Exclusive?

I was in her room, watching her put on her stockings; she looked so pretty it was almost painful. "What?" she asked, seeing me watching her. "Are...are we like...dating?" I asked.

She looked at me and smiled. "Yes," she smiled sweetly at me.

"Like...like boyfriend and girlfriend?" I asked.

"Yes," she said, "like boyfriend and girlfriend, why?"

"I don't know," I said. "It's just...I mean...if we're dating, then I guess I thought we would be...I don't know...exclusive?"

"I had this planned before I met you," she said, "I can't just cancel. Besides, it's just Jason." 

Jason was a guy she was dating when I met her. "I'm sorry," I said, "it just...I mean...if we're boyfriend and girlfriend, then I guess I...I just thought...we'd be exclusive?"

"He's not my boyfriend," she smiled, "you are. He's...I don't know...Jason."

"But...but he knows you have a boyfriend now, right?" I asked.

She nodded. "Of course," she said, satisfied with her stockings. "It's the stockings, isn't it?"

"They...they're..."

"He's got a thing for stockings," she said, "he likes when I wear them on a date."

"A...a date?"

"Hon, you knew I was seeing him when you asked me out," she said, "not like boyfriend and girlfriend, but...you said you were cool with that. He was...he didn't mind me dating you."

"I just assumed...I mean...that you'd...that we'd be..."

"Exclusive, you said that. Listen, hon," she said, "you're my only boyfriend, I promise. You're the only one I'm dating. Jason and I just...you know...like friends with benefits, like we go out and hook up now and then."

"Hook up?"

She shrugged. "Will you get my dress for me? The red one on the back of the door."

I got the dress, s slinky red satin slip dress, watched as she put it on. "Help, please," she said, turning around so I could zip it for her. "You're so sweet," she said. 

"Will...will you call later?" I asked.

She gave me a smile, a soft kiss. "Yes," she said, "if I come home. But if I stay over with him, I'll call in the morning. I can't very well call my boyfriend from a date, can I?"