Alex reflects on life and her future... with the help of a lot of sex.

Alex found herself a lethargic, sweaty, messy, sticky, satisfied mess.

She had done her best to work on Hope’s pussy, but Mike’s glorious cock and the pounding he was giving her flooded vagina simply drove her to distraction. It didn’t turn out to be a problem, however, since another wandering cock got Hope’s attention, so Alex didn’t feel so guilty about once again failing to get a girl to orgasm. So Alex opted to flip back on to her back, to allow her breasts to swing freely again instead of being pressed up against the padded table top.

Hope was on her back as well, having stopped filming for the first time in a while, and finding room on the table once Cassie and Jared vacated their spot in favor of the carpeted floor. Even at opposite sides of the table, they had found their faces next to each other’s, if seemingly upside down. Almost by instinct, they were lightly making out, Alex enjoyed the taste of her lips and tongue as they were both happily speared by their respective partners.

Mike was still working his usual magic on her. The man’s cock belonged in a museum. Even as full of cum as her pussy was – and with Mike having blown his load inside her four times now on top of Jared’s two creampies from earlier – every thrust hit what felt like every pleasure center in her pussy. He wasn’t even using his mouth or tongue or fingers on her, which she knew to be very effective tools of his, only fucking her with his massive cock, which alone was enough to send her into orgasm after orgasm. She’d lost count of the number of time she’s climaxed since lunch started.

And she was certainly happy enough to let herself fall into the pleasure. Her whole world right now was Hope’s lips and Mike’s dick, and the wonderful feelings those things were providing her. She moaned into the extended kiss she shared with Hope, who moaned right back.

The beeping of a phone’s alarm startled Alex. Her eyes bulged open, and she looked around frantically.

The alarm stopped, and Cassie pulled herself back onto the table. She looked thoroughly fucked. “Time’s up,” she said sweetly.

“Nononononono…” Alex moaned. Cassie was the master of the twat block it seemed.

“Can I cum?” Mike asked. He had the presence of mind to keep fucking Alex, much to her delight.

“Oh, yeah. It just, you know, won’t count.”

Mike leaned down and whispered in Alex’s ear, “I want to cum between your tits.”

Alex grinned. “You’d better!” she said loudly, probably louder than was entirely necessary. She turned to Hope. “Camera, camera, camera, camera,” she started chanting.

Mike got the picture, and made it a point to keep fucking Alex until she was ready. Hope maneuvered a bit to her side, apparently (and understandably) unwilling to stop fucking her partner, and scrambled for Alex’s phone. Finding it on the table, she quickly aimed it at Alex and tapped a few buttons.

“Um, rolling,” Hope said, holding the camera as still as she could manage while still taking a vigorous fucking.

Mike pulled out of Alex’s pussy, letting an impressive amount of cum drain on to the table. He slid up the table, placing his knees around Alex, and dropped his big dick on to her chest. She took her breasts and wrapped up his cock with her generous titflesh. He started thrusting, his dick sticking out just enough for Alex to get a lick of it each time it reached her face. Cassie was right, the taste was amazing.

Being the sex master that he was, when Mike started cumming, he was able to time each jet so it sprayed her at the apex of every thrust. Alex squealed as his orgasm took him. The first blast hit her in the tongue and chin, the second across her neck, the third creating a line of cum from her neck to her chest, line after line of hot sticky man juice covered her neck and chest. Once he finally got off of her, she was happily coated and feeling extremely satisfied, a dopey grin plastered on her face.

“That was awesome,” Hope breathed, putting the phone back down. She put her head back to the mat and enjoyed her partner’s cock.

Alex finally leaned her head back and looked up at the guy fucking Hope. He was a good looking Latino. “Sup,” she said casually, catching her breath.

“Hey, how’s it goin’?” he replied. No discernable accent.

Cassie crawled up Alex’s body, lavishing her with kisses. Alex took two handfuls of Cassie’s hair into her hands.

“God you’re beautiful,” Cassie said, licking some of the cum from Alex’s chest. “Here I was thinking I was corrupting a prude worlder. But seeing you like that? I could just eat you up.”

“Bitch, you want to eat me, my pussy’s down there.”

Cassie laughed. “I walked right into that one, didn’t I?” She made her way back down Alex’s body, and started licking her flooded pussy. “Mmm! All this cum!” she cheered, starting to lick and suck the remains of the mini-gangbang.

Alex crooked a finger to Mike. “Bring that dick over here,” she cooed. “I want a better taste.”

Mike did as he was instructed, and Alex took the head of his cock into her mouth. Like earlier in the gym, it just wasn’t possible to suck down the whole thing. She hummed around it, enjoying the mixed flavors of cum, Alex’s own pussy, and the meaty flavor of Mike’s cock itself.

Alex shuddered through another mini orgasm, as Cassie wasn’t going for effect but instead just having her share. Alex felt like a wet noodle on the table, even as she was still somehow having sex, she felt drained and exhausted.

Then her stomach growled. Angrily. Apparently a diet of cum isn’t enough for a growing young high school student.

She let Mike’s cock go and turned to Hope. “Hey, I have a question.”

“Uh huh?” Hope asked, moaning. Alex was happy Hope’s partner was treating her right.

“Where did you get the Cup o’ Noodles?” Alex all but begged. “And do you have another?”

“What?” Hope laughed, before bursting into giggles. Even Cassie stopped eating Alex out at the question.

“I’m serious,” Alex moaned. “I’m starving, and I wouldn’t feed the cafeteria food to hungry Rottweilers.”

Hope recovered long enough to answer. “You have some weird priorities, prude worlder. Why didn’t you eat first?”

“I was too busy eating dick!” Alex protested.

She sighed. “There’s a vending machine right outside. Take a left when you leave the cafeteria.”

“Thank you!” She gave Hope a quick kiss and scrambled up, grabbed her purse and phone, and made a mad dash for the door.

She could hear the laughter of the table behind her.

The vending machine was right where Hope said it was going to be, though Alex regretted leaving her sandals in the lunch room. It seemed simple enough. Pay the dollar, it spits a sealed soup with a plastic fork. Take off the plastic wrap, take the lid off, and stick it into a hot water dispenser built into the machine.

Alex looked in her purse. Out of cash, damnit. It didn’t have a card reader, but it did have a tap-to-pay reader. She grabbed her phone, and hoped that it worked like the Transfer Coordinator said. She turned on her bank app, and tapped the phone to the reader.

It beeped, and the display responded to make her selection. “Yes!” she whispered excitedly. Ah, such simple things to bring such joy. She picked a basic chicken flavor, ripped off and tossed the plastic wrap as soon as it came down, and put it in the hot water dispenser.

As she waited for the water to pour, she felt someone behind her spreading her legs open. Really? Now? she thought to herself, as she put her hands on the vending machine, steadying herself for the inevitable fuck. Not that she minded after all, but she did want to get back to her friends.

Sure enough, she found herself moaning as a new cock pushed its way inside her pussy. Whoever he was, he was nice enough to reach around and play with her clit as he fucked her. They fucked with a quick, needy pace. She was reminded of the guy in line for Melanie’s detention, this wasn’t sex between friends or lovers, this was just a guy’s need to stick his dick in an available cunt, and Alex’s happened to be available. At least he was making sure she felt good too.

And it wasn’t like Alex was opposed to yet another random dick inside her. It didn’t make much sense to be in this big wonderful world with all these cocks and pussies and not take the time to sample what was available.

Holy shit, she thought to herself. Her worldview had completely changed in the last, what, four hours? Five? She realized that her old world had shattered just that morning when she let herself be taken in by Cassie and Jared. That was the very moment where all these endless possibilities entered her mind; it was when she realized that there was a whole world out there to have sex with, that finding pleasure would be so easy and not a chore, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with that.

And despite being supremely fucked not a few minutes earlier, the attention still felt great. Here she was, getting fucked yet again, and despite being tired, hungry, worn out, and she would have thought stretched out by Mike’s dick, but she found herself with a big smile on her face, moaning at the newest invitee to her well-used pussy. Why shouldn’t she get fucked again? It wasn’t like having an unattended to pussy was improving her life or anything.

She fucked back against her mystery partner. They hadn’t been having sex long, maybe a minute or two. Alex’s soup had filled up with hot water, and she wanted to get her guy cumming so she could get back to her friends. And incidentally, she wanted to get her sandals back on. Nudity was great, and there was a high chance that clothing her body would be a thing of the past, but her feet weren’t happy with the rough concrete. She still had a lot to learn about navigating this strange, sexy new world.

It didn’t take long for him to pull out of her pussy and spray his cum all over her back and ass. The warm liquid felt great on her skin. He kept playing with her pussy using his hand, but Alex just grabbed her soup, ready to eat. “It’s cool, dude,” Alex said. “Thanks anyway, but I want to get back to my friends.”

She finally turned to look at him with a smile. A good looking black kid, maybe a freshman? He had a youthful energy to him, and boasted a warm and friendly smile. “All right, cool. See you around!”

“Yeah, you too,” Alex replied. She started stirring her soup with the dinky plastic fork that came with it. She never thought she’d be looking forward to cheap ramen quite this much, but as hungry as she was, it was incredibly appetizing.

She blew on the hot liquid as she walked back into the lunch room, she once again found something to surprise her. At a far off table, there was her big brother Pat, being ridden by a cute, nerdy looking brunette with a long face and wearing an open vest as she ate her awful cafeteria food. At the same time at his table, a curvy blond girl was being fucked from behind by another guy.

“Way to go Patrick,” she whispered to herself. She thought about saying hello, but she decided against it. While she would have thought that Rachel was the shyest of the siblings, their earlier phone call made it clear that it was Pat who deserved that title. She didn’t want to freak the poor boy out. They’d catch up later.

She made her way back to her own table, and was greeted by the site of Hope on her back, her twin brother Mike on top of her, thrusting into her pussy like the practiced lovers they were. Unlike Alex, Hope was able to take Mike’s huge dick all the way to the hilt. Alex was mesmerized. This was the first time she’d ever watched siblings having sex, and they were beautiful together. Cassie and Jared were cuddling and lightly petting each other on top of the table; Alex hopped up to join them. Cassie instantly wrapped Alex up with her free arm. Alex put down her meal for a second, turned to Cassie, and gave her a deep, soulful kiss.

“Mmm,” Cassie hummed as they broke the kiss. “What was that for?”

“Thank you,” Alex asked. “If I hadn’t run into you this morning, I don’t think I’d be able to take all this. Whatever you woke up in me, I love it. I’ve never been happier.”

“Aww, you’re sweet.”

She turned back towards the Abbey twins making love. Hope had her brother’s face in her hands, their tongues dancing with each other.

“And you started without me,” Alex pouted.

“Oh, no,” Cassie replied. “Mike’s just getting lubed up.”

That made a strange sort of Sexworld sense. Get ready to fuck someone’s ass by getting their cock slicked up in the girl’s pussy first. But how would that work if you were going to fuck a guy’s ass…? Wait, that’s obvious, find a girl to lube up with first. And failing that, if this school’s layout was any indication, lube dispensers were paired with hand sanitizer.

After a few bites of her food, she picked up her phone and sent a quick text to Rachel. [OMG, Nerd, I just saw Pat getting his fuck on in the lunchroom! He was banging a cute brunette with glasses. So sexy!]

Her notification beeped back almost immediately. [Sounds hot! Sorry I missed it. :( I just had some fun with my roommates.]

[ooooo. I guess all three of us are finding fun “things” to do in our new world!]

[Nice! How about you? What are you up to?]

Alex snapped a picture of Mike and Hope, and sent it to Rachel. [I just got done with a nice little beginner’s gangbang, and now I’m enjoying the show! Check it out! Twins!]

There was a pause where Alex was able to take another couple of bites before Rachel texted back. [Wow. Like, real twins or they just look alike?]

[Real twins. Hope and Michael Abbey. They’re awesome!]

[No way. That’s so dirty. Told me about Hope earlier? You’ve done both, rite? :)]

[Duh. They’re two of my closest friends in Sexworld. Of course I’ve fucked them. :P]

[Which one do you like having sex with more?] It may have been text, but Alex could just hear Rachel’s rarely used teasing-voice.

[Both! Hope is cute as hell and has a wicked tongue, and Mike’s cock is AMAZING. :D Hopefully I can introduce you guys some time. But seriously, check this out, this is Mike:]

Alex did a super quick edit of the titfuck video Hope took of them, cutting out Hope’s awkward intro, and sent it to Rachel’s phone. The upload would take a bit; the school’s Wi-Fi wasn’t great.

Cassie untangled herself from her lovers, and reached out to slap Mike on the shoulder. “You guys ready?”

Hope and Mike gave each other one more big kiss. They both had excited, flirty smiles on their faces. Alex’s heart skipped a beat at the scene, they looked so perfect together, it was hard to imagine they were anything other than soulmates. She tried hard not to be a romantic, but Alex wished deep in her heart that she could find someone someday to share that kind of connection with.

Mike pulled out of Hope’s sloppy pussy and they both stood up. Mike lay back down on the table, his magnificent, hard cock sticking straight up into the air.

Alex grabbed her phone. She wanted to capture every second of this. She hoped the recording wouldn’t mess with the upload.

Hope climbed on top of Mike facing away from him, and lined up his cock with her forbidden rear entrance. Alex hopped off the table and lined up the shot from the floor; and she had everything in the shot; Mike’s cock, Hope’s pussy and ass, her long legs and tight stomach, and her tiny, perky tits. But most importantly, she had a shot of Hope’s hungry, almost predatory face. This was clearly an encounter she was looking forward to.

“You getting this?” Hope asked.

Alex merely nodded and gave a thumbs up.

She watched as Hope started sinking down. Her practiced ass opened up to allow in her brother’s monster phallus, though she still slid down slowly. They were both moaning openly. She slowly let her ass get impaled by the monster dick. The look on her face was one of pure bliss, like there was nothing more perfect in the world than her brother’s massive cock filling up her tight ass. Alex was getting incredibly horny herself just watching it happen. While she liked the idea of anal sex, her desire to start using that orifice was more perfunctory – anal was expected, so better to get used to it. But now, seeing Hope’s ass greedily sucking in Mike’s huge pole, she started to feel a real need, like her lack of anal experience was holding her back from new depths of pleasure.

Hope bottomed out on Mike’s cock. The moan that came out of her sounded almost inhuman, like all the sexual tension on the entire planet was being released from her lips. Alex’s own pussy quivered in anticipation.

“I miss you,” Mike breathed.

“Don’t be dumb,” Hope said as she started to rock back and forth on Mike’s cock. “We see each other every day.”

“I miss falling asleep with you,” Mike said. This was another Moment, but despite the lewd assfucking, Alex was tempted to put away the camera. This seemed strangely private.

“I miss having you in my arms,” Mike continued. “I miss feeling your body in bed. Come home, Hope.”

“I’m not going to do that, Mike,” she replied. “You want us back so badly, come move in to the center with me.” She sighed, moving around on his dick.

Alex didn’t want to ask. Hope mentioned she was no longer living at home, there was clearly more to the story. Alex could sympathize, she hadn’t really gotten along with her dad in months. Maybe longer, if she admitted it. If she could move out, be on her own like Hope was, she might just take that chance.

Hope, now comfortable with the big cock in her ass, started gyrating her hips more rapidly. Mike grabbed her hips and started fucking into her, they looked like they were loosening up and having fun.

Alex loved watching as Mike’s cock penetrated Hope’s ass. It looked so different from when a pussy gets fucked. She’d seen it in porn of course, but it looked so different with real people doing it right in front of her. And Hope looked positively radiant. Alex had seen her having sex a few times now, but nothing like this. Her whole body glowed with sexual energy, and her pussy was clearly heaving with each thrust of her brother’s cock.

Alex could no longer help herself; she put down her phone and simply dove into Hope’s pussy. She licked and sucked it full ****, stuffing two fingers inside the blonde and going after her clit with everything she had. No more playing around, she didn’t care of Cassie tried to stop her for the sake of her games. Hope looked too delicious to ignore, and Alex was going to make her cum or die trying.

“Oh, fuck!” Hope cried out. She was quivering and shaking.

Alex could tell Hope was very close to a big orgasm. She was aware that the culprit was clearly Mike and his magical dick, but that wasn’t going to stop Alex from doing her best.

“Keep going, keep going,” Hope whispered. She sounded delicious.

Alex felt someone once again opening her legs. There was a small part of her that didn’t want sex right now and preferred to keep working on Hope, but that part of her was losing to the part of her that realized that she’d been without attention paid to her pussy in several minutes.

And that was the crux of her new life in this world, right there. Maybe she’d eventually exhaust herself, maybe she’d eventually tire of the constant sex, but maybe, just maybe, this what her body was born to do. She moaned into Hope’s vagina as the newest cock entered her from behind. It felt familiar, like Jared’s. He wasn’t fucking her very hard, just keeping himself occupied. Alex was quietly thankful for the distraction, and remembering Ms. Bichir’s lesson from that morning, she kept breathing and continued attending to Hope’s pussy.

“Fuck… fuck… ooh…” Hope kept whimpering under the double ****. And then a miracle happened. Hope tensed up, and her pussy clamped down on Alex’s finger. Alex sucked down Hope’s clit, enjoying the ride as the beautiful blonde came hard. She lapped up Hope’s delicious juices as the flowed from her, and enjoyed the feeling of her quaking against her. It was one of the most beautiful and erotic things she’d ever experienced.

Even after Hope’s orgasm, Alex continued to lap at her flushed pussy for a bit, enjoying Jared’s cock lightly fucking her. Her intense need had evaporated.

“I think…” Hope panted. “You passed your first lesson.”

Alex smiled, lifted herself up, and gave Hope’s pussy a little pat. “I think your little quim needs a big ol’ dick to fill it up. What do you think?”

“Please and thank you,” Hope replied, a wicked glint in her eyes.

Alex pulled herself off of Jared’s dick. She turned to look at him, he looked more relaxed then Alex remembered him seeing today. “Jared, fuck her good. She’s important to me.”

Jared gave have her a thumbs up, and started moving towards the anally impaled Hope. But before he entered her, she tapped him on the shoulder. “Oh, Jared, one more thing.”

“Yeah?”

She whispered in his ear. “Um, when you’re done with Hope, can you please fuck my ass? Mike’s too big for me today, but after watching Hope like this, I have to have it.”

Jared just smiled and wordlessly kissed her. For all his stoicism, he had sweet and romantic side. Cassie was lucky to be together with him.

Alex grabbed her phone and started recording again. Her battery was nearly gone; she’d have to charge it next class. She stood on the table and aimed the camera down at Hope’s cunt as Jared pushed himself into her. Hope screamed with passion and joy, her howl filling the room. Alex turned around to see if Pat had taken notice, but upon examining the table she saw him at just minutes ago, he was already gone.

Once the sandwiched Hope and her two cocks found their rhythm, Alex finally put her phone away and sat next to Cassie. As was quickly becoming habit, Cassie put an arm over Alex’s shoulder and cuddled in next to her. Alex gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before Cassie melted into Alex’s shoulder.

She happily ate her soup in silence, watching Hope get expertly double-stuffed. Sitting there, watching the display, she realized that she was feeling a peace that she’d never even realized she’d wanted. She was a raging nympho. She loved sex. No more repressing those urges, no more shoving them down. She could move on with her life feeling satisfied, and never have to worry about what other people thought, or how they’d treat her. She’d never have to be worried she’d get fired from a job for fucking a coworker. She’d never be shamed out of town for having sex with a woman. If she got the reputation as the town slut, in this world, that just meant more attention.

And she wasn’t alone anymore! Alex grew up believing her sex drive and desires were wrong. But now she was surrounded by people just like her. Sure, not everyone was as content as Alex was to just bang everyone, but who said they’d have to be? She was surrounded by people who were comfortable with their bodies, comfortable with sex, and if a potential encounter came their way, would they really say no?

And just the sheer sexiness of it all was intoxicating. She was watching her beautiful blonde friend, an unlikely acquaintance she met through a testing of boundaries, be utterly consumed by pleasure. This wasn’t anything like the rough, animalistic DPs she watched on her computer, these were three people who cared about each other and wanted to give each other as much pleasure as they could manage. All three were moaning and clearly having a very good time, and Hope boasted the naughtiest, most sexual grin that Alex had ever seen.

Of course, there was the natural Master of Ceremonies, little Cassie with her disproportionately large tits. They were almost Alex’s size and Alex had a good nine inches of height on her! But Cassie, she was the one responsible for all this, in her own way. Sure, Alex had gotten distracted that morning, but without Cassie to draw her into the world of pleasure she was now a part of, she would have been a lost, dazed, and confused little lamb. Ms. Bichir definitely sealed the deal, but Alex couldn’t help but think that without Cassie getting the ball rolling, she would have run away at the spectacle of Ms. Bichir’s tight, toned, beautiful body riding Dean’s dick.

Her phone beeped with another notification.

[HOTHOTHOTHOTHOT! :0 :0 :0 WOOOOOOOOOOOOW]

Alex smiled. The little video Alex sent earlier definitely reached its mark.

Cassie saw the text. “Your sister seems cool. What’s she like?”

“She’s my best friend,” Alex replied honestly. “She’s this sexy little ball of energy, kind of like you, really. I don’t think she ever really knew just how beautiful she was. And she’s soooo smart. Way smarter than me. But the real thing about her is… she listens, you know? She listens and she doesn’t judge. When Dad told us we were moving to Sexworld, I was excited, but I was scared, too. Like, really scared. Scared out of my nutsack scared.”

Cassie reached down and gave Alex’s pussy a light touch. “I can tell. It’s completely gone!”

Alex kissed the top of Cassie’s head, then turned back to the show. “Rach got me through it. She got my head in the game. She’s my rock.”

“You know I’m going to fuck her brains out, right?” Cassie asked. “I have to for taking care of my girl!”

“Damn right you are,” Alex said. “You and Jared and Hope and Mike and maybe even me and… Hell, maybe even Pat, I want all of us to show Rachel a good time. Oh, who else? That Emily chick is pretty cool. Oh yeah, and Trish. Hmm… might need more cock.” Alex shook herself out of yet another distraction. “But yeah, lots of orgasms for Rachel. She deserves it.”

“Who’s Pat?” Cassie asked.

Alex instinctively turned back towards his table, before remembering he had already left.

“My brother. I’ve been having… weird feelings about him today.”

“Weird? Weird how?”

“Weird like I want to fuck him,” Alex replied with a frown.

Cassie giggled, and pointed at the DP in front of them. “That’s not weird.”

“It’s super weird where I come from,” she replied. “Like, maybe go to jail weird.”

“Do you love him?” Cassie asked.

“Of course. He’s my brother.”

“Does he have a nice cock?”

“Um…” Alex actually found herself thinking about it. “Yeah. Yeah, I’d say so.”

“Then what’s the problem? This is Sexworld.” Cassie kissed Alex’s shoulder. “Go ahead and fuck him. Sounds like it’d be a pretty crazy lay.”

She thought about the sexual tension released as Mike and Hope started fucking, and they’d been apart, what, a few hours? The old rules were gone. Maybe she should just give in to the forbidden temptation. Her pussy twitched with the idea. It was such a dark and forbidding thought, but so utterly sexy too. Her own brother!?

Mike was the first to cum. Alex couldn’t see too much, but she could see him stiffen she heard him moan. It was the same roar he gave when they were Power-fucking in gym.

That all just set Hope off into, if anything, even more wild of an orgasm than the one she’d had with Alex and Mike ten minutes ago. She bucked up and down on the cocks penetrating her, shaking like she was having a seizure. It was absolutely beautiful.

“I’m sorry I missed you cum with those guys,” Alex whispered in Cassie’s ear.

“They were okay,” Cassie whispered back. “I want what she’s getting.”

“Me too!”

Then the bell rang.

A disappointment sat in the pit of her stomach, with only ten minutes to get showered and off to class, there wasn’t time for Jared to properly take her anal virginity, at least not in any way that wasn’t frantic and almost certainly without pleasure.

Jared could see it as well, and frowned apologetically at Alex. She just smiled at him. “Later,” she mouthed at him.

Watching as the trio kept fucking, Alex picked up her phone and texted Rachel. [Just missed my chance at anal. :( :( :( Please tell me you’re doing something fun.]

Alex put the phone back into her purse, and watched the rest of the threesome finish. At least Hope was having fun. It was another minute or so before Jared, like usual, declared that he was cumming. Hope’s only answer was to push her tiny titties towards him, and Jared pulled out and sprayed his cum all over her tight stomach and chest, with one jet of cum splashing the side of her neck.

As Hope disengaged from her boys, Alex and Cassie both attacked Hope with their tongues, licking every drop of cum off of her chest. Alex loved the sound of Hope moaning at the cleanup job, she sounded content.

Alex giggled to herself as she took one of Hope’s nipples into her mouth, licking the cum away and playing with the nub using her tongue. There’d always be another chance to get a dick up her ass. But friends like these, that was the greatest gift she could ask for.