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“And the ex.”
“It would depend on the kids and everything.”
“Well, it sounds to me like you need to get to know the guy and his life better before you make any kind of decision.”
I nodded, but I couldn't help the frown making my lips droop at the corners.
“Now what?” he asked with a sigh.
I just shrugged.
“I don’t know. I just…I can’t imagine life without him. But at the same time, if I stay, how much worse is it going to be when we decide things aren’t going to work out? By that point, I’ll be invested, you know?”
“Sounds to me like you’re already invested, sis.”
I sighed, dropping my head into my hand.
“So, what would you suggest I do?”
He chewed on his cheek for a minute, then turned toward me again, his expression decisive and more grown up than I was comfortable with. When did my baby brother get to be all grown up?
“Well, what I’d do is simply get to know them all. The next couple months will tell you everything you need to know about the guy. If he’s as amazing as you said, then maybe he’s the one, who knows? And if he’s not, well, then it’s going to hurt like hell whether you break up now or later. I don’t see it getting much worse.”
I shrugged.
“I talked to Mom about him just a little. She knows his name, anyway. She thinks he’s a student at school, not the teacher. That, and now she thinks he’s some kind of atheist or something. She kind of jumped to conclusions and I didn’t correct her.”
“Stop doing that, Mia. Now that’s going to hurt her even more if you're lying to her. She’s probably already planning the wedding and imagining this twenty-something kid. You very well might give her a heart attack when they find out how old he is.”
“If. If they find out how old he is.”
He snorted.
“Yeah, I guess.”
We sat in silence for a little longer until I finally poked him in the shoulder and demanded, “So? Any girls for you?”
His face bloomed into a big ol’ grin.
“There’s one girl,” he said, tilting his head back to look at the sky. “She’s a senior, too. And sis, she’s freaking hot.”
I laughed.
“Is that her finest quality?”
“Hm, not even close,” he murmured, shaking his head. “She’s super freaking smart, like, mathlete smart, and she’s one of the kindest girls I know.”
“She a keeper?” I asked him.
He shrugged.
“I dunno. We're not to the whole love stage. We’ve been going out for like five weeks or so, and I’m really attracted to her, and pretty infatuated, but I don’t know when it turns from infatuation to love, ya know? We’re trying to take it slow.”
“How slow?” I asked, knowing he made the same chastity promise that I had when I was in high school.
He gave me a wan smile.
“We haven’t done the dirty, if that’s what you’re asking. But, I mean, does a blowie count as ‘the dirty’?”
