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“Explain so...
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“Well, I do feel like I should mention that I think virginity in general is an arbitrary construct designed by men as a system of control and fear. And it’s heteronormative. And limiting, because why do certain sexual acts preserve virginity and some destroy it? What if I fucked a dildo every night, but I hadn’t fucked a man? Why doesn’t anal sex count? And what if I was with someone and penetration wasn’t an option, for any numb...
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I open and close my mouth, completely at a loss for an answer and feeling a little ashamed that I’d actually never even considered ...
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“But for the purposes of our conversation, it means that I had a boyfriend in high school, and I decided to try intercourse with him. I changed my mind in the mid...
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I don’t miss how easily she can toss around words like fuck when she’s talking in hypotheticals, but when she’s talking about herself, about real life, it becomes intercourse ...
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“Was it conse...
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I don’t like the way she hesitates before she nods, but sh...
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“Can we talk about it more? I won’t push if you’d rather keep it in the past, but for the purposes of your ‘exploration,’ it could be helpful to know what’s new ...
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My words go up at the end, lilting like a question, because I really don’t want to push her. But I also want to take care of her and I want to show her all the delicious things she’s been missing—which means it would help to know what’s in her past....
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“Yes, we can talk about it more. It’s just awkward...
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“I want to hold and touch you while we talk about i...
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She bites her lip, suppressing the flicker of pleasure that mo...
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she says q...
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“That would b...
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I come around the island and step between her legs again, but this time I don’t stay there. I scoop her up by her thighs and carry her with her legs wrapped around my waist to one of the sofas. She squeals in surprise when I do it, but her legs tighten around my waist and her hands lace around my neck, and suddenly, I want very much to keep holding her forever, just like this. With her thighs bracketing my torso and her face slightly above mine, laughing down at me. I arrange us on the couch so that she’s on my lap but perched far enough back that I’m not nudging her with my erection. And I do
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“Is this how coupl...
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she whispers, gazing down at me with the laughter still fa...
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“Is this how you talk to all ...
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I reach up and run a finger al...
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“I don’t know if this is how co...
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I...
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“I’ve never been in a couple. And no, I never talk to...
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One of those film-star eyeb...
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“Is that because you don’t talk to w...
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“Smart...
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I say, giving her bottom a teasing pinch, and the breathless giggle she gives has me regretting not peeling off her jeans before parking her on my lap. I could make her smile so muc...
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“I talk to plenty of women. I even talk to the women I fuck. Although generally if I’ve got a woman in my lap, she’s doing ...
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“Somethin...
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Zenny catches herself. I grin...
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“I’ll be happy to show you all the things other than talking you can do i...
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SEAN BELL....
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“But f...
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I...
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“we talk about the awkwa...
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“We talk about the awkwa...
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she a...
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“Tell me why you decided to go to bed with this guy...
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I gently ...
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“Why him? Why...
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She looks down at her hands, which are now resting atop her thighs and rubbing restlessly at the fabric. She see...
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“On paper, he was the right guy for it, you know? He went to Rockhurst; I went to St. Teresa’s. He had great grades; he was star of the track team; he did all this volunteer work. We were in Jack and Jill together as kids…my parents ad...
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“And what had you done before this? With him or a...
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She shakes he...
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“Just kissed. I’d kissed a handful of boys by the time I met Isaac. And Isaac and I had made out several times. It never went further than that because we were always in my basement and Isaac was terrified of the Honorable Letitia Iverson com...
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I have to smile at that; I definitely didn’t make it out of my own childhood unscathed by Mrs. Iverson’s fiercely maternal style of j...
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“So wait, he hadn’t even given you head by this point? What about fin...
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My frank use of the terms seems to embarrass her a little...
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“Um, he touched my breasts once while we were kissing,...
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