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“Have you seriously not redownloaded any of the apps?” Becca asked Shelby one night, as they hung out in her sophomore dorm room, splitting a bottle of wine.
Shelby rolled her eyes “Cuz that worked so well the first time…”
Shelby had been on the apps ever since she got to college, and after five months, she finally went on her first date, with a girl called Ana. She and Ana went on their second, third, and fourth dates within a week, and before she knew it, Shelby had her first girlfriend. Three weeks after making it official, Shelby realized that she wasn’t actually really into Ana, and broke things off, resulting in what was truly one of the most disturbing temper tantrums Shelby had ever seen from a grown adult.
Ana had since moved on, Shelby saw her around campus with some other girl, and was just happy to be off her radar. Still, the experience left her with a bad taste in her mouth, and a resolution not to venture back into Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, or any of the others, at least for a while.
“I don’t know, I guess I’m just hoping I can meet someone naturally, like in class or through friends.”
“I thought you said it’s dang near impossible to meet a girl without the apps, though.” Becca pointed out.
Shelby just rolled her eyes and took another sip of wine. “It’ll happen when it happens.”
It was only a few days later that Becca texted her with what she felt was exciting news—she’d just met her roommate’s sister, and she was a lesbian! Shelby felt slightly awkward about the whole thing, but given that Martha was such a kind and beautiful person, she figured it couldn’t hurt to get her gay sister’s number. She gave Becca the go-ahead to talk to Martha about it, and then she sat back and waited. And waited.
She wanted to ask Becca what the deal was—if maybe Martha hadn’t been on board, or if she’d already given Shelby’s number to the sister and the sister wasn’t interested.
Shelby told herself to stop hoping for, stop expecting that text, but her heart wouldn’t listen as she checked and checked, and finally, the next evening, just over 36 hours after she’d agreed to it, there it was, a message from a new number. Shelby braced herself, tried to convince herself it was a wrong number or spam or someone from her class, but when she opened it, there it was—
(xxx) xxx-xxxx: Hi, this is Toni, Martha’s sister.
Shelby gulped and fluttered her fingers over the keyboard, trying to think about what to say, wondering if saying anything right away would seem desperate. The thing is, Shelby was desperate. So, three minutes later, after waiting as long as her self-control would let her, she typed her response.
Shelby: Hey! This is Shelby :) I’m best friends with Becca, Martha’s roommate
Shelby held her phone open to the message thread, eagerly anticipating Toni’s response. After a bit, she switched to Twitter, waiting for the notification to pop up at the top of the screen. Finally, after she had thoroughly lost herself in TikTok, the response came in.
Toni: I know lol
Shelby rolled her eyes because that was not a lot to work with, but then again, she had only given her information she apparently already knew. She was working on crafting a response when Toni sent her another message.
Toni: I’m only here through tomorrow night, btw. And I’m staying with Martha so I couldn’t really bring you here, but she said you live alone?
Shelby read the message a few times, until it dawned on her what Toni was trying to say. If she wanted to meet up, it would have to be tonight or the next...it felt a little late to go on a date that night, Shelby figured. And then she got it.
Shelby: Oh you mean like to hook up?
Toni: Yes???
Oh, so that’s what this was. It’s not exactly what Shelby had in mind, but she wasn’t sure something like that wasn’t on the table for her. She’d only ever had sex with one person, after all. But it had been a while. Still, there was something she needed to get out of the way.
Shelby: It’s kinda hard to agree to that when I don’t even know what you look like
Toni: Oh shit sorry I assumed they showed you a picture
Toni quickly sent a picture of herself, and Shelby’s mind short circuited for a second. It was a mirror selfie, which wasn’t exactly classy, but Toni’s abs, visible underneath her black bra, her gorgeous brown hair and slight smirk made Shelby forget all about it. She quickly found a photo she’d taken of herself over the summer, when she’d been feeling confident in her bikini before a beach day.
Shelby: This is me
Toni: Yeah Martha showed me your insta. That’s why I texted you. But honestly, it is nice getting to see a little more of you.
Shelby: Figured it was only fair considering the picture you sent me lol
Toni: Cool, well, did you wanna meet up tonight?
Part of Shelby did, for sure. But it was all a little much, the thought of inviting this girl into her room after having exchanged only a few messages with her.
Shelby: Idk, to be honest I’ve never...done anything like that before
Toni:...you’ve never done what exactly?
Shelby: Hooked up without knowing someone for a bit first.
Toni: Okay...Well I mean no pressure. If you did wanna meet up, we wouldn’t do anything you’re not comfortable with, we wouldn’t have to have sex. And you could always tell me to stop. Like I’m all about consent. But if you’re not comfortable meeting then that’s fine.
Shelby: I mean...I guess I’m just curious what we’d do? Like if we did stuff but not sex
Shelby knew damn well what types of things Toni could be referring to, but figured she might feel a little more comfortable if she could get a grasp on exactly what Toni had in mind.
Toni: I mean I wouldn’t have any expectations. Like we could just watch a movie and see where things go.
Shelby: Where do you think things possibly could go?
Toni: Wherever you’re comfortable with
Shelby: If you did come over...are you one of those people who doesn’t initiate? Like if I wanted to kiss, I’d have to do it first?
Toni: ...yeah, probably
Shelby: That’s okay. I’m definitely cool with being bold and kissing a pretty girl.
Shelby wasn’t sure why she said that because although she wanted it to be true, her experience was really quite limited.
Toni: Yeah? Well that’s good because I am definitely down for a pretty girl to kiss me anytime
Shelby: What else are you down for?
Toni: I already told you, I’m down for anything the other girl is down for
Shelby: So if you’re kissing a girl, and she’s clearly really into it, do you wait until she initiates things going further or do you take the lead at some point
Toni: I guess that depends. Like, I kinda like putting my hands on the girl’s hips, so I might start moving them up just a little, see how she reacts.
Shelby could feel herself getting unmistakably turned on at this point, as she began to imagine what she’d do if she was making out with Toni and her hands started slipping up from her waist.
Shelby: Well, if you did come over, and we did start making out, and you did that, I’d probably really like that
Toni: Yeah? That’s good to hear. I’d really like to do that.
Shelby: What if you were making out with a girl and she tried to touch your tits?
Shelby reasoned that she could explain it away as trying to understand what Toni was comfortable with if they were to meet up, but the truth was that she just wanted Toni to tell her…
Toni: I actually really like getting my tits played with.
Shelby sucked a breath in. That was very much a quality she enjoyed in a girl.
Shelby: Me too...playing with tits, though...that’s definitely one of my favorite things
Toni: What are some of your other favorite things?
Shelby blushed, unsure how far to take this. Then again, she really didn’t have anything to lose.
Shelby: I mean I love playing with tits a LOT, with my fingers and with my mouth. I love giving hickies, and hickies right by the nipple are kinda the best.
Toni: Fuck, that’s hot
Toni: I like that shit too
Shelby pondered if Toni was talking generally, or if she, too, was picturing these things happening between the two of them.
Shelby: What else do you like?
Shelby slipped her hand into her underwear in anticipation of Toni’s response.
Toni: Hickies are cool, I love the feeling of a girl biting my neck. I like it when I’m making out with a girl and I can feel her hips moving.
Shelby’s hips were already moving against her hand.
Shelby: And if you do feel a girl moving her hips a lot while you’re making out, maybe playing with each other’s tits...then what
Toni:...are you low key trying to sext me right now?
Shelby rolled her eyes.
Shelby: I’m not sure where the line between talking about sex and sexting is...but I wasn’t trying to be low key about it
Toni: Fair enough.
Toni: If I’m making out with a girl and she’s moving her hips a lot, I might slide my thigh in between her legs so that she can grind on it. I like hearing a girl start to moan while she grinds on my leg
Shelby: And what happens if she’s moaning a lot while she does that
Toni: What do you think? If you were grinding on a girl’s thigh and moaning, what would you want her to do?
Shelby: I’d want her to take my pants off. And my shirt, and then I’d want to take her clothes off.
Toni: And once you were naked together?
Shelby: What do you think?
Toni: Well, I don’t know. That’s the nice thing about sex between two girls. Like, she could rub your clit, she could fuck you with her fingers, she could go down on you...any of that but with you doing it to her…
Shelby took a minute to close her eyes, picture her and Toni in every situation she described, slipping a finger into herself as she pictured Toni sliding into her, and her returning the favor.
Shelby: Or one of us could suck the other’s clit while using fingers, too.
Toni: I’d definitely let you do that to me, fuck
Shelby started pounding her fingers into herself harder as she imagined doing it to Toni. She loved the warm, wet feeling around her fingers, could practically see the way Toni would react beneath her.
Shelby: After that, what would you wanna do? To make me come?
Toni: Whatever you wanted. But if you let me, I’d go down on you, tease your clit until you go wild, begging for me to be inside you. Then I’d slip two fingers inside you and suck on your gorgeous tits until you come.
Shelby slipped her free hand up to her nipple, flicking at it, picturing Toni’s tongue, until she realized she needed to respond to Toni’s text.
Shelby: I’d definitely let you do that
Shelby: Sorry it took me a bit to reply, I was...a little occupied
Toni: ...occupied with what?
Shelby: You know what
Toni: Maybe. But I’d really like it if you told me.
Shelby: I was thinking about what we were talking about
Shelby: And it was making me touch myself
Toni: You stopped?
Shelby: No, I’m still going
Toni: Good. God I’m jealous, I wish I could touch myself right now, but I’m not alone in the room.
Toni: Are you just rubbing your clit or are your fingers inside?
Shelby wondered if Toni would ask to come over, to come “give her a hand,” but she didn’t, so Shelby kept working herself up
Shelby: Fingers inside. Pretending they’re yours.
Toni: Yeah? You like my fingers inside you? Tell me how good my fingers feel inside you
Shelby: Fuck yes, they feel so fucking good I’m so close
Toni: I want you to come for me. Get all fucking tight around my fingers.
With that, Shelby was coming, her hips thrashing against her hand as she pictured Toni fucking her.
Shelby: Fuck, that felt so fucking good
Shelby: So…do you wanna come over tomorrow night?
She would have offered that night, but she really wanted to take a shower, shave, put on something sexy—all things she didn’t have the energy for.
Toni: I’ll be there, just let me know what time
Shelby slept in the next morning, and when she woke up, she saw a text from Toni.
Toni: Hey, I’m so fucking sorry, my boss called me early this morning, I have to go back and work this evening. I’m sure I’ll be back in town before too long, if you wanna make what we talked about last night come true.
Shelby felt a pang of disappointment, but texted Toni back quickly.
Shelby: Hey, no worries! Just let me know, I’m definitely still interested.
Toni: Good to hear. Also, if you ever just want a repeat of last night before I come back into town...just let me know.
Shelby: I definitely will.