“One just did.”
“Favorite day of the week, Riley Park?”
I laugh. “Sunday.”
“Same. Favorite food?”
“I have two—tacos and pizza.”
He chuckles. “Fried spring rolls and dumplings, and real tacos, not that Taco Bell shit.”
I throw out movie at the same time as he asks, “Sexual position?”
Silence.
Awkward silence.
Awkward silence that I do not want to fill, but I must.
“I’m hoping you and I can figure that out.”
Chapter 19
Theo
Oh, the possibilities
Saturday September 7th
I takerher hand and lift it, dragging my lips across the back her hand as I quietly ask, “Cielo, am I going to be your first?”
In barely a whisper, she answers, “God, I hope so.”
I stand up and take both of her hands, leading her toward the couch.
When we pass the hall that leads to my bedroom, her lips turn downward slightly.
“Have a seat?”
“In no way do I want to sit here and explain why I’m twenty years old and a virgin.”
“I don’t need an explanation; I just need to explain to you what I expect.”
She looks at me oddly.
“My ex was a virgin.”
She wraps her arms around herself as her brows knit together. “I mean, so were you at one point.”
I suck in my lips so I don’t laugh, and she rolls her eyes.
“As I was saying, my ex was a virgin, and so was I. It didn’t mean shit to me. I wanted to get off inside of something other than a mouth. And when I did, I was sure I was in love with her. Told her I was. I know damn well I wasn’t in love with her, or I wouldn’t have cheated on her. Just like you weren’t in love with your ex.”
“Never said I was,” she says, glancing at the door.
“You thinking of leaving?”
“Maybe.”