After she boards the plane, Jenna texts her best friend Heather.
Jenna
OMG, Heather! I’m about to do something stupid.
Heather
You and stupid don’t belong in the same sentence.
Heather
Is there a yummy man on your flight and are you about to give him a lap dance like I would?
Heather
I like the sound of this.
Heather
Creeping away from my desk and hoping the boss doesn’t see me on my phone…
Heather
Going past your empty office and wishing my favorite finance person was here…
Heather
Okay, in the restroom now. Tell your bestie, baby.
Jenna
Long story short…I left a "me item" on the sofa and Adam found it.
Heather
Eek!!! Seriously?
Jenna
Seriously. And he got turned on or…something.
Jenna
I kind of did too and we’ve been…talking.
Heather
WOWZA! This day will go down in infamy! Jen is doing it with our coworker Adam!
Heather
College Crush Adam!
Heather
Freaking HOT Adam!
Jenna
Are you done amusing yourself?
Heather
Hon, I could stoke that fire and keep it burning all day.
Heather
I suggest you do the same thing.
Jenna
Damn. I should’ve never offered him my place before he transferred to the LA office…
Jenna
I thought it’d be no biggie having him since we had opposite schedules.
Jenna
Instead I accidentally left something personal out in plain sight.
Heather
Because you secretly have game and you subconsciously want Adam to realize it.
Jenna
Jeez, Heather. I’d never purposely go there with him. You know that.
Heather
Sorry. Didn’t mean to downplay your hang-ups.
Heather
I know your parents taught you that modesty is a virtue and all that crap.
An announcement on the plane’s intercom asks passengers to stow away electronic devices.
Jenna sighs but doesn’t put her phone away yet.
Jenna
I suppose I do have more hang-ups than your average bear, thanks to them.
Heather
And thanks to your first real boyfriend.
Heather
But he was young and dumb when you tried to share your kinks with him.
Jenna
That doesn’t mean I never got over how he reacted.
Heather
Adam is a MAN. He would never laugh at you.
Jenna
I’m still not going there with him.
Jenna
He did tell me that he always knew there was a little monster behind the nerd but…
Jenna
Little does he know.
Heather
What? That you hide behind geek collectibles and fanfic so you don’t have to have relationships?
Jenna glances at the silly Pikachu bag she’s stowed underneath the seat in front of her.
Heather
Submerging yourself in nerd culture isn’t always going to keep the real you hidden, Jen.
Jenna
What if he senses there’s something else going on with me and gets turned off?
Heather
🙄 Listen, you can ask me crap like this all day…
Heather
Or you can actually have some fun.
Heather
It’s ONE flirty conversation. Adam will be gone soon anyway.
Heather
And I happen to know that your airline allows you to text during the flight so…
Heather
Do it do it do it do it
A flight attendant approaches, and Jenna turns off the phone.
Jenna’s heart pounds as the flight takes off.
Once they’re in the air, she opens up the text thread with Adam and begins typing.
Adam
Hey, stranger. Thought I lost you.
Jenna
I just had to settle myself on the plane and wait for permission to use devices.
Adam
And that should bring us back to a certain device in particular…
Jenna blows out a breath, glances at her seat-mates, and huddles next to the window.
She fights a secret, wicked smile.
Jenna
Yes. Weren’t we talking about how it felt for me to wear that nightie?
Jenna
Well, since I’m still not alone, it made me feel like I’m feeling now.
Adam
Are you blushing yet?
Adam
I’ll bet you’re blushing. Blushes always brought out your blue eyes.
Adam
So you were watching a movie, drinking amaretto, keeping company with a particular toy…
Jenna
I also had some pictures with me.
Jenna
But I bet you want to know more about how I lifted my nightie, right?
Adam
Shit. I was going to ask about the pictures, but let’s go with the nightie.
Jenna
In that case…I can still feel the way the air tickled my thighs.
Jenna
Right before I made myself feel wonderful.
Jenna
It was like something hot and fast was humming up a wire that ran throughout my body.
Jenna bites her lip and presses her thighs together.
Jenna
I’ll bet you’re enjoying this way too much.
Adam
I think I’m enjoying this precisely the amount I should be.
Adam
I’m also betting I know who you were thinking about when you were doing that.
Jenna
You still believe it was you. Nope.
Adam
It wasn't a guy who's tall with light brown hair and devilish green eyes? A ripped bod?
Adam
A guy who likes to tease nerds?
Jenna
🙄 You just described yourself in the cockiest way possible.
Adam
I could've been cockier.
Jenna
Whatever you say. Anyway, you don't know this guy. Blond hair, brown eyes.
Jenna
I see him in the subway on the way to work in the mornings.
Adam
Let’s get back to the part where you’re thinking about me while using this thing I found…
Adam
I’d even venture to guess that you were picturing me in a Stormtrooper uniform.
Jenna
You’re such a jerk.
Adam
A jerk who had a lot of fantasies about his favorite tutor way back in college.
Adam
Yeah. You used to wear all those tee shirts with anime characters.
Adam
Kick-ass heroines with eyes as big as yours.
Adam
It was hell to concentrate on math, but you were always patient with me.
Adam
And all the while…I fantasized about you.
Her smile goes hazy, then she checks herself.
Jenna
I knew you’d get those numbers eventually.
Adam
The faster I aced math, the more time I had to dwell on anime dreams starring you.
Adam
Remember that night before midterms senior year?
Adam
I brought you that Stormtrooper eraser.
Adam
And you blushed so hard I called you Rosy.
Adam
I haven’t called you that in a long time.
Jenna
That’s because it no longer fits.
Jenna
I’m not as innocent as you make me sound.
Adam
Then do me a favor, Rosy.
Her pulse starts pumping again.
Jenna
If you stop calling me that name I might consider a favor.
Adam
On that plane, in the middle of all those people…
Adam
I want you to touch yourself.
Another erotic jolt makes her kick at her Pikachu bag.
Heat floods her. The ache inside her won’t go away.
She picks up her bag and holds it in her lap, pressing it against her and thinking of him.
She can feel the pressure in her belly thumping.
The plane hits turbulence, startling her back to reality, and she pushes away her bag.
