Page 45 of Fall From Grace
“I feel like you’re trying to prolong this conversation as long as you can.”
He sighed into the phone. “I don’t want to tell you what I’ve done with another girl.”
“Too bad,” I said.
“Why are you so curious?” he asked suddenly. “I feel like this will only make the distance between us seem bigger than I want it to be.”
Because I was a glutton for punishment, apparently. “We’ve always been close, even more than Sara and Tiffany, you’ve always been my best friend… What’s wrong with telling each other these things? I would tell you if I had…”
“All right, Priss,” he muttered. “I’ll tell you everything indetailtonight so that you’re pretty little head is satisfied.”
I wasted the day away waiting for night to fall just so I could hear Noah’s dirty details. My brain wasn’t wired right when it came to him. I was sad that he had been with other girls but at the same time, I couldn’t wait to hear what all he’d done. Maybe if I hadn’t seen Noah this Friday, I would have eventually gone further with Dustin and would’ve had a story to share with Noah. But more than a story, I wanted Noah to be in mine.
Now that I knew where to look on Facebook, I found myself on several people’s profiles that went to the same school as Noah and regretted it as soon as I had. A lot of the girls had pictures of him in class, on the field, just doing all sorts of things. I saw several of him from two years ago and my stomach dropped that I had missed little things that all these other people got to see. If only Noah had an account, I would have been able to find him sooner… He never cared for things like that though… I stumbled across a picture of him with some pretty blonde hugging him and he was smiling in a different direction from the camera…
Yep, I thought that was enough of torturing myself for the evening.
Dustin had also switched his status back to single and posted obvious quotes aimed at me… I rolled my eyes and tossed my phone on the bed.
Ugh…Call me Noah.
Gus was at my feet biting my toes to get my attention. I scooped him up in my arms when my phone started going off. I squeaked and jumped on the bed with Gus. His ears flattened as he momentarily looked at me like I had lost my mind.
“Hey,” I said nice and easy despite my excitement.
“What are you doing?” he asked. I heard rustling in the background.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“Nothing, just got out of the shower. Heading to my room now,” he said.
“Well, now, shall we begin?” I got straight to the point.
He laughed lightly. “You don’t waste no time.”
I helped Gus with the cover after he struggled to get himself underneath it before I climbed underneath it myself and lay on my side.
“Well, what do you want to know?”
“Everything,” I told him. He groaned so I asked, “How many?”
“Just one.”
“Just one?” I repeated, incredulous. “I’ve not even gotten to the one.”
“Is this what this is about?” I could hear the smile in his voice. “You hate that you’re still a virgin? Dustin that lacking when it comes to kissing?” he couldn’t help but ask.
“Don’t change the subject,” I griped. “Did you like her…?”
He laughed at me. “Well, I sure didn’t hate her.”
“You know what I mean,” I groaned. “Was it l—love or just—”
“I just wanted to have sex, Priss, I wanted to explore the female body inside and out so I did. So that I can please that special someone when I finally…”
He let his words fade and I blushed. “So… What did you do with her?”
“Everything.”