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I choked on my next breath.
Me: Not typically.
What kind of answer was that?
The right one would have been “no.”
Pieces of me: What about holding their hand?
Me: I suppose I would if they needed me to. But holding hands isn't really my thing. Not even with people I've dated.
He really didn't know what being friends entailed, did he?
Pieces of me: How about snuggling?
Me: I don't know. I can't remember the last time I've done it.
Pieces of me: Sex?
My throat went dry. At this point, I wasn't sure if he was asking if I did it with friends or if I liked it.
Me: I'm sorry, Nova. We’re going way off base here and I'd like to go back to where we were.
Pieces of me: I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable. I'm not good with boundaries.
Me: It's okay.
Pieces of me: If you want to block me after today, I understand.
Me: Why would I do that? How else am I supposed to bother you tomorrow?
He didn't say anything for at least five minutes.
Did I embarrass him?
It wasn't my intention.
Pieces of me: Speaking of tomorrow, we'll have to continue our chat then. It’ll be getting dark soon and it's a long ride home.
Me: I'll talk to you then and wait for you to respond to my morning message.
Pieces of me: Night, Franky.
I smiled at him calling me my favorite nickname again.
Me: Night, Nova.
I set down the phone and turned on the TV. No matter what movie I tried watching I was unable to get some of Nova's messages out of my head—one in particular.
Do you ever kiss your friends?
I never had before. I’d never kissed another man either. I also never thought of one as cute, or looked forward to questions that should have made me feel more uncomfortable than I did.
What was it about Nova that had me questioning everything after only two days of us chatting?
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