“I’ve been eating lunch with them in the cafeteria three times a week. They talk about your class a lot. And about you. I didn’t suspect anything until I blurted it out, but now that I know, it seems obvious. They talk about you like you’re a goddess.”
Lila blushed nervously. “Are you upset to learn I’ve slept with them?” She quickly shook her head. “Let me clarify. It’s not past tense. I’m still actively sleeping with both of them. We hooked up last night, actually.”
“You slept with both of them at the same time?”
Her cheeks turned a deeper shade of red.
“I’m not judging!” I quickly said. “That’s hot as hell. Threesomes are amazing. I mean, I’ve never had one, but I… I think they’re great.”
A new look sparkled in Lila’s eyes, and she tilted her head to the side. “We can always change that, depending on how friendly you are with Jace and Brock.”
Excitement filled me, but then it was replaced by anxiety. I was too nervous to do something like that. Especially with Jace or Brock, two guys who were more muscular than I ever would be. Compared to them, I was just a scrawny nerd.
“I’ll think about it,” I said.
Lila cuddled up against me again. “Being back in a dorm is weird. I have a lot of good memories in rooms like this.”
“You can stay as long as you want,” I said, hoping she wouldn’t leave any time soon.
“A little more cuddling.” She stretched her legs out behind her, feet poking out the other end of the covers. “This is really nice, Cam.”
I wanted to tell her that it wasamazing, that it was the best thing to happen to me in a long time. But I wanted to play it cool, so all I said was, “It is.”
“We shouldn’t do this on campus again,” she murmured. “Off campus only. And obviously we have to act totally normal in class.”
She wanted to do this again? I was glad her eyes were closed so she couldn’t see how broadly I was smiling.
“Makes sense,” I agreed. “I’ll continue being your favorite student in class, and then we can do our extra credit somewhere else. Like a hotel.”
“Or my place,” she whispered.
She soon fell asleep. I gently caressed her hair and watched her body rise and fall with every breath. Everything felt soperfectthat I didn’t want this moment to end.
I closed my eyes.
I woke to my roommate’s voice: “Damn, Camden. Didn’t know you had it in you!”
My roommate was standing on his half of the room, unpacking his backpack. Twilight shone through the window, and the wall clock said it was six in the morning.
“Yeah, uh…” Lila’s head was buried against me with the sheet pulled high, so only her hair was showing. “How was your night?”
“Fuck my night. Who’s this fine honey you lured back to your dorm? Someone from computer club? And I thought you spend Friday nights on your computer!”
“Yep. I’m a regular, uh, sex machine,” I said. “I don’t even know this girl’s name.”
“Right on, my dude!” He came over and gave me a fist-bump, which I awkwardly returned. “I’m gonna hop in the shower. I’ve got lacrosse practice in half an hour, and I smell like the sorority house.”
My dorm room had an adjoining bathroom that we shared with our neighbors. As soon as he was inside and the door closed, Lila popped up and glared at me.
“Sex machine?”
“You know it.” I flashed a goofy smile.
“I can’t believe I slept all night!” she said while quickly gathering her clothes. “I have to do the walk of shame. From a dorm.Ugh!”
“I’m so sorry. I fell asleep, too.”
“It’s not your fault. It’s mine.” She shimmied into her skirt and then pulled on her heels. One look at my face, and she stopped and smiled.
