Mark's uneasiness at merideth's remarks wasn't so much about the Roommate's Honor, as it was sometimes called, but rather that it seemed to echo Tom's own thoughts about the two women that lived with him.  He was deeply attracted to both of them, and had pondered what it would've been lke to be with one or the other, but nothing like that had happened, all because of the Honor agreement, something that had served them well during the school years.<br/><br/>"Get laid, huh?"  Tom said.  "It's not that easy, you know.  I'm a respectable lawyer, remember.  We're not supposed to do things like that."<br/><br/>There was truth in the joke Tom made.  'Respectable' and 'Lawyer' weren't supposed to be used in the same sentence, but more to the point, Tom hadn't had any close time with a lady for almost a year, not since his college girlfriend left for greener pastures away from the campus.  They still talked, but Tom was, quietly, devastated when he recieved a wedding invite from her in the mail, which said she was marrying someone she'd known from her home town.  Tom hadn't been with a woman since her, and he felt it, badly.<br/><br/>Tom dropped to his knees in the hip-high water, covering his body in the pool's water to keep a bit warmer.  For some strange reason, he'd felt a sudden chill, but weather it was from past memories or the sight of the two lovely women near each other, he wouldn't be able to tell.