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They send me off with smiles, and when I turn to head back inside, I realize June has vanished, along with Celeste and the mystery friend. They must be partaking in girlie gossip inside.
After saying my hellos to Samantha and Andrew, I stroll back into the house and make my way to the upstairs bathroom to freshen up.
“You cannot keep this from us, June. You simply cannot. It goes against every best friend code in the rule book.”
June’s bedroom door is cracked open as I reach the top of the staircase, and Celeste’s voice carries over to me, piquing my curiosity.
Don’t eavesdrop, Brant. Keep walking. Leave it be.
I’m going to obey my noble inner voice, but then June replies. “It’s so awkward to talk about…” She sighs, then giggles nervously. “Gah, fine, okay… It was…good.”
I falter.
“Good? Like, how good?”
“Really good, I think.”
“Yeah? Did you…you know…?”
The dark-haired girl speaks up. “We need details, June. Juicy, scandalous details.”
“I don’t think I…you know,” June says with ominous inflection. “But he did.”
“Did your mom put you on the pill?”
“Yes.”
Holy shit.
No.
God, no.
My stomach pitches, my heart withering with a sickly feeling I’ve never felt before. I feel winded even though I’m not moving. I feel strangled even though I’m breathing fast and furious.
I feel like I’m dying even though my heartbeats threaten to detonate inside my chest.
“Did it hurt?” Celeste asks.
Go, Brant. Stop listening. Get the fuck out of here.
June squeaks out a tiny, “Not really.”
“Girl, it hurt so bad my first time, I even cried. Totally embarrassing.”
I hurt.
This hurts me.
And I don’t know why.
Decay slithers through my veins, polluting my blood with rot.
Why does this hurt so much? Why the hell does this hurt?
June laughs lightly, her voice shaky as she finishes. “It was good for my first time. I’m lucky, I guess.”
“I bet you can’t wait to do it again, yeah?”
