replies.
“Oh, no. I mean, like where they sell them?”
“Sure, yeah. There’s a cellular store down on Lawndale where it crosses Battleground.”
“Got it, thanks,” I tell her with as much of a smile as I can make.
“No problem. Hope you feel better,” she says before walking away.
Needing to get home to change and put myself back together, maybe find some underwear, I use the tree trunk to pull myself up to my feet. Unable to help myself, I glance over my shoulder, far across the courtyard to the Communications building where Gage’s office is, trying to figure out what to do now that everything is more complicated than I ever imagined. That’s when I spot him, elbows on his knees, head hanging in his hands. And even after everything, my heart races and my feet still feel the urge to take me closer to him, needing to be near him. I had no idea I could begin to love someone and hate them at the same time. But he hurt me, so for now I have no choice but to walk away from him until I figure all this out.
…
“Holy shit, girl. Are you okay?” Josie asks when she walks up to her apartment and I’m sitting on the stoop in a clean, green dress with matching panties, freshly showered, but still feeling…dirty.
“No,” I tell her. “But look, I got a cell phone.” I hold up the fancy new device for her to see.
“Now I’m seriously worried about you,” she says with her mouth hanging open. “Come on, let’s have some ice cream while you spill.” Offering me a hand, she helps me up, and suddenly it feels like I’m an old, frail woman, barely able to move. My heart is heavy, making it hard for the rest of my body to carry the weight around.
As soon as I’m inside Josie’s apartment, I flop down on the sofa and lay my head over on the arm cushion.
“Bad day?” she asks from the kitchen where I hear the clatter of bowls and spoons.
“You have no idea.”
“Love potion spank you in the ass like I warned you?” she asks with a giggle.
“Pretty much,” I mutter into the cushion.
When Josie eventually brings me a bowl of vanilla and strawberry ice cream, since she knows I don’t like chocolate, I sit up to accept it and dig in. The coolness instantly seems to relive the burning ache in my belly, at least for a few minutes.
“So,” Josie prompts. “What’s going on?”
“Gage is…is sort of a dick,” I admit, making Josie snort between bites of her own dessert.
“Oh, chica. Lawson is too, but now I kind of love that about him.”
“He has a video of me naked, sitting on the desk in his office with his fingers inside me,” I tell her, and she has to juggle her bowl to keep from dropping it.
“Da fuck?” she asks with her jaw hanging open in shock. “Start from the beginning, please.”
“So, this morning I go to his office as he asked, and that’s when he says we can’t, um, be together until after I graduate and I’m no longer his student.”
“Screw that,” she says. “You’ve gotta have the dick before then.”
“I know,” I tell her between spoonfuls of ice cream. “But he wasn’t having any of it, not until I sort of fudged and said I was trying to get in his pants to help my grade.”
Josie blinks at me in silent disapproval before she speaks again. “Why the hell would you tell him that? Now he probably thinks you’re a gigantic slut.”
“Ugh, I know,” I admit, covering my eyes so I don’t have to keep seeing that look on her face. “I didn’t have any other choice. What was I supposed to say, that I drank a love potion and he has to fuck me before noon on Sunday.”
“Hmm,” she mutters. “I guess that would sound sort of nutty.”
“Sort of? It would make me sound insane.”
“True,” she nods in agreement as she shovels more ice cream into her mouth. “So then what happened?”
“Ah, I kissed him, grabbed his ass as you suggested, and, yes, he liked it a lot. Next thing I know, he’s unzipping his pants, and I’m giving him a
“Oh, no. I mean, like where they sell them?”
“Sure, yeah. There’s a cellular store down on Lawndale where it crosses Battleground.”
“Got it, thanks,” I tell her with as much of a smile as I can make.
“No problem. Hope you feel better,” she says before walking away.
Needing to get home to change and put myself back together, maybe find some underwear, I use the tree trunk to pull myself up to my feet. Unable to help myself, I glance over my shoulder, far across the courtyard to the Communications building where Gage’s office is, trying to figure out what to do now that everything is more complicated than I ever imagined. That’s when I spot him, elbows on his knees, head hanging in his hands. And even after everything, my heart races and my feet still feel the urge to take me closer to him, needing to be near him. I had no idea I could begin to love someone and hate them at the same time. But he hurt me, so for now I have no choice but to walk away from him until I figure all this out.
…
“Holy shit, girl. Are you okay?” Josie asks when she walks up to her apartment and I’m sitting on the stoop in a clean, green dress with matching panties, freshly showered, but still feeling…dirty.
“No,” I tell her. “But look, I got a cell phone.” I hold up the fancy new device for her to see.
“Now I’m seriously worried about you,” she says with her mouth hanging open. “Come on, let’s have some ice cream while you spill.” Offering me a hand, she helps me up, and suddenly it feels like I’m an old, frail woman, barely able to move. My heart is heavy, making it hard for the rest of my body to carry the weight around.
As soon as I’m inside Josie’s apartment, I flop down on the sofa and lay my head over on the arm cushion.
“Bad day?” she asks from the kitchen where I hear the clatter of bowls and spoons.
“You have no idea.”
“Love potion spank you in the ass like I warned you?” she asks with a giggle.
“Pretty much,” I mutter into the cushion.
When Josie eventually brings me a bowl of vanilla and strawberry ice cream, since she knows I don’t like chocolate, I sit up to accept it and dig in. The coolness instantly seems to relive the burning ache in my belly, at least for a few minutes.
“So,” Josie prompts. “What’s going on?”
“Gage is…is sort of a dick,” I admit, making Josie snort between bites of her own dessert.
“Oh, chica. Lawson is too, but now I kind of love that about him.”
“He has a video of me naked, sitting on the desk in his office with his fingers inside me,” I tell her, and she has to juggle her bowl to keep from dropping it.
“Da fuck?” she asks with her jaw hanging open in shock. “Start from the beginning, please.”
“So, this morning I go to his office as he asked, and that’s when he says we can’t, um, be together until after I graduate and I’m no longer his student.”
“Screw that,” she says. “You’ve gotta have the dick before then.”
“I know,” I tell her between spoonfuls of ice cream. “But he wasn’t having any of it, not until I sort of fudged and said I was trying to get in his pants to help my grade.”
Josie blinks at me in silent disapproval before she speaks again. “Why the hell would you tell him that? Now he probably thinks you’re a gigantic slut.”
“Ugh, I know,” I admit, covering my eyes so I don’t have to keep seeing that look on her face. “I didn’t have any other choice. What was I supposed to say, that I drank a love potion and he has to fuck me before noon on Sunday.”
“Hmm,” she mutters. “I guess that would sound sort of nutty.”
“Sort of? It would make me sound insane.”
“True,” she nods in agreement as she shovels more ice cream into her mouth. “So then what happened?”
“Ah, I kissed him, grabbed his ass as you suggested, and, yes, he liked it a lot. Next thing I know, he’s unzipping his pants, and I’m giving him a
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