*Author's Note: All characters in this story are eighteen and older. No underage characters are present in the story or put into suggestive situations. Thank you for reading and enjoy chapter four of this story.*
The rest of the day went by without a singular erotic event transpiring. I ate some food with the family, which involved me trying to avoid eye contact with both of my sisters. My mom caught on but just shrugged it off. Isabella on the other hand grabbed me after dinner to see if anything was wrong. Luckily, thanks to my relaxed disposition, I was able to play it off. However, I'm only relaxed because Eve took every bit of stress from my body with her soft hands. I know she never had a boyfriend while we have been friends, but I highly doubt she has never done sexual stuff before. Her skill was unbelievably better than where a beginner should be at. The thought of her doing it to someone else though made me jealous. To avoid that feeling, I decided to believe in the idea that she is just naturally good at those kinds of things. The fact I am feeling emotions such as jealousy makes me angry in of itself. Have I found myself crushing on my best friend? Or is it simply being in love with the sexual activity we partook in? Whatever the case may be, I needed to try and get my head out from the clouds.
Nighttime rolled around quickly, allowing me to lock myself in my room. I sat down in front of my desk, opening my laptop to begin working. Whenever I have the time, I do some part-time translating on the side. I have perfect marks in both Spanish and Japanese, which allows me to get a bunch of freelance work for many diverse types of businesses. Things were going smoothly for a couple of hours, being able to cram in a few documents that were needing a bit of editing for the demographic it was targeted for. Suddenly, my phone started to vibrate in my pocket. I checked who the call was from, only to be surprised by the fact it was an unknown number. I looked at the door, before deciding to answer, putting the phone up to my ear. "This is James, who am I speaking with?" The silence lasted for what felt like an eternity. It was the longest pause I had ever experienced in my life. However, after a minute, a voice came through on the other end. A voice I was not too familiar with.
"J-James?"
I scratched my head, unsure of who this could possibly be calling at this time of night. "Yes, this is James Reid. May I know who's calling?" Another terrifyingly slow moment of silence followed my question before the caller decided to answer me.
"I-It's me. R-Remember? From school?" The voice isn't ringing any bells, not to mention their stuttering isn't doing them any favors.
"I'm sorry, I genuinely can't remember giving my number out to anyone at school."
"Autumn's f-friend... Aiko."
My eyes lit up at the name, looking at the number again, confused to all hell as to how she got my number. More importantly, why did she want my number? Composing myself, I lifted the phone back up to my ear.
"Aiko! Sorry, I didn't recognize your voice, you usually don't speak often. Like, at all for that matter."
"I don't like p-people or being around them, I guess."
"Then why are you doing sports with my sister?"
"Parents. They want me to d-do good." I know that feeling all too well. Mom always wanted me to be an all-A student growing up. Luckily for her, that was already my plan since childhood.
"I can understand that feeling, more than you think."
"Really?"
"Yes, really. I am not like my sister. I study hard and make sure to always be on top." A weird shudder came from the other end of the phone, making me raise an eyebrow. "You okay?"
"Y-Yes! Sorry, the AC is l-low tonight."
"I see. Aiko, why did you call me? Also, how did you get my number?"
"I asked Autumn for it. I was surprised she so g-gingerly handed it over." I started to think about how I could bring it up to Autumn, since it is my own phone number she is handing out. Before I could speak up, Aiko continued her statement. "I wanted to call you because..."
"...Yes?" The room became unbearably still, before her voice came back clear as day.
"...because I want to t-talk with you more."
"Okay, I can get behind that, but why do you want to talk to me more?"
"Well, to be honest, I have always thought you would be a g-good study partner." To be fair to that claim, I am in the top percentile of students. However, to rebuttal said claim, she is also in that percentile.
"So, you want go on a study date?" The words came out nonchalantly, almost too much so since after I said that Aiko started to panic.
"A DATE!?!?!" The yelling made me pull my phone from my ear, unsure if my right eardrum would ever be the same. I cleared my throat before trying to communicate a little bit better.
"I meant a friendly study session. I'm sorry for the confusion, that's my bad." A sigh of relief came through the other side of the phone.
"Thank you, that makes me feel a l-little better about all this. I'm new to all of this. How about afterschool Monday, we stay and go to t-the library?"
"I would like that, Aiko."
"Great! See you then!" She hung up the phone quickly, making me weirdly wonder why she was asking to study with me. Not like we ever hung out before. I am not complaining about this either, despite my reservations on people in general. I need to study more, since my mind has been elsewhere the past couple of days. Plus, might be good to be around someone who isn't trying to make me their personal play toy. I chuckled at that thought, wondering if this is just some erotic novel coming to life. That was when my phone rang for a second time. Just like before, it was an unknown number. I did forget to save Aiko's number, so maybe it was her? I answered the phone, waiting for someone to talk on the other line.