Page 13 of Finding Answers For Confused Succubi

"Do you have a sec?Or more like an hour?I brought coffee."I hold it out to her.

Concern flits over her face as she checks on me."Sure.Just let Ceb get dressed first."

I nod, feeling a little guilty for chasing her boyfriend out of the room.She shuts the door and I hear them moving around behind the door.It reopens a moment later and Ceb appears.

"Hey, Mandy."He gives me a friendly smile, which is to be expected, he's a friendly guy, and the perfect match for my best friend.

"Hi, Ceb."I brace myself for my magic to tell me what the two of them have been up to, but it thankfully doesn't come.I let out a sigh of relief.I'm used to getting the hits off people, especially couples, but that doesn't make it any more welcome.I'd rathernotknow when my friends have had sex.

"I'll see you later, Evie," he says to his girlfriend.

She leans in and kisses his cheek."Message me?"

"Only if a cheerleader doesn't kick your phone out of your hand," he jokes.

"That was a one-time thing," she points out."I doubt it's going to happen again."

"Luckily, I know where to find you if it does," he responds."All right, I'll see you later."He waves and heads towards the flat's front door.

"Come in, especially if that's for me."She nods towards the coffee cup in my left hand.

"You know it is."I give it to her and follow her into the room.

She sits on the bed and crosses her legs, leaning back against the headboard.

I sit on the other end of it and fiddle with my own cup.My stomach is doing flips, and it's nothing to do with the two drinks I had last night during the pub quiz and everything to do with the fact I'm nervous about this conversation.

"Is everything okay with you and Ceb?"I blurt out.

"Yeah, why wouldn't it be...oh.You can sense that we didn't have sex last night.You've got to know that's weird, right?"

"I know.I'm sorry.I don't mean to pry."

"Luckily, I'm used to it."She gives me a reassuring smile."But we're fine.It's just that time of the month, not exactly the sexiest of times."

"Ahhhh.Sorry, I shouldn't have asked."

"It's fine, clearly you're trying to avoid talking about something.So what's bothering you?"Her concern comes through her voice.Which is warranted.I don't think I've ever turned up outside her room quite like this before.

"I do have a problem," I admit.

"What kind of problem?"she asks.

"A succubus problem."

"I hate to break it to you, but I'm not very well-informed about succubi.The only thing I know is that you like it when Ceb and I sleep together.And worry about when we don't, apparently."Her amused smile reassures me that she isn't feeling totally freaked out about that.

I sigh."I guess it's kind of about that."I take a deep breath."I haven't been getting enough energy for my magic."

She frowns."So you need to be around more people who have had sex?"

"I need more than that.I can sense when people have had sex recently, but I can't do anything with it."

"I thought you did?You said that it helped your hangover?"Confusion marked her face.

"It does and it doesn't.It helps in that it distracts me because my magic can sense it, but it doesn't feed me."

"Ah, I see.I think.So do you want to go out tonight?We can find you someone..."