"You can sleep here," he says, pointing his newly shaven chin at the large bed in the centre of the room.553Please respect copyright.PENANA0dhv6jEDTR
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I grunt out a thank you, as the pitter-patter of the rain starts against the rooftop.553Please respect copyright.PENANAdIN7sjaTKM
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This is the best example of pathetic fallacy; the rain mirroring my dark mood. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAORh26JOawr
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I sigh, collapsing onto the bed and falling asleep almost immediately.553Please respect copyright.PENANAdypsi8itSQ
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My snoring wakes me in the early morning — it's still dark, I can't see shit. The rain is beating mercilessly against the rooftop — still not as loud as my snoring — and I can hear thunder, and see the flash of lightning outside.553Please respect copyright.PENANALmbwV0Cmto
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Wait, why the hell is it dark? I never turned off the light.553Please respect copyright.PENANANljQ76E1nU
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That's when I notice that someone else is in my bed.553Please respect copyright.PENANAbgsrb8hF3y
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Of course.553Please respect copyright.PENANAnLqaUyFPbc
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Of course.553Please respect copyright.PENANAj0p7tMNljK
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I can feel the irritation seeping into my veins, making me more and more awake by the minute. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAgJlOEfbziy
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But honestly, I should have seen this coming. This guy has had weird vibes from the start.553Please respect copyright.PENANABNOSFs2Wqz
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I push him slightly. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAkk34dEUu99
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Nothing.553Please respect copyright.PENANA1ROOZEp5OY
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A little harder.553Please respect copyright.PENANAvAZZ3BkOvz
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And when I get irritated, I feel out his face, and cover his mouth and close his nose at the same time.553Please respect copyright.PENANAs5i8DRwvPc
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He wakes up instantly.553Please respect copyright.PENANA4cxgnllKQe
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"What the fuck," he hisses into the darkness.553Please respect copyright.PENANAHK7gjHdp3M
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"What the fuck are you doing in here?"553Please respect copyright.PENANAd3WGRgibzv
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My eyes gradually adjust to the darkness, and I can see him scratching his head.553Please respect copyright.PENANAVRtdfhfEPe
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"My room has a leak. And when I came in here, you were in jeans and sneakers. I fixed you up for bed; I swear I didn't try anything."553Please respect copyright.PENANAoQ2cl0rcdc
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That's when I realise that I'm only in a t-shirt and, wait for it, thong.553Please respect copyright.PENANAT9stNSPxBW
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And I feel a bit... turned on that he saw me like that. Not that I'd ever tell him.553Please respect copyright.PENANA5P5hImXkhZ
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So what now? Everyone has leaks in their homes tonight? The rusty-ass pipes in my apartment building, and now, his roof?553Please respect copyright.PENANANORUUl5HRp
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He stares at me, as if waiting for me to go batshit on him, but all I do is sigh, and in turn he lets out a sigh of relief.553Please respect copyright.PENANAzBZQ6RUzeT
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"Go back to sleep, Leah," he says, just above a whisper. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAb3DqEoZ3Mx
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But I can't. I'm very awake, and I just have to get up and do... something.553Please respect copyright.PENANAEIYsQW6n8e
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I slip out of the bed, and head to the kitchen, the t-shirt stopping just below my ass.553Please respect copyright.PENANAgU2s6xxh7X
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I go up to the huge, stainless steel fridge, and search for a bottle of cold water. 553Please respect copyright.PENANAZZqwgzX1PR
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"You have a nice ass," I hear, from behind me, "and the water's in the cupboard."553Please respect copyright.PENANAAH03CLgdmq
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I ignore the way that my body tingles at that compliment, and turn to see him pointing his chin to a cupboard that is a part of the base of the kitchen island.553Please respect copyright.PENANAmmbO8MlcSY
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I hadn't even realised that I'd been bending over, exposing myself, and now that I do... I can't bring myself to not be a little excited.553Please respect copyright.PENANAMXcrXxwVIO
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"Thanks," I mutter, getting up and going to the cupboard, squatting to find the bottle of water.553Please respect copyright.PENANAFKaAvMKdaY
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When I rise with my bottle, he is holding out a cup of ice to me.553Please respect copyright.PENANAS0eqTcLBvB
"Thank you."553Please respect copyright.PENANA4OIFrk2CiD
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We stand in silence, as I sip my water, and he watches me do it.553Please respect copyright.PENANAThc3IUrBg9
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Finally, he breaks the silence.553Please respect copyright.PENANAXBbrzAKZOC
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"I'm sorry if I... offended you by sleeping in your bed last night. This morning. Whatever."553Please respect copyright.PENANARKYgxJuLsE
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"It's fine. You didn't do anything."553Please respect copyright.PENANAiwRipybXud
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He nods, his eyes far away, as if thinking of how to word his views.553Please respect copyright.PENANANLuGkxQ2aV
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"I didn't do anything... but I wanted to. I wanted to so badly."553Please respect copyright.PENANAxSIf65xTlc
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I nearly choke on my water. I don't know what's worse; his confession, or how nonchalantly he says it, as if he's reading the weather.553Please respect copyright.PENANAzeKeGjMHJr
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"Come again?" I say, thinking that I must have heard him wrong.553Please respect copyright.PENANAQXcrxmnJFt
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But I can't deny the fact that my nipples perk up under my cotton t-shirt the second he mentions sex.553Please respect copyright.PENANAPQhWnuPhHR
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He shrugs. "I want to fuck you." Again, he is as nonchalant as ever.553Please respect copyright.PENANAhJrJh32Zv6
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I just stare stupidly, my mouth agape, and my panties dampening.553Please respect copyright.PENANADdkbPdrd97
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He closes my mouth, grinning at me, wicked intentions in his eyes. Not so nonchalant anymore, I see.553Please respect copyright.PENANA8dLidwbSiW
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"Um, I-I...I don't..."553Please respect copyright.PENANAmy2dkrbGEY
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I stop talking, realising what a total idiot I sound like, while his grin broadens. In that second, I am grateful for my dark skin, as he can't see me blushing.553Please respect copyright.PENANA1FFwTbo4lw
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"Tongue tied?"553Please respect copyright.PENANANr3K5sf1no
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My cheeks and vagina get hotter. "Shut the fuck up."553Please respect copyright.PENANApDxvUyQHUk
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He actually laughs.553Please respect copyright.PENANACR0cImzAax
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"Don't worry, honey," he says, his hot breath brushing against my face, shocking me. When did he get this close? 553Please respect copyright.PENANAqPOQ8PZXJv
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"One day," he whispers, now in my ear,"I will fuck you."553Please respect copyright.PENANAkIuUgN9pqW
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And with that, my panties soak right through.553Please respect copyright.PENANA7PwHmfKjpv
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I realise that my eyes are closed and I open them. He's gone. I stand there frozen, in total shock.553Please respect copyright.PENANAhEICiSc9jw
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What the actual fuck just happened?553Please respect copyright.PENANAxuQa4Bhwcj
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We're eating breakfast — French toast that he made — together at the island in the kitchen, and he's acting as if nothing happened this morning. 553Please respect copyright.PENANADk9fumM3CB
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After the whole 'I want to fuck you' thing, I didn't stand a chance of going back to sleep. I kept myself busy, ran on the treadmill, masturbated in the shower with the shower head, hell, I watered the plants.553Please respect copyright.PENANAE7LX95VBKd
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And now, he's completely ignoring me, eating while doing something on his phone.553Please respect copyright.PENANAnC9Uv0qnq5
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I'm angry.553Please respect copyright.PENANACfbAihZsmx
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I'm livid.553Please respect copyright.PENANAcfOSV5ASRx
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He's fucking with my head, and I hate it.553Please respect copyright.PENANAkz4btiWtDP
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Finally, after I'm finished eating, which is after twenty painful minutes of acting like nothing is out of the ordinary, I decide to bring it up.553Please respect copyright.PENANAgNaykqD1no
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"About this morning—"553Please respect copyright.PENANAB76OPi2Ql3
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"I haven't changed my position," he says, not even looking up from his phone as he put the last piece of French toast in his mouth.553Please respect copyright.PENANAl4uXTHvoHw
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I want to strangle him.553Please respect copyright.PENANAhKPgJccs3H
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"You're fucking with my head," I growl.553Please respect copyright.PENANAOWoJsDCLYl
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He locks the screen of his phone, and looks up at me as he swallows.553Please respect copyright.PENANAehRWoBOx5E
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"How so?"553Please respect copyright.PENANAA9OX33koK5
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"You...you..."553Please respect copyright.PENANA4K3PpYcHHI
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The thoughts are there, but the words necessary to express myself won't come to me. I try again to word my thoughts.553Please respect copyright.PENANA6E8cCumpWx
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"You... confuse me. You said you wanted to fuck me, and you've made no advances on me. I don't know if I should brush it off, or watch my back."553Please respect copyright.PENANAXqoj14fBRG
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"Or just fuck me."553Please respect copyright.PENANACKA9ptaty2
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Again, I'm speechless. I never expected him to say that.553Please respect copyright.PENANAatbdr9W8Uq
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I mean I was thinking it, but I didn't expect his bluntness. I don't think I'll ever get used to it.553Please respect copyright.PENANAPGOMYAfsot
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"You'll love it; I have a one hundred percent success rate with pleasing my partners in bed."553Please respect copyright.PENANAXSBQ2F9v1z
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"There's a first for everything," I say hoping that undermining his abilities will offend him enough for him to stop perusing me.553Please respect copyright.PENANAgrA5NUej2b
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Or press the issue even harder.553Please respect copyright.PENANAvPXm0JlrRe
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God, what is wrong with me?553Please respect copyright.PENANATqnl7K8nC6
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"Just give it a try. Worst case scenario, you don't like it."553Please respect copyright.PENANA91DMBt8zDf
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"No. worst case scenario, contraceptives fail, and you knock me up. Or you're not clean, and I get one or more STDs. Or both."553Please respect copyright.PENANAKRYTGZH0yi
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"Well aren't you fun," he says with a scowl.553Please respect copyright.PENANA1Md2nmo5pp
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We sit there, staring each other down.553Please respect copyright.PENANAuuDK5HQCvd
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I decide to break the silence when I realise that he's waiting on me to speak.553Please respect copyright.PENANAxNg7TsEKVT
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"If we do this — and that's only if ," I say, although we both know that this is basically me handing him my terms of agreement for him to sign, "we both get tested, we prove to each other that we're clean, and you have to promise me that if necessary, you'll pay for my abortion."553Please respect copyright.PENANAiFXsv2sVLC
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I expect him to cringe at my coldness, but he only nods with a smile on his face.553Please respect copyright.PENANAsl36zfTmGW
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He holds up one hand, while grinning at me.553Please respect copyright.PENANAdLwBczlCHT
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"I solemnly swear—"553Please respect copyright.PENANA9iJyb7hRX2
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"Fuck off."553Please respect copyright.PENANAlkXC9F0n1I
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He puts his hand down, but continues grinning at me, and I know that I'm screwed, I'm more ways than one.
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