"MAX! WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE SYPHILIS?! HONESTLY, IM NOT EVEN FUCKING SURPRISED. I'D BE MORE SURPRISED IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN STD WITH THE WAY YOU SLEEP AROUND."
Did I just slut shame him?
"Sophia, I'm sorry, just pl-please calm down."
"Fuck you Max. Honestly, fuck you," I say as I hang up
I tried to hold back my tears but I could feel them slipping out, I hated everything. I hate Max and I hate myself for ever even liking him.
My thoughts are interrupted when I feel a hand touch my shoulder.
"Sophia, are you okay...?" I hear a concerned but familiar voice say.
I turn around and see Mike.
"Yea, I'm fine," I respond as I wipe away my tears and put on a smile. "D-did you hear all of that...?"
"I think the whole cafe did."
Shoot me in the head.
"Of course they did."
"Hey, don't worry. Chances are you didn't catch anything, I mean you guys used a condom right?"
Did he think I slept with him??
"Oh my God, no no no. You are so mistaken. Mike, I did not have sex with Max. No no no," I tell him, almost gagging at the thought of me sleeping with Max.
"What? I'm - I'm confused."
"I didn't sleep with Max. But I did... well I did suck his dick."
"Okay, did not need to know that."
"I swallowed it."
"Oh Jeez, Sophia. Did not need to know that either."
"I'm scared Mike."
"Sophia, you should have known better than to do anything with a guy like Max. I've heard the rumours, Julia tells me everything."
"You're one to talk. I've heard the rumours about Linda."
"Okay. Fine. But Linda and I both got tested before we started engaing in anything sexual."
"I know, I know, fuck. I'm so fucking stupid."
"Hey, it was dumb, but this was not your fault. You need to go see a doctor, okay?"
"Okay, but I - I don't know. I'm just so scared Mike."
"My shift ends in a bit, I'll give you a ride there."
"You'd do that for me?"
"Of course. Sophia, you're like a little sister to me."
Great, I'm a little sister to him. Any chance he's into incest?
"Thank you, Mike," I smile at him.
He smiles back and gets back to work. I decide to exit and sit on the bench outside of Starbucks to save myself from the judgemental stares and further embarrassment. Guess I'm going to miss two classes today after all. I text Ellie to cover for me for missing Kinesiology and begin to search the web about syphilis. After what feels like forever, I see Mike finally exit Starbucks and come towards me.
"Ready for this?" he asks me.
"I don't really have a choice, do I?"
"Nope!" he walks towards his car and I follow along.
This was weird. I mean, I never really ever hung out or spoke with Mike. I mean sure, we shared the occasional how was your day, or an acknowledging nod when we saw each other, but that was about it. He was always just Julia's cute cousin to me, and now he was driving me to a doctor to see if I had syphilis. Don't you just love high school?
I got into his car and we settle on going into the walk-in clinic near the area. He begins to drive when his phone starts ringing.
"I hope you're not planning on answering that while driving," I tell him half-jokingly, half not.
"Why don't you answer it for me then?" he smiles.
I grab his phone and see that it's Linda, great.
"It's Linda."
"Oh God, please answer it, please. She'll kill me if I let one of her calls go to voicemail."
I sigh. Hesitantly, I answer it.
"Hi. Mike's phone."
"Who. The. Fuck. Are. You." she says in a - must I say - very annoying voice.
"This is Mike's friend, he's driving right now and can't answer the phone."
"He's in a car with another girl? Well tell him he can go fuck you in his car because he and I are done!" she says and then hangs up.
Sounds like a nightmare to deal with.
"What'd she say?" Mike asks me.
"Uhm, I think she just, broke up with you..."
"Oh. Cool."
Oh cool? Oh cool?! Did he really just respond with that?
"You're awfully calm," I tell him.
"Honestly, I could feel it coming. Lately, Linda and I were just always fighting, and it's been so exhausting. I think this is for the better."
"Wow. Okay."
This was my chance.
"Mike, I'm kind of a little scared and just not ready to go to the doctor's right now. Can we just go another time?"
"Sophia, putting it off won't help anything."
"I know, but - please Mike?"
"Okay fine, but you have to promise me that you'll go first thing tomorrow."
"I promise."
"Now what's your address again? I'll drop you off at home."
"Actually, I was thinking we could just drive around for a bit?"
"Jeez, you better pay for my gas."
I giggle as he takes a U-turn and starts driving around the neighbourhood.
"Mike?" I ask him.
"Sophia?" he mocks me.
"Do you really see me as a little sister?"
"Of course, you're one of Julia's best friends, so you're automatically like a little sister to me."
"Mike, pull over."
"Why?"
"Just do it."
He pulls over near a secluded forest. Perfect.
"Mike?" I repeat
"Sophia?" he chuckles.
I unbuckle my seatbelt and his as well.
"Sophia, what are you doing?"
I reach my hand into his pants and wrap my slender fingers around his penis.
"Do you really see me as a little sister?"
