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He looked back out at the water, hesitating to answer my question, like he was contemplating if he was going to tell me or not.
When all of a sudden he turned and leaned forward close to my ear, whispering,
“Baby, What You Want Me to Do.”
DYLAN
She grinned and it lit up her entire face.
It lit up the entire boat.
I sat back up, gazing out over the water once again. “I love blues music. I have ever since I was a kid. I guess you could blame it on my dad who was constantly playing it as I was growing up. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked in on my parents slow dancing to it. It’s the only music you can feel in your blood, it vibrates and bleeds into your body. You can appreciate the pain in every lyric like they’re telling you a story about a significant time in their lives. Whether it was good or bad, it didn’t matter. It happened.”
Her toes skimmed mine in the water.
“Your parents are still married then?”
“Happily.”
I took her hand and placed it on my lap.
“Is your dad an asshole like you?” She smiled, nudging my shoulder.
“I’m one of a kind, darlin’.”
Leaning forward, she swished her feet back and forth with the current.
“Ain’t that right,” she giggled, and it was the sweetest sound I ever heard.
“Are you close to your parents?”
“As much as any son can be close to their parents at sixteen,” I chuckled, tangling my foot with hers.
“Do they know about all your extra-curricular activities?” She peered over to me with laughter in her eyes.
“What is this, twenty questions?” I teased.
“Oh, McGraw, you can get your questions in, but I can’t?”
“I wasn’t after the questions, suga’. Back to your question though, who do you think handed me my first condom?”
She raised her eyebrows, surprised. Her cheeks turned a soft red.
“I also love classic rock. Throw in a little country, too,” I said to change the subject. I didn’t want to talk about myself anymore. I already knew about this fucker, I wanted to know about her.
Just her.
She scoffed. “You’re just a good ol’ boy, aren’t you, Dylan McGraw?” she baited.
“You are a pretty thing, aren’t you?” I tugged on the ends of her hair, ignoring her question.
She blushed again.
“That red is surely becoming one of my favorite colors, suga’.”
“You can be quite charming when you want to.”
“Nah, you just caught me on a good night.”
