Page 94 of Good Vibes Only
“Wait, is he actually serious?” I wondered aloud.
Raven tutted her tongue. “Oh, no no no no.”
I pulled the door open and shouted after him. “Don’t be mad at us. All you had to do was put up those soundproofing panels and you’d probably still have the job.”
Raven jumped behind me and shouted over my shoulder, “Or, at theveryleast,you could’ve turned down Rock’s Greatest Hits when we asked!”
“Oh yeah?” His hands defiantly went to his hips. “I’d tell you two to go fuck yourself, but with all them dildos you got in there, I bet you’d probably enjoythat.”
“Oooh, wow. Sick burn,” Raven murmured under her breath, rolling her eyes.
Beard-o turned around and smugly strutted back to his van to a hooting chorus of his smiling coworkers. He wassoopleased with himself after insulting two women, and for what? Having the gall to care about sexual wellness and pleasure, I guess.
Well, I couldn’t let that slide.
“And I’d tellyouto go get fucked,” I shouted out the open door, “but with that beard of yours, we both know there’s no chance of that happening anytime soon.”
I must’ve struck a nerve, because his cocky rooster walk came to an abrupt end. Standing stiff as a board, he slowly turned around, his face red and fists balled.
“Fuck you, bitch!” he yelled impotently.
Beard-o’s coworkers hauled him away and quickly ushered him into their waiting van, which promptly drove off.
“Is it really over?!” Raven asked.
“It’ssoover,” I said, and we exchanged a jubilant high-five.
“Now we just have to hope everyone starts to come back so we can make some dang money again,” Raven murmured.
“Oh, it’ll happen,” I said confidently. “First thing I’m going to do today is schedule some workshops.”
“Woooo! We arebackin business, baby!” Raven cheered.
As if on cue, the door bells jangled and a couple of customers, two young women, walked in. I lit up when I realized one of the girls from a couple weeks ago—the college freshman who, after getting ghosted by the hot guy in the dorms, wanted to buy her first vibrator.
And she was absolutelyglowing.
“Hi—!” I wanted to welcome her back, but since she wasn’t alone, I caught my tongue. “Welcome to Good Vibes Only! I’m McKayla.”
“Hi McKayla,” she said. “You probably don’t remember me, but I was here a couple weeks ago and you helped me pick something out.”
“I totally remember you! I just didn’t want to blow up your spot in front of your friend. Magic Wand, right?”
She smiled wide. “Yeah!”
“How’s it treating you?”
“It’samazing. Seriously, the orgasms are life-changing. I love it,” she gushed. “I keep telling all my friends they gotta get a vibrator.”
I smiled at her friend. “Ah, so she dragged you in here, huh?”
“Uh-huh. Apparently, I’ve been missing out on this whole new level of pleasure that’s just waitingto be unlocked,” the friend said, clearly doing an imitation.
We laughed.
“Well, she’s not wrong,” I said.
“I really am kinda lowkey excited to try my first vibrator, though,” the friend admitted. “I’ve heard so much about them, but I guess I’ve always been too embarrassed to buy one?”
