The Two Virgin Friends: EP6
"I remember that. You toldit was because you thought | was a hideous bitch and you'd rather kiss a snake.
Then | slapped you so hard you turned off the road into an oncoming car. We are now in heaven." "So you
remember."
She hesitated. "I remember we cup with reasons for the past, but we never got around to the present."
"You mean, why don't we try dating now?"
"Yeah," Thuy's voice was so quiet | could barely hear her. "We didn't talk about that."
"No, we didn't." It was too early, too early for this.
She nodded and turned back to her coffee. | knew | should say something, but now I truly was scared. I'd spent
years telling everyone | knew that Thuy and | were just friends. | had believed it. Had we been wrong all this
time? | loved her messed up hair and messed up dress.
"Do you work today?" she interrupted.
"In an hour. 12 hour shift, so | won't get back 'til past nine."
"Hurry back, Jake," she said almost plaintively. She didn't need to worry about that. "I'm going to go shower," she
finished.
"You are welcto shower here."
"Not unless you have an assortment of clean panties in my size lying about."
"My last girlfriend left a lot of stuff here. I'll go take a look."
She stared atblankly for a second. "Last girlfriend?"
"Well, she wasn't really a girlfriend as much as a stripper | hired at NuFeline. She mostly only wore thongs
though. Leather ones. Crotchless."
Thuy shook her head. "God, you actually hadfor a second. | am asleep. See you tonight. And what is the
point of a crotchless thong? Isn't that a belt?"
It was the longest shift of my life.
| rang Thuy's doorbell in my jeans, boots, and Jimmy's Coast-to-Coast moving shirt. A transformed Thuy in a pair
of blue shorts and white t-shirt opened the door. She wore a radiant smile as well, making all the wait worth it.
"Good timing. Pizza's on the way. Pepperoni and sausage still the thing?"
"Yeah, I'm just a guy. | don't change," | said, passing into her house.
"Good, 'cause half of it is that. You know, they need to invent the boyfriend/girlfriend pizza with two slices for me
and the rest for you. | had to cancel the anchovies on my side ‘cause | knew you'd eat half of mine anyway." "It's
not my fault that I've got ten inches on you."
She stopped and gavethat little smile. "Ten inches, huh? You don't have to make up stuff like that. I'm sure
it's plenty big."
"No, | meant--" | looked at her impudent smile. Two could play this game. | leaned over and knocked on the door.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Pizza delivery!"
"Ooh, cin, pizza boy. I've been waiting for something hot for a long tnow."
"Pizza man, ma'am. Pizza man."
"| see. You certainly look like a man to me. May | squeeze your bulg... ing bicep?"
"Certainly, ma'am. You can put your hand on my bulge any tyou like."
Thuy almost snorted and then reached up to squeeze my arm. | did my biggest muscle man pose for her. "Very
nice, very nice."
"So, ma'am, | heard you ordered the large sausage."
"Oh yes, | did. Actually | asked for the extra large. | always like them as big as | can get them."
"We've heard that about you. | had to pay a guy a hundred bucks to make this run. Where would you liketo
put the sausage, ma'am?"
"Well, pizza man, | always put them in my mouth. What else would | do?"
| stared at Thuy who batted her eyes at me. "OK, you win. | can't think anymore."
"Are my ten inches about to bectwelve?"
"Fourteen, ma'am. We aren't Tri-Cities Pizza; we're Tripod Pizza."
Thuy giggled and shovedtowards the hall. "Go shower, stud. You stink horribly."
| headed out the door. "Don't do the pizza guy while I'm gone."
"How can | stop myself if he looks like you?" she yelled back as | crossed the lawn. | kept walking. Wait, had she
said what | think she had? Suddenly, | heard her voice again. "That cout wrong!" | turned to reply but saw
the pizza delivery car turning into her place.
| showered quickly and pulled on sgray boxers, black jeans, and a light blue button-down shirt. Thuy opened
the door with pizza dangling from her mouth. | found the box open on the coffee table in her living room where
the lights were off and an old sci-fi flick played on the TV.
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"What are you watching?" | asked grabbing a slice.
"It seems to be a Black Lagoon rip-off. It's like Creature from the Black Lagoon, but worse."
"Black Lagoon is horrible."
"Yes, and this is even worse. It's amazing."
"Is that the Professor from Gilligan's Island?"
"I think it's his brother. He's the Professor without all the science."
The pizza was gone about the tthe second blonde was taken out by a guy in a blue frog suit who flew a
sardine can shaped spaceship. About the tReporter Boyfriend shoved Evil Spaceman Kermie off a cliff, Thuy
curled up on the sofa with me, pulling a blanket around us. | don't remember anything of the movie after that.
Thuy leaned into me, placing her head on my chest. | gently wrapped my arms around her and smelled the scent
from her hair. | couldn't remember being this close to her since she broke her foot on that hike and I held her by
the road until a ranger truck came. This was different.
"This isn't the way we normally watch movies," | said quietly.
"I know," she whispered back.
We sat silently stime, trying to get used to this, trying to make the shift from friend to more. | wanted to
speak, but | couldn't think of anything to say anymore. Or, more accurately, | could only think of one thing. My
hand had fallen on her bare knee and the only thing | wanted in the world right then was to caress that skin. |
dared not, though, for it could mean the end of this hug. The clock ticked, as my mind went back and forth, not
sure for the first tin a long twhat Thuy wanted. Finally, after she had not moved for stime, |
whispered by her ear, "Are you falling asleep?"
"I highly doubt it," she said with a wavering voice.
"Are you OK?"
"Yes, Jake, I'm fine."
"You're shaking."
"I know. I'm nervous."
"Oh, I'm sorry." | moved my hand away from her knee and started straightening up, knocking the blanket onto
the floor. But Thuy grabbed my hand and put it right back on her bare knee.
"I'm nervous, but that don't mean | don't like it."
| stared at my dark, working hand on
her lightly tanned skin, again frozen
on my friend's hod pauldfeelitrie
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y fingertips. Soon, | felt her
muscles move gently as she
straightened her leg a bit. "Sorry, |
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"It's OK."
"My skin was tingling."
"We're acting really silly about this."
"I can't help it."
"No, | mean, you want my hand on your knee and | want...."
She turned her head around sto look up at me. "What?"
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter a moment, | confessed, "To touch you."
She turned back around and | could feel her gaze on my hand. "Good."
There was nothing | could think of |
wanted more than to caress her, but |
could feel her eyes upon me, waiting.
Eventually, | was ah| foymakerhy!
fogs Rave &lbwl up and down in
place. | saw Thuy's leg muscles tense
up and her breath catch, then they
both relaxed slowly. After a minute,
she nestled further into my chest. |
kissed the top of her hair and then
kissed it again. We weren't supposed
to be doing this. We were friends.
"That's nice," Thuy said quickly.
| couldn't help but smile. "This is so silly."
"What?"
"How freaking slow | am. How you have to encourage me. | have been with girls before."
"Quantum Girl."
"And others..."
"But this is different.”
"Very. It's you."
"Yeah." She placed her fingers on the
back of the hand that was sloyhn
caressing hex kage frdcing them up
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"Pretend it's notand do what you would do then."
| understood but the only thing | could think was what | said next, "If I've got you, why would | ever want to think
of someone else?"