Alice was grateful for the boys' help, for she was not at all certain of herself. For one thing she kept getting hot and cold flashes and then there was the blurred vision. A strange and ominous tingling had gotten hold of her arms and legs, and on her high heels her numbed feet would have made many false steps had it not been for her solicitous students. When finally they arrived at a dark corridor and Miss Appleton indicated that the door to her apartment was at the end of it, she attempted to persuade them to leave, but they were not easily put off. Tim and Bennie insisted upon seeing her safely in.

"I… I'll be fine boys I just have to lie down… right now!" Alice stumbled forward into the small living room with its walls lined with books, and fell upon the studio couch that pulled out into a bed. Her dark hair had become unraveled and the deep blue of her dress contrasted pleasantly with the plaid bedspread as the boys stood eagerly by.

"Are you sure there's nothing we can do for you, Miss Appleton? A glass of water… an aspirin?"

Alice lay sprawled upon the studio couch, painfully aware that the boys were watching her in this disheveled state, and embarrassed that she did not seem to be able to get up. Her heart pounded and palpitated, and the tingling that had begun in her hands and feet was spreading rapidly to the rest of her body. At first the tips of her breasts, and then the dark silky triangle hidden high between her thighs were the recipients of the insane tingling. It was all she could do at first to stop from touching herself to ease the irrepressible sensations that were overcoming her. And then the pretty dark-haired teacher knew that she could no longer hold out. She would go stark raving crazy in a moment if she didn't do something! In a sudden burst of energy that frightened her two prize pupils, Alice jumped up, running toward them, her eyes with a dazed expression of incomprehension.