Free Love, But Never by Josie Leigh Page B

The words of her mother echoing in her head again.  ‘Thank goodness it’s only me that feels it,’ she thought to herself, looking to Lucian.
                  “You will what?” Lucian asked.
                  “He offered to put me on the list for next week’s show and asked if you’d be coming, too.”
                  “I think that boy would like to spend some time in your knickers, doll,” Lucian smirked, as his eyes drifted to where Aaron was standing.  Marissa recognized Lucian’s shocked face before he turned his eyes back to her.  “Maybe it’s not just your knickers he’s interested in…”
                  “Oh whatever, Lucian,” Marissa blushed and tried to dispel that Aaron was remotely interested in her, when the next band started up, drowning out her thoughts.
     
     
    AAndrews: Marissa?
     
    ‘Aaron? Why’s he IMing me?’ Marissa asked herself.
     
    MMasterson: Yes?
    AAndrews: Kyle gave me your screen name, I hope you don’t mind.
    MMasterson: Of course not!  He gave me yours, too.
    AAndrews: Crazy, what’s he trying to say?
    MMasterson: I have no idea… It was nice meeting you at the My Year Abroad show the other night.
    AAndrews: Yeah, you, too.  Was that your boyfriend I met with you?
    MMasterson: Smooth
    AAndrews: Kyle told me you have a boyfriend.  I wasn’t prying.
    MMasterson: Oh.
    MMasterson: No, that wasn’t him.  He lives in Benson and only visits on weekends.
    AAndrews: That’s got to be tough.
    ‘Awww, does he really care or is he looking to be an ‘in between guy’?’ Marissa wondered.
    MMasterson: Are you offering me comfort? Or “Comfort?”
    AAndrews: Like Southern Comfort?
     
    Marissa chuckled.
     
    AAndrews: I was just wondering.
    MMasterson: It’s just the way it is.
    MMasterson: We are both leaving in a few months, so we try to keep things light.
    AAndrews: Where are you going?
    MMasterson: I’m leaving for Navy boot camp at the end of May.
     
    ‘Didn’t I tell Kyle this?’ Marissa pondered.
     
    AAndrews: I think I remember Kyle saying something about that the other night.
    AAndrews: Keep things light? Does that mean non-exclusive?
    MMasterson:   No, we are exclusive until I leave at the end of May.  But we agreed that would be it.
    AAndrews: But then you’ll be gone, but single?  Are you sure that’ll just be the end of it?
     
    Marissa could almost hear the whining through the computer screen.
     
    MMasterson:   I’m sure it’ll be the end of it.  He’s leaving for college after that, we aren’t stupid enough to think what we have is forever.  It works for right now.
    MMasterson: Besides, I’ll be back sometimes.  And when I am, I’ll always come to your shows.
     
    Marissa smiled and hoped that he knew she was flirting.
     
    AAndrews: I hope so…then we can make plans to hang out…
    MMasterson: Oh really?  And what would we do?
    AAndrews: What would you want to do with me?
    MMasterson: So forward, we’ve only just met *batting eyelashes*
     
    ‘Please get that I’m flirting and not being creepy,’ Marissa thought.
     
    AAndrews: Well then, I suppose I should tell you that I think you are breathtaking.
     
    Marissa blushed as she read his words, hoping they weren’t just a line.
     
    AAndrews: I know what you think about me, I read the email, too.
     
    Marissa’s blush deepened, glad he wasn’t in the room with her.
     
    MMasterson:   Then I suppose you have some ideas of your own of what you’d want to do with me…
    AAndrews: It definitely would be in the R-rated category if someone made a movie about it.
    MMasterson: Only R? I was hoping for, at least, an NC-17?
    AAndrews: Is that a promise?  I was trying to behave like a gentleman. 
    AAndrews: In all seriousness though, I’d really like to get to know you, too- not just your body... LOL.
     
    Marissa chuckled and thought about what she should type back. ‘I’ve only recently started having sex, am I ready to