me you taught her everything she
knows, and she thinks it’s one of the reasons things are going so well with
Kevin.”
Julianna looked over her shoulder.
Sam shrugged. “It’s true.”
“Well you’re very welcome,” Julianna said.
“So will you?” Heather asked.
“Are you sure you want me to teach you? I mean, it seems like
Sam is our resident sex and relationships expert these days.”
“No,” Heather said. “I want you to teach me.” She crossed her
legs. “If you’re up for it?”
Julianna looked at her. She wanted her to sweat it out, to think
she hadn’t already made up her mind.
“As a graduation present?” Heather asked. “Send me out into the
world with some knowledge that’s actually practical?”
Julianna faked surprise. “You mean you didn’t learn everything
you needed to know from Fifty Shades?”
“Are you kidding?” Heather asked. “The girl in the book knows
even less than Sam did freshman year.”
Sam put the pizza plate down on the table. “And that’s saying a
lot.”
“I know!” Heather said.
Sam dragged a slice of pizza through the ranch. “I was really afraid
of the penis snake back then.”
Julianna laughed. “Sure, Heather. I’ll teach you what I know.”
“Thanks,” Heather said, grabbing a slice of pizza off the plate.
“You’re the best.”
“As long as you find someone besides Rocko to test your new
skills on cause he’s a waste of your efforts, and you’ll have nothing to show
for it.”
“Agreed,” Heather said.
Julianna folded a piece of pizza in half and dipped it in the
ranch.
Sam licked some ranch off her fingers. “So now that that’s
settled, you guys coming out tonight or what?”
“I have a final tomorrow,” Julianna said.
“Yeah, but isn’t it for your psych class?”
“Yeah.”
“So you’re supposed to bomb it anyway. Isn’t that part of the
challenge?”
“I don’t think I’m supposed to bomb it exactly,” Julianna
said.
“Yeah, but it’s not like you need to study.”
Heather looked at Julianna. “What do you have going into it?”
“B minus.”
Heather crossed her legs. “What’s the status update on the sexy
prof?”
Julianna smiled and covered her full mouth with her hand. “He
wants me bad.”
Heather laughed.
“Like I’ve been teasing the shit out of him, and I think he’s
actually intimidated by me.”
Sam leaned against the counter. “How are you so sure he wants
you?”
Julianna swallowed. “Cause his hips don’t lie, or should I say,
what’s between them doesn’t.”
“Have you-“
“No,” she said, crinkling her forehead. “But I’m pretty sure I
could if I wanted to.”
Heather pulled her bangs straight in front of her eyes and went
cross eyed looking at her split ends. “And do you want to?”
Julianna shrugged. “I do. Eventually.”
“I told you he was your type,” Heather said.
Sam crossed her arms. “Cause you’re a freak for geeks.”
“It’s true.” Julianna shrugged. “I’m not sure why. I think it’s
because with a regular guy, it’s just sex to them. But with a geek it’s, I
don’t know. It almost makes you feel like you’re helping them live out some
kind of fantasy.”
Sam laughed. “Yeah. Cause at the end of the day it’s all about helping
people .”
“Or maybe its cause geeks are good at all the things I’m not,
and I like to show them a whole new world.”
“Alright. Easy Aladdin,” Heather said. “How much have you shown
him so far exactly?”
“Nothing really.” Julianna shrugged. “Only enough so that he
wouldn’t be able to stop himself from imagining the rest.”
“And how are you going to make sure you get an A in the class?”
Heather asked, reaching for another slice.
“Easy,” Julianna said. “I’m going to do something to make sure
he remembers me long after graduation day.”
Heather’s eyes grew wide. “What are you going to do?”
“I haven’t decided yet.” Julianna slid the ring up and
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