John wants to help

The two of them talked a little more, sharing horror stories they had heard of AGS patients being captured by malevolent actors. These stories weren't helping either John's or Veronica's stress levels.

John did his best to keep her calm, "you're safe here for now. It's late. Let's sleep on it and try to figure something out in the morning."

She did her best to smile and asked, "really?"

"Yeah," he yawned and smiled, "I'll keep you safe."

"Of course you will," she agreed a little too enthusiastically. John had momentarily forgot he was dealing with an AGS sufferer. He thought about it and decided she had had a hard enough day. He gave her his best reassuring smile, "you can relax when you're with me. Get something to eat if you want. You should treat this like it's your own apartment. You don't need to be shy."

"Thank you so much, John," she hugged him again. She concluded, "I'm going to take a shower."

Veronica stood up and pulled her T-shirt over her head, giving John a brief but clear view of her tits, bare and perfectly at eye-level.

She turned and walked toward the bathroom, leaving John open-mouthed, looking at her naked back as she walked away.

He muttered to himself, "your own place... don't be shy" as the bathroom door closed.

When she emerged from the bathroom, she was wearing clothes, which gave John a prayer of behaving reasonably. He managed to tell her, "my moron roommate failed out and didn't come back after break. You can sleep in his room."

He guided her to the second bedroom and went to bed himself.

As John fell asleep, intrusive thoughts returned. He had seen Veronica's tits. He had spent a lot of time imagining them since puberty slammed into both of them, and they were even better than he could have hoped.

Over the years, how many times had he taken a sly look at Veronica's ass or tits? How many times had his teenage hormones made him jerk off thinking about her? How could he not take advantage of the gift sleeping in the next room?

But she was one of his oldest friends. How could he?