How to be Dense. >It was Saturday afternoon at Sugarcube Corner and most of the girls were at their regular booth on this fine sunny day. >Suddenly Sunset burst through the doors and headed towards the rest of the girls exclaiming "I got it! I got it!" >The others were also visibly excited as Sunset took her normal seat. >Twilight eagerly asked "Do you know who it is yet?" >Sunset said "No no. We agreed we'd all find out together remember? But they DID make me promise to read the disclaimer to you all again before we get to the big thing." >Rainbow said with a smile "I hope it IS a big thing!" >That got a round of lusty chuckles. >Eventually Sunset cleared her throat and said "Ok, I gotta go over the basics first. I'm sure we'll find out the size in no time. Alright, as you ALL know, CHS has more girls than boys by around a 5-1 ratio in the freshman class. That means there are NOT a lot of boys in the dating pool. To prevent fighting over boys, and to keep them from learning they have an advantage, we entered ourselves as a group in the lottery for unclaimed boys." >Sunset continued "So enclosed within is the ONLY boy any of us are allowed to date. But he is OURS and no one else can have him. Adjustments have been made to his schedule so all of his classes have one or more of us." >She paused and said "Twilight I'm sorry but it looks like you aren't taking AP English this year." >Twilight said "I understand. I knew there would be sacrifices, but I can challenge for the course credit at the end of the year right?" >Sunset said "Owing to these circumstances, yes you can! Provided you meet all of the other criteria blah blah blah." >Twilight simply smiled in response. >With a big smile Sunset declared "Then without further ado.." And she opened the envelope and scattered several pictures.. >Applejack was the first to speak "Anonymous huh? Looks a bit average to start out with." >Twilight said "Coming from the lottery of unclaimed boys, that's actually a pretty good result. After all, the prettiest boys would get claimed first." >Applejack had to admit "That's a fair point." >Rarity spoke up to say "Well his sense of style can ONLY be improved. Fortunately I think we can motivate him there." >Fluttershy said "I think you're right Rarity. I'm sure he'll be reasonable once we understand him." >Pinkie said "Ok so we have to ask him questions before we keep his mouth busy with other things." >Rainbow said "That's the spirit Pinkie!" with a knowing leer. >Pinkie clarified "I meant cupcakes." she said with a giggle. >Sunset then broke in with a worried "Hmmm. This data sheet isn't much help. It's mostly teacher comments and nothing outside of class. He doesn't do a lot of homework, but he participates very knowledgeably in class. His test scores are also generally in the top 10%." >Twilight said brightly "So he HAS a brain, but there's either a discipline or motivation problem. A diamond in the rough there." >Rainbow said with some urgency "That's not ALL he has!" She pointed to a specific picture and said "Look at that ASS!" >The girls agreed that he had a GREAT butt! >Rarity noted "His legs look fairly toned as well. My guess is he rides a bicycle." >Sunset added "Good catch." >Twilight said "Ok ladies. It's true there are some good signs here. But it's also true we have no known dating history, no social media, and no phone number." >Pinkie said "Oh that's no big deal! We can get all that out of a guy on the first day! 2 tops!" >Fluttershy then meekly said "Um, excuse me, but how are we going to decide who,.. who goes first?" >Sunset said "I understand the question and I've been giving it a good amount of thought. Since he's our age and a freshman, the odds are overwhelming that he's a virgin just like all of us. That being the case I think HE should have some say in his first time. After all, WE want to have a say in all of ours." >Applejack asked "Well being considerate is all well and good. But what's the idea?" >Sunset gave an evil smirk as she said "Oh it's pretty simple. The first one he sends a dick pic to gets him first. Agreed?" >The girls all hungrily agreed. >Then Pinkie "Then we pass him around like a bag of donut holes!" >The girls all had a good laugh at that. >And so the girls had made their plans for the unsuspecting Anonymous. >Naturally Anonymous has some circumstances of his own and won't fit into EVERY plan the girls have. But that is to be expected. >What isn't expected is that there are forces beyond the known that will choose to interfere. >Unknowable forces that do unknowable things for unknowable reasons. >So as our hero Anonymous walks, not rides, to his new school that fine Monday morning, he notices a paperback book on top of some bushes. Seemingly abandoned. >As a bit of a compulsive reader, he stops for a moment to take a look. >The book is titled "How a Young Man Can Avoid Embarrassment in High School." >Well that certainly sounds useful! And what great timing! >So he looks at what the back cover has to say. >"This book is a COMPREHESIVE guide to avoiding many of the all to common pitfalls in High School! >"How to pick the right friends!" >"How to dress to blend in!" >"HOW TO DEAL WITH GIRLS!!!" >That last one got Anonymous to decide to keep the book. High school girls are an eternal mystery at his age after all. Any help is worth considering! >So he read on as he got onto campus and the many boring parts of freshmen orientation. >The book read as follows "Ok we all know the big thing every young man wants to know about is girls. So we'll start there with 2 important things. >"1. NEVER EVER LET A GIRL READ THIS BOOK! This book is written for young men and girls won't understand it the same way guys do. They just won't. If they do read it they will just complain and nitpick and make an unneeded fuss. And who needs that? Certainly not you! >"2. GIRLS DON'T ACTUALLY WANT SEX! Think about it. Hollywood actresses and porn queens are PAID to say they like sex! You can't trust people who prostitute themselves like that! >"So what do they actually want then? ATTENTION! Pure and simple. Oh they'll tease young men by saying they want sex, but you have to give them a lot of ATTENTION first! And then they never follow through!" >"A young man is FAR better off just using porn at home and taking care of himself than trying to talk to girls about sex. Quite frankly it's best to avoid talking about sex with girls altogether. If you do that, it cleanly avoids at least 80% of embarrassing situations!" >"High school is not some sweet fantasy land." >"It's a chance to learn and to get wise." >"It's time to go forth young man." >"To see the world, you have to open up your eyes!" >Just then, he looked up from the book. >Something in the hallway was calling his attention. >He looked to his left and saw a maintenance closet. >Only there was a line drawn in sharpie through the sign that said "Maintenance closet." >Underneath the crossed out sign there was another sign on plain white binder paper, taped to the door on multiple edges. >The paper sign began with "Rape cafe #1". >And underneath THAT it said "BOYS WELCOME! Many positions available!" >No question I asked myself about that sign didn't lead to several other and more disturbing questions! >There were three assorted girls near this door. They had bored expressions until they saw me notice the closet. >Almost as one, they smiled as they pointed their phones at me. >Then their expressions went flat and one of them said "Move along freshman. This isn't for you." >I decided this was not the time to be a rebellious teen and took their advice. >I briefly wondered how she had known I was a freshman, and then quickly realized there were to many possible answers. >I got to class, found my assigned seat, and resolved to keep my nose in my new book until class started.