When Vanessa got up to leave, she hugged her friends goodbye and Jen whispered something in her ear. Vanessa looked over at me with a giggle, then walked in front of me. I started to get up to hug her, but Vanessa simply pointed to the ground and told me I could kiss each foot goodbye. I looked around the bar, and even though nobody was looking I was unsure I could really go through with it. I glanced over at Jen, and could see immediately that she fully expected me to obey her friend.

I closed my eyes and tried to shut out the voices in my head telling...