The A-Z Of Sex (Complete)

A True Friend

"How was the date?" Asks Aaliyah as she walks with me into the gym, this is a fad she goes through. Every now and then she will decide she's too fat when there's nothing on her and come to the gym once and then decide she looks incredible and won't show up again until the next time she decides she 'looks too fat'

"It was fine"

"You didn't combust into flames as you walked into the restaurant?"

"Apparently not seeing as I'm still here putting up with you"

"And the 'after show?' I heard you doing the walk of shame just as the sun was coming up"

I just nod and throw my gym bag over my shoulder "Afters was very, very tasty let's put it that way and let's get one thing straight, I don't do 'the walk of shame' I'm not ashamed of having sex"

"So she gave into you on the first date?!"

"What can I say? I'm irresistible"

"Yes. You. Are" drawls a voice from behind us and it's a voice that makes my blood freeze and my skin prickle

Aaliyah turns before me, her face crumpled and then crumpling more as she moves her gaze slowly over Candis tiny, neon green spandex shorts and bra top

"Aaliyah" she says her voice rough from the cigarettes she smokes and unfriendly towards my sister.

Aaliyah knows very little of what has happened between Candi and I in the past other than she was one of my 'conquests' and I need it to stay that way, she looks up to me, God knows what she would think of she knew what I had done

"I assume you were joking when you spoke to my brother just then"

Say yes Candi, do not get into this with my sister!

Aaliyah's face is tense as her arms cross and she stares Candi down like a predator closing in on its prey

"Your brothers hotness is no joke" Candi smirks whilst raking her gaze from my face to my feet and causing a wave of dirty water to wash through me

"He has a girlfriend you know!"

"Last I heard they had broken up and he was a free agent"

"Last I heard you were a married woman that relied on her husband for money"

"Aaliyah!" I reach for my sister and pull her back to me, turning us and immediately heading towards the locker rooms "She's my boss Liyah,  don't speak to her like that"

"Well I don't like the way she talks about you or looks at you, like she's about to jump you or something when she's old enough to be your grandma. I know something happened in the past" she shudders dramatically at her words "And that's gross enough but surely she realises now how out of her league you are"

"Unfortunately not" I say it under my breath but she pauses and grabs hold of my arm

"Is she causing trouble for you?!"

"No" my eyes are on the ground and I know my voice sounds unconvincing

"What is it? Tell me"

"It's nothing"

"Shawn..."

"Liyah leave it, please, it's nothing" and in an attempt to escape my sisters questioning I push into the men's locker room leaving her yelling my name from outside

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"Talk to me"

Aaliyah pushes into a booth in our favourite fast food restaurant B**nt Food Dot Com And slams her book back down onto the red plastic bench next to her

"About?" My cheeks burn as I assume she wants to talk about the date I had with Shawn and my mind floods with images of our sticky bodies hitting against each other, Shawns mouth desperate for the last scraps of chocolate from my chest as I finally found the confidence to indulge him with the dirty talking he's such a fan of

If the date had been good, what came after was definitely the 'cream' on the cake

"Shawn and his bosses wife"

Oh!

I didn't see that coming and my face obviously says more than I ever wanted it to

"What's she done?!" Aaliyah's face is as serious as I have ever seen it and I know this is going to be hard to get out of but Shawn and Candi is not my secret to share

"N-nothing"

My stutter obviously tells her otherwise

"He's my brother, you don't get to keep stuff about him from me"

I shift uncomfortably and pretend I'm reading the laminated menu but Aaliyah just stares at me, waiting for me to speak, daring me not to tell her what she wants to know

"Aaliyah, I understand he's your brother and believe me, if I thought he would want me to tell you then..."

"We're best friends Mila, we don't keep secrets, especially when it comes to my brother"

She continues to stare as though she wants to rip my head off but Shawn told me in confidence and I'm not going to break that, not even for Aaliyah

"He told me some things, it's not my place to share them, I know you love him and all I can say is talk to him because I won't betray him and you shouldn't ask me too"

She sighs as she rests her head in her hands and I hope that's a sign my words are making sense

"Is it bad?" She asks, lifting her head to gaze at me

"You need to speak to Shawn"

"Is he in some kind of trouble Camila?!"

"Please, speak to him, not me"

She runs her long, freshly manicured fingers through her straight, milk chocolate coloured locks and then gazes at me again "thank you"

"For?"

"Being a true friend to Shawn, he doesn't have many, I'm glad he has you"