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investigating and reporting truth to other people. I’m selfish in my curiosity. I just want to satiate my own questions.” Ana nods wisely. “It’s my addiction.”
“So does that mean, we’re going to have to watch out for you being Miss Nosy in the future?” Kim narrows her eyes at Ana.
“HA! No, you guys don’t have to worry. I love large scale mysteries, you know big-picture stories. I have zero interest in invading your privacy. Although Jas’ love life, I mean sex life ,” she corrects, “has the potential to yield some large-scale stories in the future.”
Our blank looks prod her to explain, “You know she might hook-up with a married senator who comes to campus to give a lecture or something. Then I’d be interested and desperately wanting to know.”
“Senator, eh? I’ll see if I can get right on that,” Jas jokes back.
“You would hook-up with a married guy?” I ask. Unsure exactly what I thought about that scenario.
“I don’t know. I’ve never really thought about it. There are plenty of guys that are available so I’ve never gone looking for a married man.” She shrugs.
The thought had clearly never occurred to her.
“I can’t know about the future, though. You know how I feel about karma—that shit is sacred so I don’t think I would go out of my way to destroy lives…” she draws her eyebrows together in disgust.
It’s as serious as I had ever heard Jas be about sex and consequence.
And then her face lightens, a wicked smile emerges, “But at the same time as Marilyn Monroe said, ‘Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.’”
Kim rolls her eyes. Ana smiles back, anticipating no doubt, all the entertainment Jas would provide with her sex life over the next four years.
Which apparently, was about to pay off for Ana sooner rather than later.
Jasmine turns to face our dark-eyed suitemate, “Back to your question, Ana. I did hear something from a senior who gave me the best orgasm I’ve had in months.”
I steal a glance at Joe and Carlos, they are both bright red and looking anywhere but at Jasmine.
She goes on with the story, completely unaware of the males, “He said that his former suitemate’s friend is in some super sexy society.”
She lowers her voice conspiratorially, “Apparently, the friend got completely pissed and was going on about having sex while people watched. It was mostly garbled gibberish, but the sex while people watched part was clear.”
Ana leans in, about to ask more, I’m sure, but my words are out before I can stop myself. “What else did the guy say?”
I try not to look too interested since I was already managing to sound too interested.
“Nothing. The guy was so pissed that he passed out soon after telling my date’s suitemate about the sex.”
Ana taps her fingers together, like she’s hatching a plan. “Interesting. So there’s like a secret sex society out there that deals in orgies or something.”
I can hear the cogs in Ana’s head spinning.
I try to think about anything but the current topic so that I won’t betray myself by turning red.
I think about random things like my family vacation to Maui or my steadfast desire to see Judi Dench win an Oscar…and Maggie Smith.
Wondering which classes I should take next semester…
It must be working because no one is looking at me.
It’s Kim who breaks the silence, “How did you guys even get on that topic of conversation? ‘My former suitemate’s friend has a kinky sex life?’”
She shakes her head like she can’t wrap her head around Jas’ pillow talk. “What do you even say in response to something like that?”
Jas’ voice is dead serious. “Well I don’t know what one would say, but I stated the obvious.”
“What?” Kim and I speak at the same time.
Jas looks at us, incredulous.
“That it sounds like a society that needs me as a member. Naturally.”
Ana snorts out her water.
We’re all laughing as we grab napkins to clean it
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