I walked quickly through the streets on my way to see Jess. I was nervous. We were gonna meet at Subway first, but I planned on taking her to the park to eat. And talk.
"Wassup, babe." she said with a beaming smile as we met near the entrance.
"Hey. I'm hungry, let's grab a bite." I replied, avoiding her usual hug and dragging her with me inside.
We ordered a footlong each, got it to go and left for the park across the street. I walked ahead of her, almost jogging up to the bench under a big tree where we could be away from people. There were butterflies in my stomach and I really wasn't looking forward to this, but it had to be done. Better to do it fast, like when you're getting a wax job.
"So listen... we gotta talk." I said, opening up the wrapper on my sub.
"Uh-oh, I know what that means. You're breaking up with me."
"Shuddup, I'm serious."
"Baby, I can change, just give me a chance!"
"Jess?"
"Yah."
"Look at my face right now."
I just sat still and looked at her. My facial muscles were relaxed, not grimaced in anger or anything. She'd made a joke, but I didn't smile or laugh - it was just an emotionless poker face. I didn't do that often, not with her. Needed to this time, though. After seeing me look at her like that for about ten seconds, she eventually stopped horsing around.
"All right ... what's up?" she said.
"It's about what happened this weekend."
"The slumber party? What about it?"
"Jess?"
"What?"
"Don't try it."
"Try what?"
"Jess." I gave her the face again.
"Well, you need to be specific..."
"No, I don't. I want to have a serious conversation and you're going to start it off by trying to lie to me? I heard noises. I got up. Went to the stairs. I saw you. You know what I'm talking about."
A few seconds passed, and Jess seemed to consider her reply.
"Okay ... yeah, I do ... but before we go on... am I in trouble? With you? Because you're my best friend and I don't wanna ... mess that up."
"You're in a bit of trouble."
"Okay... Shit, my stomach's tightening up ... is it
big
trouble?" she said, looking justifiably guilty.
"You're in a little bit of trouble."
"All right..."
"I mean, I
was
pretty upset and confused yesterday, but I've had some time to cool down. I still have high upset-ness potential, though. So don't lie to me."
"I won't. I don't. I'm just thinking about how ...
diplomatic
... I should be."
"I think you'd better tell me everything."
"Uh... okaaay... like, where do I start, though...?"
"Just tell me! I wanna know exactly how you went from having a sleepover with me in our jammies, to sitting on the floor downstairs with my dad's dick in your mouth."
Jess took a breath. She looked down, apparently not willing to meet my gaze at the moment. We both knew she was a bit of a slut, but I felt like this was a new low for her.
"Well..." she eventually said. "You pretty much summed it up there. I woke up, thirsty, went downstairs and had a glass of water ... and there he was, sleeping in front of the TV... I guess I was still a bit tipsy from the mojitos we made earlier, and you know I get horny when I've had a few..."
"You're always horny."
"I went over to sit on the couch with him. I honestly didn't think about doing anything at that point, okay, it just sort of happened ..."
"What, did you trip or something?"
"I just sat down there, he was sort of half-asleep, I curled up next to him, he put his arm around me ... next thing I knew we were eye-flirting, touching each other a bit, he started stroking one of my boobs and I got even hornier ... and then I just sank down to the floor and unwrapped his ... package."
I could tell that she was being 'diplomatic' in her choice of words on that last bit there.
"Go on."
"It was just a blowjob, Liz, it wasn't a big deal, I ..."
"Jess." I gave her the face again.
"Yeah, you're right... yeah, okay, it's a ... bigger deal than ... usual."
"Well, don't stop now. You're always eager - some might say
overeager -
to share details about your activities with guys, so this time shouldn't be different."
"Uh... so... you actually want details...?"
"You felt like this was just another blowjob with just another guy? Treat it like that, then."
"Oh. Yeah, okay... full disclosure, like normal, I get it. Uhm... well, we were sitting on the couch and I noticed that he was hard, that's why I got on my knees for him ... I lifted his bathrobe off to the side and found his cock, smiled at him and asked if I could taste it. He nodded and said I was cute, and I started sucking him off. I made him cum and I swallowed like I normally do, and he moaned a lot and said thanks ... then I went back upstairs and ... that's it."
"You should have told me what happened."
"Yeah, I get that... now. I'm sorry, I didn't think ... Actually, I wasn't sure if I
should
tell you. Didn't know if you'd want to hear it. Didn't wanna ... hurt you. And if you didn't know, maybe it would be best if you never found out, you know?"
"Well, you can throw out all of that, 'cause I
do
know now. Bridge crossed."
"But not burned, right?"
"Not yet. Keep being honest. You don't get to hide anything from me, not about this."
"Done. But ... seriously, would you have preferred I come straight up to the bedroom after and say: 'Hey, Liz, I just blew your dad.'? Is that the level of honesty you want? I mean, I
can
do that, if that's what you really want. At the time, though, it didn't ... feel right."
"I get that."
She reached for my hand. I let her take it.
"Are we cool?"
"Yeah..." I replied, absent-mindedly.
"Liz? Please look at me and tell me we're cool."
I looked at her. I could see a tear in her eye. Her hand was trembling. We'd been friends since we were three. Played in kindergarten together. Celebrated birthdays together. Gone on vacations together. Gone on double dates together. Taken our SATs together. We'd argued, of course, no friendship is without quarrels, but so far, we'd survived everything. Jess was my best friend, and I was hers. For a second, I could tell that she was nervous about losing all of that. I also knew that there was no way this could get between us.
"Of course we're cool, you big slut."
She smiled.
"So... what now?" I asked after we'd hugged and had a chance to catch our collective breaths.
"What now what?" she replied, taking a bite of her sub.
"Well... what are your intentions towards my dad?"