Page 11 of Bailed Out

“Some guys are stupid.” I tell her simply, because well… we are.

“Others seem to think it’s a trophy to achieve. Have sex with a virgin, check.” I chuckle when she checks some invisible box with her finger.

“Like I said, stupid.”

“So you’re agreeing that guys are stupid?” Didn’t I just say exactly that?

“Yes, you did.”

“But you’re a guy.”

“Correct, so I would know best, wouldn’t I?” She bites her lip, trying to hide the smile that forms. Once again I need to reach down and readjust myself.

“What if I tell you I want to wait to have sex until marriage?”

“Then sex would be off the table. There are tons of other things we can do instead.” Her innocence shows in her expression, and I hope to hell she’s imagining some of those things like I am.

“What if I tell you I want to?” My mind grinds to a halt, and I have to remind myself that she probably doesn’t mean right at this exact moment.

“Do you? Want to have sex, I mean?”

“I don’t know. I’ve never really been around someone that had me questioning that… before you.”

“Okay, well if you decide that’s what you want, then I will only have two questions.”

“What questions are those?”

“Where and when?” I tell her, holding up my fingers and counting them off.

“Oh… that’s good to know.”

“Here’s the thing Jenni”—I pause to make sure she’s fully paying attention before continuing—“I haven’t known you very long, but what I do know about you, I like a lot. I want to see where this goes, if you’re willing. So waiting isn’t a big deal to me in the long run. Maybe it will even work out better for us by taking sex off the table in the short-term giving us a chance to get to know each other first. Now, are we done talking about this non-issue?”

“Yeah… I think we are, for now.”

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