Kono.”
"Molly,
that doesn't count. I'm not even sure he got inside your pussy. And even if he
did, sex that lasts like 30 seconds doesn't count. You are going to go off to
Stanford and will be the hottest kinda-virgin in the university.”
Molly
frowned at her friend. “Lily, I'm just not as comfortable with sex as you are.
You probably had sex last night after graduation, right?”
Lily
looked slightly offended. “You are damn right I did. I rode Andy’s cock like I
was surfing a killer wave…like it was for style points or something. And here's
something else -- it was good, the kind of good that’s hard to explain. So
good, in fact, that I fully plan to go track down Andy and have some more sex
after I leave here tonight… and tomorrow after I'm done shopping at the mall, I
will probably see Andy again, and have sex all weekend until he’s begging me to
either stop or marry him. That's just the way I like to roll. Maybe if you
weren't so uptight you’d understand that sex is part of life and life needs to
be lived in the real world, not just in a textbook."
Molly
stood there with a pained look on her face, shocked that her friend would be so
blunt with her. One of the things that hurt so much was that in her heart she
knew that Lily was right. She’d had her nose in a book for so long that she
really didn't know what the real world was like. The sex she’d claimed she’d had
during sophomore year was terrible. She was just checking a box off: Teen-sex?
Check! It was exactly like Lily had described it: Sweaty and fast. It
happened in the field behind the football bleachers at Sunset High School. There
had been a bonfire for some big game or something and Lily had hooked up with a
football player named Shawn. Molly had tagged along and ended up in the field behind
the stadium with Miko. Miko was Shawn's best friend and it just seemed like the
thing to do. After all, Lily and Shawn were going at it like rabbits.
At
the time Molly really wanted to have sex and Miko was there. No romance, just
two awkward teenagers doing what they thought teenagers were supposed to do.
Was it good? No. Not that it was bad per se; it was just over so fast she
didn't really feel like she'd had sex. She wasn’t really attracted to Miko but
obviously he was attracted to her enough to get a hard-on and to cum about two
strokes after slipping his cock inside her. At least he’d worn a condom.
Disappointing
was the only way to describe that night. Since then she’d thought of herself as
an ambitious woman who didn’t need boyfriends or sex, right? But the reality
was that she really didn't know what sex really was. Now, she was about to head
off to college and a very busy life and she felt as if she was missing out. There
was definitely something missing in her life.
In
a lot of ways Molly envied Lily and her simple ambitions more than ever. Lily didn’t
want to save the world. She just wanted to swim, surf, and have sex – simple
goals. Lily would settle down at some point, but she’d do it on her own terms and
when she was damn good and ready. One thing was for certain…Lily seemed alive,
happy, and comfortable in her own skin. She never pretended to be anyone other
than who she was. That was one of the things Molly loved about her.
“Molly,
honey, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings,” Lily said quietly. “I know it's
tough for you without a mom and I'm just here on this planet to have a good
time, I think. You are going to do something great and I love that about you. I
wish I was more like you, Molly. You have a vision for your life, and all I
seem to want is to have fun. I'd like to be a little more like you,
Molly."
Molly
reached out and grasped her friend’s hand. “Lily, you're right more than you’re
wrong and I'll tell you something from my heart…I could stand to be a little
bit more like you. I really could.”
Lily
didn't stay too late. She was heading to the Ala Moana Mall in Honolulu
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