"Well Mr Hawkins, I believe you're on the right track forward."
A woman with dark hair sat at her wooden desk, behind her on the office wall had a stretching banner with the words 'Miss Koriagis'. This was the office of the guidance careers councillor for our High School, she was a woman in her mid-thirties who gave out advice and offered assistance to us as we prepared to enter the next chapter of our lives.
Personally, I appreciated her guidance.
It was nice to have someone at the school who genuinely cared about our future, wanting us to have success outside of school, finding the right college or career.
"I appreciate your help Miss," I responded with a smile on my face.
"That's just my job," she replied, "But before you go, I did have one piece of advice."
I was already out of my seat when she said that, I nodded, waiting for her to continue.
"I've noticed you've been spending a lot of time with a certain few girls..." she said, trying to be careful with the way she was bringing this to my attention, "The last thing I want to do is tell you how to live your personal life, but I just want to add caution... your grades have slipped lately, nothing to be concerned about... but for such an intelligent bright young man, it's important you still stay focused, does that make sense?"
I nodded, it was a polite way of saying 'Don't think with your cock, think with your brain.'
"Good. I'll let you head off, thank you Mr Hawkins."
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Miss Koriagis's warning was fair, but I'm also an 18 year-old horny teenage boy that was desperate for that female attention that I had been receiving lately.
Since our group trip to Australia, a few things had changed... First, we were back at school, our last semester of our senior year, which meant more interviews with the careers councillor about our futures. Despite my own opinions, it was something very few enjoyed doing, to be fair... who actually knows exactly what they want to do for the rest of their lives after High School's finished.
Secondly, my relationship with Rose was stronger than ever. Not just because she let me inside her on New Years Eve, but also because of the fact that she picked me over what everyone would consider an extremely handsome toned Australian man.
Fast forward a month later and Rose and I had been hanging out a lot more outside of school. Never at her place but she would drag me out to the mall, I'd follow her around like a little puppy dog and watch her shop. She'd drop in at my house at unexpected times. Rose has even helped herself to a dinner or two at my house, after my parents asked if she wanted some of course. And then there's been a couple of experiences in my bedroom... that have been unreal of course.
I've felt as if Rose has been like a guiding teacher when it comes to sex. She's the expert and I'm the novice.
Besides her, I hadn't had any more sexual encounters with the other girls. Tayla was still acting like our little cheating fling never happened. Katie and Annie had supposedly limited their 'boy time' to finish out the senior year.
Milly however, had jumped from a drunk hook up at a party a few weeks ago, to a fully committing relationship with that very same boy.
His name was Aaron and he was on the football team... what a shocker...
But he was as quiet as anyone I had ever met. When he would join us for lunch, he didn't say a word as Milly talked the entire time. Maybe it was poetic that the two had ended up together.
As usual, we met at the same table for lunch, after most of us had completed our interviews about college and our future plans.
"So how was everyone's meeting with Koriagis the whore," Milly said as she plonked herself down at the end of the table with her new boyfriend Aaron taking the final seat next to her, "Because she is one piece of work."
"I don't mind her, she's honest and it actually feels like she gives a shit about us," Katie replied, sitting besides me.
I agreed with her as Rose laughed, "It's all a big joke anyway, they're all paid to pretend to care, none of them actually do."
I disagreed with that but I stayed out of it, not having the energy to argue about something like this. There was also no way that I would argue with the one girl of the Saturday Night Five that was consistently giving me sexual favours.
"That's not true, they could easily just tick a couple of boxes and send us on our way but Miss Koriagis actually takes the time to get to know us as people. Not just base us off our report cards and grades and then let us go into the real world blind," Katie voiced her opinion, "I feel way better about things after my meeting."
"I don't trust her..." Tayla said, quietly, picking at her food.
"Oh please," Katie sighed.
Having no interest in this conversation, Rose flipped the topic of discussion in a completely opposite direction that caught everyone off guard, "Well I really don't care about this... So anyways, I was watching some porn the other day and..."
A few people laughed, Katie and Annie looked at their friend in shock for what she had just brought up, I gulped and I'm pretty sure Aaron did too.
"Did you just say what I thought you did?" Tayla double checked.
Rose nodded, taking a bite out of her apple so casually, "What? Can't talk about porn at the lunch table?"
"Can we change subjects?" Annie awkwardly said, ready to move on.
"So we can talk more about career councillors? Really?" said Rose.
I was with Rose on this one. Mainly just because I wanted to know more about where this was going.
It turned out that so did others.
"You watch it much?" Tayla asked curiously.
She nodded, "Of course. Come on girls, it isn't just for boys, it's for everyone, you just have to know what you like. Maybe you don't watch as much since you've got a boyfriend Tay, but you're telling me you haven't watched it before?"
"I didn't say that," Tayla replied in an instant, "I just asked if you watched it much... But yeah of course I have before... and maybe I still do now too."
"I'm not going to lie, I do too," Katie put her hand up, Milly besides her seconding that.
