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“For sure,” I say just before he pulls the headphones on.
It is going to be an adventure. He doesn’t know the half of it. I glance over at him; his eyes are closed again.
It’s a big summer for me.
Maybe he can...
No. No. Juno, don’t even think about it.
I study him.But maybe...
He opens his eyes again and pulls down his headphones. “Is there something I can help you with?”
I almost choke and shake my head rapidly. He studies me cautiously and then settles back with his headphones on.
Is there something he can help me with?I nearly laugh out loud.
Yes. There is. I very much need his help with something. The truth is I have a problem that I’m determined to fix this summer.
I’m a virgin.
I run my hands over my face. God, it’s so embarrassing to think about. I’m nearly twenty-two, and I refuse to graduate college still a virgin.
I steal a few glances at Bodie. I mean, honestly, that would be ideal. I find him attractive - really, really attractive. I already know he’s a great kisser, and we have amazing physical chemistry. I dream about that kiss at least once a week. Okay, more than once a week if I’m being honest. It still makes my toes curl.
Bodie’s a nice guy.A good guy. I don’t care about being in love or anything like that, but it would be nice for my first time to be with someone I know – someone I trust.
No. No. No.
God, Eli would kill me. I cannot ask my brother’s best friend to take my virginity. I’d rather die than he know I’m still a virgin, honestly.
I chew on my bottom lip. It’s mortifying that I’m so inexperienced. I know men find me attractive. I’m sure in a normal situation I won’t have this problem. The thing is my brothers won’t let any man get within six feet of me. They might as well have locked me in a tower with a dragon out front.
James adopted me when Keene and I were still in diapers. All the older siblings helped raise us. They have been my parents as much as my siblings - the only parents I’ve ever known since I was adopted out of the foster care system at such an early age. I have no memory of my biological parents.
My relationship with my older siblings is complicated. I love them, and I’m so lucky to be in this family, but they are smothering me. They still think of me as a child. Now that James is President his drive to protect me has gone through the roof. I managed to get by without security for a while, but now I have a Secret Service shadow, and they aren’t like sexy bodyguards either. My Secret Service agents rotate constantly and are always married. I’m pretty sure that’s intentional.
I sigh. Bodie opens one of his eyes again, but I just bury my nose in my book.
I just want to live. Do some dumb things. Take some risks. I want to fall in love, but at this point, I’d settle for meeting a stranger at a bar and hooking up.
It’s happening this summer. I don’t care how many times I have to sneak out or what I have to do, I am not going home a virgin.
“You okay?” Bodie says, still peeking through one eye.
I give him a big smile. “Couldn’t be better.”
