More dates

You had a few minutes to talk to Rose when her uncle had to tend to an injured player.

"So, when do you want to go again?" Rose asked.

"Oh? I imagine the others want to have their turn too" you said.

"Hm, fair" Rose replied, "but I have to tell you one thing."

"What's that?" you asked.

"I'm..." she started, taking a deep breath and reconsidering. "If you sleep with Aria, I don't want to go on another date with you."

"What?" you asked, frowning.

"Look, she's a massive slut, okay? She just wants to get laid. But I don't ... I wouldn't feel comfortable dating you if you'd slept with her" the brunette said. Since you felt that you could have had sex with her if you'd wanted, you found this a weird thing to say. "I know what you're thinking" Rose added, "you think it's weird that I'm telling you this after I asked you upstairs yesterday. But I was drunk and you said no, anyway. It's different."

"Alright" you said, nodding. You didn't really understand but you knew this was important to her, which is why you agreed.

"Thanks for understanding" Rose said with a smile. "Uh oh, uncle Roy's ready to start yelling again. Better rejoin him." You nodded and returned to the rest of the team, thinking over the brunette's words.

'Who's next?' Carmen asked that night.

'Debbie' you sent back.

'Aw!' Carmen replied.

'Fuck yeah!' Debbie sent.

'Who's up after that?' Aria asked.

'You are' you sent. Best get that out of the way, you reasoned.

'Am I going to be last?' Carmen asked. 'I don't want to be last.'

'Don't worry about it' you said, 'somebody's going to be last.'

'I can wait, Carmen' Julia sent.

'How noble' Carmen said. 'Thanks'

'No worries' Julia said with a smiling emoji.

Your date with Debbie went well, but wasn't really anything to write home about, either. There was no spark between the two of you, as the only thing you could think of was dancing with Rose. At the end of the evening you thanked her for a nice night and you gave her a hug, but you didn't figure you'd want to go on another date with her. There just was nothing you had in common, at all. She was pretty, sure, but also a little stuck up. She'd pretty much figured she had you wrapped around your finger and that was kind of grating on you too. In the end, you parted ways after a decent night, but with no inclination to take it any further than the one date.

'How did it go?' Carmen asked the next morning.

'I had fun' Debbie said. That was good, at least. You'd been nothing less than the perfect gentleman, after all.

'Yeah, me too' you returned.

'So when are we going on a date?' Aria asked.

'End of next week? I have a few other things I need to do in between' you sent.

'Alright!' an obviously excited Aria said.

The week passed quickly and before long you were at a club with Aria. Although she was attractive and very much dropping hints for you, for some reason you couldn't forget Rose's words. You knew that you could easily get her into bed, even if she hadn't told you it was almost painfully obvious to you. Still, your thoughts kept returning to Rose even as Aria bumped and grinded against you. The way she smiled at you made you think something was possible with her beyond a few dates. You wouldn't mind.

"Hey, John" Aria asked, "you okay?"

"Sorry, I'm not really feeling that well" you lied.

"I've got a cure for you" she grinned, indicating her massive breasts.

"I'm not so sure that'll help" you said. Part of you wanted to, but Rose...Dammit. Rose...

"You don't look so good" Aria said.

"I don't feel so good" you said, confirming the lie. "But I'll stay a little while longer, so you can't say I didn't go on a date with you."

"Aw, that's so nice, you don't have to do that" Aria said.

"No, it's okay" you said, "I'll stick it out for a while."

Aria nodded and smiled, taking your hand and bringing you to the bar.

At the end of the night you said goodnight to Aria, having remembered Rose's words and staying...faithful?...to her. Once again, the next morning you were asked how the date had gone.

"Don't tell anybody" you said, knowing that Dawn would keep it a secret, "but I pretended to feel sick."

"Oh? Why?" Dawn asked.

"No spark at all" you said. "Plus she was coming on to me so hard that it was almost pathetic."

"Yeah, she is pretty loose" Dawn agreed.

"I'm glad you're nothing like her" you said with a smile.

"Urgh, God no" your sister replied. "So, Carmen is next?" she asked.

"Yeah, she is" you said, nodding. "Then Julia."

"Think you'll want to go for a second date with anyone?" Dawn asked.

"I'll have to wait and see" you told her.