On the Same Page

by Haley Cass

“Riley, if someone was worthy of you? They’d move heaven and earth to be with you. There wouldn’t be any “moments of weakness” because you should be the only woman on their mind like that,”

“Listen. I’m not going to let you sit in my own house and insult my favorite person.”

“Then where are they when you come home drunk from a party all by yourself when you went out with them, yet I’m the one who makes sure you’re okay? And why am I the only person you’ve talked to about your sexuality? Why am I the only one still around when you aren’t offering to pay for drinks or get access to designer clothes? Why am I the only one here when all you’re offering is you?”

So, it’s going to be the part about Sutton Spencer and Charlotte Thompson. People love them, they have huge engagement numbers.”

This time, it was Riley’s fault Gianna couldn’t finish her thought process. She arched up and pressed her lips against Gianna’s for the first time.

“You think I’d let you fuck me with a strap-on if we didn’t even kiss?”

Being a good person could actually be kinda fucking fun.

“All right.” She gave in. If Gianna wanted it, she would get it. “If what you interpreted from that was that I’m attracted to you, then you’re right. As in, really attracted to you. As in, it wasn’t just a thing that night. As in, it’s all of the time,” she annunciated each word, before dragging her hands through her hair as she laughed, wildly. “If you interpreted that I can’t stop thinking about the way your lips felt on mine or the way your body felt against me, then you’re right. If you interpreted that every time we’re together, now, I think about having you in that way, you’re right.”

“Thanks, again. And – have a good… shower,” she called as she left.

“Carina, you are too fucking funny. There’s no way she bought that.”

And it was so nice, she dimly registered, to not have to hold herself up.

She looks at you like you could go on a killing spree and she’d be like, good job, babe, they deserved it! I’ll call my lawyer!”

“You’ll never understand, because you are so much better than they are,”

“You are who you choose to be,” she refuted, firmly. “And you’ve chosen to be someone funny and driven and compassionate. Someone who shows up for the people you care about. Someone who strives to be better. That is the potential you have. I see it every day.”

“You’re still streaming!”

Gianna only stared at Riley for a few moments, before she admitted, “I didn’t want to date anyone else.”

“Uh… if you break her heart, I know thousands of chemical compounds that are lethal to human beings, several of which are untraceable.”