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Dan shrugged. “You’ll get better,” he said. “Just keep practicing. And remember what I said – you can always meet some guy who has a crush on you, even if you never sleep with him. Practice on him – someone who likes you no matter what.”
I was about to reply as I felt my phone buzzing in my pocket. “Oh my gosh,” I said. “I hope it’s Alex!”
Dan rolled his eyes. “You’re hopeless, Molly.”
My stomach churned and twisted when I saw Rebecca’s name flashing on the caller ID.
“It’s my roommate,” I hissed. “We got in this huge fight last week and we still haven’t talked!”
“You should answer it,” Dan said. “Maybe she wants to apologize for being such a meddling bitch.”
I blushed. The phone kept buzzing and buzzing. Finally, after what felt like an eternity of agony, I swiped the call open and held it to my ear.
“Hello?”
“I know you know it’s me,” Rebecca said. She sounded miserable. “Molly, I’m really sorry. This is just hard for me. Neither of us has ever dated before – we’ve both always spent so much time together.”
“I know.”
“Can you come out and meet me? I’ll buy you dinner.”
I looked down at the mostly empty pizza box. “Sorry, I just ate. I’m on campus – Dan and I ordered a pizza.”
“Oh, okay. Drinks then? We could go to a bar and I’ll buy you a few beers.”
I swallowed. Part of me wanted to say no, to yell at her for being such a bitch. But the other part of me desperately missed my friend. This had been one of the loneliest weeks of my life and I was looking forward to making up and getting over it.
“Okay,” I said. “Where do you want to meet?”
Rebecca gave me the address of a bar close to campus and I hung up, slipping the phone into my pocket.
“We’re going to get drinks together,” I said, getting to my feet and picking up my things. “Sorry, I felt sort of like I had to say yes.”
Dan waved his hand in the air. “Hey, don’t worry about it,” he said. He rolled his eyes. “You think you have a dramatic life? Try being a gay man.”
I laughed. “Thanks for not minding,” I said. Dan pecked me on the cheek and I set out for the bar.
When I got there, it was so crowded I could barely squeeze past the bar. Rebecca was at a small table in the back, nursing a glass of white wine.
“Hey,” Rebecca said. She gave me a hopeful smile. “Thanks for coming out on such short notice. I know I could’ve waited for you at home…but I don’t know, this is probably better.”
I nodded. “Yeah,” I said. “Um, thanks for apologizing. That means a lot.”
“I was just such a jerk,” Rebecca said. “I’m jealous of your time, Molly, and I realize that’s totally not healthy. We’ve just always been so close, you know?”
I nodded. “I know,” I said. “Trust me, I get it.”
Rebecca sighed. “I’m just sorry I acted like that. It’s kind of…hard to imagine you with my brother, and I just don’t want you getting hurt.”
“Well, probably nothing will happen with Alex,” I said, sighing moodily. “So, it’s not like you have much to worry about.”
“Have you seen him this week?”
“Seen who?”
The sound of Alex’s voice made both Rebecca and I jump. He grinned, then lowered his muscular body down into a chair next to me. His face was red and sweaty, and I could smell beer on his breath.
“Alex!” I said. “What are you doing here?”
