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Jasmine shoved me toward Vance. “Why don’t you two go outside and talk and make out!”

Vance took his drink, and I followed him to the side door. A part of me wished it was Parker.

Forget about Parker. Once you lose your V-card, you’re going to print out that delicious shirtless picture of him and burn it on a funeral pyre—Viking style.

My mind immediately went to Parker and me doing it Viking style.

“Get it together,” I muttered.

“What?” Vance asked, leading me out to a small patio in the alley between the buildings.

“Nothing.”

“So you think I’m hot?” He grinned.

Not really.

“Yeah.” I drained my glass.

He took it from me and leaned over me. There was a piece of parsley in his teeth.

Don’t blow it. What if this is your only chance? The world could end tomorrow, and you could die without feeling the touch of a man.Though I really wanted Parker.

Parker is dead to us.

I pulled back.

“What’s the matter?” Vance asked, brow furrowed.

Now that I had a good look at him outside the dark bar, he really wasn’t anything remarkable.

You probably still have toffee in your hair, I reminded myself. “Maybe we should go somewhere more private?” I suggested.

“Okay!” Vance said, grabbing me around the waist and pulling me out of the alley. “So do you like really kinky stuff? I’ve never had a woman be so forward. I really dig it!”

“I, um—kinky like dress up in mascot costumes?”

Vance shrugged. “If you’re into costume play, I dig it.”

I had no idea what was going on. My sex education had come from romance novels, which weren’t all that relevant to real life.

“I have condoms,” I blurted out.

Vance raised an eyebrow. “You’re prepared.”

I pulled the long strand of condoms out of my jacket pocket.

“What size are they?”

Condoms come in sizes?“Regular?” I shrugged and looked closely at the packet. “It says they’re flavored.”

Vance looked at me oddly. I dropped the condom strand while trying to stuff it back into my pocket. When I bent down to pick it up, Vance bent down at the same time, and I banged my head against his.

“Ow!” I said, head spinning. I sat down on the sidewalk.

“You’re awkward,” Vance said, huffing a laugh.

“I’m just inexperienced,” I said then immediately realized what I’d done.