It began with Rape and ended with Desire.
I was 16 and I had invited a male friend (Mike) over to our place for a swim. He was 17 and we had been friends and had virtually grown up together as our parents were close friends. We had been sunning ourselves on the poolside for a while and decided to go in for a swim. The both of us did a few laps and I pulled up on the steps for a rest. He did a couple more and joined me. We sat and talked for a while and he asked me if I had a boy friend – as he said – apart from me. In the meanwhile we had towelled off and were sitting together having a drink by the pool. I laughed and said he wasn’t my boyfriend just a …