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long enough that she could
ensure I’d had too much to drink to say no, and then we’d all pile into Ben’s
car to go back to her place for the main event.
    I shuddered.
Nick mistakenly assumed this meant I was cold and slid in closer to me until I
could feel the heat of his body against me. I nearly broke out into a sweat. He
was all lean muscle under the fabric of his dress shirt and Dockers. I felt my
breathing increase and I’m sure my face flushed. Sylvia gave me a knowing look.
She was obviously quite proud of herself for pulling this off so far. All she
had to do was make sure I followed through. I finished off the rest of my drink
and announced that I needed to use the restroom. I dragged Sylvia with me, to
which she did not object. It was the first chance I had to talk to her alone
all evening and I knew she was dying to hear what I thought of Nick.
    She wrapped her
arm in mine and as soon as she was certain the men wouldn’t hear us, she leaned
in and whispered in my ear. I felt a tickle in my core as her breath caressed
my face and for a brief moment I wondered what it would feel like to kiss her.
In all the years I’d known Sylvia, it had never occurred to me before to have
such a thought. I pulled away slightly as we approached the ladies’ room,
ashamed of the strange thoughts filling me.
    “What’s wrong?”
she asked as we waited in line for our turn in the crowded restroom.
    “Nothing.
Nothing at all.”
    “He’s gorgeous,
isn’t he?” Her eyes sparkled as she said it and once again I wondered if she
actually thought of Ben when she spoke.
    “He’s very
good-looking,” I agreed.
    “Just wait until
you get him naked.”
    “Right.” I
shuffled up as the line moved forward and tried to erase the image of Nick
naked next to me with Sylvia stroking my breasts. Why couldn’t I just be
satisfied fantasizing about him?
    “And he’s
totally into you,” she said.
    “What about you
and Ben?” I asked, trying to change the subject. I was genuinely curious. I
never really understood the reason they’d broken up in the first place. It was
clear by the way that they looked at each other that they both still harbored
feelings of some sort. I found it hard to believe that it was all about the sex
like Sylvia wanted me to believe.
    “Oh, don’t you
worry about Ben,” she said and I am pretty sure that I saw the hint of a blush
in her cheeks when she said his name, “He will give me a night I won’t soon
forget.”
    “Does this mean
that you two are back together?”
    “Back together?”
She looked at me as if I’d suddenly sprouted a second head. Why was it such an
unlikely possibility?
    “You two seem to
get along so well,” I said trying to justify what she clearly considered an
insane question, “I just thought that you would want to spend more time
together, that’s all.”
    “It’s not going
to happen. I’m here for you and you alone.”
    “It didn’t have
anything to do with sleeping with Ben again then?”
    She laughed.
“Well, there are perks to this arrangement.”
    “So, will you
see him again?” I persisted, knowing that I was treading a fine line with Sylvia.
    “Well that all
depends,” she said moving up so that she was next in line.
    “On what?”
    “On whether or
not you need another night or two like this one,” she said looking back at me
with a wink as she took the abandoned stall.
    Another night
like this I repeated out loud to myself. I still didn’t know that I would
survive tonight but one thing I did know as I took the next abandoned stall, I
would definitely need another drink.
    Eventually we
found our way to the dance floor. Nick made his intentions toward me very clear
by the fact that he left little space between us as we moved to the music. The
constant bumping and grinding should have excited me, especially with the
erotic thoughts from my earlier dream still floating around my head, but
instead they only seemed to irritate me. I was relieved when