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“WHAT?!”
I sit back down as I try to let my thoughts drift back to the night before. I could have sworn I was more sober, but for some reason everything after the bar is a blur.
The night before:
I open Ava’s car door as we walk up to her building. I am somewhat pleased that it’s in a decent neighborhood and that a code is required to get in. Once you get in, another set of doors stops you from entering the lobby.
“This seems safe?”
“Yeah, unless someone sneaks in with food delivery. Which happens.” I frown thinking about a random New Yorker walking around Ava’s building. We climb the three flights of stairs, and she opens the door to find her roommate in the kitchen pulling her hair into a topknot while she scurries around the room like a chicken with her head cut off.
“I am so fucking late. Hey, Remington.”
“Hey, Jackson, this is my roommate Darcy. Darcy, Jackson.” She says pointing back and forth between us.
“Nice to meet ya.” She pulls her coat on and throws her crossbody bag on before planting a kiss on Ava’s cheek. “I’m sorry I have to run, but I want to hear all about this…,” she says pointing back and forth between us, “later.” She smiles. “Raid my room if you need it.” And I have a feeling that’s code for “take condoms as needed.”
She closes the door behind her, and Ava sighs. “So yeah, that’s Darcy.”
“You said you get along with her okay?” I ask her. I’ve had roommates before. Shitty ones. Including my inconsiderate-ass brother. It can suck sharing a living space with someone you don’t get along with. One who doesn’t respect your space, your privacy, you in general.
“She’s great. I love her. She’s quiet when I’m studying, and she’s clean, and she cooks.”
She sits on the couch, and I sit next to her. “You can come stay with me if you change your mind. If she ends up sucking…,” I tell her. “You don’t have to feel alone here. I’m sorry that I haven’t been there.”
“It’s okay. You’re here now.”
“No more going out alone by yourself late at night, Ava. I mean it.”
“Okay.”
I nod, trying to avoid the elephant in the room. “You really want this?”
“Yes, please.”
“You sure there’s no one else you’d rather…”
“I don’t trust anyone in the tri-state area more than you, Jackson. Hell, besides my father and my brother, you may be the only other man I completely trust.”
Her words touch me, and that mixed with how close she’s sitting has me breaking the promise to myself that I would not touch her. My hand finds her thigh, and she shivers, causing me to go from six to midnight thinking about how much I affect her.
“Okay, I’ll do it.”
“Really?”
“Yes, I don’t want you going out and doing something reckless. And your first time should be special. You deserve a proper loss of virginity ceremony,” I joke. I tuck a hair behind her ear, and she leans in to my touch. “But not tonight,” I whisper, and it’s not only to her but to myself as I try and bring myself back from the point of no return. “We’ve been drinking.”
“So?”
“So, this is your first time. I want you to feel everything. I want you hyper aware of every nerve in your body because I’m going to bend them all to my whim. I am going to turn you completely inside out, Ava.”
She gulps, “Do I get a preview?”
“What do you want?”
She taps her chin a few times and stares into the air as if the answer will come from there. “An orgasm.” She smiles.
“I can do that,” I tell her, pulling her to her feet and letting her lead me in the direction of her room.
