Just Fine

 I had sex with Brandon last night.
No need to feign surprise.

I cried, my face buried in his neck. He noticed, asked if I was crying, I said no, that I just had a cold; which, conveniently, was also true. 

I asked him, after, whether he had been with other girls since the last time we were together (in August); he said no, that girls get hurt by sleeping around and having one night stands, and that he wanted no part in that, he never wanted to be the reason a girl got hurt.
I pointed out that it must be obvious that, I…am…a girl. 
And he said to me, "Lacie, you don’t get hurt…I know that I can’t hurt you; I know that I can fuck you, and you, will be just fine."

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