Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.
Mr. Parker__ mouth dropped open like a toddler had crawled under his desk and whacked him in the giblets. I tried not to giggle as he slowly closed his mouth and stood up from behind his desk. I expected him to start shouting obscenities about the stupidity of pre-marital sex, but he walked around and closed the door behind me. I could practically hear the phone call he would make to my mother in my head. __onnor, I hope I don__ need to give you a lecture about how dangerous it is for someone of your age to engage in such activities?_ __o, sir. Trust me when I say, it was an accident and won__ be happening again for as long as I live my life as a single person. Such activities are best left to those with more experience and have joined their lives in holy matrimony._ I fought hard to keep my face sincere and deadpan. I didn__ know what the hell was going on with me, but I liked it. Not only had I come up with the most unbelievable lie in the universe, I sounded heartily sorry for it too.
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Mr. Parker__ mouth dropped open like a toddler had crawled under his desk and whacked him in the giblets. I tried not to giggle as he slowly closed his mouth and stood up from behind his desk. I expected him to start shouting obscenities about the stupidity of pre-marital sex, but he walked around and closed the door behind me. I could practically hear the phone call he would make to my mother in my head. __onnor, I hope I don__ need to give you a lecture about how dangerous it is for someone of your age to engage in such activities?_ __o, sir. Trust me when I say, it was an accident and won__ be happening again for as long as I live my life as a single person. Such activities are best left to those with more experience and have joined their lives in holy matrimony._ I fought hard to keep my face sincere and deadpan. I didn__ know what the hell was going on with me, but I liked it. Not only had I come up with the most unbelievable lie in the universe, I sounded heartily sorry for it too.
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