Chapter 2: Giving In
I thought a lot about what had happened over the next few days. I had told my best friend Abbey about agreeing to the date with Lincoln, and she wanted to know how the night went, naturally. Abbey was on the cross-country team with me, and we had been close since seventh grade. I told her of course, but not everything. I told her we boned and that it was fucking amazing, but I held back on some of the details about how aggressive Lincoln was, the way he talked to me, and how much I had liked those particular aspects of it. I usually told Abbey absolutely everything, but I really didn't know how to explain that part of it in a way she'd understand, and I didn't want to give her the wrong idea. She wanted to hear every detail of course, and was super jealous when I told her about how nice Lincoln's place was and how great the sex was. Typical friend stuff basically. Mostly though, I was thinking about it all in my own head.
I didn't feel bad or guilty or used, that was for sure. That night had revealed a side of myself that I guess I had known was there on some level, but that I'd never expressed. I'd never felt bad about my sexuality, and my parents had always made sure my siblings and I understood our bodies, how they worked, and that sex was a natural, normal thing. The fact that my mom was a PA probably had a lot to do with that, and also the fact that neither of them were religious or anything. I knew I had liked and wanted everything that happened, and if I was being honest with myself, Lincoln probably could have been even rougher and I would have been fine with it. So ok, cool. Did I want it to happen again? Yes, absolutely. I'd masturbated like four times in the last two days thinking about it. So whatever—I decided not to worry about it, and just go with it for now. This was just going to be my senior fling anyway, so I was going to enjoy myself. I mean, for all I knew, Lincoln might not even text me again. I got the answer to that last question pretty quickly, that Tuesday night in fact. I was over at Abbey's working on college application essays with her when I got a text from him.
LINCOLN: Hey girl. You can come out Thursday?
I had to admit I was excited to hear from him. Not in a catching feelings kind of way, just that I'd had a great time Saturday, and I wanted to have sex with him again, for sure. And I wanted to explore this new side of myself even though I wasn't totally sure how I felt about it.
ME: Hi! Yes I should be able to!
LINCOLN: Good. Gonna be coming from LA will get you an Uber for 7 cool?
I didn't do anything for a second, thinking he would text again, with like what he wanted us to do or something, but he didn't. He hadn't even said an Uber to where. I was assuming his place? What the hell? I had to say something though.
ME: Yes perfect!
I really wasn't sure how to handle this conversation. I was kind of glad Abbey was downstairs getting us snacks, because it would have been even more awkward with her asking me what he was saying. He was being so, just, to the point. I mean, he was six years or so older than me, and had a job that kept him busy and made him travel around sometimes, so it wasn't like I expected him to be all flirty texting me, but still. I was just kind of standing there, staring at my phone, wondering if he was even going to respond to my last text—at least give me a thumbs-up emoji or something my dude, do you not understand how texting works? Then I get this:
LINCOLN: Wear a dress.
Really? He was telling me how to dress now? Did he mean we were going somewhere that had a dress code or something? Why just "wear a dress" no explanation? I wasn't even offended, just kind of blown away. Also, I was too busy trying to process how my body was reacting to get mad. I probably don't need to spell that out for you. What was happening to me? The proper response to that text was probably "WTF?" or at least "Why?" That was not where my brain was going, though.
LINCOLN:??
So he expected me to answer. I was still just staring at my phone, at a loss.
ME: Ok
I really didn't know what else to text. I waited and...nothing. It was like he was taking it for granted that he could tell me what to do, and I'd just do it? Or maybe he just really didn't like texting or something? It's probably for the best Abbey chose that moment to pop back in with our snacks. I put my phone down, and she asked me what was up.
"Lincoln wants to hang out again Thursday."
"Oh my god, are you gonna do it?" She asked, peeling an orange.
"Yeah why not?" I replied, trying to sound casual. She smirked at me.
"Are you gonna fuck him again?"
I mean, no point lying."Yeah, probably," I laughed.
"Slut. Take a picture of his dick. I want to see it."
"What!? No, fuck you!" She was just messing with me now. She had always been a little more sexually adventurous than me, and would occasionally give me shit about basically always having a longer-term boyfriend, while she was more experimental. Abbey liked to hook up with college guys. She seemed to think it was hilarious that now I was the one boning an even older guy I barely knew. She thought it was great, naturally, and was happy for me.
"Fuck you. I want to see it. His big. Black. Cock. I want to know if the rumors are true."
"Wow. Racist," I retorted, just giving her shit. "And I already told you he has a big dick. He's not going to let me take a picture of it, and I'm not asking him. What the fuck."
"Seriously? If you're like, let me take a picture of your big dick, my hot best friend wants to see it, no guy is going to be like, oh no, you can't do that. Guys can't stop taking pics of their own dicks as it is. And especially if he knows he's getting laid, which I think we've established he will be. Because you are totally on this guy's dick."
"Fuck off." We went back and forth like this for a while. We always gave each other shit about stuff like this in a friendly way. I kind of felt bad that I still hadn't told her everything or even figured out how to explain parts of it to her. I was distracted by that and the weird text exchange with Lincoln for the rest of the evening while we were working on our essays, and I really didn't get much done.
I spent a lot of Thursday thinking about seeing Lincoln that night, and how I felt about this whole situation. By the time I got home and started getting ready, I had basically decided fuck it—I said I'd go with it so I will. At this point in the school year, as a senior, I basically only had classes the first half of the day, so I had most of the afternoon to relax and take my time. I picked out a much sexier outfit than the sundress I'd worn before, a short blue sheath dress that I thought complimented my hair and eyes, and some cute, strappy sandals. I decided to wear my hair down again since he seemed to really like that before. I also picked out a sexy thong that I hoped he'd like. I can usually get away with not wearing a bra (that's my way of saying I have small breasts) and I decided to go without. I didn't really feel like unpacking why I was going along with all this right then, so I just enjoyed taking my time washing my hair, shaving, and just relaxing in the hot water. I thought I looked pretty hot by the time I was finished dressing, putting on makeup, etc. to be honest.
The Uber was, as it turned out, for his place. This time, Lincoln was home alone when I got there, and he sure seemed to like what I'd put together for him. He greeted me with a compliment and a long deep kiss that involved a fair amount of groping my ass. It turned out James was traveling for work for a few days, so we had the place to ourselves. We drank a couple of beers and got high downstairs in the living room. I was lying with my head in Lincoln's lap, stoned and just enjoying my buzz. That didn't last long, though.
"Get out of that dress," he abruptly ordered me.