Naomi
It’s the early hours of dawn when I walk into our hotel room. Cassi thought it would be fun to rent one for her birthday, and it is convenient because despite me being twenty-one, my mom still likes to know where I am and who I spend my time with every second of the day.
I’m as quiet as possible, but as soon as the door shuts behind me, Cassi and Arianna both sit up, their eyes slightly sleepy but on me.
“Are you just getting in?” Arianna asks.
“Sluttt,” Cassi teases.
I try to muster a smile as I shrug. With every step I take, I limp a little more, so the moment I kick my monstrous heels off is cause for celebration. Never again.
Arianna frowns down at my feet. “You didn’t walk here, did you?”
“No, um, the guy I spent time with gave me a ride. He was nice.”
Except he wasn’t. He was the opposite of nice. He was a jerk, he was mean, he was vile.
“Shut the fuck up. How nice was he exactly, Nay? Can we finally tear up your V-card?” Cassi asks. “You know the best birthday present you could ever give me is finally having sex?”
“How would that benefit you at all?” I ask as I crawl into bed beside Arianna, my heavy eyelids falling closed quickly.
“It would, trust me. So, did you?”
I try to ignore them, but I can feel their gazes on me. Slowly, I peel my eyes open and sigh at them.
“Virginity is firmly intact—sorry to disappoint.”
“Booo,” Cassi says.
Arianna shakes her head. “Don’t listen to her. It’s not even her goddamnbusiness,” she hisses, turning to Cassi.
Cassi rolls her eyes and lies back down. “Whatever. She’s our best friend—of course it’s our business. Speaking of, I still want that play-by-play of your night in the morning, Ari.”
“Whatever you want, Cass,” she retorts, laughing as she wiggles down to lie flat.
Thankfully, the room falls quiet and Cassi’s snoring is the first sound to fill the room.
Arianna nudges my shoulder with hers.
“Are you okay?” she whispers.
No.
“Yeah, I’m just tired. Crazy night, huh?”
Arianna scoffs and nods. “You’re telling me.”
I wake to Arianna and Cassi whispering about their nights. My sleep-drunk eyes move to the clock, and I see it’s already eleven in the morning. It’s not hard to sleep in when you don’t fall asleep until almost five.
“It was so fucking good, and we swapped numbers. I’m just waiting for him to thirst after me and beg for another night, which I’ll gladly give him because my God. Easily the best sex of my life,” Cassi says.
Arianna smiles supportively. “So a good birthday then?”
Cassi grins. “A great one. What about you?”
“It was… so fucking good. He’s older, like a lot older.”
“Ari, did you fuck a GILF?”