I just want to be alone.

“No,” you say, keeping your body turned away from them, “I just want to be alone right now.”

Kylie says, “Oh, O.K.” You hear the two girls talk as they leave your room.

“Well, now what do you want to do?”

“I don’t know. You want to go see if Akima is busy?”

“Sure, she’s always fun to hang out with…” The two giggling voices trail off as they close the door behind them.

You sit up in your bed. This wasn’t the way you saw your week going. An offer of sexual servitude, almost getting throw out of school, and then pretending to be tortured in order to stay in.

You get Christine’s room key out of your pocket. You look at it and wonder just what she had in mind when she offered to help you. You are almost afraid of it being sex. Julie was so insatiable that she really wore you out. You aren’t sure if you could go another couple of rounds today.

There is a knock on your door. You answer it and see Carl, your friend and the guy who starts this whole thing by introducing you to Julie. You let him in.

“Hey John,” he says, “I heard that you got three hours in the Room.” An involuntary shudders runs through him. “Glad to see you’re in one piece.”

“No thanks to you,” you reply.

He throws up his hands, “Dude, I couldn’t say anything. They told me they wanted to make you the offer so I set you up. You’re actually fucking lucky. The last guy who turned them down got thrown out of school."

“Really?” you say dryly. You change the subject. “What do you know about Christine?”

“From the sorority? Not much. As far as I know she doesn’t talk to any of the studs. I think I heard she just had a nasty breakup with her boyfriend. She’s a real cutie though. Why?’

You tell a half-truth. “She just seemed concerned about me after…everything.”

He gives you a hard look. “Don’t get any ideas, man. If you try anything with any of the girls now….” Carl just shakes his head.

He leaves and you kill some time until ten o’clock. You put on some sunglasses and a large hat to try to hide your face and go to Christine’s dorm room. You pause in front of her door. She gave you a key. So, wouldn’t that mean she wants you to just come right in? Maybe you should knock. A touch of fear runs through you as you hear a group of laughing girls coming down the hall. It might be a good idea just to get the hell out of here.