The next seven days become Hell on Earth for Corinne. Because no matter how many times she texts her BFF Michelle (or, at least, she THOUGHT Michelle was her BFF), Michelle ghosts her.
Getting ghosted by Michelle is Corinne's worst nightmare. She can't figure out:
> Does Michelle blame me for the disastrous confrontation with Denise at the Labor Day picnic? Does she think I failed as her Wingman for that evening?
> Is Michelle embarrassed by what happened, and is she just laying low?
> Is Michelle trying to arrange 1on1 payback with Denise, and avoiding me so as not to get accused of needing backup?
> Did Michelle notice the stain on my pants, and realize I have a crush on her.
Maybe this whole incident in disguise, Corinne decides. Maybe it will bring to a head a discussion Michelle and Corinne have been deferring for much too long.
That Corinne prefers women to men. Men just don't do it for her. If at 42, intercourse with men hasn't been something she and her body can figure out, then maybe that's because it'll never happen. And was never meant to happen.
Maybe Corinne was meant to end up partnered with a woman.
A woman like Michelle.
Corinne had begun kissing Michelle on the lips about three years ago. Michelle began enthusiastically reciprocating about two years ago. Corinne noticed the change. Michelle's kisses weren't just polite or friendly anymore--they were downright passionate.
Corinne wanted to take the kissing to the next step, to touching and getting naked. Or topless.
But the timing was never right. Michelle was always "seeing someone" on Tinder. Had just become exclusive.
Exclusive after the first date?, wondered Corinne. Corinne knew that was just Michelle's way of not facing the fact that Michelle was a slut. Had been ever since her 5 years of complete lack of sex leading up to her divorce.
If only Corinne had know THEN, from 2014 to 2019, that Corinne wanted a woman. She would have pounced at the chance to start something with Michelle then.
But from 2014 to 2019, Corinne assumed she was straight, and was tolerating mediocre sex with men. Waiting for the good fuck which never came.
What DID turn her on those years (besides talking with her friend Michelle) was fighting other women. Usually ex's of the men she was dating. If only knew how lame the sex was between Corinne and the man being fought over, the ex wouldn't have bothered. The catfight wouldn't have been worth the price.
Because, even when a woman is the winner in a catfight, there's always a price to be paid. Always.
> lost chunks of hair (and an expensive trip to the hairdressers)
> face scratches
> busted nails, which never really grew back right
> hyperextended ligaments and muscles
> sprained fingers and wrists
> ruined clothes
I must really love catfighting to put myself thru this, Corinne would tell Michelle after assessing the damage from every fight.
Michelle would listen patiently, taking notes and applying her knowledge after Tinder dates. Because her Tinder dates usually had ex's. Who didn't like how quickly Michelle would push the for exclusivity.
Ex's always regret being an ex some time in the first 12 months, and always want to reunite. At least physically--in bed. They see the grass isn't any greener out there--a surprisingly low percent of men are good in bed. Most women learn this the hard way.
Michelle began to be the one getting into catfights. And would tell Corinne about them.
And when Michelle left, Corinne would masturbate to them.
She wished she had the balls to masturbate to Michelle's catfights in front of Michelle.
And to tell Michelle she had a crush on her.
Now that might never happen.
Because Michelle was ghosting her.
It made Corinne so mad.
Mad enough to want to get into a catfight with someone.
With Denise.
Or maybe with Denise's daughter Meghan.
To be continued....