Chapter 1:
My phone vibrated against the wood of my desk and five minutes later I was stuffing textbooks into my bag and striding out of the library.
"Oh, calling it early tonight Vivian?" a prim, dark haired woman asked from behind the library's front desk.
"Yeah...I wasn't really getting much done today. I think I'm just due for a break you know? And, c'mon I keep telling you to just call me Viv...Vivian makes me sound old." I reply, hoping that my excited breathing just comes across as taking the stairs up two-at-a-time finally catching up to me.
"Ah, and being an old woman would be oh so terrible," she replies dryly, her hand resting on her hip.
"O-oh, I didn't mean...well first of all you're not-" I start to stammer in response before she breaks into a smile, shaking with subdued laughter behind her hand.
"It's alright,
Viv,
I'm just teasing you. Oh but, I don't mean to keep you! If my cute little book rat's finally decided to treat herself I don't want to get in the way. Savor your youth and cut loose as the saying goes~" she says as she shoos me away from her desk with a wide grin on her face.
With a smile of my own I waved goodbye and glanced back down at the message on my phone, from a saved contact just named 'DreamDate'
[One hour. Get ready for me.]
I bit my lip and broke into a half jog across campus. I don't know if this is what Ms. Lark had in mind but I was definitely planning to cut loose tonight. It had been a month since his last message...
Maybe that means he's been buried in work too lately. So maybe I can cross out the Engineering students. They had their deadlines two weeks ago...oh but if he's one of their professors this lines up to when grades get back. Maybe he just finished and wanted some stress relief...
As I kept up my guessing game about who exactly my mysterious date was I slowed down to type out a reply.
[I'll be ready and waiting sir.]
Quickly my phone buzzed in reply.
[Good to see you can be respectful. When you want to be.]
And then a familiar message popped up, letting me know that he blocked my number again. If it hadn't been for that I likely would've tried texting him myself after a few particularly long nights this last month.
'
When I want to be'? Wait. Does that mean he's someone I talked to this month?
Ever since Hana set this up I've always been 'good' to him whenever he came to be serviced. His last message when he walked out last month was even pretty happy. Does that mean I talked to him sometime this past month? And I wasn't...respectful?
My mind wandered to the fratboy I flipped off on my morning jog last week...
The professor I nearly got in a shouting match with over MLA formatting...
My smarmy partner who kept grumbling when I dragged him back to work...
As far as I knew, any of them could be 'DreamDate'. For all my guesswork I only really knew a few things about him. That he was on campus. That he was
at least
my year since my roommate vouched for him before she decided to study abroad. And...
...that he was going to be fucking my face in a little under an hour.
Chapter 2:
Wrapped up in my fluffy shower robe I walked down the hall and slipped back into my room just by the stairs. I glanced at my phone again and winced. Barely ten minutes left. He always seemed to know just how much time I needed, and always left me feeling just a minute too rushed.
Did he know I was at the library?
My mind wandered to the kind staffers who'd chat with me while they re-stocked my favorite vending machine or fixed the AC in my study room. Their eyes wandered from time to time but they were never out of line. But...
The image of Mr. Dorian grabbing me by the back of my head with that same dopey smile on his face crossed my mind. Seven minutes left.
I shook off the thought and focused on getting ready. I bent down to pull a box from underneath my bed, hidden behind spare cases of coke and energy drinks. It was a sleek white affair with the words '
Marie's Confession
' embossed on it in flowery writing.
I opened it up and pulled out a scandalous 'outfit' of black fuzz and lace. A gif, and a bit of a joke at my expense from my friends back home.
If only they could see me now.
I set aside my robe and slipped on the panties first. As expensive as they probably were they still weren't as comfortable as something simple and cotton.
But I guess comfort isn't the point
, I thought as I glanced at my reflection. I couldn't deny that the way they hugged my ass was flattering.
The bra came next, pushing up my cleavage while being just thin enough to
hint
at the skin beneath. I actually found myself fidgeting with the clasp. What did I have to feel nervous about? After what we've done, dressing up for it shouldn't feel so intimate. But still. It did.
Maybe I should just-
5 minutes left.
Biting my lip I steeled myself and threw on the last piece, a thin babydoll like robe that ended in a poof of black fluff. It was strange putting
on
a piece of clothing just to feel more naked. As I kicked the box under the bed and knelt down by the bed-post facing the door I realized why it felt like I was crossing a line.
I didn't
have
to dress up for him. I chose to. Because I might as well get some use out of it.
Because part of me hoped he'd like it.
Because I needed him to keep paying.
Because part of me felt bitter and discarded when he went so long without a single message.
Two minutes left.
Whatever the reason, I took one last look at my unlocked door and pulled two things out from under my mattress. Another set of gifts. This time from Hana, right before going traipsing around the world to spread her bubbly optimism.