aloof. “Whatever, I’m going to bed.” I walk toward the bathroom, but before I shut the door I yell out to Autumn and Wayne, “Don’t put my picture up. I don’t want anyone to know I’m on it.”
Its Friday night now and it’s been four days since Autumn and Wayne created my profile. I still haven’t made up my mind about whether I want to try Chat Love or not. I haven’t actually been on the site, but I have already been getting e-mail notifications explaining that someone is interested in talking to me. Work this week has been annoying, between Skyler’s constant nagging about me trying Chat Love and Jackson’s being a hard-ass about finding “talent instead of gossip tabloid whores.” I’m just happy it’s the weekend.
I’m sitting on my couch with Danni, drinking wine and watching some movie that is playing on TV. Danni quickly finishes her second glass of wine and reaches for her third. I look at her closely and see that she looks stressed, with her forehead scrunched, her hair in a sloppy bun, and her body tense.
“You OK?” I ask. “If you’re not up to it, we don’t have to go to dinner. We can just stay in, finish this corny movie, and get drunk. To be honest, I’m exhausted, so that’d be fine with me. I feel as though I’ve been dragged through hell this week, what with Jackson …”
Danni turns to me and suddenly cuts me off, “I hate men.
Hate
them. Elijah opened his big, stupid mouth and told everyone that we had sex, and now I’m looked at as a whore. A
whore
! Now my bosses actually think the rumors about me sleeping with my clients are true, and they’re considering reviewing me.”
Confused, I say, “But you do sleep with your clients.”
“Yeah, but my bosses don’t know that,” Danni huffs at me.
I pour her another glass of wine. “I told you, Danni, you need to stop having sex with people from work. Look at Jackson: if he is sleeping with Caitlin and people find out then he will look like the boss who is taking advantage of a young, impressionable girl.”
Danni puts her hand up in the air to stop me from talking. “Wait, Jackson? First off, are you talking about that hot Brit that you work with?” I nod my head. “Second, do you know if he is definitely having sex with this girl?” I shake my head. “Third, are you jealous that he is giving her attention instead of you?”
“No,” I blurt out, “I can’t stand Jackson.” I pour myself another glass, angry that yet another one of my friends thinks that I want to sleep with Jackson.
Danni laughs. “Calm down, Lu. You don’t have to like the guy to want to have sex with him. I would have already had sex with him if I were in your position; he is one fine man. When I met him I could barely keep my mind off of all the naughty things I’d like to do.”
Not wanting to talk about Danni’s fantasies, I change the subject. “The other day, Autumn and Wayne signed me up on Chat Love. Wayne signed himself up, too.”
Danni raises one eyebrow at me. “You’re on Chat Love? When did you decide to go over to the dark side?”
I explain to Danni what had happened on Monday after work, including my talk with Skyler and how I found Autumn and Wayne busy making his profile. Danni is laughing so hard that she is having difficulty breathing.
“Wait, your love name is YankeesGirl4Ever? You sound like a lesbian,” she says between fits of giggles.
Defensively, I reply, “I think it’s cute.” I take a deep breath, “Anyway, I think I might actually try it. I mean, why not? I already have the profile, after all; I can just put up an old picture of myself. I’m not really focused on appearance anymore because of what happened with Kellan. My main focus with him was on his looks, and I got hurt in the end. It’s time for me to focus on personality.”
Danni sits up straighter and asks me in a serious tone, “Wait, you are actually considering doing this?”
“Yes, I am. I’m going to be twenty-eight
Its Friday night now and it’s been four days since Autumn and Wayne created my profile. I still haven’t made up my mind about whether I want to try Chat Love or not. I haven’t actually been on the site, but I have already been getting e-mail notifications explaining that someone is interested in talking to me. Work this week has been annoying, between Skyler’s constant nagging about me trying Chat Love and Jackson’s being a hard-ass about finding “talent instead of gossip tabloid whores.” I’m just happy it’s the weekend.
I’m sitting on my couch with Danni, drinking wine and watching some movie that is playing on TV. Danni quickly finishes her second glass of wine and reaches for her third. I look at her closely and see that she looks stressed, with her forehead scrunched, her hair in a sloppy bun, and her body tense.
“You OK?” I ask. “If you’re not up to it, we don’t have to go to dinner. We can just stay in, finish this corny movie, and get drunk. To be honest, I’m exhausted, so that’d be fine with me. I feel as though I’ve been dragged through hell this week, what with Jackson …”
Danni turns to me and suddenly cuts me off, “I hate men.
Hate
them. Elijah opened his big, stupid mouth and told everyone that we had sex, and now I’m looked at as a whore. A
whore
! Now my bosses actually think the rumors about me sleeping with my clients are true, and they’re considering reviewing me.”
Confused, I say, “But you do sleep with your clients.”
“Yeah, but my bosses don’t know that,” Danni huffs at me.
I pour her another glass of wine. “I told you, Danni, you need to stop having sex with people from work. Look at Jackson: if he is sleeping with Caitlin and people find out then he will look like the boss who is taking advantage of a young, impressionable girl.”
Danni puts her hand up in the air to stop me from talking. “Wait, Jackson? First off, are you talking about that hot Brit that you work with?” I nod my head. “Second, do you know if he is definitely having sex with this girl?” I shake my head. “Third, are you jealous that he is giving her attention instead of you?”
“No,” I blurt out, “I can’t stand Jackson.” I pour myself another glass, angry that yet another one of my friends thinks that I want to sleep with Jackson.
Danni laughs. “Calm down, Lu. You don’t have to like the guy to want to have sex with him. I would have already had sex with him if I were in your position; he is one fine man. When I met him I could barely keep my mind off of all the naughty things I’d like to do.”
Not wanting to talk about Danni’s fantasies, I change the subject. “The other day, Autumn and Wayne signed me up on Chat Love. Wayne signed himself up, too.”
Danni raises one eyebrow at me. “You’re on Chat Love? When did you decide to go over to the dark side?”
I explain to Danni what had happened on Monday after work, including my talk with Skyler and how I found Autumn and Wayne busy making his profile. Danni is laughing so hard that she is having difficulty breathing.
“Wait, your love name is YankeesGirl4Ever? You sound like a lesbian,” she says between fits of giggles.
Defensively, I reply, “I think it’s cute.” I take a deep breath, “Anyway, I think I might actually try it. I mean, why not? I already have the profile, after all; I can just put up an old picture of myself. I’m not really focused on appearance anymore because of what happened with Kellan. My main focus with him was on his looks, and I got hurt in the end. It’s time for me to focus on personality.”
Danni sits up straighter and asks me in a serious tone, “Wait, you are actually considering doing this?”
“Yes, I am. I’m going to be twenty-eight
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