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The Guy Next Door - Part Four
Date: 9/29/2015, Categories: Reluctance, Author: SITTING, Rating: 16, Source: LushStories
things are going to go down.” He rolled his eyes and followed me into the living area. “It’ll be clockwork for the most part. You get to the restaurant, he’s already there. Neither of you eat much though you should ‘cause you’ll need a decent amount of energy. He asks you back to his for a drink. You say yes. He’ll have cleaned his place up a bit, hoping for the best. Now if he’s got any sense, he’ll skip the drink and jump you as soon as the door’s closed. If not, he can still save himself. He can kiss you as soon as you finish the drink. If he doesn’t, run. Trust me. It’ll be awkward and fake-romantic and clichéd and you’ll be better off with a vibrator.” He opened my fridge and leaned down to examine the contents. I bit my lip. “Okay. Wish me luck.” He glanced over his shoulder, drinking milk from the bottle. “I already did.” I slammed the door shut and ran down the stairs to the waiting taxi. I was late. Was being late still fashionable? I didn’t know. I didn’t particularly care. The thought of Sam checking his watch didn’t bother me. I wondered why. Surely, it should have bothered me. It should have made me feel guilty. Or powerful. But I felt neither. I felt – ambivalent. I suddenly realised that I really didn’t care about being late. I sat in the back of the cab, watching people and cars rush by and tried to care. This night was the product of a month’s work. But I wasn’t excited about it. The exciting part had been planning it; reporting back to Cooper and coming up ...