Page 28 of Dare You to See Me
Sunny_Grl: So you just want to talk to me? I don’t owe you anything in return?
D_King: Just your friendship. As much ofa friendship as two people canhave via the internet.
Sunny_Grl: Okay. Where do I join your channel?
He hearts my comment and the bubbles start bopping. Soon after, a link appears to a site called SecretFans, and he tells me to not worry about the credit card info. He’ll manually bypass and approve it.
I hear a high pitched squeal and pull my focus from filling out the form to look at Kyle.
“What’re you all giggly about?”
“Sunny’s gonna see some dick tonight,” she sings.
“No. That is not going to happen. It’s just innocent flirting. No one will be seeing any private parts.”
“Geez. You’re such a mom.” She takes a long swig of her soda and I go back to finishing the member information.
I agree to the terms and conditions and click done. Then I wait, staring at the screen like something is supposed to magically happen.
“Now what?” I ask Ky, as if she has all the answers.
She acts like she does so now would be a great time for her to call on that knowledge. Before she can answer, another message appears on the screen.
D_King: Check your email. You should have access now.
“He gave me a winky face. What do you think he means by that?”
“It means he wants some puuss–”
“Stop! Forget I asked, 2 Live Crew. I’ll figure it out for myself.” I clamp my hand over her mouth and smoosh her face away.
Logging into my email, I see the welcome message. I’m full of trepidation but it doesn’t stop me from clicking the welcome link. My browser pops up and a black page fills my screen. Slowly, the word D_King fades in and a shiny black helmet appears behind it. When MEMBERS ONLY pops up, I click on it. The extension prompts a password and I click back to the email to look for one. A six digit number is copied and pasted into the bar and when I hit return, I’m let in.
The black screen turns to white and my username appears up at the top. A picture of..himis the background. He’s shirtless, his muscles hard and flexed, and he wears the black helmet. A dropdown menu is at the top and when I click it, I notice a message tab that notifies me I have one waiting for me.
I feel a warm breath against my cheek and remember Kyle is still sitting by me.
“Maybe I’ll wait to open this later.”
“The fuck you will. Open it now. I want to see what that sexy beast has to say.” Kyle reaches over and swipes my phone, opening the messages. “Oh shit. It’s a voice note.”
I snatch the phone back from her and with a wobbly finger, press play.
“Hi Sunny girl.” His voice is low and scratchy and slightly muffled. “Thank you for joining me over here. It’s a more private line of communication. Feel free to send me a message any time and ask anything you want. I really want to know more about the beauty that caught my eye. I hope to hear from you. Have a good night. Oh…and you can call me King. Just King.”
My heart is pounding like a bass drum in my chest and my body tingles straight to my core. His voice sends a shiver up my spine. It’s seductive and exactly what one would think a mysterious masked man would sound like.
“Girl. If you don’t message back that delicious man, can I have him?” Kyle pops a few gummy bears in her mouth and chews, aggressively.
It’s suddenly hard to breathe. “This was silly. I shouldn’t have responded to him. He’s a stranger! What was I thinking?”
I close out of the site and quickly stash my phone under my leg to avoid Kyle ripping it away from me and replying with something that will have me packing my bags and moving to the frozen tundra.
“Let’s just enjoy our night, okay. My girl comes home tomorrow, but for the rest of the night I just want to watch movies with my best friend.” I rest my head on her shoulder and she reaches over to scratch it.
“Okay, Sunny. Let’s do that. What’re we watching? Is it a Glen Powell kind of night, or chick flicks?”
I lift my head and look her dead in the eye. “Is that even a serious question? Glen Powell. Always Glen.”
