He’s on top of you and he wants to know why you won’t look at him.“What’s so fascinating in that corner over there?” He bites your earlobe. Pulls your face toward his. Laughs. You go limp. When it's over, you smile sweetly and kiss him goodbye, because it's the safest way out. It's the only way out. On the drive home, you take a sip from your water bottle and decide, since your mouth touched it, you’ll have to throw it away. You fumble your way to the bathroom and scrub your

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