We had been a group of four close friends for a couple of years. I was the only girl with the three boys but my gender had never been relevant. We were all 18 and I thought pretty innocent.
Adam was the dominant one, Ben the undemanding and very quiet one while Carl was unofficially my special friend. Carl was protective of me but there was nothing physical in our friendship. It was Carl who would walk me home at the end of the day. We would spend the summer holidays down by the river, in one of the local parks or at the shopping mall.
The day I am describing changed my life. We were sunbathing down by the river. I was lying with my back to Carl who was propped against a tree. I was between his legs with my head on his shoulder and upper chest. Adam and Ben were sitting near my feet and Adam was as usual dominating the conversation. He was unusually agitated about something but we couldn't seem to get him to open up.
Eventually I realized that his Aunty who was only 20 seemed to be at the heart of his agitation. I asked him what was worrying him about his Aunty. He gave a vague reply something about her showing him what she needed. I had no idea what he was talking about and this only made things worse. When he would not elaborate further I told him just to show us. His response to this was that he couldn't possibly.