So I rolled into my first work shift after my little sexcapade with Eric with an aura of awkward around myself.  I usually am the anti-awkward, just because I don’t really allow social norms to dictate the way I act, but this time I had let myself slip a little.  I mean, the sex wasn’t all that great…had I completely fucked up my best co-worker relationship?!?!?! How would I pass the time during shift now?  Goddammit.

These were all the thoughts floating inside my head as I walked into the store.  I was not about it at all.  It was at this time that the least likely person taught me something very important.  After half an hour of not looking Eric in the eye, he pulled me to the side. 

“Listen, stop being so shadeball.  Look me in the eye.  No, really.  It was a get it out of our systems fuck.  We’re all good.  Now let’s see if you can actually burp the alphabet.”

I was completely in shock.  Why the fuck had I not thought of this before?  I had completely forgotten that the TRUE mark of an upstanding person was if they could fall into bed with a completely inappropriate partner and still be completely chill with the person after.  Ahhh, lesson learned.  Eric and I are still good friends, we got a good fuck out of our systems and we both still have our jobs.  Praise Jesus, all is good in the world.

In Super Hot Black Guy news:  our relationship is progressing.  Just the other day in class, he asked me if we had an assignment from the previous class and I told him “no”.  Baby steps, people.