Let me think about all this, she said. I want to be sure; I want to get it right. That’s fine, he said. Of course you can take your time. But you can’t get it right without doing it. It’s the sort of thing you can’t know about yourself till you’ve tried. Everyone has a slightly different response. I’ve known girls who thought it was what they wanted, and they just freaked out. Other girls thought they were wimps, and found they couldn’t get enough of it.
It sounds like you’ve had a lot of girls, she said. Isn’t that what you were looking for, experience? he replied. He sounded a bit taken aback, as if he’d been accused of something. I’m sorry, she said. I’m just nervous. How do I know I can trust you?
That’s the big issue, he said. Trust. With it, anything. Without it, nothing. Well, she
