My sister Kate and I were seventeen, twins, and in our junior year of high school. That's where our similarities ended. She was popular, athletic, outgoing, and had lots of friends. I was her polar opposite: nerdy, socially awkward, only a handful of friends. Pretty much irrelevant in our school's world. The only thing I knew I had going for me right from day one of high school was my brain. I was smart. Really smart. Top...

One cloudy afternoon after school I arrived home after my team's soccer practice. As I approached my driveway I saw Ms. Ferguson, my neighbor from across the street. As I turned into the drive I gave her a wave and she reciprocated. I thought quickly to myself it'd been a couple months since I had seen her. Just before summer, her marriage hit the skids, and her then husband packed up and moved out. No one really knew the...

It was towards the end of April, I was back at soccer practice with my high school team. Which meant I was seeing less of my next door neighbor and best friend Emily. Three weeks prior we had lost our virginity with one another. After that day, we were having sex almost daily, and having fun with this new dimension to our relationship until my training camp started.During a morning practice, I hurt my ankle pretty bad. Th...

I can remember it like it was yesterday, even though it’s been close to eight years ago. The summer between my junior and senior years of high school. A time when a boy my age has one thing on his mind. Sex!I had been close friends with the girl next door since we were in diapers. Her name was Emily. She and I were in many ways best friends. Our part of the neighborhood was mostly older folks, so we were the only kids on...