“With us?”
“Well, we’ll finally be able to have sex, which I can’t tell you how bad I’ve been looking forward to that …”
My face flushes with heat at the thought, and through the mask, it feels even weirder.
“Besides that.” I try raising my eyebrows but my face keeps me from doing so.
“Maybe it’s best we met this way. We’ll already be used to the long-distance thing. I’m not going to lie; I’ll be gone a lot. But then, in the off-season, I’ll be around a lot, and you’ll probably get sick of me.”
“Never.”
“Ah, you say that now.”
“Just keep doing silly things, like putting on face masks with me, and I’ll never get sick of you.”
“Deal. Now, can we take this thing off yet?”
I place the call on speakerphone and put the phone down on my counter in the bathroom. I inhale a deep breath. “Okay, let’s do this.”
He switches his call to speakerphone, too, and when I hear him grunt, I try not to laugh.
“Actually, I lied. I’ll never do this again,” he says.
“Oh, come on, baby,” I taunt.
“Have you even started?”
I stare into the mirror, too afraid to try it yet.
“Come on. You have to remove it sooner or later,” he singsongs, making me regret ever doing this to him.
“Okay, on three, we both pull really hard. Ready?”
He sighs into the phone. “You’re lucky I like you.”
“I know. Okay, one, two …”
“Three,” he says when I don’t continue.
He rips his off, and I only make it a few centimeters. I hear him yell as he makes his way around his face, grunting and growling.
“Oh my God! Fuck! Ah, it’s … almost … okay, and it’s off!” His voice is full of relief. “Fuck me, that was painful. How far did you make it?”
I bite my lip. “Not far. I can’t. I can’t do it. It’s like waxing. I can get things waxed, but I can’t do it myself.”
“Oh, yes, let’s talk about that. What exactly do you wax?”
“Drew!” I stomp my feet in frustration. “I’m scared!”
“Come on, Sharee. You got this. I know you can do it.”
I slowly peel the mask, and the pain is unreal.
“You have to just rip it off, like a Band-Aid,” Drew says.
“Yeah, this is why I don’t wear Band-Aids!”
He chuckles under his breath. “Do your best. I’m on my way.”
