brilliant at
it.
-Kaylee
I cap my pen and fold the note. Once I
drop this off in my locker and hope he sees it, then that’ll be the
end of it. My stomach feels a little hollow at the
thought.
I’m the last one out of the locker
room, and when I hit the science hall, my phone buzzes.
Ryan: Lex’ll be there this
weekend.
Me: Really???
Ryan: If anyone needs a
stress relieving weekend, it’s her. So thanks for inviting
her.
Me: Thanks for watching
her mom ;)
Ryan: Nate is too. We’re
tag-teaming it.
Me: He shall be rewarded
for it. You will too, but probably not in the same way.
Ryan: lol
Me: Thank you!
Ryan: np
“ Score!” I shout in the
middle of the hallway, getting a few random high-fives from people.
It’s funny because I know most of them… their names, their faces,
even what classes we share. But not a single one of them would’ve
done what Ryan, Nate, and Lexie do for each other. And now
me.
I happy dance with my phone all the
way to class.
***
“I’m heading to the hot tub now.” Mom
throws her wrap around her suit. She’s lost a few pounds since I
last saw her. She looks happy, too. It’s sort of weird. “Sure you
girls don’t want to come?”
“ Maybe later, Mom,” I say,
waving her out. She’s been pestering me about Nate all day, and I
just know she’s going to pull out the condoms if I let her keep
going.
Mom totally mocks me, waving back,
then picks up her book and the hotel door clicks shut. Lexie pulls
a mini-suitcase out that just holds her nail polish collection, and
she pulls my toes to the end of the bed.
“ You talk, I
paint.”
My smile spreads across my face, and I
can’t help but dance a little in the mattress. “So my dad totally
caught Nate and I going at it and long story short, he called my
mom and she’s here to give me ‘the talk.’ So you’re totally saving
me from it.”
Something wet and cold streaks across
my middle toe as Lexie misses my nail. She makes a choking sound,
falls back to the floor, and clutches her stomach as she
laughs.
“ Please tell me the long
version,” she manages to say through her giggles. I chuck a pillow
at her and let my mouth fly with details. My cheeks spread red when
I tell her my attempt at dry humping, then her cheeks follow suit,
but she doesn’t stop me from talking. She actually looks interested
in all of it, excited for me, and equally horrified that my dad
walked in.
“ Are you guys going to…”
she asks, rubbing remover across my toe. “Well… I mean, that’s way
fast right?”
I pull at the ends of my braids. “I
seriously have no idea. The thought makes me completely nervous,
but when we’re together I just…”
“ Forget?”
My teeth grab onto my
bottom lip, and I nod. “I like him though. Like super like him. We’ve only been
officially dating for three weeks, four days, and two hours. So I’m
not sure if it’s because we’re in the honeymoon stage still or if I
actually maybe sorta could be falling falling falling down down
down in super amazing, all-out love with him. That’s totally
bonkers!” I slap my hands over my face. “You think I need to go
into an asylum don’t you?”
The mattress sinks next to me, and
Lexie grabs one of my hands and starts rubbing a wet cotton ball
over my thumbnail. “Love is funny like that.”
I drop my other hand and
watch her pull out something called Significant Other Color telling me
it’s perfect right now. “You think people can fall in love that
fast?”
“ I don’t know.” A dimple
twitches in her cheek. “I’d like to think it could happen for me
someday.”
Oh! Finally, an opportunity to figure
out what is up with her and Ryan.
“ You haven’t been in love
yet?”
She shakes her head, brown
hair falling loose from her ponytail. “Not like you and Nate. Like,
I can tell with you guys…even without the PDA.” She wrinkles her
nose at me, and I laugh. “It’s the way you look at each other. And
I’ve known Nate for a
it.
-Kaylee
I cap my pen and fold the note. Once I
drop this off in my locker and hope he sees it, then that’ll be the
end of it. My stomach feels a little hollow at the
thought.
I’m the last one out of the locker
room, and when I hit the science hall, my phone buzzes.
Ryan: Lex’ll be there this
weekend.
Me: Really???
Ryan: If anyone needs a
stress relieving weekend, it’s her. So thanks for inviting
her.
Me: Thanks for watching
her mom ;)
Ryan: Nate is too. We’re
tag-teaming it.
Me: He shall be rewarded
for it. You will too, but probably not in the same way.
Ryan: lol
Me: Thank you!
Ryan: np
“ Score!” I shout in the
middle of the hallway, getting a few random high-fives from people.
It’s funny because I know most of them… their names, their faces,
even what classes we share. But not a single one of them would’ve
done what Ryan, Nate, and Lexie do for each other. And now
me.
I happy dance with my phone all the
way to class.
***
“I’m heading to the hot tub now.” Mom
throws her wrap around her suit. She’s lost a few pounds since I
last saw her. She looks happy, too. It’s sort of weird. “Sure you
girls don’t want to come?”
“ Maybe later, Mom,” I say,
waving her out. She’s been pestering me about Nate all day, and I
just know she’s going to pull out the condoms if I let her keep
going.
Mom totally mocks me, waving back,
then picks up her book and the hotel door clicks shut. Lexie pulls
a mini-suitcase out that just holds her nail polish collection, and
she pulls my toes to the end of the bed.
“ You talk, I
paint.”
My smile spreads across my face, and I
can’t help but dance a little in the mattress. “So my dad totally
caught Nate and I going at it and long story short, he called my
mom and she’s here to give me ‘the talk.’ So you’re totally saving
me from it.”
Something wet and cold streaks across
my middle toe as Lexie misses my nail. She makes a choking sound,
falls back to the floor, and clutches her stomach as she
laughs.
“ Please tell me the long
version,” she manages to say through her giggles. I chuck a pillow
at her and let my mouth fly with details. My cheeks spread red when
I tell her my attempt at dry humping, then her cheeks follow suit,
but she doesn’t stop me from talking. She actually looks interested
in all of it, excited for me, and equally horrified that my dad
walked in.
“ Are you guys going to…”
she asks, rubbing remover across my toe. “Well… I mean, that’s way
fast right?”
I pull at the ends of my braids. “I
seriously have no idea. The thought makes me completely nervous,
but when we’re together I just…”
“ Forget?”
My teeth grab onto my
bottom lip, and I nod. “I like him though. Like super like him. We’ve only been
officially dating for three weeks, four days, and two hours. So I’m
not sure if it’s because we’re in the honeymoon stage still or if I
actually maybe sorta could be falling falling falling down down
down in super amazing, all-out love with him. That’s totally
bonkers!” I slap my hands over my face. “You think I need to go
into an asylum don’t you?”
The mattress sinks next to me, and
Lexie grabs one of my hands and starts rubbing a wet cotton ball
over my thumbnail. “Love is funny like that.”
I drop my other hand and
watch her pull out something called Significant Other Color telling me
it’s perfect right now. “You think people can fall in love that
fast?”
“ I don’t know.” A dimple
twitches in her cheek. “I’d like to think it could happen for me
someday.”
Oh! Finally, an opportunity to figure
out what is up with her and Ryan.
“ You haven’t been in love
yet?”
She shakes her head, brown
hair falling loose from her ponytail. “Not like you and Nate. Like,
I can tell with you guys…even without the PDA.” She wrinkles her
nose at me, and I laugh. “It’s the way you look at each other. And
I’ve known Nate for a
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