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Twenty-One
Junior
I just sleptwith a girl and I liked it.
I’ve slept with dozens of girls but I’ve never once fallen asleep with one. It’s always been the old bang and goodbye. Maybe a passive I’ll call you if she’s getting too clingy. But Eliza? Not only did we sleep together, I heard she was sick and I came running without a second thought. For once, getting laid wasn’t at the forefront of my mind.
What the hell is wrong with me?
“You like her.”
I shake my head at Maggie across the table and chew a little more on my straw. “No — what, who?”
“Whatever girl you have in your head right now,” she says. “Whoever she is, she’s stealing away my sacred Sunday lunch date with my little brother.”
I set the empty cup down. “Sorry, Mag. Just a bit distracted.”
“Yeah, no shit,” she chuckles. “I expected Annoyingly Self-Confident Junior today after that win last night, not Oddly Pensive Junior. What’s her name?”
“There’s no her.” I look down at the table and Maggie gasps, quickly bringing my eyes back to her stunned face. “What?”
“What’s his name?” she asks, feigning worry.
I glare at her. “It’s not that either.”
She deflates in disappointment. “Well, there’s someone out there putting you in a tizzy and I want to know who it is.”
“I am not in a tizzy...” I sigh, knowing that Maggie will play this game all day unless I give her something. “Okay, maybe a little tizzy.”
“What happened?”
“I slept with her.”
“So?”
“Like, literally. In bed, fully-clothed... sleep.”
Maggie reaches across the table to lay a comforting hand on mine. “Junior...” she whispers, “was there spooning?”
“There might definitely have been some spooning.”
“Did you like it?”
I close my eyes, instantly recalling the warmth of Eliza’s body lying beside mine. “A lot.”
Maggie clears her throat, forcing the obvious cackle back down into her lungs. “I’m so proud of you.”
I shake her hand off. “Don’t do that, Mag.”
She sits back, fighting the grin. “My little brother, all grown up and entering exclusive relationships—”
“We are not exclusive,” I stop her. “We’re just having fun. Last night was an accident.”
“Last night?!”
I growl, realizing I’ve already revealed too much. There’s no going back now. I tossed a fierce kitten a loose thread and she won’t stop until she’s through unraveling it with her claws. “I came straight here from her place.”
“So, instead of partying with the team last night, you went over to see her?”
