Circles - Post Malone

Fourteen

"No sex with other people. I am not keen on swimming in a communal cesspool of diseases."

"Are you implying that I am a slut?"

"Yes."

"Is it wrong that when you say shit like that my dick twitches?"

"Austin, be serious!"

Austin stops thrusting into Dahlia and looks at her. "I am fucking you against the wall in a clinic bathroom. I don't know how much more serious you want me to be," he says. Dahlia rocks her hips which prompts him to start thrusting again. The way he had pushed her so roughly up against the wall had her practically climaxing before he even got inside her. He finishes after three more thrusts and then lets his forehead fall onto her collarbone as she gulps for air.

"I agree. While we are fucking each other it's exclusive. It's safer that way," he says into her shirt then steps away from the wall and puts her down. He tries to help her button her pants but she bats his hands away. "And no weird couple shit. We are not a couple," she says. Austin frowns. "What does that entail?" he asks. "Well for one, don't do sweet stuff like try and help me do up this bitch of a button after fucking me in a clinic bathroom. No dinner dates, no gifts, no holding hands, no jealous tantrums," Dahlia says checking the list off on her fingers. "What about dates with other people?" Austin asks knocking Dahlia's hands away from the button she is still struggling with and doing it up for her.

Wasn't this the whole point? They have sex with each other so they can avoid the bullshit dating world. But he wants to try and win Gina over. If she finally forgets about spaghetti arms Austin will be right there waiting for her with open arms. The thought of dragging herself on a date makes her physically sick but she might as well not shut all her doors. It's only a matter of time before Gina opens her stupid eyes and then she and Austin live the picture-perfect life everyone dreams of. Actually, should she be feeling bad about sleeping with Austin? Gina has a guy she is currently sleeping with and is not interested in Austin. He is not out of bounds in the girl code if he is just in love with Gina, right? It would be a different story if it was the other way around. Right? Fuck. Dahlia has never had a friend or a sexual partner before. She does not know what the fucking rules are.

"Dahlia?" Austin's voice snaps her back to reality. "What?" she snaps at him. "Dates? Other people? Rules?" Austin questions. "I don't fucking know! Why do I have to come up with all the rules?" she moans. Austin shrugs, "fine then. I will make the rules. No dates with other people," he says. Dahlia groans. This is why she was making the rules - because he is an idiot. Does he not realize he is cutting off his own options? "No. We can go on dates with others. But if it leads to sex then we have to tell each other so they can make up their mind if this," she points between her and Austin, "continues," she says.

Austin's nose wrinkles in disgust and he sighs like he hates the thought. "You and me both," Dahlia says. Austin looks at her in confusion and opens his mouth to say something but Dahlia stops him. "Look Austin, this is a no strings attached sexual relationship. That's it. There is nothing more to it. We are not a couple so none of those rules apply to us. All I ask is if you are going to sleep with someone else let me know so I get to choose to continue sleeping with you or not. Ok?" Dahlia says. Austin starts nodding his head and offers her a smile. "Ok deal," he says.

"Oh, and there is one rule that's a deal breaker. Gina is never knows about this. Ever," Dahlia says. Austin's smile drops and he looks at Dahlia for a long time. Dahlia thinks that he may drop this whole deal. That would be expected, he is in love with Gina and probably feels guilty about sleeping with the woman who is best friends with the love of his fucking life. Eventually, though, he nods his head and sighs deeply, "ok Dahlia, if that's what you want," he says. What the fuck is he on? What she wants? She is not telling Gina for his benefit. Asshole. But she does not have the energy to get into it now. "Ok great, let's go get tested," she says patting him on the chest and then walking out of the clinic bathroom.

Austin follows her, "should we not have gotten tested before we started sleeping together?" he asks. Dahlia shrugs and hands the application she had filled out back to the nurse then turns to Austin. "Yeah and we probably should not have sex in the clinic bathroom either, but here we are," she says. "What?" the nurse asks in shock. "Hypothetically!" Austin says quickly, "she means hypothetically." He grabs Dahlia's shoulders and guides her to one of the plastic waiting-room chairs. "Fucking hell, Dahlia, don't you have an inside voice?"  Austin says. Dahlia glares at him. She may be in love with him but that does not give him the leeway to boss her around.

But before she can say anything a nurse is calling out her name. So she stands and walks towards the nurse but stops abruptly when she senses Austin walking behind her. "What are you doing?" she asks turning around to face him. "Umm, going into the nurse's rooms to get tested with you," he answers her like that was the obvious answer. "What? No!" she says. "Oh are you guys a couple? We can do you together if you like," the nurse says. Austin says yes at the same time as Dahlia says no. Dahlia glares at him. What the fuck is he up to? Austin leans in and kisses her gently on the cheek then puts his arm around her shoulders. "Baby, if we do it at the same time we can get out of here quicker," Austin says with his voice as sweet as molasses.

"Fine! But fuck you," Dahlia says and storms toward the nurse's office. "That means yes," Austin says to the nurse from behind Dahlia. What the fuck is going on? This feels a little too coupley. This may be a bad idea. But then Dahlia looks over at Austin who is reading a poster on the wall about persistent sexual arousal syndrome with a very serious face and realizes this is definitely a bad idea.