Rohan almost skipped his way back to work a smile planted on his face. He was taken aback when an elderly lady grinned at him and said, "What a lovely smile. You've just made an old woman's day."

Laughing, Rohan couldn't believe that the change in the way he felt about himself made others see him differently. He thought of the, Ripple Effect Theory, which one of his professors had discussed in his lecture concerning the works of Edward Lorenz and the term, Butterfly Effect, based in Chaos Theory. Annie had done this for him. She didn't know it but she had given him a gift, which could never be repaid.

The gift of his very own, Ripple Effect.

Thinking about this as he mounted the stairs two at a time, Rohan couldn't stop his grin growing wider. He concentrated on the warm feelings cascading throughout his body because of Annie.

Pretty Annie who was kind to him and had blushed because of him.

Pretty Annie who said he had a nice face and didn't mock.

Pretty Annie who had not scoffed when he had surprised her by telling her what he did.

Rohan imaged how Annie would have reacted when she found the flower on the table.

Sally suddenly stepped out in front of him from the staff room door. She put her hand in the middle of his chest.

Rohan pulled up with a jerk, the smile instantly gone from his face. He stepped backwards.

"What are you grinning for, Rohan?" Sally moved closer and tickled his chin with her fingernail. "You're not the sort of man who has things to smile about."

As Rohan took another step back Mercer sidled in behind him. She put her palm on his backside. He jerked forward right into Sally's outstretched hand.

"You've been avoiding us." Sally pressed her fingers hard against the front of his trousers.

"Mercer says you got a surprise for me in here."

Rohan brushed her hand aside. He tried to step around her but she moved in front of him.

"Let's go into the staff room, Rohan, so you can show little ole Sally what you got for her."

Panic gripped Rohan, he gasped for breath. If she got him aroused and touched him her taunts of making him ejaculate in his pants would come true.

Mercer unexpectedly shoved him hard in the back. He stumbled forward into the room. She slammed the door and threw the bolt.

Slumping on a chair, Rohan's leg kangarooed up and down. He had hoped his new found confidence would help him be a stronger person but it was obviously Annie's presence which strengthened him. Rohan searched his mind for a solution but none came. He wondered what the good of intelligence was if you couldn't find answers for your problems.

Unbuttoning her blouse Sally moved slowly towards him as she said, "I'm gonna show you my tits whether you like it or not." She chuckled as she slid the shirt from her shoulders. "Have you ever seen a woman's naked breasts before, Rohan?"

Automatically his eyes moved from her face to her chest as she stood in her lacy bra. As he groaned in desperation Mercer laughed.

"Oh my God, check out his face."

Sally snickered as she came closer, lifted her skirt and slunk out of her hot pink panties. She swung them around her finger, and then flicked them to Mercer. Stepping forward she pushed the small dining table aside and straddled his lap.

He tried so hard to control his body as she settled her bottom snuggly over his hips. No matter how hard he fought to resist the sensations he felt his penis surge against the fabric of his jeans leaving him feel remorseful.

Giggling quietly in his ear Sally whispered, "You and me is gonna have some fun." She ran her hands behind his neck, pulled herself higher, and then nestled her vagina against the bulge in his pants. "Oh my, Rohan. You do have a surprise for me don't you." Sally moved her hips against him and looked over her shoulder at Mercer. "He's as hard as a rock already and I haven't even started."

Mercer laughed but scorn lifted her lips. She leant against one of the tables, crossed her ankles and said, "You better hurry up before someone comes."

"The only person coming in here today is going to be Rohan." Sally rocked against him again. "Isn't that right, Rohan?"

Their words left him feeling ashamed of himself. Ashamed he was so weak that their filthy whoring ways could make him feel so worthless.

Annie's image flashed across his mind giving him strength. Rohan grabbed hold of Sally's wrists and removed her hands from his neck. He let go of her as he stood up. She landed hard on the floor but he didn't care. He unbolted the door and ran to the men's room. Rohan locked the latch so they couldn't follow him and lunged towards a cubicle. His breath caught so he gasped for air.

Rohan put the lid down on the toilet and sat. Rocking backwards and forwards with his head in his hands a multitude of emotions fought to take their turn. Anger, shame and pain gyrated in the centre of his brain. Why couldn't they just leave him alone? Their senseless act had destroyed his, Ripple Effect. He felt the small ray of hope, which had blossomed, shrivel and vanish.

This girl!! Seriously?  How can anyone be this horrible? :-(

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