The Missing Gem

11 | Cards on the Table

Nicole

There are no words to fully explain the roller coaster of feelings that invaded my heart last night.

I have never even had sex this great. Ever.

This sudden change of events is making me rethink so many things, and at the moment I have zero answers for the thousands of questions that flood through my mind. So, what do I do? I pick up the phone and call my best friend. 

"You know it's four o'clock in the morning here, right? And it's Sunday?" Was the warm greeting I got from my ride or die. 

"You told me to call you any time of the day or night if it was an emergency." I offered. 

"Are you okay?"

"Yes."

"What's the emergency, then?"

"I slept with Lucas." I admitted, the words falling off of my lips quickly, as if I was ripping off a band-aid.

"What?! Oh my God!" 

I could hear her moving in bed, probably sitting up and after she switched to video call, I could confirm my suspicions as the dim light on the nightstand lit up her sleepy face while she pulled off her sleeping pink eye mask.

"Okay, spill the tea. All of it."

I took a deep breath as I adjusted my fluffy robe that covered my chest. I was having a lazy Sunday kind of day today. 

"Do you want the short version or-?"

"Long version, I want to know every detail." She ordered, her face letting me know she wouldn't take a no for an answer. 

"Alright so, I guess it started when we kissed. You remember I told you we kissed at the record shop." She nodded in agreement and I continued. "Well, this week we went out for breakfast together and he started telling me he liked me and he wanted to take me out on a date and he wanted to see what could happen between the two of us and I said yes. So I went over to his place last night, for dinner and after we ate we were in his office and I don't know how it happened but we started kissing again."

Diane gasped loudly and I saw her hands covering her wide opened mouth through the screen. 

"It's like there's a magnetic force pulling us together, I swear! But God, Diane... it was so amazing. So we kissed and then we started touching each other, things started heating up and he stopped."

I could swear Diane's eyes almost popped out of her face. 

"He said he didn't want us to do something that we might regret and blah blah blah and I said that I didn't think we could ever regret doing this, we both know what. And then, well... it happened."

"Oh my God, I'm in pure shock." Was all she said, earning a light chuckle from me. "How was it?"

"Perfect. Literally, the most perfect night I could ever wish for. He was... so gentle, so sweet and passionate. I never wanted it to end."

"What happened after?"

"Well, we went to sleep. Then he offered to let me shower at his place and he offered breakfast but I said no."