BEGINNING

Only darkness waited beyond the door marked BEGINNING. Susie hung back, a little afraid. Bonnie grabbed her arm.

"Come on," she said. "You worry too much. It's not like we're going to get caught in a time loop, doomed to an eternity of public humiliation, trapped in a temporal labyrinth where every turn leads to us losing our clothes, while all the while a tiny, cringing voice in the back of our minds begs for mercy, the torment and excitement getting worse with every second of trembling anticipation, knowing somewhere deep in our hearts that there's no escape from the everlasting naked shame, and perhaps somewhere in the depths of our souls a naughty little part of us secretly likes it..."

"Why do you say that?"

"No reason."

And she stepped through the door, dragging Susie behind her.