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    Date: 6/17/2016, Categories: Fiction Author: Michael.F

    ... stuff with Craig, Brad, kissing Tara…I didn’t deserve to know something as small and supposedly meaningless as me not being her first. I could have handled that! Why didn’t she trust me? I looked up at Tara, her beauty striking me as it always had. Well, if Kayla wanted me to fuck her, why not? That would make us equal. I’m sure Tara wouldn’t mind. Hell, she’d probably love it. And maybe I’d keep it a secret for a while, see how Kayla likes… As the thought streaked across my brain, taking no more than a nanosecond to do so, my body seemed to fall into limbo and time stopped. I was suspended in the full meaning of that thought and everything that it implicated. Slowly, gradually, the horror of it started to dawn on me. Cheat on Kayla…keep it from her…lie knowingly…maliciously…just to get back at her for something she had not done to hurt me… My stomach heaved and I staggered away from Tara and down the hall to the bathroom, where I immediately puked into the sink, tears streaming down my face as the hot bile burned my mouth. How could I think that? Why would I think that? What the fuck was wrong with me? Eventually the puking stopped and I coughed and spat into the sink, rising it out with the tap before swishing some water in my mouth to clean out the remaining gunk. The taste lingered…as did the guilt. And hand touched my shoulder and I jumped in surprise. It was Tara. “Sorry,” she said, pulling her hand back. “No, no,” I replied, wincing as my stomach throbbed painfully, ...
    ... “It’s okay. I just…haven’t been feeling good today.” She put the back of her cool hand against my forehead. “No wonder. You’re burning up!” She took her hand away and gave me a small smile. “Guess I don’t have to be offended then.” “What do you mean?” “Well, you looked at me like I was a walrus or something and then ran in here to puke. What was I supposed to think?” I laughed painfully. “It wasn’t you. Trust me.” She put a hand gently on my shoulder. “Let’s get you in bed.” I gave her a look. “Ha, ha. Not like that, doofus.” I managed to compromise with her on the whole resting thing. I agreed that I would just take it easy for a while rather than lie down and get some sleep. I wasn’t tired and, frankly, I was scared about the nightmares I might have with all the shit going through my brain. Tara looked less than convinced but didn’t seem to want to argue and told me to let her know if there was anything she could help me with. I studied her the entire time we talked. I don’t know exactly what I expected after last night. I mean, yeah, this morning she was perfectly fine but I didn’t know how much of that was for Kayla’s benefit. Besides, she had plenty of time alone here to reflect on all of it. I sensed a melancholy in her, especially when our eyes met, but nothing that caused me any worry. No more so than being turned down for a date by your crush…Okay, yeah, that sucks and so did being turned down by me, I imagine, but she was making a good effort not to let whatever pain ...
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