Crossing by Stacey Wallace Benefiel

Author:Stacey Wallace Benefiel [Benefiel, Stacey Wallace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Elizabeth is lying on the couch watching TV when I get home, and my heart lightens. “Long time, no hang out,” I say.

She twists her head around to look at me. “I know! That’s okay, though. You and Liam have a new thing going on.” She sighs. “The beginning of a relationship is so all consuming and yummy.”

I dump my stuff off on the chair, go over to the couch, and lift up her legs so I can sit down. Instead of demanding a foot rub, Elizabeth goes into the kitchen and brings out wine glasses and half-full bottle of cabernet.

She makes a pouty face at me. “You look sad.”

I take a deep breath and let it out. “That’s because I am. Something’s going on with Liam, something big that he’s not telling me and I’m…afraid to confront him about it because I don’t want him to break up with me.”

Elizabeth pours a glass of wine and hands it to me. “Do you have any idea what it is?”

I take a healthy slug of wine. “I think I might be bad in bed.”

“Nonsense.” She scoots back into the corner of the couch and tucks her feet up underneath her.

“Well, if this stage in a relationship is supposed to be so all consuming and yummy, then how come I’ve got so much all consuming and not so much yummy?” I hit the wine again.

“Maybe he just wants to take things slow.”

“We did pretty much go from zero to couple in under a minute.” I shrug. “That could be all this is. But Liam himself told me I needed to trust my gut more often, and my gut is telling me something is off.”

Elizabeth wrinkles her forehead. “How is the sex when you do have it?”

I scoot back into the other corner of the couch and pull my knees up to my chest. “Amazing. Nice. He doesn’t just get off as quickly as he can and then leave me hanging.”

“As it should be.” She grabs the bottle off the table, tips it forward and refills my wine glass. “Does he look you in the eyes?”

“Yeah.” I rub my temples. “I mean, he’s great. That’s why I think it’s me. I haven’t participated much.”

She blanches at that. I’m the one who taught Elizabeth how to give the perfect blowjob, on a banana, of course. “Why not?” She finishes her wine and pours herself another.

“He’s kind of insisted on doing everything. I’ve tried to, y’know, start things up and he doesn’t respond.”

She chews at her grape-stained bottom lip. “You mean, like he has to be in control or he’s not in the mood?”

“Yes!” I sit up on my knees. “That’s exactly it. If he decides that he wants to have sex, then we do because I’m always willing. But if I want it, it seems like he doesn’t. It’s not like he’s not affectionate with me, though. He kisses me and holds my hand. “

“I don’t know what to tell you.” She shrugs. “It sounds like it’s his issue.

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