"You're 5 minutes early!"

"Yeah groceries went a little quicker than expected. It seems it messed up your timing."

I grabbed her pants and underwear off the floor and handed them back to her.

"Bathroom's on your immediate right."

"Thanks," she mumbled, walking out.

As I waited I looked at the wet spot that was left on the bed. I wasn't kidding when I said impressive. How does a single human body even produce that much liquid?

Lindsey came back from the bathroom and stood in the doorway.

"Uh. I can change your bedsheets," she offered.

"Oh you do-"

"I insist," she said sternly.

Well if she insists. I grabbed a fresh set of sheets from the closet and handed them to her. With the dirty bundle of sheets in her arm she turned towards me and I pointed to the laundry basket. 

"I suppose I should leave now," she stated.

I stood up ready to walk her out, "I suppose you should." 

I watched her drive away until she was no longer in sight. I hoped she didn't feel too embarrassed. How do I tell her that it was hot?  Oh yeah. I don't. I contemplated texting her, but I thought against it. She'll reach out to me if she feels like talking about it at all.

~Thursday~

In the morning I went out of my way to pass by Lindsey in the hallway to see if she wanted to acknowledge me. I saw her exit a classroom and subtly made my path towards her. She looked me in the eye, smirked and winked. Wink. Wink?! Was she not embarrassed to death? I mean I was fine with that, but if it were me I wouldn't be able to look her in the eye. I smiled back at her and continued to class. 

Saffron, Elgort, Prudence and I were currently in the same class and we were sitting on the couches outside the classroom while working on our project. I was typing on my computer when I felt  hands on my shoulders. 

"Hey."

I tilted my head up and saw Lindsey standing over me.

"Hi, Lindsey!" exclaimed Saffron.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I can't say hello?" Lindsey sat next to me, "What are you guys working on?"

"A project for class," said Prudence.

"Oh I just remembered," started Saffron, "The white girls are having a party and they need help readying the house. I was gonna ask everyone at once, but since you guys are here are you down?"

"Sure," said Elgort.

"I'll ask my mom," replied Prudence

"Wow, I didn't know you talked to the white girls, Saffron. I can probably come if you tell me when the party is," I said.

"Saturday."

Lindsey sighed," It's rude to make plans in front of people that aren't gonna be included."

"You can come if you want," Saffron said.

"I'll come if I have time. See you guys later." she said standing up, "Nicky."

I looked up at her, "Huh?"

"Bye."

"Goodbye."

Lindsey walked back to whatever class she came from leaving her strange energy with us.

"Nicky what did you do?!" Saffron asked excitedly.

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean 'what do you mean,'" Prudence joined in, "she was all over you. Did you not notice her caressing your thigh?"

Oh. I thought nothing of that.

"Well I mean I didn't think that it was that serious."

"Nicky," Saffron said, "When someone has their hand on your literal thigh, they're probably trying to fuck."

Oh.

"Well are you gonna tell us what happened yesterday or no," Prudence pried.

"I don't think I can tell you what happened. She probably wouldn't appreciate it."

"Why not?"

"That's a secret. Enough about me and her. Saffron!"

"What?" he answered.

"You're over here like 'Hi Lindsey' and she doesn't even know who you are! Now she probably knows that I talk about her a lot."

Saffron laughed, "Based on the way she was feeling you up she's probably happy that you're talking about her."

"Yeah whatever."

I wonder if it's really true that she doesn't mind. She invited herself to my house, squirted all over my bed and is now acting buddy-buddy. The part that was concerning was that I was mostly unbothered. Is this mind manipulation? Is it cause I like her? Oh well.

. . .

I was doing homework that afternoon and got a text.

Heyyyy

Someone's energetic 

I had a good day

Oh yeah?
What did you do?

I saw you :)

Awwww
How cute

Thank you

Are you coming to help with the house?

Yeah I probably will
Are you staying for the party?

Yeah. You?

Yup

I'll see you then ig

;)

~Friday~

I was eating my breakfast, waffles topped with strawberries and bananas. As I was scrolling through my phone Lindsey texted me.

Morning :)

Good morning

What's breakfast

Waffles
You?

Eggs and toast
See you at school today

See ya

Now she was texting me good morning? Maybe I'm starting to believe that she does like me. I was okay with that. I believed that she was truly a good person. I was smiling thinking about her. Damn. I think I might like her too.

~Saturday~

Finally it was Saturday. The day of the party. I was waiting outside for Amelia to pick me up and checked the group chat

Are you guys on your way or what?

Saffron: Yeah Bellamy, Elgort and I are here

Prudence: I haven't left yet.

Ok I'm waiting for Amelia but she's on her way
Omg she just pulled up

Bellamy: Ok see y'all soon

"Wassup!" I hopped into Amelia's car.

"Wassup. I heard Lindsey's coming."

"Yeah I think she is. She hasn't texted me today yet though."

"Do you two text often?"

"Not really. Normally she's the first to say hi."

"Wow, Nicky, how one sided. You should text her right now."

"Maybe I should."

Hey

Hi

How ironic it is that we texted at the same time

Woah
Look who finally came to me. What's up?

I was gonna ask if you were on your way 

I'm already here

Ok just letting you know I'm on my way
I'm with Amelia

Cool see ya

After a short drive we pulled up to the house. I saw my friends cars parked out on the side of the street. Amelia and I walked in and found everyone else lounging in the living room.

"Finally you guys are here," Prudence said.

"And now that they are, there's a list of things to do," Saffron started.

"Hold on," I interrupted, "Isn't this the white girls party? They aren't even here."

"They are out taking buying food, white claws, decorations and stuff. Anyways here are the jobs," Saffron cleared his throat, "Bellamy and Elgort will be in charge of the laundry. Amelia and Prudence will set up and clean the furniture. Lindsey and Nicky will be clearing out the basement. And I'll be in charge of helping make food with the white girls when they get here."

He did not put me in isolation with her in the basement. I looked over at Lindsey who was on her phone and glared at Saffron who was failing to hide a smile. I made a face at him and he gave me a double thumbs up. There were 4 hours until the party started, so I started looking for the basement.

"Nicky!"

I turned and Lindsey was standing at a door.

"The basement is this way, babe."

She went down and I followed a couple steps behind. Did she just call me babe? The basement was a mess. There was trash, smashed cardboard boxes all over the floor. A random mattress lay dumped on the floor, too, and the bar counter had old empty bottles of wine. It looked as if a previous party wasn't taken care of. 

The first thing I did was straighten the TV on the wall. Lindsey went over to the bar to toss the bottles. Around the bar I looked to see if there was a trashcan.

"Hey can you find a trash bag anywhere?" Lindsey asked.

Let me try something.

"Maybe."

"What do you mean maybe?"

"I mean I'll find one if I feel like it," I teased.

She walked up to me slowly and tilted her head, "And when will you feel like it?"

"I don't know," I paced around the bar table. Lindsey was following me, steadily drumming her nails on the counter. I quickened my pace around the bar and she matched me stride for stride. I stopped walking and turned towards her. Then I bolted.

"Bitch!"

She chased me around the basement. I weaved between the couch and TV. Looped around the entire basement once and jumped over the couch to throw her off. Lindsey was way quicker than me, though. She met me at the end of the couch and caught me by my waist. We landed hard on the mattress.

I flipped and found myself on top, but she quickly relinquished that position. I dug my palms into the mattress and tried pushing away, but before I could she pinned my wrists above my head and straddled my hips to keep me still. 

Lindsey leaned her in so that our noses were touching and we breathed heavily at each other. With each inhale her chest made contact with mine and I gave her control.

"You're such a riot," she whispered, "You know I've been dying to have you in this position."

"Oh yeah?" I said back, "You couldn't have been dying very long. I've only known you for a week."

"Time is a social construct," Her breath tickled my ear, "If I said I want you now that means now."

I held my breath and felt the faucet drip at her words.

Slowly Lindsey brought her lips up and brushed them against mine. 

"Hey did you guys-"

Lindsey snapped her head up and I tilted mine back to see Amelia and Saffron standing in the doorway. Even the air moving around us came to a standstill as we all stared at each other.

"You guys seem to be, um, deep in the heat of passion, but I would just like to tell you that that mattress is nasty. Wouldn't want any of you to catch an STD," said Amelia.

I looked at the mattress and saw the greyish brown tint it had and all the stains tossed throughout it. Lindsey released my wrists and pulled me up. That did it. Now I know she likes me.

"Was there anything you guys needed?" she asked.

"Oh we were looking for a trash bag. Are there any down here?" Saffron answered.

"Don't worry, Nicky will help you with that," she nudged me with her elbow.

I chuckled, looking down at the ground, "Yeah there are some over here."