She scoffs. “Not three hours, and I only say I’m horny after the videos you send me of you jacking off and begging me to come over.”

“I don’t beg, you beg.” I give her a smirk. “You and I both know you’re not going back to your dorm tonight. Tomorrow is Sunday and we always spend the day together anyway.” Sunday has become a day we spend together trying to make up for the time we didn’t spend together throughout the week. We make love and we fuck hard, taking breaks in between for food. It also helps that Harper’s new friend usually sleeps over on Saturdays.

“That doesn’t mean it’s time to tell her tonight.” She bites her lip. “In mixed company.”

“Take her to the bathroom and break the news.”

“This isn’t something I can do in five minutes; she’s going to have a lot of questions, J.” She purses her lips. “What if she thinks I’m disgusting and doesn’t want to be my friend anymore?” Her lips form a frown and her brows furrow forming a v shape between them.

I sigh, knowing that she does value her friendship with Harper so I don’t want to say anything insensitive. “Eventually you’ll have to tell her. The longer you wait the harder it’ll be. And if Monica can handle it, Harper can.”

“Is Monica handling it?” she asks and I wince. I hadn’t spoken to her in a month since the day she found out after walking in on us. She’s talked to Gabrielle but she told me she needed time which I suppose is fair, but it’s the longest Monica and I have ever gone without speaking and I’ll admit I miss her. We never talked every day like Gabrielle and I did, but we did usually catch up once a week with intermittent texts of funny memes or relevant TikToks.

“She’ll come around.”

She nods but I can see the sadness in her eyes. “She’s been weird with me.”

“Give her some time. This is tough for her too, I’m sure.”

She leans against the door jamb of the bathroom and nods her head. “If the opportunity presents itself, I’ll tell her.”

She grabs the drink out of the bathroom that I made her while she got ready and takes a long sip. “Can I have one more before I go? Sounds like I’m going to need it.”

I pull up to the bar that she’s meeting her friends at and I’m grateful that I don’t see a super long line because it’s freezing and I don’t want her waiting in the cold. “Gabby, are they here?”

She nods. “Yep, Harp is already inside. She said she would come out and get me when I got here.”