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But slowly the orgasm passed for us both and I pulled my fingers out of her as I panted heavily. I got off of her and laid my hot, sweaty body down next to her. She grinned at me.

“Holy shit, that was good.” She murmured softly.

“For me too… like, more amazing than I ever could have imagined. Thank you for this, you’re absolutely perfect!” I kissed her forehead quickly.

“You’re not too bad yourself.” She smiled at me and kissed my cheek back. “I'm so glad I met you."

And just like that, I was brought back to reality. My orgasm was enough to pull me away for a bit, but not now… now I remembered what I had to do.

It felt harder than ever.

I looked at her sadly.

“What? What is it? You liked it, right? I mean, you’re not lying to save my feelings—”

I cut her off. “It was perfect. I'm not lying. In absolutely every way, it was perfection.”

“Alright, so what’s wrong?” she asked.

“I…” I didn’t know how to say it.

“Just spit it out, Emily,” she insisted, “you’re scaring me.”

And I was about to scare her a lot more.

“I have to break up with you.”

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Kaitlyn

My heart was pounding in my chest. I thought for sure I’d misheard her. She couldn’t have possibly been saying what I thought she was saying… right?

“You… what?”

“I have to break up with you.”

The second time she said it, I had to accept it was the truth.

“But… but why? I mean, I thought everything between us was going so well…”

“It was,” she said. “It is. But I got my grade back today on my midterm…”

“And you didn’t do well,” I finished for her. “Yeah, I could tell by the way you came back that you hadn’t done well.”

“But it was more than that,” she said. “I didn’t just not do well, I failed. Like, I got a freaking F, Kaitlyn.”

I ran my hand through her hair. “Baby, I’m so sorry…” I said softly, though I still didn’t understand what exactly this had to do with me.

“Don’t be sorry,” she said. “It’s not your fault, it’s mine. I’ve just been so obsessed with you lately that I… I just let myself get wrapped up in you instead of school. But I can’t anymore.”

Now I got it.

“So you’re going to dump me because of one bad grade?”

“You don’t get it, Kaitlyn,” she sighed. “It’s not just one bad grade. I have to make this up, and if I don’t, I’m totally fucked. I’ll fail the entire class. And I can’t focus with you around.”

“Right,” I said coldly.