Some people are against co-ed living situations. In fact, I used to be one of those people up until recently. I had been living with a friend that I met in college, Sarah, for a couple of months after we both graduated. We had become really close at school and were both looking to find jobs in the same area, so decided it would be mutually beneficial to just move in together. Everything was great until her boyfriend moved in with us. Cue in Josh. Don't get me wrong, he's a great person. A little too great...That was the problem.
I tried to tell Sarah that our little make out session was a onetime thing, and only happened because the both of us were extremely drunk, but she didn't buy it. I think that she was done with their relationship before Josh and I made out in my bedroom during one of her many impromptu bashes. They were always arguing, throwing dishes around the kitchen and slamming every door in the apartment. They loved to hate each other. However, honestly, I could just be telling myself this to ease the guilt I've had ever since. I ruined their relationship, and our friendship.
I did not see the need to kick Josh out, and truthfully, I needed the help paying the rent. Besides, we had begun to be friends in the months that he was there. The way I saw it, it was just as much his home as it was mine.
I never really thought about the kiss again...No, that's a lie. Sometimes I would think about it late at night, trying hard to remember the exact way his lips had felt moving with my own, and the way his solid body had made me feel when it was pressed against mine. But that was all it was to me, another almost hook up at a party. I thought that was all that it was to Josh too, but this was the day when I found out how wrong I was on that assumption.
I sprang up from my unconventional position on the floor and attempted to readjust my clothing as quickly as possible, to savage what little dignity I had left. Josh's interruption eased some of the stirrings in my most secret areas, but did not cause them to vanish entirely. I awkwardly shifted from one foot to the other to ease my discomfort.
"Josh..." There were no words.
"Jesus Arianna, I've never seen you like this before." There was a dangerous gleam in his eyes that sent shivers down my entire body.
"Well, I thought you were out." I move towards my bedroom door, trying to look casual. It doesn't work.
"So you usually masturbate in front of the door when I'm 'out'? Remind me to set up a video camera here, for security of course. Wouldn't want someone walking in on you."
