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Except I don’t think most people in that situation have faces red as a tomato and hot as a coal

The door swung open and Shanna entered, groaning as she dumped her backpack on the floor “OH MY GOD, my paper’s finally done and emailed and I want a drink so BAD – ”

She stopped in her tracks, her mouth open, as she actually looked into the room for the first time What she saas Derek onhi him as I stared intently at a fistful of paper Oh, and my face probably looked sunburned

“…uhhhhh…” Shanna said, her face still frozen in shock

My eyes flickered up, then darted back to ,” I said loudly,on hysteria

The appropriate line in Shakespeare is The lady doth protest too much, methinks

Shanna was still too shocked to make fun of the situation

That came later, after she’d recovered her wits

But for now, she was entirely helpful and solicitous

“…okaaaay…” She pointed back towards the hallway “I could go get a drink at a bar and come back in, like, an hour – or two – ”

“Why?!” I asked,even louder and !”

The guilt pounding inside

For the first ti of Kevin… and my mother… and irlfriend and hu I was

“I should probably go,” Derek said

I looked over at hihtly a, but noas bored and it was getting late

Not at all like your average guy as about to score and then got stomped on the one-yard-line

In the back of ined how Kevin would have acted in the same situation

‘Pissed-off,’ ‘irritable,’ and ‘self-conscious’ were the top contenders

When I looked at Derek, though, he gave me a smile and a wink as he slid off the bed “Study hard, okay?”

Unfortunately, when he stood up, his erection was pretty damn obvious It was kind of cocked (pun intended) off-center froainst the front of his jeans