Page 26 of What If I Knew You

Not wanting to sit by myself, I pay for my tab, leaving a generous tip, and then make my way back to my hotel room. Lying on the bed I try to come up with the right thing to say to Corri in order to find out if she’s a virgin or not, but nothing good comes to mind.

Me: Hey, are you a virgin too?

Nope. Delete.

Me: Want to be virgin buddies?

No. That’s stupid. Delete.

Me: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours.

I chuckle, shaking my head. “Definitely not.”

Delete.

Me

I think I need sex lessons. Is that a thing?

Send.

“Shit! I hit send!” I bolt up on the bed frozen in place with my phone in my hand. “I fucking hit SEND! Oh fuck. I wasn’t thinking. How do I erase it? She can’t see this.” I stare at my phone in my hand and shout at it, “UNSEND! No, wait, DELETE!”

Nothing happens so I tap the screen and say it again. “DELETE! UNSEND! UNSEND! UNFUCKING?—”

Three dots appear…

“Oooh, fuck.”

Standing from the bed I pace back and forth unable to tear my eyes away from the screen. I bite my lip and rub one very clammy hand down my pant leg.

God, it’s hot in here all of a sudden.

Do those windows open?

Shit. They don’t open.

Fuck. What am I going to do now?

She’s going to tell me to fuck off. I just know it.

I shouldn’t even care, but for some reason I do.

I swear to God I’m breaking out into a nervous sweat anticipating what she might say.

Corri: Uh. You’re a loser bye.

Corri: Sex lessons are not a thing. Are you that stupid?

Corri: You want to pay someone to teach you how to have sex?

Corri: Just watch porn dumbass.

Finally, the three dots disappear and her message comes through.

Corri

Sure. But I don’t work for free. Might fuck for food though.

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