I remembered the sex. I remembered the pain. I remembered the final orgasm and how mind-blowing it had felt. And that was it.

No jumble of emotions. No riot of images in my mind. Just the peaceful clarity of a wonderful orgasm.

I breathed in deeply, feeling the wonderful cool breeze of oxygen filling my lungs. And then with a relaxed smile, I went back to sleep.

“Good morning, ladies."

The three of them turned to look at me from around from the dining table. Danielle smiled warmly. Cherys had a naughty grin on her face. And E-Beth smirked, “How'd you sleep?"

“Very well." “And how was she?" E-Beth continued.

I chuckled.

"No comment."

Cherys remarked, “None is needed. We could all hear you two." My face paled.

“What, it carried that far?"

Danielle nodded.

“The whole house, and into the backyard. So yeah... everyone at the party heard you two."

I was now blushing as red as Alicia's hair had been.

“Ahem... well, uh. where is she?"

Just then, the toilet flushed from the hallway bathroom. I turned to look and then the door opened.

“Good lord, do you have any idea how much it hurts just to take a dump?" the new figure bitched as she walked out into the room. And then she saw me and stood up straight.

“Hi David.”

The flirty vamp from last night was gone. The severe makeup with the hard lines and overdone black mascara was gone, leaving nothing but her pretty face, clearly recognizable. Her hair was pulled back into a familiar ponytail, looking more strawberry-blonde than red in the morning light. She was wearing a casual set of pajamas that I recognized. And the clincher was the wire-rimmed glasses that she always wore in the mornings or when she was studying, perched right over her sky blue eyes.

I sighed.

“Good morning, Amber."

For a long thirty seconds, we both just looked at each other. Then, Danielle was the first to announce, "I think we're done with breakfast, don't you?"

Cherys was quick to say, “Yeah. Uh, E-Beth, do you think you can give us a hand outside? There's still a lot of cleanup we need to do in the backyard."

“Right with you."

Hurriedly, the three girls scurried away, leaving Amber and I alone.

“Why?" I mimed around her head to the hair.