“Yeah, yeah, fine. It’s just, it’s a secret. A me and Lil secret.” I don’t know how to navigate this.
Luca’s face softens. “Oh. Ari, you don’t have to tell me everything. You can have secrets with your best friend.”
“But I don’t like keeping things from you. Or anyone I love. Silly shit, sure. Pranks, shenanigans… but important stuff? It gives me a stomach ache. Now you know it exists, and I want to tell you, but it’s not only my secret.” I turn my head toward one nightstand, and then the other, realizing my phone isn’t in here. “Can I use your phone to text Lil?”
“Of course.” He releases my wrists and climbs off of me. I immediately miss his hold and his weight. I’m more fucked than I realized, but I’m not mad about it. I guess we really do own each other.
He grabs his phone and hands it to me. “She’s under Fartface.”
Chuckling, I bring up his contacts. “Why?”
“I don’t know, I changed it when I was drunk,” he shrugs. “It sounded funnier at the time.”
“I don’t know, it sounds pretty funny right now.” When their message thread opens, I snort. The last thing on it is a middle finger emoji after Lil sent him the Forest Gump waving gif three times in a row.
It’s me. I left my phone in there.
Fartface
Prove it.
Prove that I left my phone in there?
No. Prove you’re Ariana and not Luca being a dick
Um
Hold on
Brain processing
Yeah, okay, it’s you
Rude. Didn’t even let me say the thing I thought of.
Remember that time we went to Disneyland and decided it was a good idea to ride the ferris wheel in a swinging gondola?
And it was not a good idea to ride the ferris wheel in a swinging gondola
And we both cried
Like so many tears
Are you done with that story yet?
No, I didn’t get to the part where you threw up yet!
MOVING ON! What’s up? Did you fools do it?????? You totally did it, didn’t you? You had the sex. Why are you texting me right now? Did something bad happen? Do I need to kick his ass?
No
No, you didn’t have the sex? Or no, I don’t need to kick his ass?
You do need to kick his ass.
*don’t!
Fuck! You don’t need to kick his ass! DON’T!!!!!!
