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f the Phi Delta Theta Sorority did on several occasions kiss you, and you did not return her affection. All of her tries were rejected outright."
"Item, the same member of this sorority wanted to take you to her bed, and you refused, and she claims that every time she got you aroused you told her to find someone her own age."
Dana burst out crying, "What's wrong with me?"
Chet was miserable, "Guilty as charged professor -- ah -- your honor. Can I go now?"
"Of course you can go; you are free to leave whenever you wish. The purpose of all of this is to get to the truth. Something is wrong, and if we can we want to fix it. If we can't, then you two can go your separate ways. Give us a chance."
Chet gave a long sigh, "Item, every time her sorority sisters see us together, they make me feel like a leper. They preach tolerance and acceptance, but it appears they are tolerant of and accept only what they like, not what they don't like. I don't want to sound mean or anything, because I happen to agree with them in this case." He gave a fond look at Dana. "Item, I don't return her affection, even though I would like to, because I know her life would be better if she found a younger man to share her life with. I believe she will be happier when she gets over me and whatever is making her feel this way."
He turned towards the judges, "I was surprised when she got a reaction from me, down there. I thought I would never feel that in my life again. But, even when it happened, I knew I couldn't go through with it." He paused, thinking, "I'd be a liar if I said I didn't find her attractive, but I could never satisfy her on any level. Dana is sweet and intelligent, I find her extremely interesting, and any man would be honored to be a part of her life."
Dana started crying again, "I don't understand any of this," she saw a tear run down Chet's face.
"Look, I never meant for any of this to happen." He closed his eyes, "I am starting to have feelings for her, which is why we have to stop seeing each other." He stood and walked over to Dana, "You're friends and sorority sisters will never accept us. You have your whole life in front of you, and I'm the wrong choice."
He turned to leave, but was stopped by professor Shale, "Please come back." Chet reluctantly turned back around, and sat down in the chair. He watched the three judges talking among themselves. Professor Shale started, "Before we pass judgement on this, we need more information from you. Do you agree to abide by our ruling, whatever it is?"
Chet was confused, "I don't understand."
"This problem with you and Dana has to go away; it's interfering with her classes. We could decide that you two should not see each other again, at least not as a couple. Or, we could decide that you two should keep seeing each other and take it to the next level. You have no obligation to do as we say other than the honor of your word, which I'm pretty sure, is as binding with you as a written contract."
"What if your decision is wrong? This could screw up her life."
"That's true, but she's pretty screwed up over this anyway."
Chet looked to Dana for guidance, "What do you think I should do?"
Dana smiled at him, "Don't you see? What you just did is why I'm attracted to you in the first place. "If you didn't care, you wouldn't want to know what I thought."
Chet let out a long sigh, "All right, let's do this." He saw all three judges smile and nod.
Professor Shale continued, "Good, I was hoping you would." She paused for a moment as if trying to find the right words. "I'm afraid this part is going to hurt, and I can't seem to think of a way that it won't. I told you we wouldn't cut off your penis, and you replied that it wouldn't matter even if we did. Dana got a reaction from you, which you were even surprised at, but in spite of a young pretty woman obviously wanting you, you told her to find someone younger. These statements require explanation, and I can think of no reason for them, except pain."
"Other than for going to the bathroom, I have no use for what I have...down there."
"Down there?"
Chet looked around at all of the women, and even by candlelight his color red was seen by everyone. "I'm a little uncomfortable using certain words with all the ladies present. This got a giggle from the all of the sorority sisters.
"Chet, rest assured, we have heard those word before."
Looking at the floor, he took a deep breath, "I've tried to keep myself buried from women, I was happy that way. He looked over at Dana; at least I thought I was." He paused for a few minutes, "I was married to Laura for about 5 years, and I was hopelessly in love with her. I was in the Navy, and couldn't be there for her, which hurt her very much. I came home one day...and well...ah...you know."
"Say it."
Chet almost choked on the words, "I came home unexpectedly and I found my wife in bed with another man." Tears flowed freely down his face, "It hurt, God did it hurt. Here was the woman I loved more than life itself, and she was...," he couldn't finish.
There was absolute silence in the room then the sound of sniffing back tears could be heard from the girls of the sorority. "There was a pretty bad scene. The guy jumped up and took a swing, I broke his jaw. I was Special Forces, and to this day, I don't know why I didn't kill him. She was younger than me by several years. She told me that she needed a younger man --," he paused to try to stop crying, when he continued, it was in a whisper, "-- and that I did not satisfy her."
He managed to pull himself together a little, looked at Dana who was also crying, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that I've managed to hurt you. I guess I should have run the other way when you started being interested in me. It's just that this is the first time I've even felt like a man in years." A long sigh escaped from him, "So now you know why you should do as your sorority sisters want, and find someone that is worthy of you." He got up to leave.
Professor Shale had also been crying, her voice was choked with emotion, "Where are you going?"
"You know everything."
"Not by a long shot we don't."
