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Both guys ran to me with panicked looks on their faces. It wasn’t that I was naive to the fact that my son would be asking these questions. I tackled the basics with him a couple of years ago when they started discussing it in school. Then I told him he could talk to his grandfather about anything he was uncomfortable talking to me about.
“Are you okay, Mom?”
“Yes, sorry. Wrong pipe,” I hoarsely whispered.
Jimmy put his hand over his chest, clearly relieved that I wasn’t dying, then he went upstairs.Sweet kid. Unlike his father, who, when I glanced over at him, was leaning on the counter, arms crossed, those damn biceps bulging and making his inked images stretch, and a smirk on his face. When I narrowed my eyes, he chuckled.
Now glaring at him, I shook my head. “He’s only fourteen.”
“I realize, but I hate to tell you that it won’t be long until he decides to have sex.” Cash shrugged. “It’s natural.”
Wrapping my head around that concept wouldn’t come easy. “How about rather than buy him a box of whatever, you talk to him about taking his time? Find someone he cares about. He’s young and should be having fun.” He cocked a brow, and I swatted his arm. “Clean fun.”
“Sweetheart, if it will make you feel better, I’ll talk to him. Maybe I shouldn’t tell you what he asked me in the car.”
Sweetheart.Those damn blue eyes sparkled with mischief, and I was almost afraid to ask. But it was clear I was nothing if not a masochist. “What did he ask you?”
“How old I was when I first had sex and other stuff.”
“Other stuff? Ugh. I thought I’d have more time to deal with this.” First Cash, now sex. I knew both would be a topic in my future. I just didn’t think they’d both happen at the same time ... or so soon. “Not for nothing, but the car ride isn’t that long? How didthatconversation initiate?”
He laughed. “Relax, it’s fine.”
Yeah, tell me to relax. That’ll work.
“Apparently, some of the other guys were talking about girls and ... locker room stuff.”
I crinkled my nose.
“Yes, I know, but it happens. Anyway, when he brought it up, it made me feel good that he felt that comfortable with me already, and I didn’t want to lie to him or blow him off.”
I could understand why Cash would feel that way. It was soon after finding out that he had a dad. All I could do was force a smile because, all at once, it hit home as to how much time he’d missed from Jimmy’s life.
“You’re right. It was good that he talked to you. Makes me feel even worse that he didn’t have you all those years.” Then I remembered what he said about Jimmy’s question. “What did you tell him about how old you were?”
Cash rubbed the back of his neck with his hand before smirking. “Sixteen.”
My head dropped into my hands, and I asked without looking up, “Did he ask if I was your first?”
“He didn’t need to.”
Bringing my head up, I softly asked, “Why?”
“Because while you think I gave him a talk on which prophylactics were best, ribbed or not”—I grimaced and he shrugged—“I went a different route and told him that sex is a big step. While it’s natural and a part of life, it should be shared with someone special the first time.”
“You said that?”
“I did because I believed it then, and I do now. It may have fallen on deaf ears, though, because he then said that Scotty said ... now these are Scotty’s words, not Jimmy’s or mine.”
I almost told him not to continue, but he went on to say, “‘Nutting for the first time is like jumping out of a plane without a parachute. Best rush ever.’”
“OH MY GOD!” Being a teacher in a high school, I’d heard my share of teenage chatter. It wasn’t as though I were naive to it all. Except this wasmyteenager, and there were certain things I didn’t need to hear—thenuttingexplanation being one of them.
Cash laughed. “I know. Remember ... teenage boys. You’ll be happy to know that I told him that being with someone you care about will be the same, except you’ll be wearing a parachute because you’ll want to survive to do it again.” He paused. “Then he asked me if I loved the person I was with.”
Our eyes locked, and Cash pushed himself off the counter, bringing him to his full height. He put his hand on my hip, and that familiar tingle zinged through my body.
“I told him I couldn’t have loved anyone more.”
