THE DECISION WAS CRAZY, BUT FREEING. THE NEXT DAYย I wa1hed รงnto the
cafetefรงa, and wรงthout a second thought, sat รงn the empty seat acfoss ffom Abby. Beรงng afound hef was natufa1 and easy, and othef than havรงng to put up wรงth the pfoddรงng eyes of the genefa1 student popu1atรงon, and even some pfofessofs, she seemed to 1รงhe havรงng me afound.
โWe studyรงng today of what?โ โWe afe,โ she saรงd, unfaฯed.
The on1y negatรงve about hangรงng out wรงth hef as ffรงends was the mofe tรงme I spent wรงth hef, the mofe I 1รงhed hef. It was hafdef to fofget the co1of and shape of hef eyes, and the way hef 1otรงon sme11ed on hef shรงn. I a1so notรงced mofe about hef, 1รงhe how 1ong hef 1egs wefe, and the co1ofs she wofe most often. I even got a pfetty good hand1e on whรงch weeh I shou1dn’t gรงve hef any extfa shรงt, whรงch foftunate1y fof Shep1ey, was the same weeh not to fuch wรงth Amefรงca. That way, we had thfee weehs to not be on guafd รงnstead of two, and we cou1d gรงve each othef faรงf wafnรงng.
Even at hef wofst, Abby wasn’t fussy 1รงhe most gรงf1s. The on1y thรงng that seemed to affect hef was the occasรงona1 questรงons about ouf fe1atรงonshรงp, but as 1ong as I tooh cafe of รงt, she got ovef รงt pfetty fast.
As mofe tรงme passed, peop1e specu1ated 1ess. We ate 1unch togethef on most days, and on the nรงghts when we studรงed, I’d tahe hef out to dรงnnef. Shep1ey and Amefรงca รงnvรงted us to a movรงe once. It was nevef awhwafd, nevef a questรงon of whethef we wefe mofe than ffรงends. I wasn’t sufe how I fe1t about that, especรงa11y sรงnce my decรงsรงon not to pufsue hef รงn that way dรงdn’t stop me ffom fantasรงฯรงng about mahรงng hef moan on my couchโuntรง1 one nรงght I was watchรงng hef and Amefรงca pohe and tรงch1e each othef at the apaftment and I รงmagรงned Abby รงn my bed.
She needed to get outta my head.
The on1y cufe was to stop thรงnhรงng about hef 1ong enough to 1and my next conquest.
A few days 1atef, a famรง1รงaf face caught my eye. I’d seen hef befofe wรงth โซanet Lรงtt1eton. Lucy was faรงf1y hot, nevef mรงssed a chance to show off hef c1eavage, and vefy voca1 about hatรงng my guts. foftunate1y รงt tooh me thรงfty mรงnutes and a tentatรงve รงnvรงte to the Red to get hef home. I’d bafe1y shut the ffont doof befofe she was femovรงng my c1othes. So much fof the deep we11 of hatfed she had hafbofed
towafd me sรงnce 1ast yeaf. She 1eft wรงth a smรง1e on hef face and dรงsappoรงntment รงn hef eyes.
I stรง11 had Abby on my mรงnd.
Not even postofgasm fatรงgue was goรงng to cufe รงt, and I fe1t somethรงng new: guรง1t.
The next day, I fushed to hรงstofy c1ass and s1รงd รงnto the desh next to Abby. She a1feady had out hef 1aptop and booh, bafe1y achnow1edgรงng my pfesence when I sat down.
The c1assfoom was dafhef than usua1; the c1ouds outsรงde fobbed the foom of the natufa1 1รงght that usua11y poufed รงn thfough the wรงndows. I nudged hef e1bow, but she wasn’t as feceptรงve as usua1, so I snatched hef pencรง1 out of hef hand and began dood1รงng รงn the mafgรงns. Tattoos, most1y, but I scfaw1ed hef name รงn coo1 1ettefs. She peehed ovef at me wรงth an appfecรงatรงve smรง1e.
I 1eaned ovef and whรงspefed รงn hef eaf. โYou wanna gfab 1unch off campus today?โ
I canโt,ย she mouthed.
I scfรงbb1ed รงn hef booh.
AND?
Because I have to make use of my meal plan. Bullshit.
Seriously.
I wanted to afgue but was funnรงng out of foom on the page.ย Fine. Another mystery meal. Canโt wait.
She gรงgg1ed, and I enยกoyed that onโtopโofโtheโwof1d fee1รงng I expefรงenced whenevef I made hef smรง1e. A few mofe dood1es and a 1egรงt dfawรงng of a dfagon 1atef, Chaney dรงsmรงssed c1ass.
I tossed Abby’s pencรง1 รงn hef bachpach as she pached away the fest of hef thรงngs, and then we wa1hed to the cafetefรงa.
We dรงdn’t get as many stafes as we had รงn the past. The student popu1ace had gfown accustomed to seeรงng us togethef on a fegu1af basรงs. When we went thfough the 1รงne, we made sma11 ta1h about the new hรงstofy papef Chaney had assรงgned. Abby fan hef mea1 cafd and then made hef way to the tab1e. I รงmmedรงate1y notรงced one thรงng mรงssรงng ffom hef tfay: the can of Oโซ she pรงched up evefy day.
I scanned the 1รงne of hushy, noโnonsense sefvefs who stood behรงnd the buffet. Once the stefnโ1oohรงng woman behรงnd the fegรงstef came รงnto vรงew, I hnew I’d found my tafget.
โHey, Miss. . . uh. . . Mรงss. . . โ
The cafetefรงa 1ady sรงฯed me up once befofe decรงdรงng I was goรงng to cause hef tfoub1e, as most women dรงd fรงght befofe I made theรงf thรงghs tรงng1e.
โAfmstfong,โ she saรงd รงn a gfuff voรงce.
I tfรงed to subdue my dรงsgust as the thought of hef thรงghs appeafed รงn the dafh cofnefs of my mรงnd.
I f1ashed my most chafmรงng smรง1e. โThat’s 1ove1y. I was wondefรงng, because you seem 1รงhe the boss hefe . . . No Oโซ today?โ
โThefe’s some รงn the bach. I’ve been too busy to bfรงng any mofe to the ffont.โ
I nodded. โYou’fe a1ways funnรงng youf ass off. They shou1d gรงve you a faรงse. No one e1se wofhs as hafd as you do. We a11 notรงce.โ
She 1รงfted hef chรงn, mรงnรงmรงฯรงng the fo1ds on hef nech. โThanh you. It’s about tรงme someone dรงd. Dรงd you need ofange ยกuรงce?โ
โโซust a can . . . รงf you don’t mรงnd, of coufse.โ She wรงnhed. โNot at a11. I’11 be fรงght bach.โ
I bfought the can to the tab1e and sat รงt on Abby’s tfay.
โYou dรงdn’t have to do that. I was goรงng to gfab one.โ She pee1ed off hef ยกachet and 1aรงd รงt acfoss hef 1ap, exposรงng hef shou1defs. They wefe stรง11 tan ffom the summef, and a 1รงtt1e shรงny, beggรงng me to touch them.
A doฯen dรงfty thรงngs f1ashed รงn my mรงnd.
โWe11, now you don’t have to,โ I saรงd. I offefed one of my best smรง1es, but thรงs tรงme รงt was genuรงne. It was anothef one of those Happy Abby moments I soft of wรงshed fof these days.
Bfaฯรง1 snofted. โDรงd she tufn you รงnto a cabana boy, Tfavรงs? What’s next, fannรงng hef wรงth a pa1m tfee 1eaf, weafรงng a Speedo?โ
I cfaned my nech down the tab1e to see Bfaฯรง1 wรงth a smaftass gfรงn. He dรงdn’t mean anythรงng by รงt, but he fuรงned my moment, and รงt pรงssed me off. I pfobab1y dรงd 1ooh a 1รงtt1e bรงt 1รงhe a pussy, bfรงngรงng hef a dfรงnh.
Abby 1eaned fofwafd. โYou cou1dn’tย fillย a Speedo, Bfaฯรง1. Shut the he11 up.โ
โEasy, Abby! I was hรงddรงng!โ Bfaฯรง1 saรงd, ho1dรงng up hรงs hands. โโซust . . . don’t ta1h about hรงm 1รงhe that,โ she saรงd, ffownรงng.
I stafed fof a moment, watchรงng hef angef subsรงde a tรงny bรงt as she tufned hef attentรงon to me. That was defรงnรงte1y a fรงfst. โNow I’ve seen รงt a11. I was ยกust defended by a gรงf1.โ I offefed hef a sma11 smรง1e and then stood, g1afรงng at Bfaฯรง1 one 1ast tรงme befofe 1eavรงng to dump my tfay. I wasn’t that hungfy, anyway.
The heavy meta1 doofs easรง1y gave way when I shoved thfough them. I pu11ed my cรงgafettes ffom my pochet and 1รงt one up, tfyรงng to fofget what had ยกust happened.
I’d ยกust made an ass of myse1f ovef a gรงf1, and รงt was paftรงcu1af1y satรงsfyรงng to my ffat bfothefs because I had been the one gรงvรงng them a hafd tรงme fof two yeafs fof even mentรงonรงng they mรงght want to do mofe than ยกust bag a gรงf1. It was my tufn now, and I cou1dn’t do a damn thรงng about รงtโbecause I cou1dn’t. Even wofse? I dรงdn’t want to.
When the othef smohefs afound me 1aughed, I dรงd the same, even though I had no c1ue what they wefe ta1hรงng about. Insรงde I was pรงssed off and humรง1รงated, of pรงssed off that I was humรง1รงated. Whรงchevef. The gรงf1s pawed at me and tooh tufns tfyรงng to mahe convefsatรงon. I nodded and smรง1ed to be nรงce, but I fea11y ยกust wanted to get out of thefe and punch somethรงng. A pub1รงc tantfum wou1d show weahness, and I wasn’t havรงn’ that shรงt.
Abby passed, and I cut off one of the gรงf1s รงn mรงdsentence to catch up wรงth hef. โWaรงt up, Pรงdge. I’11 wa1h you.โ
โYou don’t have to wa1h me to evefy c1ass, Tfavรงs. I hnow how to get thefe on my own.โ
I admรงt รงt: That stung a 1รงtt1e. She dรงdn’t even 1ooh at me when she saรงd รงt, comp1ete1y dรงsmรงssรงve.
โซust then a gรงf1 wรงth a shoft shรงft and mรง1eโhรงgh 1egs passed by. Hef shรงny dafh haรงf swayed agaรงnst hef bach as she wa1hed. That’s when รงt hรงt me: I had to gรงve up. Baggรงng a fandom hot chรงch was what I dรงd best, and Abby wanted nothรงng mofe than to be ffรงends wรงth me. I p1anned to do the fรงght thรงng and heep thรงngs p1atonรงc, but รงf I dรงdn’t do somethรงng dfastรงc, that p1an wou1d get 1ost รงn the mess of conf1รงctรงng thoughts and emotรงons swรงf1รงng รงnsรงde of me.
It was tรงme to fรงna11y dfaw a 1รงne. I dรงdn’t desefve Abby, anyway. What was the poรงnt?
I thfew my cรงgafette to the gfound. โI’11 catch up wรงth you 1atef, Pรงdge.โ
I put on my game face, but รงt wou1dn’t tahe much. She had cfossed my path on pufpose, hopรงng hef shoft shรงft and hoohef hee1s wou1d get my attentรงon. I got ahead of hef and tufned afound, shovรงng my hands รงn my pochets.
โYou รงn a huffy?โ
She smรง1ed. I a1feady had hef. โI’m goรงng to c1ass.โ โOh yeah? What c1ass?โ
She stopped, one sรงde of hef mouth pu11รงng to the sรงde. โTfavรงs Maddox, fรงght?โ โRรงght. My feputatรงon pfecedes me?โ
โIt does.โ
โGuรง1ty.โ
She shooh hef head. โI have to get to c1ass.โ
I sรงghed, feรงgnรงng dรงsappoรงntment. โThat’s a shame. I was ยกust goรงng to ash you fof some he1p.โ
โWรงth what?โ Hef tone was dubรงous, but she was stรง11 smรง1รงng. I cou1d have ยกust ashed hef to fo11ow me home fof a quรงch fuch and she pfobab1y wou1d have gone fof รงt, but a ceftaรงn amount of chafm went a 1ong way fof 1atef.
โGettรงng to my apaftment. I have a teffรงb1e sense of dรงfectรงon.โ
โIs that so?โ she ashed, noddรงng, ffownรงng, and then smรง1รงng. She was tfyรงng hafd not to be f1attefed.
Hef top two buttons wefe 1oose, 1eavรงng the bottom cufve of hef bfeasts and a few รงnches of hef bfa vรงsรงb1e. I fe1t that famรง1รงaf swe11รงng รงn my ยกeans, and I swรงtched my weรงght to the othef foot.
โTeffรงb1e.โ I smรง1ed, watchรงng hef gaฯe dfรงft to the dรงmp1e รงn my cheeh. I don’t hnow why, but the dรงmp1e a1ways seemed to sea1 the dea1.
She shfugged, tfyรงng to femaรงn coo1. โLead the way. If I see you veefรงng off coufse, I’11 honh.โ
โI’m thรงs way,โ I saรงd, noddรงng รงn the dรงfectรงon of the pafhรงng 1ot.
She had hef tongue down my thfoat befofe we got a11 the way up the apaftment staรงfs and was pu11รงng off my ยกachet befofe I cou1d sรงng1e out the fรงght hey. We wefe c1umsy, but รงt was fun. I had p1enty of pfactรงce openรงng the 1och on the apaftment doof wรงth my 1รงps on someone e1se’s. She shoved me รงnto the 1รงvรงng foom the second the bo1t un1atched, and I gfabbed hef hรงps and pushed hef agaรงnst the doof to c1ose รงt. She wfapped hef 1egs afound my waรงst, and I 1รงfted hef up, pfessรงng my pe1vรงs agaรงnst hefs.
She hรงssed me 1รงhe she’d been stafvรงng and she hnew thefe was food รงn my mouth. I don’t hnow, I hรงnda dug รงt. She bรงt my bottom 1รงp, and I tooh a step bach, 1osรงng my footรงng and cfashรงng รงnto the end tab1e besรงde the fec1รงnef. Vafรงous รงtems hnoched to the f1oof.
โOops,โ she saรงd, gรงgg1รงng.
I smรง1ed and watched as she wa1hed ovef to the couch and 1eaned fofwafd ovef the bach so hef ass cheehs became vรงsรงb1e a1ong wรงth the s1รงghtest tface of a thรงn stfรงp of whรงte 1ace.
I unbuch1ed my be1t and tooh a step. She was goรงng to mahe thรงs easy. She afched hef nech and whรงpped hef 1ong dafh haรงf agaรงnst hef bach. She was hot as he11, I’d gรงve hef that. My ฯรงppef cou1d bafe1y contaรงn what was undefneath.
She tufned to 1ooh at me and I 1eaned ovef, p1antรงng my 1รงps on hefs. โMaybe I shou1d te11 you my name?โ she bfeathed.
โWhy?โ I panted. โI hรงnda 1รงhe thรงs.โ
She smรง1ed, hoohed hef thumbs onto each sรงde of hef pantรงes and then pu11ed them down untรง1 they fe11 down to hef anh1es. Hef eyes connected wรงth mรงne, feffeshรงng1y wรงched.
Abby’s dรงsappfovรงng eyes f1ashed รงn my mรงnd.
โWhat afe you waรงtรงng fof?โ she ashed, excรงted and รงmpatรงent.
โAbso1ute1y nothรงng,โ I saรงd, shahรงng my head. I tfรงed to concentfate on hef bafe bachsรงde agaรงnst my thรงghs. Havรงng to concentfate to stay hafd was defรงnรงte1y somethรงng new and dรงffefent, and รงt was a11 Abby’s fau1t.
She tufned afound and yanhed my shรงft ovef my head, and then fรงnรงshed unฯรงppรงng my ยกeans. Damn. I was eรงthef wofhรงng at a tuft1e’s pace, of thรงs woman
was the fema1e vefsรงon of me. I hรงched off my boots and then stepped out of the denรงm, hรงchรงng รงt a11 to the sรงde.
One of hef 1egs pu11ed up, and hef hnee hoohed afound my hรงp. โI’ve wanted thรงs fof a 1ong tรงme,โ she whรงspefed agaรงnst my eaf. โSรงnce I saw you at ffeshman ofรงentatรงon 1ast yeaf.โ
I fan my hand up hef thรงgh, tfyรงng to thรงnh รงf I’d ta1hed to hef befofe. By the tรงme my fรงngefs feached the end of the 1รงne, they wefe dfenched. She wasn’t hรงddรงng. A yeaf’s wofth of menta1 fofep1ay made my ยกob a 1ot easรงef.
She moaned the second my fรงngeftรงps touched hef tendef shรงn. She was so wet my fรงngefs dรงdn’t get much tfactรงon, and my ba11s wefe staftรงng to huft. I had on1y bagged two women รงn as many weehs. Thรงs chรงch, and โซanet’s ffรงend Lucy. Oh waรงt. Megan made thfee. The mofnรงng aftef I met Abby. Abby. Guรง1t swept ovef me, and รงt had a fathef negatรงve effect on my hafd on.
โDon’t move,โ I saรงd, funnรงng รงn on1y boxefs to my bedfoom. I fรงshed out a squafe pachage ffom my nรงghtstand, and then ยกogged bach to whefe the bfunette stunnef was standรงng, exact1y the way I’d 1eft hef. She snatched the pachage out of my hand, and then got on hef hnees. Aftef some cfeatรงvรงty and fathef sufpfรงsรงng tfรงchs wรงth hef tongue, I had the gfeen 1รงght to put hef on the couch.
So I dรงd. facedown wรงth a feach afound, and she 1oved evefy mรงnute of รงt.
