Costco Kisses

Stupid questions from stupid people

The whole process was painstaking. I tried to focus on the intricate directions for the project and slowly made progress as my partner messed with all the little things in my room. Not only was Tajon moving all my stuff around, he also introduced the game twenty questions which I reluctantly agreed to.

I was just about to finish the first drawing on the project when Tajon asked:

"Are you a virgin?"

This caught my attention and I went into full on defense mode. I breathed out carefully then turned around in my chair so face him and his idiocy.

"I really don't see what the big deal is about virginity. It's really just if I've had a dick between my legs or not and it doesn't say anything about who I am as a person. Most people just ask this to see if she is a 'slut' or not and personally I find that very offensive. It's basically slut shaming in a more socially acceptable way. It disgusts me so much. I don't get how someone could be so obnoxious to ask a question like that to a person they've barely even met," I caught my breath again. I could feel my face being red hot and my neck was getting warm as well.

Tajon, being the jerk he is, started laughing. At first it was a little giggle but ended up being a full on laugh attack. I was fuming mad now, the pencil lead breaking as I wrote with more and more fervor.

"What on earth could you be laughing this much about?" I yelled but not loud enough for my dad to hear. Tajon looked at me wearily then smiled. He looked down then back up at me.

"I'm taking that as a yes," he started laughing. Even though it was kind of funny, I was too stubborn to actually laugh so I exhaled through my nose with a smile and got back to work. Tajon kept asking these questions. Some of them I didn't have answers for. Then this came up:

"You got a boyfriend?" My cheeks flushed red, I could feel it. The fact that my entire life I'd never had a real boyfriend was quite embarrassing yet my mind couldn't think of a lie.

"Nope," I said and laughed self deprecatingly "never had one," It felt odd telling someone this, I don't think I'd been asked this before.

"How could your fine ass never have a boyfriend, unless you're a lesbian...which is totally fine if you are," Tajon said fast and stumbling over his words. It was my turn to laugh, he was being a dork how could you blame me?

"No, I'm not a lesbian and thank you for the compliment," I said smiling still. "I guess guys always found me intimidating with my height and all," I was 5'9, pretty tall for a girl. Tajon was taller though, about six foot.

"Well you're stunning, but not as stunning as me," he said and flipped his nonexistent hair. I laughed and snorted as he awkwardly tried to show off his 'curves'. He may have stomped a little to loud because my dad heard.

"Kyla, I'll come up there if you don't calm down!" He screamed from downstairs from his rut on the sofa. I giggled quietly as Tajon looked horrified.

"Don't be such a prude, it's fine, finish your flaunting," I said gesturing my hands for him to continue. He finished nervously and sat back down on my bed.

"She's a pretty cool chick," Tajon though aloud. I heard but he didn't seem notice that he said it out loud so I just let silence fill the air as I smiled into my work.

...

At 5:30 Tajon said he had to go home, I had gotten a lot of work done, no help to him yet when he left I felt kind of bad. I didn't want him to leave. Even though I was supposed to despise him, he wasn't half bad. I wonder if we'll stay friends after the project.

I walked downstairs to get some dinner when my dad stopped me at the step.

"Did you have someone in there?" He asked my sternly, I couldn't tell him that I snuck a boy in through my window, what could I tell him?

"I-I-it was the phone, I was on the phone with someone," I stuttered out quickly. He wouldn't believe me, he never does...