"This will be on the final," Professor Valentina announced, her voice cutting through the classroom din as she pushed her narrow glasses up her nose with a sigh. "I'd hate for anyone to be surprised."
Erin snapped her head up from her laptop to see what was on the board in front of her; she could not afford to fail this class with graduation looming ahead.
Ping. Erin rushed to mute her laptop as a message flashed across the screen: "You're so much better than she was. Don't worry, I'm going to break up with her tonight, baby."
Erin's face turned bright red, and her eyes felt hot. What was Tao saying? They had been dating for months. At that moment, Erin's best friend, Isobel, glanced over with concern, mouthing, "What happened?" Erin tried to angle her laptop toward Isobel but couldn't quite manage it. She raised her hand shakily.
"Yes, Erin?" Professor Valentina replied, turning her discerning eyes in Erin's direction.
"Um, can I go use the bathroom?" Erin choked out.
"You're all young adults, Ms. MacDonald," Professor Valentina said with a slight arch of her brow. "You don't need my permission to use the bathroom. I trust we're all mature enough that a bathroom policy won't be necessary?"
Erin looked down sheepishly and started to get up as another message flashed across her screen: "Shit, babe, haha, I didn't mean to send you that." Her confusion grew. "Eh, who am I kidding? I guess now you know. We're done. April is willing to let me do so much more, and you're honestly so fucking boring."
Tao's words stabbed Erin like a red-hot iron. She shot up from her chair and rushed out of the classroom, Isobel close behind.
Erin raced to the bathroom, fleeing the tears welling up in her eyes.
"What the fuck did that dumb jock say?" Isobel demanded; her big green eyes fixed on Erin. As her friend sobbed and fumbled with her phone, Isobel's dark eyebrows knitted together in concern. She pulled Erin's head against her soft chest, holding her close while she read the messages Tao sent.
"H-How could he be so heartless?" Erin babbled; her words muffled against Isobel's ample cleavage. Isobel stroked Erin's soft, curly hair soothingly and planted a gentle kiss on top of her head, breathing in her scent as she scrolled through the offending texts. "April is willing to let me do so much more," Tao had said. Those words made Isobel feel sick. How dare he debase Erin that way? He was never good enough for her. Isobel's grip tightened instinctively as she felt Erin tremble. A flash of jealousy twisted through her as she thought of what that shithead might have gotten Erin to do.
"Do you want comfort or solutions?" Isobel asked, fighting the urge to jump straight into repair mode.
"Can we just stay like this for a bit? Then figure things out?" Erin mumbled, raising her head to look at Isobel.
Isobel's breath caught in her throat as she felt Erin's breath on her face, gazing into her big brown doe-eyes from inches away. She quickly nodded and pressed Erin's face back against her chest as she felt her heart skip a beat.
"So fucking boring" that one hurt the most. Was that how he saw her? For 4 months? She did everything, well almost anything he wanted. Erin clenched her fists as she decided she needed to show him that she wasn't "so fucking boring." The question was how? Or who rather...He cheated on her with April, she needed to prove that she could be just as fun, if not more fun with someone else.
"He didn't even deserve you anyway" Isobel continued, "He --"
"I have to show him that I'm not 'so fucking boring,'" Erin stepped back from Isobel, eyes flashing. Isobel's stomach turned, "I have to hurt him how he hurt me, I have to make him regret it"
Isobel was not about to let her Erin run to some other jock and get used just to prove a point. Stalling for time, Isobel remarked "Come on, let's go back to class. We can figure this out later, in the dorm. We don't need to rush into anything."
Isobel spent the rest of class racking her brain as to how she was going to fix this without Erin getting more hurt and trying not to dwell on why the idea of Erin sleeping with someone would make her so upset.
When the final bell rang, Isobel and Erin headed back to their dorm room. The room was quiet, a stark contrast to the whirlwind of emotions that had transpired earlier.
Erin snapped open her laptop and set it on the bedside table to submit an assignment and sat down on the bed next to Isobel. Isobel stroked Erin's hair comfortingly, trying to decide how to broach the subject.
"Are you sure you need a rebound?" Isobel softly asked, "There has to be a better solution than finding some random guy to screw around with." Erin's determined eyes told Isobel that her words fell upon deaf ears.
"I need to figure out who I could-, " Isobel cut off Erin by placing her full lips on Erin's, unwilling to hear the end of the sentence. The unexpected kiss caught Erin off guard, and she blushed deeply. Isobel looked away shyly and started to apologize, unsure if she had just made a mistake.
"You're a genius!" Erin exclaimed, "I don't need any of those jocks, you'll be so much better." She turned on her laptop's camera and gently pulled Isobel back towards her. The thought had been there all along: Isobel was her best friend, and a bisexual. From her long, thick black hair, sensuous green eyes, romantic face, well endowed breasts, to the soft curves of her body flowing to a firm, perfect ass, Isobel could help prove she was far from boring.
Isobel responded by kissing Erin again. She traced Erin's mouth with her tongue, her fingers sliding through Erin's hair.
"Are you sure?" Isobel asked, millimeters from Erin's mouth. Erin responded with a shy grin and a little nod. Confirmation obtained, Isobel gave Erin's hair a tug and took advantage of her soft gasp to snake her tongue into Erin's mouth.
Erin reached an unsure hand toward Isobel's face, gently caressing her cheek as the kiss intensified. Isobel's other hand snaked up Erin's leg, feeling the top of her thigh high sock and where it met her soft, supple skin. Isobel couldn't have imagined how soft her friend's thigh would be. Erin softly moaned and stretched her head up, breaking the kiss as Isobel's fingers glided up her inner thigh.
Isobel tugged tighter on Erin's hair, fully exposing her neck and gently licked from her collarbone to her ear. Erin shivered with pleasure and whimpered at the contrast between Isobel's warm tongue and the cold air from the ac unit next to the bed. Isobel removed her hand from Erin's thigh and moved Erin's hand to the buttons on her uniform shirt then took Erin's other hand in her own, raising it above her head. Supporting arm removed, Erin laid back on the bed as Isobel continued licking and kissing her throat.
Erin squirmed under Isobel and let out a sharp cry as Isobel bit the side of her neck and grabbed her breast. Erin's inexperienced body felt like it was glowing with pleasure as her mind became more and more muddled with lust.
As Erin undid the last button on Isobel's shirt, Isobel purred in Erin's ear "good girl"