V for Virgin (Cassie and Ethan) novel Chapter 12

It has to be special–2

He nodded again.

“You gotta be kidding me,” I slapped a hand to my chest, “I’m horny. This is not fair! I’m the female in this situation. If I’m okay with it, he should be too!”

Seth smiled widely and brought his hands forward to cup my face. He dropped his forehead to mine and placed a quick kiss against my nose before brushing away bits of my hair. “See, you’re not normal. I love that!”

I rolled my eyes. “So what does Ethan want?”

“He wants you to come to his football practice.”

“I would rather die!”

“Aw, don’t be that way. What if I promise to push Ethan a little further tonight?”

“Tell him to shove his ‘losing–my–girl–virginity–needs–to–be–special‘ idea up his ass!”

Seth’s mouth twitched. “Think about what you just said.”

Oh no. He got me.

I clamped my teeth down over my bottom lip and folded my arms across my chest. “It’s

not funny.”

Ten minutes later, I was sprawled on the bleachers watching Ethan’s practice and laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. When practice finished and Ethan trotted over I tried to give him the stink face, but it became harder the closer he got. It wasn’t the way he held his helmet or that his hair clung to his forehead or even that he tore off his sweat- soaked jersey either… well maybe it was that.

He stopped in front of me, shifting from foot to foot and holding his helmet with two hands. He cleared his throat. “Hey,” he said, biting his lip.

I lifted my chin and looked past him. I wasn’t going to say the awkward ‘hey‘ back. He could just stuff it.

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It has to be special–2

“Cassie,” he drawled my name out. “Please, don’t be mad at me.”

“We’re doing this tonight. At your place, obviously…” I trailed off.

Ethan had the luxury of having parents with money, unlike myself. I didn’t have parents at all. His apartment -where I spent most of my time anyway- was one of the high–end ones close to the University. I lived on the extra cheap side of town, where one bed, a microwave with a short, cold showers, and cockroach infestations were normal.

“I bought condoms, and um-” I paused to tuck my hair behind my ears, “I’ve been on birth control for a while so…”

It’s happening again. I’m thinking about Frankie and Ed. Thinking about where I lived compared to Ethan’s place made me remember stuff I didn’t want to remember. I’d gotten a pretty raw deal in the parent department so I was used to those types of living situations, but still. My biological parents were killed in a car crash when I was a baby. I was lucky enough to get adopted by a caring couple soon after, hence why I was able to grow up with Ethan and have a normal childhood.