He heads home, worn out

Overall, Rot decided, it had been a pretty good day. In the future, all that martial arts training had just made him more of a dweeb. Here, though, it meant not having to back down to the bullies. And considering that some of those bullies were also rapists, there were bound to be more grateful females.

He was halfway down the hill from his school when a Volkswagen bug pulled next to him. "Need a lift, sailor."

Colleen was driving, with Briana in the passenger seat.

"I'm a little long to squeeze into that thing."

"Rumor has it that you've been squeezing that long thing into lots of places." Colleen licked her lips.

Briana blushed and giggled at her sister's statement.

"Anyway," Briana said, "mom and dad are at some church meeting and won't be back until late. So, if you wanted to come hang at our house, I guess you could."

It was a tough choice, Rot's mother and sister were probably home. Wendy would expect to continue working on their French and maybe Mrs. Horikuru would offer more help with 'training.' Then there was Joey who definitely deserved the date Rot had promised her. The first time through, Rot had never had ANY good options. Now, he had more than he could deal with.