Taking it to the next level

Dexter almost pulled himself away quickly from Sophie, before she grabbed him by the shoulder. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to do that.”

“Don’t worry, I didn’t exactly hate it. I might even say I kinda… liked it.” Blushed Sophie.

“I suppose there are worse accidents in the world.”

“Like the one you made on the glass wall?” Grinned Sophie.

Dexter sheepishly laughed. “You are kinda mean, you know that?”

Sophie continued laughing. “Sorry, I know I’m the worst.” The two sat up, getting their bearings. “But what happened? Why aren’t we moving?”

“I guess the elevator got stuck. I better call maintenance.”

“Well, at least it’ll be for a few minutes.” Said Dexter as he removed his finger from the emergency button.

“Can’t believe this was still a thing back then.” Muttered Sophie. “I hate this.”

“Don’t worry. These things are a lot more safe than they seem to be in movies. We won’t crash.”

“It’s not just that. It’s that people are staring at us! Why does this stupid elevator have glass walls overseeing the lobby anyway?”

“Wait, seriously?” Dexter walked towards the glass, seeing several people looking up at the stuck elevator.

“What are you doing, you idiot?” Sophie launched herself at Dexter, grabbed him around his waist, and pulled him back from the glass, the latter now sitting on the former. “Do you want people to know that there are naked people in the elevator? If we just sit in the near the elevator door, no one will see us.”

There was an uncomfortable silence for a few minutes, which was broken by a question.

“Was he always like that?”

“I’m sorry?” Dexter looked up from behind his knees.

“Your brother, was he always such a jerk?”

“I think so. For as far as I can remember, Frank always loved tormenting me. But for the last couple of months, it just keeps getting worse, and I don’t know why he does it.”

“I’m sorry to hear that. Sounds like he’s totally worthless.”

“You can say that again. But what about your sister? Is she terrible as well?”

“Not at all. In fact, she might even be my best friend, despite being seven years older then me. We had a bit of a rough patch, but we’re smoothing things over.”

“Wait, I’m confused. Didn’t you say she threw you out like this?”

“Yeah, as you’ll find out when we get to my room, you’ll find that Carol has a, erm, ‘peculiar’ mind. She did this to help me.”

“How could this help anyone with anything?”

“I know, right? She really thinks that this will help get over my shyness. Like I’ll ever accept this hideous body.”

“Okay, I know this is rich coming from me, but why do you hate your body so much?”

“It’s a long story, one where I can’t tell you all the details. But I had a crush on a guy, he manipulated me for months, and mocked my naked body with the rest of my class.”

“Good God, that sounds awful.”

“I hate them for it, but nothing they said was a lie. I am hideous!”

“What? No, I told you, you are adora-”

“Shut up! I’m not! I’m ugly, and no one will ever think I’m attractive! I’m gonna die alone, and nothing you say will ever-“

Suddenly, she found Dexter’s lips on hers once again. Except this time, she found his hands caressing her back. His tongue movements were rather awkward and inexperienced, something she could say about her own technique as well. But she closed her eyes, and started caressing him back. For once, she felt wanted in her life. And if this would be the only time she’d felt this way, she’d would want to live in this moment for the rest of her life.

Sophie lied on her back, Dexter hunching over her slim body. Was she really going to do this with a stranger she met not even ten minutes ago?