There are things you know but just can’t explain. You just feel what’s right. Even if it’s not what you “should” do, you know you have to do it, and it was in that moment, probably right before she would have gone to voicemail, that I hit ‘answer’ and brought my phone to my ear. Silence greeted me before Morgan did. “I didn’t like the person I was today,” her dry voice greeted me. “I can be better than that. I’m sorry for...

My name is Ethan, and now, at the age of forty, I’m living in Raleigh, North Carolina with my wife, Hannah, and our daughter who is in high school. I’m a sales manager with a medical device company and travel an average of three days a week, sometimes with my boss, Mitchell, who is the sales director, when we’re working together on major, potential customers. Hannah is a beautiful woman, and we had a great sex life until...

Up until high school, I had never had a real boyfriend. It wasn’t that I was ugly, or that I wasn’t capable, it was more so that I had way too high of expectations. I watched one too many Hallmark movies around Valentine’s Day and read one too many “Y/N” stories on Wattpad. Therefore, it was just me and my right-hand index finger. Though I was without a man, I was familiar with the idea of masturbating—and felt no shame i...

The morning sunlight poured in through the window. The room was silent, apart from Cheesecake running around in his cage. Next to me, Morgan soundly slept, hogging all of the sheets as usual. I exhaled sharply, looking at the ceiling, and grabbed my phone, rereading the last few messages Taylor sent me. I think im going to go to bed, but this was amazing. Goodnight Seriously, I dont think i ever came that hard in my entir...

Five years ago Thirteen-year-old Priya was in chemistry class. The mousy Indian girl was very socially awkward and no one wanted to help her, mostly because the girl was the only non-white student in the class. But she did just fine on her own, even though the task was hard. Her father graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the best medical school in India. He immigrated to the US and started his practice...

Kevin ran his tongue over his teeth in thought, mulling over my offer. “Y’know,” he finally began, “This seems a bit invasive, and that’s me talking.” I shrugged. “I want to know what’s going on.” I had a revelation when I woke up that morning. Morgan was keeping something from me, and it was clearly something affecting us, and I happened to have the one person at my disposal who I could ask to find it out. I wanted to ta...

Chapter 1: THE TATTOO 7:15 am. Alarm beeping. A terrible headache caused by mild sleep deprivation. What a great way to start the first day of my last semester of high school. The sizzling smell of bacon, eggs, and toast waft into my room from downstairs. Huh, it looks like my dad still hasn’t left for work yet, which was rare. I debate whether I should hop into the shower to wash off the drowsiness, but then my stomach g...

It was good to have a break from the drama. I didn’t know if it was because Milo finally eased up or if it just needed time, but I was just happy to see the group was doing alright, and doubly happy to see I could actually exist in the group without causing a schism or something. Morgan clung to my arm, sunglasses and grin donned. We both watched as Lexi, Milo and Taylor all rode the roller coaster. I gulped nervously eve...

“Beach Day,” Kevin repeated with a lamenting tone. “Jesus Christ, Beach Day.” “It’s just a bunch of girls Morgan knows going to the beach. She wanted me there as her boyfriend,” I replied defensively, making sure everything was packed and ready. “Is that so weird?” “Quinn, the beach party is the place to be. It’s how you know you made it. And you don’t even know half of the people there.” “I told you, I can tell her that...

*This chapter contains no sex scenes. Prologue I, Quentin Noel, am a proud nobody. As a senior in high school, with no real friends or any particular long-term career plans in mind, some may even be inclined to describe me as a total loser. And they would be right. And I wouldn’t even fight it. Why? Because I’m an optimist at heart. There are perks to being the invisible kid at school. It humbles you, and high school is h...

“So, first of all, I’m sorry,” Lexi began as we found our table. “Ah, so Morgan’s talked to you already,” I replied with humor, sitting down. I put the straw in my drink as Lexi pouted at me. “I’m allowed to feel sorry without Morgan telling me anything!” she defended herself. I put on a faux blank expression. “Oh, so she didn’t talk to you?” She blushed. “Look… I…” I chuckled. “Apology accepted.” “No, you haven’t even he...

Whatever Morgan and I had planned to do that night, it was thrown away. Swiftly, it was replaced with the both of us gathered around Morgan’s phone, FaceTiming with a blubbering, panicked Taylor. “I don’t know what he’s going to do,” Taylor cried over the phone. “I’m such a fucking wreck.” “We’ll get through this. Being as calm as you can will help you so much,” Morgan instructed in her stern tone she took when she was ta...

I breathed heavily, looking at my apartment’s front door. This wasn’t going to be fun. Steeling myself, I walked in, seeing Kevin cleaning the countertops. When he saw me, he broke into a small smile. “Hey Quinn!” he declared in an overly loud voice. “Welcome back!” I stared daggers at him as Mother came into the kitchen from the other room. She walked right in front of me and folded her arms. “You can leave, Kevin.” Mand...

I was never going to have a threesome with Morgan and Taylor. That much had become clear. In fact, the more the three of us hung out and sexuality was inevitably introduced, the more sure I was that I wanted to distance myself from the entire topic. And yet… something inside of me couldn’t stop her. It couldn’t stop her when we were alone, and it couldn’t stop me when we were all hanging out together. That had to end. It...