High school senior Jess Smith meets Ace of Spades, an online friend who helps her question her mask of celibacy and recognize her true asexuality. Except that their friendship begins to develop into something more.
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After the debacle with Nicky, I turned on my computer to play a video game and take my mind off things. Bad move. When I checked my emails, I found an inflammatory message from her.
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Anger coursed through my veins like fiery lava, and not just because of her horrific grammar. Nicky had no right to press my buttons like that. Sure, maybe I shouldn't have rained on her parade. Probably shouldn't have hung up on her either.
But I needed to focus on school. No more distractions. If my grades slipped, I'd never get into college with a scholarship. I couldn't afford to be sidetracked by a dance I couldn't give a rat's ass about. It really pissed me off that she refused to understand that.
And was it so weird that I didn't want to go with a random stranger?
I closed the window before I sent a nasty reply I'd regret.
Instead, I signed into my favorite fantasy role-playing game, Everquest. Nothing killed the time or allowed me to slip into the role of another character like that. The other members of my guild wouldn't show up for a couple of hours, though, so my mind drifted back to the O'Reilly article.
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The more I thought about asexuality, the more I convinced myself that it didn't apply to me. I liked guys more than the author did. Sure, I could live on my own. But as much as I loved animals, I didn't necessarily want to become a cat lady.
Surely that wasn't what all asexuals did. But how did they live? I needed to know more before I could commit, especially considering all this hassle.
Awww, hell, maybe should just put up and shut up like Nicky said. Path of least resistance and all that. Maybe I should just let her set me up with one of her friends...
Ah, who cares?
Trill.
I closed the Everquest window and smiled at the new IM from Ace. Maybe they'd have some good advice.
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