Page 50 of Yours and Mine (Friends with Benefits)

“I’d disinfect the table before we eat.”

“Table? Daisy! Where else do you have sex?”

“Everywhere.” She sighed dreamily.

“You keep that up and Carter will knock you up before you finish college.” Molly removed her shoes as well and dug into the batch of cookies I’d brought. I had a feeling that the fruits and veggies would be quite lonely tonight.

“So you’re really quitting on me?”

“I promise you can practice your teaching techniques on me.” I crossed my finger over my heart. “And Marge is taking me to San Antonio Texas tomorrow to bake a special-order cake. Get this – we’re flying out on a private jet, and she said she’ll let me do the whole thing.”

“Wow! Soon you’ll leave this tiny town and be a famous baker.”

“Nah. I’m a Hope Bay girl at heart. This town is my home.”

“Well, it won’t be the same without you at school, but I’m glad someone will be here in town, making sure we have fresh bread each morning while I sweat teaching little rugrats.”

“You’re going to be a great teacher,” Molly said. “Kids love you. They always have, because you’re fun.”

“Aww, thanks. What about you, Molly?”

“Oh, I still want to be a nurse. It means I’ll need to go away for a few years, but I’ll be back. There’s no way I’d leave this town permanently.”

Her comment sobered me as I wondered about my and Nick’s futures.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it that way. I know you miss Nick, but what he committed to takes a lot of courage.”

“I know. I just wish time would pass by quicker.”

“You know what I would miss the most if Carter left?” Daisy asked in a dreamy voice.

“What?”

“The sex. Carter’s just so amazing, and so, so giving. He does this thing with his—”

“Whoa, girlfriend. That’s TMI.” Molly perked up.

“Oh, you’d know what I meant if you were under him. I swear, he’s had some special training in the sex department.”

Interested in the conversation a bit more due to my lack of experience, I set the bag of chips I’d been devouring aside, waiting for Daisy to continue.

“So, you guys do it often?”

“Three times a week at least. Sometimes four, or maybe five. Who keeps track of these things? What’s important is that when we’re horny, it’s on. I just don’t know how I lived without it before. That’s why I said I would miss it. Actually, I think I’d go crazy. How do you do it, Jo? How can you stand being away from the man you love? How can you not want him all the time?”

“Well, I do want him and I do miss him, but I don’t have as much experience to compare to. We only did it once, the night before he left.”

“Prom night?”

“Yup. Right there on that hill.” I pointed. “He set up a tent and had everything ready.”

“That’s so sweet,” Molly said dreamily.

“Wait, did he pop your cherry that night?” Daisy licked the cupcake icing clean off her fingers.

“He popped mine, and I popped his.”

“Awww, that’s so sweet,” said Molly again. She was a romantic at heart, and she was waiting until she got married to have sex.

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