after my hike,” Willow said.
“Oh, you have a hike today?” I asked.
“Yep, but there are only three of us signed up so far. Do you want to come?”
“No, that’s not really my thing.”
“Well, I know what you should do today,” Willow went on. “You should find a cute guy and make out. You need a little fun.”
“Make out, huh?”
“Well, it’s not like you’d do much else with a stranger,” Callie said, laughing as she took a bite of the egg-dipped challah bread.
Rolling my eyes, I was reminded of how my friends saw me.
Just then the group of guys, my garden guy included, walked into the cafe. Not wanting to catch his eye—honestly, a little embarrassed after he’d ditched me so fast last night—I looked down and added a packet of sugar to my coffee, stirring aggressively.
“Watch what you’re doing,” Callie whined, as my coffee splashed on her sweater sleeve.
“Sorry,” I said quietly, not daring to look up.
“It’s the guys from the lobby,” Willow said discreetly. “Which one do you like? I honestly would do any of them.”
“When’s the last time you had sex?” Callie asked directly. “Blaine and I fought every night the last few months until we broke up, so it’s been a while.”
“It’s been a dry spell for me, too,” Willow admitted.
“No way,” I said. “You’re the one who always has a good story.”
“I’m not lying,” Willow said. “It’s been at least six weeks. The guys in the city are so boring and redundant. I want someone who will mix things up, do something crazy. Or at least be inventive.”
Callie and I laughed at this, but I was guessing it was for different reasons. If Willow wanted exciting, she should hook up with my garden guy. Not that I wanted her to.
“Well, I think the one with the short blond hair is cute,” Callie admitted. “He’s rugged and athletic—the opposite of Blaine, who wears grungy band tee shirts everyday. Not that I’m interested in guys this weekend,” she clarified once more.
“I know, but we can dream, right?” Willow said, looking in the guys’ direction as they sat down. “The one with the dark hair is totally checking you out, Court.”
I eked out an “Oh, yeah?” but still didn’t dare look up. If only she knew what he had already checked out.
“Well, he’s all yours. I’d do either of the other guys,” she said, laughing. “Man, when did we all get so horny?”
“I have a massage in a few hours, so what are you gonna do all alone, Courtney?” Callie asked.
“Umm, I don’t know,” I admitted. “Maybe take a nap?” I imagined a quiet cabin and the vibe I packed. My sexual awakening seemed to have dimmed in the light of day, and I couldn’t even make eye contact with my guy. Maybe I wasn’t as adventurous as I’d imagined.
If my pussy was going to get any more action, it would likely have to be whatever I provided.
Chapter Five
The afternoon was long, and I didn’t really want to leave the cabin and come face to face with the guy who I now realized had bailed on me. If he’d wanted me to touch him, he would have stayed around and let me.
I waffled between horny and humiliated all day. When Callie came back from her massage she was more cheery than I could remember ever seeing her, and her attitude from the day before had vanished.
Apparently letting someone rub her down bode well for her soul.
“I’m actually getting another massage tonight, like around eight.”
“Really?” I asked, surprised, as I took a wedge of Brie from the fridge. After adding some fig jam, some crackers, and a few bunches of grapes to the platter, I poured both of us glasses of wine.
Callie just sat with a dazed look on her face, watching me move around the kitchen.
“It was the best massage of my life,” she sighed. “And since we’re leaving early tomorrow, I figured why the hell not?”
“Right, why not?” I said under my breath, regretting that I hadn’t stepped out of the cabin earlier, to at least see if my guy was lingering around looking for me.
Willow walked through the door, flushed from all the fresh air on her wilderness hike. Her smile was wide, and she walked straight to the food, plucking a grape.
“I’m famished!” she said, popping it in her mouth. “My body is sore from head to toe.” She sat on the bed to unlace her hiking boots.
“After we eat, do you want to head to