I had just turned twenty-one and was heading to a friend's party deep in the Valley. My buddies were already there and drunk, and I was determined to catch up. The night commenced with a bottle of Crown Royal Reserve and someone was rolling spliffs the entire time. Needless to say, we were all feeling loose and good.  My friend, whose party it was, let's call her Rachel, was my age and had a one-year-old, but you'd never...

To recap: While crashing with an ex (Naomi) one summer, we came dangerously close to a threesome with our mutual friend (Anika). Sadly, Naomi got cold feet and nothing wound up happening. She made it clear the next day that she did not want to have a threesome, but let me fuck her in the shower. After the shower, she reminded me that it was her roommate Caroline’s birthday and that we’d all be going out for drinks that ni...

To recap: While crashing with an ex (Naomi) one summer, we came dangerously close to a threesome with our mutual friend (Anika). Sadly, Naomi got cold feet and nothing wound up happening. I missed my alarm and made it late to work. I was late a lot that summer. Thankfully, my boss was sweet about it, and though I was wildly hungover, I managed to make it sound like I had been the DD the night before. She bought it, I thin...

We weren’t allowed to stay in the dorms over summer but I kept my job and would drive the hour and a half down the coast to work a day here, a day there. My ex had gotten a place off campus with a mutual friend of ours. They shared the house with a married couple who worked in the area. Naomi - my ex - and I weren’t on the best of terms; it was a messy, slow, and painful breakup, not made any easier by the fact that we we...