Found it! [ girlxgirl ]

||THIRTY-TWO||

-"Sarah, where are you? I already ordered our food." I say over the phone, waiting in the coffee shop she chose.

-"At the door." She hangs up the call and move to the table where I'm seating.

-"Hi!" She greats me and sits in front of me. "Where's Avery?"

-"At her mom's place." I smile at the thought of her.

-"So...Any news?" A wide smile appears on her face. "Last time we spoke you were extremely happy because you woke up next her, but also extremely nervous because you 'almost had sex the night before'" She air quotes the last part.

-"I didn't say that? Did I?" I feel embarrassed at my choice of words. "Anyway, it was as close as we ever got to it...so..."

-"I don't care how your describe it, Ems, I care if you've done something more." She wiggles her eyebrows, reminding me of Richard who's too busy to have lunch with us.

-"You know I hate to talk about this. I always feel too exposed and embarrassed." I whine at her persistence. She crosses her arms and leans backwards, still expecting an answer. "No, not yet."

-"Wasn't she at you place yesterday?" She asks, frowning her eyebrows.

-"Yes, but we had dinner and then she left." I start chewing my bottom lip.

-"She didn't sleep there?" I shake my head. "Because you didn't ask or because she said no?"

-"She said no. She had to talk with Rose and she left earlier than usual." I sigh deeply. "I'm meeting her for dinner tonight, and then we're meeting her friends...do you want to join us?"

-"Can't. Greg and I are going to have dinner with his parents." She winces. "Getting pretty serious here."

-"I'm happy for you." I say with all honesty. "Keep me posted, ok?"

-"Always! Except when we'll be having sex, which is what couples do by the way." She winks and laughs.

-"What is it with everyone and this easiness to talk about sex, making everything about sex, and not even bother to speak in a low voice about sex?!" I whisper loudly.

-"Because talking about it is as easy as doing it." She says pointedly and I roll my eyes. "Maybe you should talk more about it so you don't stress that much when you're about to do it."

-"Thanks for the advice, Sarah." I want to finish this conversation as soon as possible. "So... nervous about meeting the parents?"

Now it's her turn to roll her eyes, knowing that I'm changing the subject. Still, she starts talking about her dinner and the conversation lasts for almost an hour before she left to meet Greg.

Once I return to my apartment I call Alessa. She did say that I would want to talk about sex, and Sarah is right about having to do it soon.

For the first 15 minutes or so, we talked about us and our families, and then about my relationship with Avery and how great she is. Well, I talked about how great she is.

-"I can't wait to meet her!" Alessa says over Skype. "I'm happy that things are going great with you two."

-"You will, in little over than a month!" I smile at the thought of having my best friend with me here.

-"Yeeess!" She does a little dance and I laugh at her. "But enough about that...You wanted to talk about that subject you hate to talk about so..."

-"Oh god, yes! I mean, I don't want to, but I need to." I hide my head in my hands. "We've been getting so close, so...physical...but I always stop her from going further. I always freak out."