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“Maybe it’s true. I only slept with Ricky a few months before he dumped me.”
“He’s another asshole. I’ll tell you what, have sex with me, and I’ll tell you if you suck in bed.”
I smack his arm, but sometimes when he says those things, I’m not entirely sure if he means them or not. He’s my best friend.
“Stop joking around.”
“I’m not joking. One day we should just take the plunge and have mind-numbing sex until we can’t walk.”
“Nate, stop. Would you be serious? I need to talk to you.”
“So talk, I’m here to listen,” he says as he starts to pick at his nails.
“Jordan wants to take me on another date. How long do I make him wait?”
“I can’t answer that for you. You need to make the decision when it’s right. If you want to sleep with him in a month than that’s what you do. There’s no set time limit. It’s how you feel. Maybe your second date will show he’s a jerk, and you can move on.”
“I hope not. I like him. By the way, no groupies tonight?”
“I already had my fill. I fucked some brunette with big tits at the club in the office bathroom. She wanted to come back here, but I told her my roommate didn’t allow me to have guests.”
“You didn’t?” I gasp.
“I did. I’m not in the mood to share my bed tonight. I need some sleep.”
“Well, thanks for being considerate,” I lean in and kiss his chest. He smells of sex, sweat, and cologne. All the smells I associate with Nate.
“Anytime baby girl. I need some rest. I have another gig at Haze tonight. Gotta be there by six for a sound check. Any chance you can do my hair?”
“Yes. I have nothing going on unless Angie breezes in.”
“Where did she go?”
“She met an old boyfriend and went home with him. Why can’t I be so lucky?”
“Because your only two exes are idiots.”
He kisses the crown of my head as he gets off the couch to head to his bedroom. I wonder when it’s going to be my turn to find someone great.
“Fuck! Nate, stop it.”
I open my eyes from where I’m sleeping on the couch as droplets of water ping against my forehead.
“Why the hell didn’t you go into your room?”
“I fell asleep.”
He drips a couple of more drops of water on my head, and I pop up into a sitting position and grab at him, but he backs away, laughing. Nathaniel takes a swig from the bottle he has in his hand and goes to the kitchen. I yawn loudly and glance at the cable box. It’s just past noon.
I have the entire day ahead of me with nothing to do. I made no plans. My parents are having a barbecue at my childhood home in Glen Rock, New Jersey. I don’t want to go because the questions make my head spin. I’m not perfect, like Lexi and Megan. I spent the years before I started working for Scarborough being a flake. I didn’t know what I wanted to do.
Now that I have a career that I love, my parents are starting with the when will I get married speech and have I met anyone. They also have a terrible habit of mentioning Ricky and how well he’s doing.
I was so embarrassed by him dumping me after prom that I told them I broke up with him. They don’t know how badly he hurt me and that it’s carried over into my adult life. I barely mentioned Leo, so they don’t know what a disaster that turned into.
Because of the lack of men in my life, my mother asked me if I was gay. She then proceeded to tell me that she and my father would love me no matter who I chose to be with. By then, I was so mortified that I hid in the bathroom for a half-hour until Lexi came to get me.
I don’t want to subject myself to questioning, so I prefer to spend the afternoon locked in my apartment, watching reruns and eating ice cream.
