Hey, sorry I didn’t see this until now.
Natalie’s response popped in almost instantly.
Morning sunshine!!
Are you okay? How are you feeling?
I’m okay,Lucy typed automatically. And then deleted it. Natalie was a good person. She seemed like one, anyway. Either way, this felt like the kind of thing she should tell someone.
A little confused, I don’t really remember last night.
Natalie’s response took a bit longer that time.
You were pretty out of it.
I followed you into the kitchen and found this guy picking you up off the floor. Apparently you passed out?
The words blurred a little as Lucy read them.
That’s what he told you?
Natalie replied.
Babe, that’s what YOU told me.
You said you were a little overheated, and it happens to you all the time. I asked if you wanted to sit down and have some water, but you said you’d be fine after some sleep. I walked you to the campus shuttle after that.
Lucy wondered how much more she should share. She didn’t want to scare this kind stranger who had already taken pity on her once this week. Not when this wasn’t her problem.
She tapped the next sentence out anyway.
That’s never happened to me before. I don’t know why I would say that.
There was a lengthy pause before Natalie started typing again.
Okay
Okay, well, don’t panic
Maybe the guy knows more than I do?
Did you end up getting his number?
Which guy? The guy who’d been standing at the sink?
What do you mean?
Natalie typed.
I mean, you were giving him these HUGE EYES the whole time we were bringing you around.
So I assumed whatever conversation you were having had been going well.
Lucy frowned down at her phone.
I’m a lesbian.
There was another lengthy pause.
