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Alicia dragged her feet up the stairs, carrying a load of books in both arms while repeatedly blowing a stray strand of blonde hair out of her eyes and trying to remember what life had been like a week ago. *quot;Go to Harvard,*quot; she muttered. *quot;Meet interesting people! Form valuable social connections! Discuss exciting ideas with other brilliant minds!*quot; Eleven o'clock on a Friday night, and what was she doing? Getting back from the library.

Of course, even at Harvard, most students weren't trying for a double major in philosophy and PoliSci. She'd known it wouldn't be easy when she signed up for it, but the first week of classes had been kicking her ass all up and down campus. Classes all day, study all night--she barely had time to do more than dump her books in her dorm room between sessions at the library or the computer labs. Still, at least she had it better than her dorm-mate Holly.

Holly's class load wasn't quite as bad as Alicia's--she was *quot;just*quot; a med student, working to become a psychiatrist--but Holly's parents couldn't help her out the way Alicia's parents could. Which meant that every spare moment Holly wasn't in class, she was also working a part-time night job to make a little cash. The two of them had barely even bumped into each other this week, and what little conversation they did have centered on just how hard it was to find any time to have a conversation. *quot;When do you even sleep?*quot; Alicia had asked.

*quot;Between classes,*quot; Holly had replied. *quot;And hopefully not during them.*quot;

But tonight was Friday, and that would give Alicia the full weekend to catch up on her classwork and get ready for next week's fresh hell. She opened the door carefully, unsure of whether--yep, Holly was home. In bed and out like a light, poor thing. Alicia closed the door even more carefully and tip-toed over to her own bed. She didn't want to get on Holly's bad side by disrupting the first peaceful night's sleep the girl had probably gotten all week long. After all, they were going to be rooming together for quite a while, and they'd need to be able to get along, even if they didn't spend much time in the same room. Alicia wasn't too worried, though. Holly seemed like a nice girl, very sweet and--

*quot;hnnnyessmistreffff,*quot; Holly said, rolling over in her sleep. Her dark hair spilled across the pillows as her mumbles subsided.

Alicia froze. What the hell was that? Did she just wake Holly up? She looked over at the other girl, trying to tell in the near-total darkness whether she was awake or not. She didn't look awake.

The words came out almost as a cross between a snore and a recitation. *quot;snmmmusssobeaaah...*quot;

Oh, God. That was just perfect. Alicia finished pulling her clothes off and wriggled under the covers. Holly talked in her sleep. Her first night of uninterrupted, no-alarm-in-the-morning sleep in six grueling days, and Holly was going to wreck it. She got ready to throw a pillow at her room-mate in hopes of snapping her out of it, but Holly's next utterance drove the thought out of her mind as shock replaced irritation.

*quot;I must sink deeper for you, Mistress,*quot; Holly said in distinct, but still sleepy tones.

Alicia looked over at Holly. There wasn't much light in the room, but a streetlamp outside the dorm shone in just enough that she could see Holly's face. Holly wasn't awake, there was no question of that. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her face had the placid innocence that always seemed to come over adults when they slept. But those words...

*quot;The deeper I sink, the better it feels, Mistress,*quot; Holly said. Her eyes didn't open. *quot;The pleasure overcomes my resistance. Every time I find resistance, I feel pleasure when I overcome it.*quot;

Alicia's shock was melting into severe embarrassment. The tone in Holly's voice, it wasn't just drowsy and muzzy, it was...Alicia felt the heat on her cheeks as she blushed in the dim light. She hadn't even known Holly a week, and it wasn't exactly what you'd call quality time. She didn't want to pass judgment on the other girl, but--

*quot;Every word sends me deeper, makes me more obedient,*quot; Holly said, slowly and dreamily. Well, it would be dreamy. She was dreaming, wasn't she? *quot;I feel good sinking deeper, so I must...*quot; She shifted slightly in her sleep. Alicia suddenly felt like she should leave the room, but Holly didn't wake. Instead, she sighed out, *quot;So I must feel good obeying you, Mistress.*quot;

Okay. This had gone far enough. Alicia got to her feet, and crept over to Holly's bed. She reached out a hand, but uncertainty kept her from shaking Holly awake just yet. What would she say to her? 'You were having some weird kinky lesbian S