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"Maybe a text is better." Sara suggested, breaking the tense silence that filled the apartment.
"Yeah, yeah you're right. He wouldn't sense me desperation from a text if I keep it cool."
I immediately agreed with her since I was actually terrified of calling him, the number of times I had embarrassed myself in front of him and the treatment he gave me earlier made it hard to call him.
"Don't you know any other guys working at Bavard?" Sara asked.
I thought about how the other guys I knew were either married or another version of David Jerkins. The company was for geeks, the few who weren't geeks, they were probably busy, and I didn't interact with them ever. And Zach? Him? How my blood boiled as I thought about him and his stupid hot face. I set up a mental reminder to pay him in his own coin, or in mine, whichever coin seems more painful. Not today though, because for now, I had to focus on constructing this text in the best way possible.
"You don't know what to type, do you?" James sighed.
Even in her semi drunken state, she was tired of my shit, but it didn't matter since she loved me anyway.
"No, I don't know what to write." I admitted.
James clapped her hands, trying to get our attention dramatically.
"We have a 'i want to fuck you text' to compose." Her voice was unnecessarily loud.
I heard Lee snort from her room.
"Hate you Lee!"
"Hate you more!!"
I rolled my eyes,
"It's a 'i want to take you to a wedding because I bragged about having you' text." I corrected James.
She rolled her eyes again,
"After or before fucking him?"
I blinked severally, of course I did want him. But before or after the wedding?
"You know what? Fuck that, you'll obviously lure him out with prospects of having sex with him, and then as you walk into the wedding hall you drop the bombshell on him, he won't be able to walk away." Quinn advised, it was an advise right?
"Good plan, but he might know the place was not a hotel.. and what if he walks away?"
"First, he is stupid rich, so she will give instructions to the driver, distract him with a hot make out session, then when his about to leave, convince him that he's going to be a trophy you'll be showing the world. And of course give him the sex in the wedding hall.. maybe somewhere secluded.. make sure one person sees and the news gets to Karen." Mariana ended by dropping her imaginary microphone.
We all silently thought about it for a while, and the room burst into another round of cheering.
"I WISH I WAS A SERIAL KILLER, SO I'LL START OFF HACKING YOU GIRLS ON YOUR TINY LITTLE THROATS!" Terry threatened.
For the first time we all grew quiet after getting a threat from him.
"It's already one in the morning!" Sara whispered harshly.
We cursed as we scrambled off to bed, we all had work in the morning.. or when it was bright enough.
"Send the text this night.. or morning." James whispered just before she slipped out of the door.
"I'm sure she already told everyone, they'll be expecting you, heck, people will attend the wedding to see you and your boyfriend. In order to save face, you have to send that text today, the wedding is on a Saturday, so he won't plan anything for that day. Okay?" Mariana squeezed my arm as she pleaded.
I smile at her,
"Yeah I will, good night..or morning."
She nodded, and before she could retort, a yawn spilled out of her lips. She laughed.
"Go in Mariana." I nudge her inside her room gently. And without any argument she slipped in, few seconds later the sound of soft snores reached me.
The living room was already empty, everyone had left, leaving the empty bottles of the beer. Too tired to pick them up, I turn of the lights and walk to my room.
My thumb hovered over the chat, it was open. Glad he wasn't online. I tossed and turned thinking of what to say to him, what do I say? It was even more nerve wrecking than sending my dad my results from the school toilet.
"If you wanted to do it, why TF did you act like a jerk earlier?" I type out, before I could send I remembered I had to save face. I cleared it out.
What if I asked Zach instead, he won't say no in person. Yeah no, I knew Zach, his no, was unfortunately his no. I couldn't even use my tits to bribe him, he doesn't even look at them.
"Hi, surely you're asleep but I need you to save face, so let's go fuck at a wedding."
I cleared it once more.
Fuck! This is harder than I thought.
"I'm not a girl of many words, but I'd like you to make me say a few words at a wedding."
Ew, ew, ew.. that was so cringe and David Jerkins like.
"Sounds like a plan.. Saturday?"
I re read this one, it was simple and straight to the point, I wondered why I didn't think of that before. I hit the send button. Dropping my phone like it was on fire on the far end of the bed, I got under the duvet.
I got a notification before my eyes could close. Despite how much I tried to stop myself from checking the message, my curious cat side won. I snatched the phone, chanting a mantra 'please let it be him' inside my head.
"Took you long enough.. Saturday is fine for me."
I screamed happily into my pillow, for the first time, things were going as planned with him.
"You acted like a jerk earlier, and everyone saw, I didn't understand why you texted me." I type and send before thinking.
Shit, I might have cost myself sex all the way from Canada and also a date to the wedding.
"You ran away from me, everybody saw that too. I had to pay you back."
Ahhh, so he's petty.
"Are all Canadian men this level of petty?"
" All I can say is, they are not as hot.."
I chuckle, so he was back to flirting.
"I'll have to be the judge of that."
"Yeah, while you're taking a tour around Canada, I'd like to go to bed.. I'm sleepy."
"Wait! Will you still be a jerk tomorrow at the office?" I asked, I'd like to know what I'm dealing with first.
"No honey, although I might not talk to you.. I'll prefer we don't talk to each other.. no offense, I'd love to talk to you anywhere but I like work and private life separate."
"Sure.. good night." I didn't understand that but I agreed anyway.
His text bubble appeared, then disappeared. I guess he fell asleep while typing. I chuckle, he was cute.
I fell asleep knowing I'd have my back blown out by my Canadian hottie.