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“I thought maybe you meant it was me in your dream”

“It was all a lie” It falls out of my mouth

“I see,” he says after a long pause “Well done, I guess You got me wound up over it”

I’ve daret it instantly He begins to pull hihter in the seat

“I did have the dirtiest dream of my entire life But it wasn’t like I told you”

He sinks back down into his seat I can sense his face is turned away I can iine his embarrassment If he’d told me about a dream and lethis lie in my head

“The dream was definitely about you, Josh”

Now it’s my turn to talk like he’s not there The sound of my own voice sounds scratched-up and husky and the rain is falling harder as I drive I can see the reflective eyes of a forest ani curve

“I’d gone to bed thinking about you, and hoanted tothe short black dress I wanted you to look at me andnotice me I still don’t know exactly why I wanted to wear that dress And during the night you showed up inme up in bedsheets”

He breathes out in a rush I need to get this out

“It was so the day at work You’d said to irl would have an erotic dreauts”

Silence I press on

“‘I’ hard’ You said it to me in my dreae of co”

“Seriously,” he es to say

“I al at me”