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“A what?”
“He totally agrees with me.”
That seems highly unlikely. “Agrees with what?”
“We’re too young to settle down. We should see what else is out there. See if it’s real.”
I take a deep breath and let out a slow exhale. I need to think. I need to say the right thing, as a supportive sister, and the smart thing, as the co-owner of MeetCute.
Willa is supposed to be here tonight. She’s expecting to meet Jake.Think.
Lexi continues, “We’re taking two weeks to spend time on our own. See other people. Then we’ll come back together. See if the magic is there.”
“Even if you sleep with another guy?”
“Of course, Dee. Do you really think I’d take a break that didn’t involve sexual freedom?”
“And Jake knows this?” I ask.
“Yes, he knows. How old do you think I am?” She looks at me like she can’t believe I don’t believe in her. “I know how to communicate.”
That’s not what she said earlier, but okay, I’ll go with that. “What if he sleeps with someone else?”
“When he wanted to wait six months with me? I doubt that.”
“But what if he does?” I press.
She shrugs as if she doesn’t mind the thought. “That’s the agreement.”
“Wouldn’t you feel jealous?”
“Dee, I’m not thinking about Jake right now. We’re seeing other people for a while.”
“What about the app?” I ask.
“The meeting is in four weeks,” she says. “If the app is as good as you say it is, we’ll happily resume our relationship intwoweeks.”
There’s a certain logic there, yes. If Jake really is okay with her sleeping with other people, then I don’t see the harm. Not to their relationship. But— “Willa is coming tonight.”
“So I’ll tell her he got sick.”
There’s logic there, too. That’s not the problem. It’s more that—
Sex is how Lexi copes. She runs away from any intense feeling to the warm embrace of another body. And this fear of commitment? That’s a big, intense feeling.
It’s one thing if she soothes herself with a little casual sex and returns to Jake’s arms.
It’s another if she soothes herself with a little casual sex and returns to her pre-Jake dating pattern: love ’em and leave ’em.
How do I help her with this? How do I keep her on the right path? Lexidoescare about Jake. She wouldn’t want him to leave her.
“What if you’re wrong?” I ask. “What if he thinks his way into another woman? Are you sure you want to risk it?”
“Come on.” She motions to her pink minidress, as if it explains everything. And it does, really. Every time a guy sees her in pink, he’s a goner.
“You’re the only beautiful, charming woman on the planet?” I argue.
“In Orange County.”
