Morgan smiled innocently. She hadn�t realized she had been sitting there smiling like an idiot the entire time. �Nothing,� she answered casually.
�Ahh�.Stacie, you know what?�
�No, what, Lauren?� Stacie pretended to scratch her head.
�I think that our friend Morgan here has a fuck buddy!� said Lauren as she brought a piece of her brownie to her mouth.
�I do not!� Morgan retorted. She could feel the back of her neck already starting to burn. Oh shit.
�Ah ha! You�re blushing. You were always a terrible liar. Out with it, Morg.�
Morgan sighed. �Well, I used to have a ��
�Fuck buddy?!� Stacie blurted excitedly.
�Yes, thank you, Stacie. Anyway, I don�t see the point in telling you guys, you wouldn�t believe me anyway.� Morgan bit down on her lower lip, suppressing the reoccurring urge to smile again.
Lauren grabbed Morgan by the hand as she reached for her melting frappacino. �Morgan, stop being a shit head and just tell us! You don�t hide stories like this from your friends.�
�Okay, alright, fine. I�ll tell you, but you�re still not going to believe me.� She tucked the loose strands of hair behind her ears. �Do you remember when I told you guys that I went to high school in New York for a couple of years? In Lake Placid?�
�Yeah�� they replied, encouraging Morgan to go on.
�And that I used to be friends with Apolo Ohno��
Lauren�s eyes grew wide. �Holy crap, no fucking way!�
�See, this is why I didn�t say anything in the first place.�
�Oh my god, she just might be telling the truth�� Stacie murmured.
�Well, this is something you don�t hear every day,� Lauren mused. �So, was he��
�Was he what? Well endowed? Full of animalistic passion? The best goddamn lay of my life?�
Morgan laughed heartily at the shocked expressions spreading across her friend�s faces. �Hell yeah, to all of the above!�
�How�d this all happen?� asked Stacie, hungry to feed on all the details of Morgan�s adventures.
�Um, I think it started in junior year. He and I�well, we both knew we were ready to have sex and we really wanted to, but neither of us were in relationships at the time. Sooo, we just kind of decided to do it with each other. I mean, why should your first time be with someone you�re only going to break up with later. It needs to be special. And we trusted each other enough to know that it�d be something to remember.�
�And you guys just kept at it the rest of high school?�
Morgan nodded. �Yeah, pretty much. It wasn�t a regular thing, but just when we felt overwhelmed and stressed with school. You know, when we needed a break from life, or when one of us just needed some help getting over a broken heart. And I don�t regret it at all. We learned a lot from each other.�
Lauren snickered. �Teenies all across the globe are weeping their eyes out this very moment.�
Morgan looked down at her sandals. �I�m seeing him again tomorrow.�
�You are? Really?� Stacie asked.
�Yeah, really, he�s coming home tonight, and I have no freaking clue as to what I�m going to do. I mean, what do you say to somebody who stuck his tongue in your belly button?�
�Say whatever you damn well please. If you guys were fuck buddies, then why hide anything from each other? Just be yourself, Morgan and who knows what the possibilities are,� Lauren replied.
Morgan stared at the swirling clouds dancing against the backdrop of the sky. Maybe this wouldn�t be such a nerve wracking experience after all.