“I don’t know what to say.”
“You flirted and teased me mercilessly the other night and still went away for the weekend with your mystery man. So tell me, why do I still want you?”
“Jason look I…,”
“End it with him. You and I should be together,” he says. I look into his eyes and then look down at my hands resting on the table.
“It’s not that simple,” I say softly.
“Why not?”
“It just isn’t. Look Jason there are tons of girls who would love to date you.”
“I am aware, but most of them are after my money and my name. It makes me sick, but I know you don’t seem to care about any of that,” he says thoughtfully.
“True. I don’t. I know money doesn’t buy happiness,” I remark.
“My thoughts exactly.”
“I need to get to class,” I say, gathering my things.
“Alright, but I’m not giving up that easily,” Jason says.
“So I’ve noticed. What am I going to do with you?” I say, giving him a genuine smile. There’s so much to like about Jason.
“You know what I’m thinking,” Jason says, giving me the most panty melting, devilishly sexy look that leaves me weak in the knees. How am I going to continue resisting him?
FOUR
LEXI
Hopefully Luke will stop calling and texting me now that I have told him in person that we are over. Now I can focus on my studies. I want to become a teacher. My family is from Argentina and education is very important to us. I want to make my parents proud.
“Hi Lexi,” Kara says, walking into our room.
“Hey roomie, how was your weekend?”
“Really perfect, I finally lost it,” Kara says with a big smile on her face.
“No way, with Jake from upstairs?”
“Yes, finally. I was beginning to think something was wrong with me. Like why wouldn’t he sleep with me?”
“Girl, there’s nothing wrong with you. He was being sweet and wanted to take it slow with you.”
“I guess you’re right and it was perfect.”
“Woohoo, that’s great!”
“How did your weekend go with Luke?”
“I was hoping to have a Close Encounter with him, but it didn’t work out that way.”
“What? Why not?”
“I couldn’t go through with it. He wanted to get back together, and if I slept with him he would have thought he had a chance. Didn’t want to muddy the waters and send him mixed signals.”
“Well, that makes sense.” My phone buzzes. I have a text.
Troy: Hi Lexi, do you want to go out Friday night?
“Now here’s the reason I wasn’t getting back together with Luke. Troy just texted me for a date this Friday and I’m a free woman to say yes and do whatever I want with him,” I squeal to Kara. She raises her hand and gives me a high five.
“Which one was Troy?”
“The cute blondie I met at the Sigma Chi frat party,” I say.
“Oh yeah, I remember him. He was very Close Encounter worthy. Heck every guy in that frat is!” Kara says, and we both burst out laughing.
“Hey girls, what’s so funny?” Clarissa asks, sticking her head in our room.
“Just raving about how all the Sigma Chi guys are Close Encounter worthy,” Kara says.
“Ah yes, so true, so true,” Clarissa says in agreement.
“Troy just asked Lexi out on a date,” Kara tells Clarissa.
“How awesome, he is hot and definitely Close Encounter worthy. He’s friends with Jason,” Clarissa says.
“What’s going on with you guys anyway?” Kara asks.
“Nothing at the moment,” Clarissa answers and then wanders into her room.
“Hey not so fast,” Kara calls out to Clarissa, following into her room and I follow.
“Look, there’s nothing to tell,” Clarissa says.
“Yes we know, you aren’t the kiss and tell type, but we’re dying to know,” Kara continues to try and get some little morsel out of Clarissa.
“Jason approached me at lunch today and told me to end it with my mystery man. He said we belong together. I don’t know what I’m going to do,” Clarissa volunteers this juicy tidbit and crashes down on her bed.
“You have some difficult choices here, hot guy number one or hot guy number two. We feel so sorry for you don’t we, Lexi?” Kara teases Clarissa with a smile and a light-hearted laugh.
“Why did I bother telling you guys anyway?” Clarissa says, rolling her eyes at us.
“Maybe if you share more details we can help you decide,” Kara says.
“Well, my mystery man is amazing in the sack, number one. But he can also be so tender, caring and very romantic too. He really is a dream. I just can’t give him up,” Clarissa admits. Clearly she’s emotionally invested in this guy, you can see it on her face and hear it in her voice.
“He sounds dreamy,” Kara says.
“He is, but then Jason has been relentless and oh so tempting in his Jason Bancroft way, you know what I’m talking about right ladies?” Clarissa says half joking, half serious.