Press him for the truth

“Are you sure? Why am I suspicious?” I step directly in front of him and make sure he is looking me in the eyes.

I can tell Alan is conflicted and wondering what to say. He finally buckles under the intensity of my stare.

“OK, well maybe there was a little bit,” he says. “How much do you remember about your first date with Alex?”

I’m still getting over the shock of this new revelation, and it takes me a moment to process his question. I say, “I remember everything. We went roller skating, followed by dinner, and then we drove around for a while, talking.”

He nods, still obviously uncomfortable. “Roller skating at the Downtown Derby. Dinner from the diner trucks in the parking lot. You had a Coney Island hotdog without onions. After driving around for a long time, your date ended up back at Alex’s apartment, where you spent the night.”

Realization is slowly dawning on me as he describes the details of that night. “Are you saying that was you?”

He nods. “Well, most of it was… Alex was the one who asked you out, but then he had something else come up that he had to do, so he asked me to cover for him. It was just supposed to be for the roller skating and dinner, and then he was going to take you out for a second date, if I gave him a good report. Going back to his place wasn’t really in the plans for a first date.”

I’m not exactly a “bang ‘em on the first date” kind of girl, but I remember being so turned on by Alex — I mean Alan, I guess — and we really clicked. I honestly can’t remember whether it was his idea or mine to go back to the apartment.

“So I slept with you on that date?” I ask, incredulously.

Alan shifts his feet nervously. “No… We made out, and I really thought that’s where it was going to go, but Alex came home early. Since he was the one who had asked you out in the first place, we switched places when I excused myself to go to the bathroom. The rest of the night was all him.” His expression of guilt also shows signs of regret.

When I don’t say anything, he says, “Listen, you’re probably pissed as hell, but everything since that point has been Alex. I’m sure he never would have tried to trick you if he had any idea how much he was going to fall for you. He’ll probably kill me when he finds out that I told you what happened.”

This is unbelievable! It’s almost impossible to process. So Alex is the cute guy who asked me out. Alan is the guy who gave me such a good time on that first date that I agreed to sleep with him, but it was Alex who actually bedded me that night and all of the times since.