“Did Ash kill him? He’ll get props if there’s a dead body.”
“No, but he did take care of it. And it was...”
Kallie sighed into the phone and her best friend gasped.
“You fucked him.”
“Damn it, Eris. Come on.”
“Oh my hell. You had your one-night stand!” she exclaimed. “Spill all the details. Oh, I love a good knight-in-shining-armor story.”
“You really need to get your head checked,” Kallie said with a grin.
“Was he any good?”
“Eris, he was incredible. I came three times last night.”
“Oh, those are always the best sessions. He was big, wasn’t he? It’s always the big guys.”
“I had to take time to adjust,” Kallie said as her cheeks filled with a heavy flame.
“Fuck me sideways. Now I’m jealous. I might buy this ticket and fly out there anyway to get me some of that action.”
“But he didn’t stay.”
“Is that what’s bothering you?” Eris asked. “Kallie, he’s not supposed to stay. That’s not the part a rebound guy plays. He’s supposed to fuck you senseless, so you can shake the shadows of your ex off during your orgasms. That’s it.”
“But he was about to stay. I could feel it. He was holding me and relaxing, then he pulled away really quickly. Like I was a disease or something.”
“Maybe he has his own rules about one-night stands. I never stay with them.”
“Wait, you don’t?” Kallie asked.
“No. You stay, and then the guy wants to cook you dinner, and pretty soon he’s calling you his girlfriend after four days and won’t let you leave the house.”
“Uh ... what kind of guys are you sleeping with?”
“The point is, maybe he has his own rules and it had nothing to do with you. With three orgasms, I highly doubt he had a bad time,” Eris said.
“I don’t like the way it ended.”
“Did you have fun?”
“Of course I had fun. You can’t have three orgasms and not have fun,” Kallie said.
“Then that was the point. You had fun, you got your ex off your mind. He’s now no longer the last man you’ve slept with. It’s a step in moving forward.”
“And I’m supposed to trust you on this?”
“I’m an expert, Kallie. Of course you’re supposed to trust me.”
“Fine. But what do I do if I run into him again?”
“Don’t trip over yourself trying to get back to him. He was a one-night thing and nothing else. He’s not going to come running after you begging for another date. You got what you needed, and so did he,” Eris said.
“I don’t like this,” Kallie said.
“But you do a little bit, right?”