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breath so long.
A wry smile twisted Jade's lips.
"Thought so," she said with great selfsatisfaction.
"Yeah, but what you think happened, didn't
happen."
"Ever?" she challenged.
"That night," I said and she sat back, still quite
pleased with herself.
After a beat of silence, Misty asked, "Why
didn't it?" "His daddy came home," I said, "and things
got very unpleasant very quickly."
Jade's eyebrows rose. Cathy bit down on her
lower lip. Doctor Marlowe sipped some water and
stared at me. I could almost hear her asking herself,
"Would I go on?"
"Steve and I cleaned up the kitchen, neither of
us saying very much. Every once in a while, we
would look into each other's eyes and pause. My heart
started a heavy, faster beat that grew louder and
harder every time he and I grazed each other. It was
like electricity was in the air.
"I know a lot. of people, especially other girls
my age, look at me and think I've been with a lot of
boys, but I'd never had anything like a boyfriend
before I met Steve. I had crushes on boys and some
had crushes on me, but nothing had ever come of it. "I read enough romance stories and stuff and
had been around Mamma enough to know about sex
and such, but when it's you, really you, it's different." "That's for sure," Misty said. Cat looked at her for a moment and then turned back quickly to me,
anticipating.
"We just held hands first. It was like both our
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