Hello and welcome to the second and final chapter of Swipe Right. Hopefully I didn't keep you all waiting too long. I don't plan on expanding this story further so this will be the last chapter. If feedback is good though, I'll consider a spin off!
My normal content warning is pretty much covered by the tags. There isn't going to be any surprises in that regard.
I hope you all enjoy and thank you so much for reading my work and giving me feedback. I was struck by how popular the first chapter was. It makes me very excited to write more.
All characters in this work are 18 years or older.
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6. Work Sucks
My alarm is like a church bell ringing in my head. It takes me a few tries to find my phone to turn it off. Looking at it I have a few emails and two messages from Megan. In my morning haze I kind of forget about last night. But seeing the notifications shocks me back to reality. I'll answer her later after I've had a chance to clear my head.
Getting up to shower my head is pounding. Not a super bad hangover pounding but enough that it's annoying. The hot water is going to feel really good. I need to wash the sin away from last night.
As the water hits me I start to think about Megan and what I should even do. The hardest part is just how happy she seemed. I remember the last time I saw her before college she had been so normal. Not overly happy and not overly full of angst. She was just a normal girl going off to college.
Last night though she seemed so alive. Completely unbothered by the fact that she was sitting across from her brother on a date. Both even breaking a sweat that we had sexted and sent nudes.
As the hot water soothed my hangover and washed away the alcohol sweats. I remembered something that Megan said last night. Right after our second drink.
"Life has just become so routine. I go to work and do my time. Go home and eat and watch whatever is on. If I want to spice things up I order Chinese." She said.
Maybe that's what this all is about. Maybe Megan fell into the same thing I did. Getting bogged down by the daily grind. She saw me as an opportunity to try something new and taboo. Spice up a boring life.
Finishing up my shower I go to the kitchen to make some breakfast. Just something quick before riding off to work. No meeting planned for today so really I could go in later. But getting ahead is usually nice. More time to sit around on my phone.
Cleaning up after breakfast I start to ride my bike to work. Once I start riding I notice that I still have kind of a skip in my step. Even with the date being shocking it was still a date with someone who's incredibly hot. The ride to work again felt like I was on a cloud. Just gliding my way into the office.
With no meetings this morning I head straight to my desk. Like I told Megan, a lot of my job can be automated. So I start with checking emails to see if there is anything I need to catch up on.
Reading through some boring memos and emails I'm for some reason attached to my mind starts to wander to my phone. Looking around to make sure there are no prying eyes. I open up the app to read the messages from Megan.
"Good morning! Hopefully not too hungover this morning? The first message reads.
"My head is pounding a bit but I'm not too bad! (:" reads her second message.
"I was super dehydrated this morning and my head was pounding a bit. But a bottle of water and a hot shower did me a lot of good!" I reply.
She isn't online right now so I put my phone down and get back to work. I should probably read these emails I'm attached to for some reason a bit closer anyways. Most of the time it's still for no reason but sometimes there is a hidden "we fucked up" in there.
As I'm finishing up my emails I feel my phone vibrate. Checking to make sure I'm clear I open the app.
"That's good! I went to hot yoga this morning and that helped a lot. Although I felt like I might die at one point haha" she says.
Attached is a mirror selfie of her in her yoga gear. Yoga pants and a sports bra that hug her body snug. Megan is insanely well built. She even has hints of a six pack in the picture. The pink sports bra struggles to hold in her tits. Her sweaty body makes my heart race.
"I thought you had meetings this morning?" I reply.
"I did, silly! I got up early and went to yoga. Showered at the gym and got ready for you. Did you like my outfit?" She says.
"It looks really nice! That's some dedication there. I workout after work by never before." I say
"Just really nice? I think you can use bigger boy words than that. Tell me what you like most about my outfit." She replies.
She really isn't going to let me off easy. She might actually be trying to tease me to death. Either that or she wants to kill any possibility of a normal interaction.
"I think it shows off your body really nicely. You clearly keep in extremely good shape and it shows." I reply.
"Such a shy boy all of a sudden (;" she replies.
We message back and forth for a bit before I get back to work. Some guy upstairs got locked out of his account and Dropbox. So I have to reset his password for him. I'm a little slower at work today. My mind just won't stop thinking about the date.
I decide that I need to separate myself a bit from the events of last night. So I commit myself to not answering any more messages from Megan for the rest of the day. It seems cruel but I can't have things clouding my day too much.
I can feel my phone vibrate a few times and it's hard to not pick it up and answer. My mind drifts back to the date for a second but work pulls me back.
On my ride home from work I feel my phone vibrate again. It takes a lot to not pull over and answer or even just look. I know Megan is probably confused or wanting so badly to talk to me. But I need to just clear my head a bit. Get myself centered again so I don't do anything dumb.
The shower really feels good tonight. I like to use this time to get myself out of whatever mindset I'm in and it's helping a lot. After my shower I'm able to make some dinner and have a beer without even looking at my phone or thinking about it.
After a little TV and some YouTube videos I decide to head to bed. Plugging in my phone I see I have six messages from Megan. It's hard to not open the app but I am able to resist. Sliding under the covers as soon as my head hits the pillow I'm out.