Working the second shift wasn't so bad. More money, less supervision and some cool folks to hang with after hours. Little did I know...
After a while I got into the habit of stopping with the rest of the crew at a small bar on Friday nights. Virginia, the barmaid, lived with John, a coworker of mine. We got off work as most of the local bars were closing, so she would usually stretch last call for us. In return we tipped well, treated her like a lady and helped clean up before we left.
One night John and Ginger invited me back to their place for a drink and soon we were relaxing in the living room. John wanted to show off his new dish system, putting on a soft-core porn channel and settling onto the couch with Virginia.
I didn't think too much of it until I noticed some live-action from the two of them--nothing outrageous, just a lot of making out, heavy breathing, etc. I took this as my cue, made some lame excuse about getting home before I was too drunk, and slid out the door. I wasn't bothered, exactly. It was just more than I expected from them.
I didn't think much of it, but next week the same thing happened. This time Ginger headed for the shower and came back 15 minutes later in a robe. John was already on the couch and she lay down with her head on his lap. A foreign couple on the wide-screen TV were in the middle of a passionate love scene and John began to run his hand along Ginger's waist and down her hip. I pretended not to notice, but that was impossible when he opened the top of her robe and started massaging her breasts.