Peer Pressure [S.Barber]

[05] FIRE CROTCH

Early the next morning, Lana walked to her locker, putting in her combination. In truth, she had very mixed feelings about last night with Stanley. They were both high, for one, which she always promised herself would never happen.

Another thing was that she was afraid to she would fall into the same trap her mother did. Getting high, and or drunk, all the time and having sex with every man in her sight.

Cutting her thoughts short, was a familiar voice. "Lana." Stanley smiles a she shuts her locker, her eyes widening as he is revealed.

Her heart pounds, her palms growing sweaty. "Stan. Hi." She breathes out. Well, this is awkward.

"Well, I'll be off to class now." She chuckles anxiously, spinning around and beginning to walk away. "Aren't you gonna say something? You haven't even said a word to me since last night." Stanley calls.

She stops in her tracks, shutting her eyes and taking in a deep breath. "Stan.." she slowly begins to walk closer to him.

"We were both.. high." She purses her lips. "Okay.." Stanley furrows his eyebrows. "And when someone is high.. they make mistakes." Lana adds, instantly regretting it.

"You think it was a mistake?" He asks, hurt. "No! No— that came out wrong. Forget— Forget I ever said that." She sighs, running a hand through her hair.

"What I meant to say was, that I wasn't in the right mind to be making that kind of decision. And neither were you. And.. I think you're really cool, Stan, but maybe we should.. you know, chill?" She scratches the back of her neck, Stanley sighing.

"Chill. Uh, okay. I'm chill. Totally chill." He nods. "That's the spirit." Lana lightly nudges him, wanting to just run away. "I'm gonna— I'm just gonna go to class.." She trails.

"We have the same first period." Stanley tells. "Oh— Uh.." she pauses. "I'll give you a head start. Just go." He nods.

"Head start, right. Thanks." She awkwardly smiles, then speed walks away.

"Good going, Stan. Fucked it all up." He mutters under his breath, lightly hitting his head against a locker.

***

"And yes, during arousal, there is an increase in all sorts of things, including adrenaline and, of course, blood flow, and the blood flow continues down and then gets trapped within the corpora cavernosa." Mr. File explains to the class.

"The penis expands, and this is how the Homo sapien male is able to hold an erection." He concludes. Bradley raises his hand, gaining the man's attention.