I didn't come here to play

Erica glances down at her vibrating phone and opens a message that had just appeared. The text was from the most recent of her boy "friends". Her and Austin had been hanging out for a few months. It didn't seem to be amounting to anything serious. Not that she didn't want that, but he had never brought it up before. She didn't feel comfortable pressing the matter. She had been assertive in past "relationships" if you'd even call them that. For some reason, every guy she hooked up with and spent a significant amount of time with, just wanted to be friends. It was frustrating to Erica, because all she wanted was some type of commitment. Yet, every time she brought it up, the dude ran the other way. Immediately it was this big thing, about how they didn't connect emotionally, or how he just wanted to be friends with benefits, or that he wasn't looking for anything serious. The list of excuses went on and on, Erica had pretty much heard them all. Was it just too much to ask for someone to actually say that they were dating? Was that just too restricting?

After scanning the message from Austin, Erica shook her head and deleted his number. She was done playing this game.

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