The bright mid-morning sun often illuminates my walk across campus from my morning classes as it fights through the ever-present autumn gray of the east-coast sky. The late September air sends a shuddering chill up my spine as the light breeze occasionally finds it way up my bare legs and under my plaid skirt with my striding gate. Each step along the stone walkways that snake along between the old brick buildings and across the finely manicured lawns bringing me closer to the warm solitude of the dorm-room that I and my dorm-mate Jane now call 'home'. My pace quickens as I near the end of my short trek, becoming increasingly excited, as I've become quite accustomed to my considerate room mate's practice of setting out the makings for a nice cup of hot chocolate for me as she leaves for her Bio-Chem. tutorial.
University life was not how I'd pictured it as I was growing up and preparing to leave my rural home for the first time. Stepping out from under the shadow cast by two loving, yet over-protective parents, and the binds of an all-girl Catholic school, was supposed to be a liberating and enlightening experience. Yet, beyond the drunken 'frosh-week' grab and grope sessions with a couple of drunken fraternity pledges, I'd not yet experienced the liberation, or the enlightenment that my overactive 18 year-old imagination had promised. In fact, living in such close quarters with someone who, until 3 weeks ago, was a complete stranger, only served to restrict me further, as I had little opportunity to partake in my self-pleasuring practices of my earlier teen years. Except for the morning's that Jane had her Bio-Chem. tutorials.
I spy the results of Jane's thoughtful deed on my desk as I cross the threshold of our dorm-room. The electric kettle is filled with water, placed next to my mug, which contains the packet of hot chocolate and a spoon. I shed my book-bag and coat, closing the seemingly ancient oak door behind me. The kettle, still warm from Jane's earlier preparation of her own soothing mug of dark brown solace, takes little time to heat the water contained inside. My first sip sends a familiar shiver down my spine, creating peculiar distortions to the front of my blouse as my nipples spring to life, as if in an effort to escape the bounds of my lacey lilac colored bra. As the soothing effects of my drink take hold, I relax deeper into my desk-chair, intermittently pinching and plucking at the now erect tissue that rubs and chafes on the inner layer of my pastel undergarment.