Deviation Actions
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Scene from EC's novel "The Outsider" - www.asstr.org/~caligula97030/o…
Upon arriving at the dorm building they noticed that the light in Ruthie’s room was on and there were what looked like several people in there. Ruthie was upset, but as usual she was afraid to confront Shannon and force her to chase out her guests. She knew what would happen; that she would be subjected to ridicule and insults from everyone present. She had the option of telling the RA, but if she did that, Shannon would harass her for days afterwards.
Mike offered to confront the guests on Ruthie’s behalf, but she declined because that wouldn’t work either. No doubt once everyone was out of the room Shannon would insult her for having a Parking Nazi handle her dirty work, because she was too big of a wimp to do it herself. Ruthie was in a no-win situation.
“Well, then the only other solution is for you to come over to my room and crash there.”
Ruthie blushed and fidgeted. She was scared of accepting his offer, because she couldn’t be sure of his intentions. However, she was dead tired, so much so that her dilemma with Shannon almost had her in tears.
“I wouldn’t…I…I mean…you wouldn’t mind?”
“Of course I wouldn’t mind. Why would I?”
“I…I don’t know…I…I’m just thinking…maybe I’d better not…”
“It’ll be just to sleep…I’m not gonna push you on ‘that’.”
She nodded, and they were off to his dorm building. It was a very awkward feeling when she entered his room for the first time. Todd’s bed and furniture were completely empty, but the trash can near his desk was full of yellow police tape. Ruthie set her backpack on Todd’s desk, while Mike pulled out an extra set of sheets from his dresser. They made the bed.
“Do you have a toothbrush in your backpack?”
She shook her head.
“Do you want one?”
She nodded.
He gave her a new toothbrush and an open tube of toothpaste, and then pointed down the hallway to where the women’s bathroom was on his floor. He found the largest t-shirt he had in his closet and put it on Todd’s bed. Strange to think, if things went Mike’s way, eventually they both would think of it as Ruthie’s bed.
A few minutes later he heard a light knock on his door and let her back in. To avoid the uncomfortable situation of what to do about changing, he left the room to clean up, which would give her time to change. He vaguely hoped that she would get undressed and not bother to put on the shirt, so when he returned to the room he was disappointed to see her wearing it. She was sitting on the bed with a nervous expression on her face, but Mike knew that expression was not in anticipation of having sex. She simply was nervous because the situation was unusual and she did not yet completely trust him. They would do what they had said they were going to do: sleep. At 4:30 the next morning she would wake up and go to work and from there the two students would resume their ordinary routines. However, Mike knew that if he could win Ruthie’s trust be being patient with her, there would be plenty more nights of her being with him. Her life with Shannon was unbearable, so he would offer her a refuge, both in his heart and in his room.