found Kim sitting on the couch in the living room, 
doing a line of coke. I sat down in the chair across 
from her.

"I don't even remember getting it," I said.

"That's not the point." Kim snorted another line.

"Then what is the point?

"You went off on your own and had fun without me."

Suddenly I remembered my purpose here and stood up. 
"Well boo fucking hoo. Afraid someone might actually 
have fun without you?"

Kim stood and yelled "I thought you liked being with 
me!"

"It doesn't mean we have to be attached at the hip the 
whole fucking time."

That seemed to throw her. She stood there silent for a 
moment. "Fine!" Kim said. She stormed out the back 
glass door onto the patio. I put my head in my hands 
for a minute. At first I was thinking this was not 
turning out like I had wanted, but then I realized it 
was exactly what I needed. It's hard hurting someone, 
even if it is necessary. And hurting someone you care 
about is even harder.

That's when I understood why this was all so hard for 
me on the inside- I really did have feelings for Kim. 
If the situation was different, like if she wasn't such 
a party animal or a very high GPA didn't matter, I'd 
probably be happy as hell about being her girlfriend. 
But the situation is what it is and I can only change 
what I have control over. Of course, that kind of logic 
is no consolation when romantic emotions are involved.

I went to the bedroom and crashed on the bed. When I 
woke up it was five hours later and I felt energized. 
While showering I noticed my tattoo again, and my mind 
was plagued about what this symbol meant. I was so 
fucked up I didn't even remember getting it, that made 
me worry about its meaning even more. I got dressed and 
decided I'd go into town and find the tattoo parlor I 
went to. When I went downstairs I called out for Kim 
and there was no response. She wasn't on the patio 
either. I found the note in the kitchen, it read-

Carol,

Going out to have my own fun. At least I'm letting you 
know so you wouldn't worry. Or do you even care?

Kim

I got angry because she was throwing her fit on a piece 
of paper. Suddenly I wasn't worried about hurting her 
as much as I was that morning, especially because I had 
something else to worry about. I called a taxi and on 
the way into town I asked the driver if he happened to 
know Chinese. English, Portuguese and some French, but 
no Chinese. My mind raced with all the questions about 
last night and the worst answers to them. Had I even 
wanted to go get a tattoo? Did those girls pull some 
horrible trick on me? Was I even conscious? Or did they 
get me marked, steal my clothes and dump me on the 
beach? All the unanswered questions were having a 
physical affect on me because my stomach was hurting.

The first two tattoo parlors were small places that had 
very few Chinese symbols. A guy at the second place 
told me about a tattoo artist who'd lived abroad for a 
while and brought lots of designs back, many of them 
Chinese symbols. I went there and knew I'd found what I 
was looking for when I walked through the door and the 
guy recognized me.

"You're...Carol, right?" he said in the most perfect 
English I'd heard from a local so far.

"You know me?"

He smiled. "I gave you your tattoo, didn't I?" I didn't 
respond. Suddenly the smile made an exit and his face 
grew concerned. "Jesus, you don't remember, do you?" He 
held up his hands. "Hey, I asked all three of you 
ladies if you were sober and you said yes. No refunds 
either."

"I don't want a refund and I'm not going to cause you 
any trouble," I said. "I just want to know what the 
symbol means."

He gave a warm, hearty laugh as he walked from behind 
the counter. "Sorry, I just can't believe you don't 
remember, especially after all the time it took you to 
choose. I was done with your two friends and you still 
hadn't decided." He stopped next to a poster board full 
of Chinese symbols. "But when you saw this one you got 
so excited I thought I was going to have to strap you 
down while I worked." He pointed to an exact replica of 
what was marked on my flesh. Underneath it were two 
lines, one in Portuguese and the other in English, 
giving its meaning. It read: "To Like Women".

I gasped and felt elation. Gone was the worry of what 
I'd done to myself. This was the coolest thing I could 
have ever imagined getting as a tattoo. The shop owner 
burst out in laughter. "I don't believe it!" he said. 
"That was the same look you had last night when you saw 
it!" When he finished laughing he walked back behind 
the counter and looked at me. "That must be something, 
to find that kind of happiness, forget you had it and 
find it all over again." He shook his head and laughed 
again. "And I got to see it both times. I love this 
fucking job."


CHAPTER 10: THE THINGS YOU NEVER SEE COMING

Before I went back to the house I stopped at a store 
and picked up a notebook and some pens. The good 
feeling I had from my tattoo discovery fueled a desire 
to get back on track, and I was determined to let 
nothing stop me this time. Kim was still out, so I sat 
at the dining room table and started writing. It just 
poured out of me, everything that had happened over the 
past week, my last few months at school and how I'd 
slid down from what I had a year ago. Everything I 
remembered, everything I could remember feeling at the 
moment and what I thought about it in hindsight. I 
couldn't write fast enough, and I had to stop twice 
just to calm myself down so I could keep going. It was 
the same rush I'd felt when writing before I met Kim, 
but there was still something different about it. I 
would later realize that I'd finally let go, because 
there were no inhibitions that had kept me from truly 
opening up even when I wrote regularly. 

When I read what I'd written I felt so exposed, yet 
instead of feeling apprehension I felt a surge of 
excitement from the core of my being. It was like my 
naughty side and my rational side finally agreed on 
something. I wanted to treat myself, so I went upstairs 
and ran a bubble bath. I played a CD of Mazzy Star, 
which always makes me feel relaxed.

Lying in the tub, I couldn't remember the last time I'd 
felt that relaxed. It was hard to believe how 
accustomed I'd become to the tension in my body. I slid 
down until my head was totally immersed. When I came 
back up, pushed my hair back and opened my eyes, I 
imagined I was being reborn. A new Carol Hitchcock. No 
more guilt. No more regret. Hit the reset button and 
try again. I suddenly felt like I was floating. 

The idea of a new start made me excited, and something 
about that made me horny. My hands slowly ran up and 
down my torso, creating a tingling sensation all over 
my skin. I stopped at my breasts and caressed the 
globes with my hands, then lightly brushed at the 
sensitive skin with my fingertips. I took both nipples 
and rolled them between my fingers, soon after I began 
to lightly pinch and pull at them. Finally I scratched 
lightly at the hard nubs of flesh, teasing them to the 
point where they started to ache.

My hands slid down to my hips and rubbed around the 
area where my crotch and my legs meet. The anticipation 
began to build throughout my body. I spread my legs and 
took a deep breath. The feeling of my fingers touching 
my outer lips made me exhale. Rubbing up and down, I 
lifted my left leg and put it over the side of the tub 
for better access. Teasing the inner lips with the tips 
of my fingers. Running one digit all the way down my 
slit and back up again. I repeated that several times. 
My breathing became slow and deep. I closed my eyes, 
crooked my right index finger and gasped as I slid it 
inside. Pushing it in as far as it could go. Out again. 
In again. Slowly building. Out again. In again. Out 
again. Bracing my right foot against the end of the 
tub. In again. Out again. Faster now. Building 
momentum, my thumb occasionally stroking against my 
clit. It became harder to breathe slow and deep. My 
left hand went to my breast and rolled the nipple 
betwee!
n my fingers. Short moans escaped my mouth with each 
thrust. I had a rhythm going. My clit became my thumb's 
full time job. I pinched the nipple. Slow and deep went 
out the window. My upper body rocked back and forth 
slightly. I clench my buttocks. My left hand abandoned 
my breast, fired my thumb and went to work on my clit. 
The change caused a quick cry from my mouth. My back 
lifted off of the wall of the tub. I exploded.

Slowly I returned to Mother Earth. After a minute I was 
able to control my breathing again. My eyes opened. The 
elation and excitement about what I had accomplished 
with my writing returned. I could feel the smile grow 
on my face. And that's when I suddenly had an epiphany, 
an understanding about what writing was. I had taken 
all my life experiences over the past few months, the 
good, the bad and especially the ugly, and turned them 
into something that I now felt good about. Writing 
helped me to understand some of it, gave another part 
of it perspective, but on a whole allowed me to put it 
all behind me. That was why I felt reborn. That was why 
I suddenly allowed myself to feel joy.

That joy lasted up until the moment I went downstairs 
and found Kim sitting at the dining table, reading what 
I had written. I'd forgotten to put it away. When she 
looked up at me her face held both anger and sadness. 
She held up the notebook.

"Is this what you really think about me?"

I stood there unsure of what to say. Being on a natural 
high, then walking into such a bad situation caught me 
off guard. She threw the notebook and it hit the wall 
to the left of me. 

"Is it?!" she yelled. "After all I've done for you?"

It was like she'd thrown a match into a pan of grease, 
suddenly rage blossomed throughout my entire body. I 
yelled, "Because of you I nearly lost the money that's 
keeping me in school! Because of you I've completely 
lost touch with my dreams! Everything you've done for 
me?!!" I turned and went upstairs, pulled out my 
suitcase and started packing. Kim was suddenly in the 
doorway, her face had softened and there were tears in 
her eyes.

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to crash at Maria's place until our flight."

"Carol, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were having 
trouble with your grades."

"Oh bullshit! How many times did I tell you that I 
needed to study or do homework? You just didn't want to 
hear it! As usual, all you think about is yourself. 
We're over, so that should give you plenty of extra 
time to think about you."

Kim walked up behind me as I was zipping up my bag. I 
picked it up and turned to face her.

"Just give me another chance, please."

I stared at her and for a moment I almost faltered 
again, almost gave into her. Then I realized this was 
just another ploy, like the blackmail on the beach. 
Thinking about how she pulled shit like that made me 
angry. "I can't afford to take anymore chances Kim," I 
said, "especially with you."

That really hit her. Kim's face went tight and her 
lower lip quivered. "Is being with me that bad?" she 
asked.

"Kim," I said, "you're the worst thing that's ever 
happened to me." I said it with such hardness in my 
voice that hearing those words even chilled me to the 
bone.

At that second I could swear I saw those piercing blue 
eyes dim for a moment. "You." was all she got out 
before she ran into the bathroom and shut the door. I 
just breathed a sigh of relief as I realized I'd 
finally done it, I'd broken free of her.

When I got downstairs I picked up my notebook and 
looked at it. Remembering the joy and excitement I'd 
felt when I was writing, I put it in my bag confident 
that this was the start of something new. I was about 
to pick up the phone to call a cab when it rang. I 
almost decided to let it go, but picked it up at the 
last second. "Hello?"

"Carol?" It was Mrs. Ross. "How are you?"

"I'm good, I..." No, I couldn't lie. She'd been so nice 
to me. I wanted to tell her goodbye. "Kim and I are 
breaking up Mrs. Ross."

"Oh no! Why? Did she cheat on you?"

"It was nothing like that." An image of Gwen popped 
into my head and I pushed it out quickly. "I 
just...need some time away from her."

There was a short pause, and then she said, "Carol, I 
know my daughter can be a handful, but you mean a lot 
to her. She's told me that you're the one thing that 
keeps her together, that you're the only thing that's 
ever mattered to her. I have a feeling she hasn't 
exactly expressed these things to you very directly, 
but I hope they'll have some bearing on your decision."

I'd never really thought about it, but Kim throwing all 
that money my way was how she expressed her feelings. 
Probably something that came from being raised rich. 
But it was too late now. "This isn't easy for me, Mrs. 
Ross, but it's what I need to do. Kim parties too much 
and if I stay with her, my grades will drop and I'll 
lose my scholarships. I literally can't afford that." 

There was another pause, longer this time, and I 
wondered if I'd made Mrs. Ross angry. "Listen Carol," 
her voice was different, more serious and a little 
tight. "If money is a problem, it's one I can solve." 
Another pause. "I'll give you ten thousand dollars if 
you stay with Kim."

Shock is too mild a word to describe what I felt at 
that moment. "Mrs. Ross, I...I'm not sure what to say."

"Then don't say anything and just listen." There was a 
stern, controlling edge to her voice. "There's a lot of 
opportunity here, Carol. I'm not sure if Kim has told 
you, but Mr. Ross and I are about to divorce. A lot of 
money is at stake and my daughter has some power as to 
which way it goes. How that turns out can be beneficial 
to you as well."

I couldn't believe I was hearing this, much less from a 
woman I'd imagined as the ideal mom. I swallowed hard. 
"What are you saying?" I asked. I'm not dense; I just 
wanted to hear her say it so I could confirm that I was 
the worst judge of character alive.

"Don't play coy with me, Carol," Mrs. Ross said 
impatiently, "You're the first person I've ever seen 
make Kim so happy. That means you have influence over 
her. The ten thousand is for staying with Kim and 
keeping me up to date on which way she's leaning." She 
stopped and I could hear her take a breath, "And I'll 
go up to twenty thousand if you can make sure she's on 
my side."

There really must have been a lot of money at stake for 
her to be throwing around those numbers and taking a 
chance I'd go for it. But Mrs. Ross was betting that 
this poor farm girl from Kentucky couldn't resist the 
kind of money she's only heard about, and anyone who 
knows me would most likely say it's a safe bet. People 
talk about what they would and wouldn't do for money, 
and usually how noble they'd be no matter how much was 
on the table. But most of the time that's just talk, 
because no one really knows how they'll react when that 
money is actually within reach.

"Well?" she asked. "What do you have to say?"

"Mrs. Ross..." I said. I closed my eyes and took a deep 
breath, looking deep within myself, trying to find 
something that I needed to know was there. Somewhere 
past my mind, my heart, and maybe even my soul, I 
managed to find it, and opened my eyes and said what I 
had to. "Go fuck yourself." And with that I quickly 
slammed down the phone. I did it quickly because there 
was still a part of me thinking about how twenty 
thousand dollars would solve all my problems. But I 
also knew that it would cause a regret I would never 
get over, and I was through making those kinds of easy 
mistakes.

While I stood there in shock over what just happened, I 
thought about Kim, and many things about her behavior 
came into focus. The way she treated her parents, why 
she acted the way she did, her desire to get fucked up 
all the time. Why didn't she tell me? Now I understood 
why she expressed her love for me the way she did, but 
why not share her problems with me? Especially when, as 
Mrs. Ross said, I'm the only thing keeping her togeth-

I'm leaving her.

The bathroom.

A tub.

Oh fuck!

I ran for the stairs and bounded up them two at a time, 
which was a big mistake because halfway up my foot 
missed one and I fell flat. My head slammed into the 
edge of a stair, which might have killed me if it 
hadn't been carpeted. But pain shot through my head so 
bad that I felt like I had to fight to remain 
conscious. I managed to get on my hands and knees and 
took some deep breaths. 

Through the pain there was a voice in my head screaming 
"GET UP THERE YOU STUPID BITCH!" I crawled up the 
stairs on my hands and knees until I got to the top, 
where I attempted standing. Luckily I grabbed the wall 
when my knees tried to buckle on me. Using it for 
support, I slid along as I walked to the bedroom door. 
Once there I managed to stand on my own two feet and 
carefully walked to the bathroom door. I could hear 
KMFDM's 'Anarchy' playing inside. My hand rested on the 
doorknob but I hesitated. I heard the lyric about blood 
and it reminded me of what I was probably about to walk 
into. At that moment I realized how much I really cared 
about Kim. Despite all the bullshit and how she acted, 
deep down I could really say that I loved her and mean 
it. A fine time to realize this, I know, but that's how 
it is with the things you never see coming. 

I turned the knob, hoping that this didn't all come too 
late.

***

STAY TUNED for the head-dropping, pill-popping, slut-
knocking, not-so-grandiose finale. And I promise there 
will be whipped cream in this one!

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This story was written as an adult fantasy. The author
does not condone the described behavior in real life.

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