"Oh, c'mon. Even I have bigger balls than him!"
"Wow, Lauren, since when do you have balls? You'd think I would've known about them by now."
"Fuck off, you know what I mean. Besides, if I did have balls, you'd be all over them like the NYPD on a bomb threat."
"Girl, you know it!" Becca giggled.
Lauren and Rebecca were best friends since middle school when Rebecca moved from the Bible Belt to Manhattan. Becca's father was kind of a big deal. He was the pastor of a local mega church. He had a new job opportunity in New York filming sermons, so, being a man dedicated to the Lord and his career, he picked up his small family and worldly possessions and left for the Big Apple.
On Becca's first day of seventh grade at her new school, a group of mean girls targeted her, calling her a frigid little Catholic girl (she wasn't even Catholic, she was Baptist). They made fun of her for not wearing makeup, for her shyness, and for whatever else they could nitpick. That was when Lauren stepped up and put the bullies in their place. She even made one of them cry, to Lauren's delight. The bitch deserved it.
From that moment on Lauren and Becca were inseparable. They were yin and yang, Lauren the tall, athletic, sassy brunette, Rebecca the petite and sweet blonde. They couldn't be a better match for each other.
It was the summer after their senior year of high school. They were determined to make the most of it as they would soon be moving away to different colleges. Lauren was going to NYU and Becca was off to a small college in her home town in Tennessee. Becca had always been an introvert, keeping her circle of friends very small but very close. She was terrified at the fact that soon her circle would close even more.
"He doesn't even show interest in me anymore," Becca sighed. "All he cares about is football. 'Sorry, babe, gotta go to practice,' 'Sorry, babe, gotta go over some stuff with Coach,' 'Sorry, babe. Sorry, sorry, sorry,' "
"Ugh, it's like I don't even exist anymore!" Becca wrung her hands in frustration.
Lauren raised her eyebrows. "So, in other words, you need to get laid?"
Becca blushed. "Well... yeah!" She laughed. "But it's not just that. He just doesn't seem to care about me anymore. Like I'm just arm candy."
"Have you talked to him about this?" Lauren asked.
"Well, kinda. He just blows me off. I don't know. I've been thinking of breaking up with him."
"Really? That bad, huh?"
"Mhm. But it's also that we're going to different schools and who am I to keep him from seeing other girls? He's a handsome guy, and there's lots of girls prettier than me who would want to be with him." Becca stared at her feet, refusing to lift her gaze.
Lauren playfully nudged Becca on the shoulder. "Hey, I don't wanna hear that. Girl, you are hot! There's plenty of guys that would love to have you." Lauren eyed Becca up and down to prove her point.
Becca blushed, not thinking too much of the compliment. "Thanks. I guess."
"And you know, if I were a boy, I'd fuck you." Lauren blurted out.
"What?!" Becca exclaimed, startled.
"Ha, that got a reaction out of you." Lauren grinned. "Anyway, I gotta go. Mom's really pushing this 'family dinner' thing. I'll text you."
"Um... Okay. See ya." Becca watched as Lauren hurried off.
Lauren turned back and gave a little wave. "Bye, beautiful!
****
Later in the evening, Becca said her nightly prayers and climbed into bed. She closed her eyes with Lauren's words playing in her mind over and over again.
"I'd fuck you."
Would she really? Was Lauren a lesbian? Well, Lauren was always joking about that... She probably didn't mean it. Like she said, it got a reaction out of her. Becca was probably, no, definitely overthinking this. She put too much thought into everything. Her anxiety always got the best of her, creeping into her mind at the worst possible times.
Becca rolled over on her soft satin sheets, tapped the home button on her iPhone to check her notifications, and then swiped them away and shut her phone off. She tried to push the intrusive thoughts out of her head as she fell asleep.
She had vivid dreams that night. In one dream, she and Lauren were in Becca's bedroom, kissing and touching. When Becca opened her eyes, in front of her was Troy instead of Lauren. He was sitting up, staring at her with a scowl on his face.
"What are you, a fucking dyke? You wanna kiss girls but you won't kiss me?" Troy shouted.
"It's not like that, Troy! I swear! I..." Becca stammered as she tried to find a reasonable excuse for the activities her and her friend were just enjoying.
Troy growled and shoved her backwards. Becca fell and her body jerked on to the bed, waking her and breaking the illusion.
She gasped for air, trying to escape the nightmare. She felt her face, clammy and sticky with sweat. She put a hand on her heart and felt it pound against her rib cage. Her hand moved down her body, over her thighs,and she felt her hand slipping beneath the elastic of her underwear. She slipped her fingers between her pussy lips. She was dripping wet. She hastily pulled her hand back, like her body might burn her.
She got out of her bed and padded to the bathroom. She splashed her face with cold water and swallowed a sleep aid before returning to her room. When she drifted off again, she did not dream.
****
A few sunny days passed as normal. Becca did not have any more dreams about Lauren, and Lauren didn't mention anything out of the ordinary. Life seemed to go back to normal for Becca. About a week later, however, Becca had another unusual dream.
This time, she was having sex with Troy in his bedroom. She lay under him. He pumped away, groaning and grunting as she just stared off in the distance, uninterested. His door slammed open and behind it appeared her father, dressed in his Sunday best.
Becca yelped and yelled for Troy to stop. She tried to get out from under him but he just kept thrusting.
"What in God's name is this?" Her father boomed. She had never heard him use the Lord's name in vain.
"Is that my daughter? My daughter? Fornicating with this demon of a boy!" His shouts felt like earthquakes.
"Daddy, please! I didn't mean to sin!" She pleaded.
"You are not my daughter! My daughter is pure! YOU ARE NO LONGER MY DAUGHTER!"
"No! I'm a good girl! I am pure! Please stop, Daddy!"
She woke up screaming. Rapid footsteps echoed in the halls. Her father burst into her room asking what was the matter.
Becca blinked and gulped in air. "Nothing. I... just had a bad dream. I'm fine."
"It's okay now, sweetheart. Get some sleep."
She nodded appreciatively. "Goodnight, Daddy."
"Goodnight, princess."
The door creaked and the light left the room as her father left. Becca decided she had to talk to Lauren. She couldn't keep letting this affect her.
****
The following day, the girls were lazily hanging out in Lauren's room, chatting about random topics that teenage girls might find interest in. When a silence fell, Becca thought then was as good of a time as ever to speak up.
"So, um." Becca cleared her throat. "I don't know how to say this. I've been thinking about what you said, the other day... When we were talking about Troy."
Lauren interrupted her. "About him having no balls?"
"Well, not that. When you said..."
"Oh, wait, no," Lauren interupted once more. "I said I have bigger balls than him. Yeah, that's what it was."
"Lauren! This is serious!" Becca called out frantically.
"Whoa, okay. Go ahead."
"Well, you said that... you wanted to fuck me."
Lauren seemed shocked. "Well, I said if I was a guy, yeah, I would. I meant it as a compliment."
Becca looked down at her hands. "Oh. I see."
"Well, I mean I'm not really into girls, you know?"
"Yeah... I know."
"Do you... want me to be?" Lauren offered.
"No... I don't know. It's just that... I haven't had sex in a while and it got me thinking..."
Lauren paused for a moment before saying, "You know, there is a way that I could fuck you."
Becca's eyes widened, unsure if Lauren was joking again. "Like how? With your fingers?"
"No. With a toy."
"Like, a strap-on?" Becca felt proud that she even knew what the word meant.
"Yeah, why not?" Lauren shrugged.
Becca was relieved that Lauren didn't make fun of her for even saying the word. "Do you have one?"
Lauren chuckled. "No. But I could get one. We could get one"
Becca weighed her options. "I can't be seen in a... a sex shop!" She said the words like they were a curse. "What if someone from school saw me? What if they told my dad?!"
Lauren's demeanor changed. "Oh sweet, naive, little Becca. I know where you come from, everyone is stuck in the 1950's, but there's this thing now called 'the internet'."
"Oh, yeah." Nervously she asked, "Can we look now?"
"Wow, someone's a little eager beaver."
Heat rushed to Becca's cheeks at the accusation. "Kinda. Do you really want to get one?"
"Yeah," Lauren said. "It's always kinda been a fantasy of mine. To fuck a girl. Switch roles."
Becca nodded.
Lauren opened up her laptop, tapped on the keyboard, and began browsing strap-on dildos online.
"Nothing too big, alright?"
"But bigger than Troy, right?" Lauren smirked and gave Becca the side eye.
"Oh, shut up. He's not that small."
"According to whom? A smurf?"
The girls both couldn't contain their laughter.
"Oh look!" Lauren hovered her mouse over an image of one of the dildos. "This one's called "Troy" and it's short and fat. What a coincidence!"
They cackled and continued browsing the website's inventory.
Lauren clicked on another one. "How 'bout this one? Six inches. It's got good reviews. Think you can handle that?"
"That sounds good," Becca replied.
"Okay. Clicking. Adding to shopping cart. Expedited shipping. Confirm order. Done. My new dick should be here in two to three business days."
Becca smiled at her friend. "Can't wait."
*****
Two to three business days later the discreet package arrived. Lauren watched the postman drop it off and immediately retrieved it and tore the box open. She dug through the styrofoam packing peanuts and found the dildo and harness. It looked bigger than it did in the picture online. It was hard and soft at the same time; it felt almost like a real penis