She didn’t admit any of this superficial stuff when she talked to Anna last week, but that was only because Anna was naturally gorgeous and seemed to achieve her own beauty effortlessly. The one thing that hurt the most after she found out about Steven’s cheating with “Brad” was not that he stuck it to some other girl, but that he hadn’t had the decency to have sex with someone who was prettier than she was; at least that she could understand. Lolly had a good visual memory and had seen enough naked pics of “Brad” on Steven’s Apple Watch to see her rival was no size zero. But the pics had given her hope because she knew Steven valued a woman’s looks. Perhaps the only thing he saw in the ho-bag was that she was DTF, and sex was something Lolly had been withholding.

So the morning after the “Brad incident,” when Lolly spent five minutes staring at her sleeping soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend, in a surprising twist, she did a total 180 and decided she was going to have sex with him. Lolly had really wanted her first time to be with someone she loved (ideally someone who hadn’t slept with someone else!), but now she had a new plan. She would turn the tables on her philandering scumbag bf, give him exactly what he desired most, and then take it away forever. “Hump him and dump him!” as Miley liked to say.

Lolly had been the star of every school play for the last five years and knew she was a fine actress. That morning in bed with Steven, she gave the performance of a lifetime. She stripped down and slipped into bed with her sleeping beau, waking him up with a gentle kiss on the neck. Sure, Lolly liked fooling around with Steven, but she was always a little self-conscious about how she looked in the moment so she could never fully relax and enjoy herself. This time, however, Lolly came alive, like something woke up in her, and she found herself for the first time in a long time having fun. She didn’t give a single thought to how she looked or even how Steven thought she looked. She didn’t care if he was enjoying himself, either. She just felt free, and in doing so she started to get super turned on herself. Afterward, Steven was blown away by Lolly’s turnaround and started crying, begging Lolly to forgive him and promising he’d never cheat on her again.

Looking into her boyfriend’s eyes, Lolly remembered Anna’s final piece of advice from the night before. The only chance they had at a future was if Lolly loved him enough to find it in herself to forgive Steven for what he did to her. Trusting Anna’s wisdom, Lolly felt she did love him enough, and she forgave him. Ever since then Lolly and Steven had never been happier together.