The Best American Erotica2007 by Susie Bright

Author:Susie Bright
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2007-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

from Towelhead

A LICIA E RIAN

AT LUNCH THE NEXT day, Thomas said, “I thought of something you could do to impress me.”

“What?” I asked. It was Hamburger Day and I was tearing open a plastic packet of mustard.

“Have sex with me.”

“Okay,” I said.

“Really?” he said. For the first time in a long while, he sounded kind of friendly.

“Yes.”

“Great,” he said. “When?”

“Whenever you want.”

“Well,” he said, “I guess we need to figure out a place first.”

“We can’t do it at my house,” I said. I couldn’t risk Mr. Vuoso and Zack telling on me again.

Thomas nodded. “We can do it at my house.”

“What about your parents?” I asked.

“They’ll be at work.”

“What if they come home?”

“They won’t. They never come home early.”

“I’ll have to walk home,” I said.

“You can take a taxi,” Thomas said. “I’ll pay for it.”

I thought about this, then said, “All right.”

“Can we do it today?” he asked.

“Do you have a condom?”

“No.”

“Then we’ll have to wait until tomorrow. I have one at home I can bring.”

“Where’d you get it?”

“From Mr. Vuoso’s duffel bag.”

“I don’t want to use that racist’s condom.”

“You have to,” I said. “It’s the only one we have.”

He said okay, even though he seemed kind of bothered.

When I met Denise at her locker later and told her about my deal with Thomas, she said, “No way! He’s using you!”

“No, he’s not,” I said.

“He’s totally using you. You can’t have sex with him in exchange for not being a racist. That’s ridiculous.”

“But I want to have sex with him.”

She looked at me. “You never told me that. You told me you were in love with that guy next door.”

“I am,” I said, “but I want to have sex with Thomas, too.”

“Then you won’t be a virgin anymore.”

“So?” I said.

“So?” she said. “It’s important that the first person you have sex with is someone special. Not someone who’s using you.”

“Well,” I said, “I’m probably going to do it.”

“I can’t believe you,” she said, and she closed her locker and walked away. I thought about chasing after her and telling her not to worry, that I already wasn’t a virgin, that the person I had done it with was special, even if he had only become that way later on. But I didn’t, of course. Besides the fact that I didn’t want to get Mr. Vuoso in trouble, I didn’t think Denise would understand. If I couldn’t explain to her why Daddy was bad, then I probably couldn’t explain why Mr. Vuoso was good.

All the way home, I thought about having sex with Thomas. I disagreed with Denise. I didn’t think he was using me. I thought he was making a fair trade. Plus, I missed him. I wanted to be his girlfriend again.

After getting off the bus, I went to Melina’s house. “Can I read my book for a while?” I asked.

“Sure,” she said.

I followed her inside, noticing how skinny she always looked from behind. It was nice because for a couple of seconds, I could pretend she wasn’t pregnant.

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