Letting My Brother's Best Friend Take My V-Card

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I nodded absentmindedly as the hotel manager told me to wait, my fingers tapping against my thigh. "Sure, no problem," I muttered, shifting my weight from one foot to the other.

Vivien was going to kill me if I was late for snorkeling.

The thought almost made me smile, but there was this weird weight in my chest, like my body already knew something was wrong before my brain caught up. The manager disappeared behind the desk, rustling through some papers, and I exhaled slowly, rolling my shoulders. This was probably nothing. Just Jess checking in.

Then the manager returned. He handed me a single piece of

paper.

A simple, nondescript sheet. Nothing special. Nothing alarming.

Until I read it.

And reread it.

And reread it again.

I stared at the words, my vision blurring for a second, my brain struggling to compute the message staring right back at me. My heart was pounding in my ears, my pulse a jackhammer against my ribs. 0.00%

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this has to be

coconut did hit me in the head, and this was some kind of heatstroke-induced fever

I read it again.

once, tangling into one big mess that I couldn't

"Fuck."

I made it back to the bungalow. I was in a daze, the message balled up in my fist, my feet moving without me telling them to. My mind raced, grasping for answers, for some

I supposed to deal with

the door, my hand hovering over the knob, fingers tightening around the crumpled

I needed a second.

one goddamn second

eyes, inhaled deep, exhaled slow, and then finally, I turned the handle and

And froze.

through the

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that wasn't what made me stop

on the

A phone.

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tracks.

the outside

phone right now? It didn't make any sense! Why would she

I'd been

But then-

heard

inside

getting serious," she said, her voice light, casual, like she

But then she laughed.