Their Dream Girl

4 Making a life altering decision

Luna

Really! I want to know. Why am I so hopeless when it comes to matters of the heart? 

I shake my head because I don’t have that answer. I come from a family of love. My parents loved each other from the first day they met. They are still attached at the hip to this day. My sister found someone special and they are expecting their first born. Me on the other hand, I am hopeless.

My mother says I can’t keep my head out of a book long enough to smell the roses.

I just…maybe she was right…I just. I don’t know…

I bite my lip not sure I want to talk about this with Blu. My depressing none existent love life is a mood killer, and it is killing my mood so fast.

So I take a deep breath and start blabbing what I know Blu doesn’t want to hear.

“Work is great. My research on the psychology of infants is finally going to be published. I just have to finalize some things. And tenure at the University will begin soon…’ as I start to trail off about work she gives me the ‘Do Not f**k With Me Look’.

And I cave, “there is no s*x going on, I am busy and don’t have time to meet men. It’s all so complicated, the rules, swipe left and swipe right. Send me a pic of your boobs, or unmentionable body parts. It’s exhausting and scary. You never know who you are meeting and…I mean there are a lot of psychos out there.” I look up to find her staring at me. “Please stop looking at me like that.”  

She reaches for my hands and I feel vulnerable under her gaze. Even though there is nothing judgmental about her gaze. All I can see is understanding and sympathy.  

      “Luna it’s not that complicated. All you need to do is just show up and dazzle them with your smile, then boom you are somewhere having the best f**k of your life. And besides I think you just need to expand your circle. Meet a man with an imagination and definitely young.” We laugh at that remark. “Someone who will expand your horizons and get you out of that bookish brain of yours.” Blu leans back in her chair. She trails off a dreamy look on her face. As if she can already see that happening to me. I shiver at the prospect.

Could I be that lucky?

The words coming out of her mouth excite and terrify me at the same time. And I think it shows on my face because she smiles and says:

“Relax. I’ve got you. When have I ever misled you? I am here to help you get your groove on. Speaking of getting your groove, the fun starts now and one of our stops tonight is a private party, we are going to meet up with a good friend of mine and a few of his good friends,” she says winking at me. “And we will see where the night takes us. Come on we need to get ready let’s go.”

She picks up my books from the table and I follow her out of the café as excitement chased over my skin.

Maybe tonight I’ll get the chance to lose my v-card. You know, have s*x for the very first time and talk about it from a place of knowing. Not the way my mother said it – it’s painful, painful, painful and then life altering. That’s what she said when she gave me the birds and the bees talk. I mean, what is that?

That can mean anything. No wonder I haven’t had any luck in losing my virginity.

Blu drags me to her flat, the one she’d kept even when she left to travel the world. Her family was rich what can I say.

“Go shower, and wash that library smell of you,” she says walking to her bedroom. The place smells musty, since it has been closed up for a while. I remain in the sitting area, looking around. Feels like a time capsule everything just the way she left it when she jetted off.

I walk to brownish plant that seems to be struggling for dear life. I touch its browning leaves and turn to the direction of the bed.

“Why didn’t you give me the plant? I would have taken good care of it, until, you got back,” I say feeling slightly sad.

“You can take it now. It’s depressing me. I need thriving energy around me. That is ready to die and I cannot deal.” She points at the plant from her bedroom door. I pick it up and shield it from her with my body.

“It just needs a little love that’s all.” I coo to it saying nonsense. Blu laughs at me from her room.

I put the plant back and walk into the bedroom. “For a spiritual person you are mindless.”

I throw myself on the bed, and watch her pull out dresses.

“No.no.no.no” she shakes her finger at me. “I said you must shower. Go. now.”

I get up to do what she said and braced myself for whatever was to come.   

 Blu in charge was something else.

“You look gorgeous. Look at that ass.” Blu says after I undergo her makeover.

 “I don’t think I am wearing enough material to cover anything, and that’s why you can see my ass. It’s all the way out there.” I say looking at my reflection in the floor length mirror, I don’t even look like myself.

“You look incredible, what’s the point of you slaving all those hours in the gym if you don’t show off that banging body?” Blu says appearing from her bathroom in a killer one shoulder short dress. She looks like a Greek goddess, all beautiful and sultry.

“Why can’t I wear a dress? Why am I wearing bicycle shorts, heels, a jacket and a bra? I feel like I am auditioning to be on Keeping up with the Kardashians.”

 Blu’s laughter makes me turn to look at her, I don’t get why she’s not hearing me she thinks this is a joke. I am having some serious doubts right now. This is not me at all. This is so far out of my comfort zone.

“First all the Kardashians have nothing on you. Your ass is very real. And it looks amazing in those shorts, think of this outfit as an exhibition of all your best assets.” She says walking close to me.

“That makes me sound like I am on auction.” I say a bit worried.

      “Exactly. So stop using this,” she taps my head. “And focus on feeling sexy and powerful, because babe, tonight we are looking for a high roller to own that ass. Come on our Uber is here.” she says as her phone pings announcing the beginning of a night I will never forget as it may seem.