How Long You Should Wait to Have Sex: a Novel by Sorgen Monique

Author:Sorgen, Monique [Sorgen, Monique]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Monique Sorgen
Published: 2013-04-12T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

The next time Lacey and I show up to Marty’s book signing something strange happens. Like last time, there is no one else there, and like last time, Marty warns us to watch out for the crowds so that we don’t get caught in a stampede on our way to the author, and like last time, I find his joke hilarious, but one thing is distinctly different. This time, there is a giant bouquet of red roses on his desk. Those were definitely not there in the previous version of this day.

“That’s weird,” I accidentally say out loud, “where did those come from?”

“Oh, they’re for you,” Marty says offering them to me.

For a girl who’s made it abundantly clear that she’s not interested in Marty, Lacey couldn’t be more upset.

“You got my friend roses?! Well that’s no way to get in my pants!”

Lacey has always been clear about the fact that when a guy likes her, she claims all rights to him, whether or not she reciprocates his feelings. This is just part of her larger general pattern of needing slightly more attention from guys than the average girl. That said, I think most of us can relate to the minor sting of rejection that comes with having a guy suddenly stop being into you, even after you’ve hit him over the head with the fact that you’re never going to be into him. It’s weird, it annoys you when he calls, but it still hurts a little when he stops calling. Why is that? Anyway, this situation has nothing to do with that, because Marty didn’t get me those roses.

“No, that guy John brought ‘em by,” Marty explains. “The John from the bar the other night.”

I did mention that I was going to City Lights bookstore. He came all the way here? Despite my previous resentment, I have to give the guy some credit. Sending flowers is amazing, but actually delivering them yourself is above and beyond romantic! Why does he do this to me? Right when I think it’s over, he shows me why I don’t want it to be. There’s even a card with the roses. I read it out loud.

“I can’t stop thinking about you. I wish you could come salsa dancing with me Saturday night.”

“I don’t understand you,” Lacey protests, “you make up your mind to meet the love of your life on a specific night, and not only does he show up, he turns out to be perfect. That doesn’t happen to people!”

He’s not nearly as perfect as she thinks. Then again, nobody is, so he might just do… if only I can get him to love me enough that he doesn’t freak out and run.

“Honestly, Lacey, it could still all be nothing more than a play to get in my pants,” I admit, hoping I’m wrong. “It may be that all this overt romance is just because I’ve decided to wait until I know he loves me to sleep with him.”

Marty jumps in, “Just in case that takes a while, you might wanna pickup a copy of my book.

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