“I wasn’t, but I thought since we’re dating maybe we could all do something together” Jodie shrugged a bit hurt and confused by Monique’s lack of enthusiasm.

“Don’t” Monique signed as she stood up to tend to her bag.

“Don’t what.” Jodie stopped Monique to face her.

“I know you’re not monogamous” Monique signed avoiding eye contact.  “And it’s okay.”  Jodie turned her face so she could look in her eyes.  “Really, I’m cool with it, I wasn’t expecting anything.”

“What if I was expecting something?”  Jodie countered.  “Are you telling me that if I were seeing other women you’d be okay with it?”  She looked in her eyes hoping to see the sign she was looking for.

“Of course” Monique’s hands were on autopilot “I don’t know how long I’d stick around though” she added honestly then looked at her bag on the bed for a brief distraction.  “It’s just that I don’t feel that it’s fair to involve my son” she felt the tightness in her chest as her words camouflaged her internal struggle.

“I’m not going to lie” Jodie could tell that Monique wanted to avoid the conversation, but she wasn’t going to let her go without knowing the truth.  “I wasn’t into dating just one person exclusively and I know this is going to sound so cliché” she looked deeply into Monique’s eyes hoping to convey her hearts message, “but that all changed when I met you.”

“You wanted to fuck me the first time we met” Monique signed as she chuckled.

“But we didn’t do it right away” Jodie defended as she gave a sly smile.

“You normally fuck every woman you meet for the first time?”  Monique looked at her incredulously.

“No, there is a process before anything happens, it’s called going on a date” Jodie sighed as she dodged Monique’s playful slap.  “That doesn’t mean I was a slut who fucked any woman she crossed paths with.  I see a woman, if I’m attracted to her then we start something, the problem was I could feel that way about more than one woman.  But these women knew where I stood on relationships and consented to it” she shrugged.