The Last Virgin in Texas by Jennifer Woodhull

Author:Jennifer Woodhull [Woodhull, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Septem Stellae Publishing
Published: 2019-12-07T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Five

At the restaurant, Jared orders a bottle of wine and calamari as an appetizer. I’m a little skeptical, but after his country comment earlier, I try it anyway. I’m surprised that I like it, and before I know it, I’ve shoveled about a dozen of the little fried rings into my mouth and I’m on my second glass of wine.

“I gotta tell ya, Gretchen, I’ve been giving it a lot of thought, and there’s something I just can’t figure out.”

“And what’s that?”

“How is it that you, out of all the girls in Shiner, are still single?”

“Ha. Well, now that’s a question, ain’t it?” I lean back in my chair and fold my arms. “In case you haven’t noticed, there aren’t that many guys to choose from around here. Half the guys we went to school with are married with kids by now. Then, there are some older single guys, like Dillon, who’ve been married already…in his case, three times, as a matter of fact.”

“You know there're places outside Shiner, though, right? Outside Texas, even.”

“Yeah, I do. I mean, I date. I just haven’t found anybody special, is all.” I lean forward and rest my forearms on the table. “Don’t get me wrong. I like my life. It’s just dating…that’s been kinda complicated.”

“Complicated, how?”

“Well, I’m not what you’d call worldly, let’s say. When I meet somebody I like, and they find out I’m not very experienced, well, it puts a lot of pressure on people, I suppose.”

“Hmpf. Sounds like you’re dating boys, not men.”

Maybe he’s right.

The server brings our main course and Jared tops off my wine glass as I take my first bite of chicken parmesan. “That is so good.”

Jared takes a bite of his shrimp risotto. “This is too. Here, try a bite.”

He holds his fork up, his hand cupped under it to catch anything that might fall. I lean forward and close my lips around the fork and the dish is even better than mine. I lick my lips as I swallow, and Jared strokes my cheek with his thumb and winks at me as he returns his fork to his own plate for another bite.

What the heck was that?

If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was flirting with me. This is Jared, though. I’ve known him forever and there has never been anything between us, even before I dated his best friend.

“Hey, remember that time we were coming back from Lydia Lucas’ birthday party and we got pulled over?”

I press my fingers to my lips in a vain attempt to stifle a laugh.

“Oh, my God! I haven’t thought about that in forever.” I take a sip of my wine to keep from choking on my food as I laugh.

“And you’d had something like one and a half wine coolers, but you were completely shit-faced. The cop shined his flashlight in your face in the backseat and you said…”

“I would never drink Mr. officer. I’m a good girl.”

“Yes! Then you hacked up all over the back of Mrs.

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