it was a delicate moment of embarrassment to stew in , but i 'd rather have them think that i crashed in holden 's bed than tell them the opposite-that for the past couple of hours i 'd been curled up on a plastic couch in the st. george 's dorm lobby , roused only when the security guard had shaken me and demanded to see my student id-and then tossed me out like an orphan when he learned i had none .