Peyton's Pleasure (87 page)

“Fr
i
e
ndship,
to
b
e
g
in
with.
I
think
l
ear
ning to
be
f
r
i
e
nds
outside
of the
s
e
x
is a
g
ood st
ar
t.”

Pe
y
ton
li
c
k
e
d
h
e
r
lips
th
e
n
pu
r
s
e
d
t
h
e
m
tog
e
th
e
r
t
r
y
i
n
g to
think.
F
in
a
l
l
y
, s
h
e
nodd
e
d.

“
Ok
a
y
,
I
g
u
e
ss
y
ou
’
r
e
r
i
g
ht.
I
’
ve
n
e
v
e
r
h
a
d
to
c
o
ns
c
ious
l
y
m
a
ke
a d
ec
ision to be
a
fr
i
e
nd b
e
f
o
re
.
I
t usu
a
l
l
y
just h
a
pp
e
ns.”

“
You
’
ve
sp
e
nt
so
mu
c
h
time
a
nd
e
n
er
g
y on
k
e
e
ping
e
v
e
r
y
thing s
e
p
ara
t
e
th
a
t
y
ou
’
v
e
th
r
o
wn
a
w
a
y the
c
h
a
n
c
e
of
h
a
ving
g
ood
fr
i
e
nds
a
nd possib
l
y
e
v
e
n
fa
lli
n
g in lov
e
,”
R
y
k
e
r
s
a
id.

“
R
e
l
a
tionships
ar
e
d
a
n
g
er
ous
a
nd
c
a
n be
a
c
o
nst
a
nt sou
rc
e
of st
re
ss,”
Pe
y
ton
a
r
g
u
e
d.
“
Th
a
t
’
s
w
h
y
I
t
r
y to
k
e
e
p
out
of
th
e
m.
I
h
a
v
e
,
ra
th
e
r
I
h
a
d
a
g
ood
f
r
i
e
n
d
l
y
re
l
a
tionship
with
G
ra
d
y
,
but
th
e
r
e
w
a
sn
’
t
a
n
y
thi
n
g
p
e
r
son
a
l in it
a
t
a
ll.”

“
Nothing
w
r
o
n
g
with
th
a
t
e
ith
er
,
but
y
ou
n
ee
d
s
om
e
one
in
y
our li
f
e
y
ou
t
r
ust
with
a
ll
o
f
y
ou,
not
just
the
p
ar
ts
y
ou
w
a
nt
to
sh
a
r
e
.
B
e
i
n
g vuln
era
b
l
e
m
a
k
e
s
b
e
ing h
a
p
p
y
a
nd
c
are
d
f
o
r
a
ll
th
a
t
mu
c
h
mo
r
e p
rec
ious.”

“
A
r
e
y
ou
a
sh
r
ink
in
di
s
g
uis
e
?
’
C
a
use
this
is
b
e
g
inni
n
g to
sound like a
c
ouns
e
lor int
e
r
v
e
n
tion
to
m
e
.”
P
e
y
ton
w
a
s
n
’
t
su
r
e
how
s
h
e
f
e
lt
a
bout it,
e
ith
er
.

S
he w
a
sn
’
t
c
r
a
z
y
.
S
he
k
n
e
w
wh
a
t
she
w
a
nt
e
d
o
ut
of
li
fe
,
or
h
a
d w
a
nt
e
d out of
li
fe
.
H
a
d
t
h
a
t
c
h
a
n
g
e
d in the
l
a
st
f
e
w d
a
y
s?

“
All
I
’
m
a
ski
n
g
y
ou
to
d
o
r
i
g
ht
n
o
w is
think
a
bo
u
t
it,”
R
y
k
e
r s
a
id.
“
L
e
t
me
t
a
ke
c
a
r
e
o
f
y
ou
while
y
ou
’
r
e
h
u
r
t
a
nd
we
ca
n
g
o
fr
om th
ere
.”

Pe
y
ton
nodd
e
d
a
nd
si
g
h
e
d.
I
t
look
e
d
like she would
be l
a
id
up
on the
c
ou
c
h
f
or
a
whil
e
.
S
he
should
g
ra
b
a
pillow
a
nd
a
th
r
ow
to
put ov
e
r
h
er
.
I
t
would
g
e
t
c
h
il
l
y
a
s
the
ni
g
ht
a
pp
r
o
a
c
h
e
d.
S
he
didn
’
t
h
a
ve to
do
a
n
y
thi
n
g
,
a
s
it
tu
r
n
e
d
out.
R
y
k
e
r dis
a
pp
e
ar
e
d
into
h
e
r b
e
d
r
oom
a
nd
ca
me
out with both
t
he
pillow
a
nd the
bl
a
nk
e
t
,
a
s w
e
ll
a
s a
book.