{"product_id":"2940044539143","title":"Running with the Grunion","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaicey Van Driessen is a freshman at an Ivy League University who returns for summer to her hometown, Jewel City, California. Her best friend, Amy Amor, is also back in town after her freshman year at UCLA.\u003cbr\u003eJewel City is a beachfront community in the suburbs of San Diego. Both girls come from wealthy families and both families belong to the dominant social Club in the community.\u003cbr\u003eAmy is pretty, thin, an extrovert and surrounded by attentive men.\u003cbr\u003eCaicey is pretty, plump, intelligent, witty, self-conscious and void of male companionship.\u003cbr\u003eThe short story is about Caicey trying to achieve a satisfactory sexual experience with a man.\u003cbr\u003eOn a summer evening before they went off to college, Caicey and Amy were at their Club watching their parents and other socialites participate in the festivities at the Club’s annual bacchanalian feast.\u003cbr\u003eAmy’s current beau, William, shows up outside the Club and he is introduced to Caicey. Caicey immediately has a deep crush on William. Amy goes off in the dark with William to talk about something. Unbeknownst to them, Caicey follows them in the dark to see what they are to talk about.\u003cbr\u003eCaicey is pleasantly surprised to witness Amy going down on William, but Caicey has to hurry away before she screams from excitement.\u003cbr\u003eThe summer ends uneventfully and both girls begin their freshmen year at their Universities.\u003cbr\u003eDetermined to discover the sex that Amy participates in, Caicey allows herself to be seduced by her teaching assistant. The experience is a complete disaster and Caicey relieves her frustration with reading and eating and drinking beer.\u003cbr\u003eUpon their return for the summer after their freshmen year, Amy sets Caicey up on a double date. Amy is with her latest beau and he brings his friend, a water polo player from Stanford, as the date for Caicey. The culmination of the date with good, playful sex is guaranteed. Unfortunately, satisfaction for Caicey is not guaranteed and it does not occur. The water polo player falls asleep after his orgasm.\u003cbr\u003eNeeding to make a telephone call to get a ride home, Caicey peruses Amy’s IPhone and discovers the telephone number of William.\u003cbr\u003eTwo days and many ambivalent thoughts later, Caicey gives William a telephone call. When they speak on Face Time he remembers her from the party at the Club. He agrees to meet her in front of her parents’ beach house to photograph the grunion running on the beach.\u003cbr\u003eThey meet on the beach after midnight. They speak of things including his perception of the sadness in Caicey’s spirit. Caicey is divided between walking away from William or listening to what he thinks of her. During the conversation she rips into him with her verbal swords and he accepts her anger and gently laughs in return and explains that everyone, no matter how beautiful they may be, suffers at times in their life.\u003cbr\u003eHer attraction to William waxes until it explodes into desire and she initiates the sexual contact with him that elevates to multiple orgasms and a turning point in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.W. Castor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071949979888,"sku":"2940044539143","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044539143_p0.jpg?v=1763664596","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044539143","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}