I found Alyssa in the suite. She was on the bed with her back turned to me. I walked up and crawled onto the bed with her.
"Alyssa?" I said softly. "Are you okay?"
Alyssa didn't answer. Her shoulders were shaking a little. I wasn't sure if she was crying over the loss of her virginity or the humiliation at the Lunch Hall. I guess it must be both.
"I'm sorry about what happened," I said again, swallowing dryly. Alyssa turned around to look at me. Her long eyelashes were damped with tears. She stared at me for a moment and burst out crying again.
"It's okay Alyssa...shhh...it's okay," I pulled her into my arms, and we held each other on the bed like that for what seemed like forever.
"Jacque didn't mean to hurt you that way, you know," I said again, smoothing her hair as her face presse
