Eden: where are you?
Damon: just got back to the house. I was at the library
Eden: since when are you a nerd who studies on Friday nights?
Damon: since never. I wasn’t studying, I was escaping the house for a bit
Eden: why?
Damon: there was a pledge challenge tonight and I’m not in the mood to deal with that crap
Eden: was it one of the normal challenges like the scavenger hunts or task gathering things you guys like to do? Or was it oneof those weird ones that you can’t tell me about because your frat is as freaky as the others?
Damon: well, it was normal by our standards
Eden: lol that means it was a freaky one
Eden: are you still going to the AV party tonight?
Damon: yup. Heading out after I change
I have to pause texting to open the door to the stairwell, and my phone vibrates in my hand while I take the steps two and a time.
When I’m on my floor, I unlock my phone and check my texts.
Eden: is it weird?
Damon: is what weird?
Eden: going to a party like that
Damon: depends on what you mean by weird
Digging my key out of my pocket, I unlock my room and go inside while she’s answering.
Eden: I mean it’s a party where the whole point is to get fucked up and get your freak on
Eden: and not even in private, but in front of other people if you want
I don’t tell her that it’s not any weirder than the other parties I’ve gone to where getting fucked up and fucking around is the goal for the evening.
Eden might be twenty, but she’s still incredibly naive when it comes to sex and relationships, and if the rumors are true, she’s also still a virgin. I have no clue what experience she has with men, but from our conversations, it doesn’t seem like a lot.
And she lives in Belmont House, a dorm that’s known for its purity culture, armed guards, and insane rules for keeping the girls who live there away from men and the temptations of sex. A hedonistic party would be weird for her.
Damon: yeah it’s weird
Eden: fucking finally
Damon: I take it Felix texted?
Eden: yup
Eden: have fun at your weird party
Damon: I’ll try
Damon: have fun with felix
