Taylor chewed on her lip as she giggled. Rolling my eyes, I motioned for her to keep talking.
“Okay so anyway, one thing led to another and all of a sudden he stopped.”
“He stopped what? Feeling on you?”
Taylor’s eyes teared up. “Yes. I mean, it was getting pretty serious, and I was the one who said we needed to slow things down and he totally agreed with me but I didn’t think he would just stop all together. I mean, Meg, he said such sweet things to me.”
My heart hurt for my sister. I wanted her to find someone who would be her everything and she would be his. “Like?”
“Like how much he liked me and he didn’t mean to lose control like that and he would never push me into something I wasn’t ready for. But I think I messed up because now he doesn’t want me at all.”
My mouth dropped open. “You didn’t mess up.”
Scrunching up her face, Taylor nodded. “I did. I dropped the V word.”
Peeking back out to make sure the guys were still busy, I turned back to Taylor. “What did he do?”
Taylor lifted her shoulders and gave me a confused look. “He smiled.”
My head jerked back as I looked at her shocked. “Like what kind of smile?”
“I don’t know, Meg. He just smiled and said that made everything so much better for when it was the right time.”
“Huh. So he liked the fact that you were a virgin, which I’m still shocked that you are, but that’s good Taylor. You’re saving yourself for that one guy.”
Taylor smirked. “Thanks I guess.”
“Okay, so let me think about this. He got hot and heavy with you and then stopped when you said you needed to go slow. Then you told him your cherry is intact. Clearly he wanted your first time to be something a little more special than on the couch in your apartment.”
Rolling her eyes, Taylor hit my leg. “Ugh! Meagan!”
Laughing, I shook my head to clear my thoughts. “He hasn’t talked to you since then?”
“Well, he’s talked to me, and has even asked me out a few times. Then all of a sudden, he just stopped paying any attention to me at all. It’s like I don’t even exist anymore.”
Pinching my eyebrows together, I stared at my sister. “Then fuck ’em, Tay. Don’t ever let anyone treat you like that. Ever. If he can’t even see what is in front of his face, then the hell with him.”
“I thought so too, but then, a few weeks ago, he walked up to me and asked me how I was doing.”
“Did you tell him to fuck off?”
Taylor smiled weakly. “I wanted to. I did give him the cold shoulder. He walked with me for a bit and told me he was sorry he just up and stopped talking to me.”
“Was there a reason?”
“He said he felt like an asshole but that he thought it was best if he left me alone. I guess he said he ended up getting drunk at a party one night and woke up with a girl in his bed and he felt guilty as hell and that he didn’t want to hurt me. I told him I wasn’t under the impression we were dating, so why should he feel guilty. I feel like he just wants a girl with experience and I’m not her.”
My heart broke for my sister. Reaching over, I took her hand in mine. “Taylor, that was actually a sweet thing for him to do, he just went about doing it in a totally messed up asshole kind of way. Guys are like that. They think they are doing right by you and all they are doing is being stupid jerks.”
Taylor chuckled and nodded her head. “Maybe. It’s just, he makes me feel so different when I’m around him. Like he literally lights up my entire world, Meg. I’ve never met another guy who has done that.” A tear fell from her eyes as it rolled slowly down her cheek. “But I think it’s pretty clear, he’s not interested in me. Even if he was, do you really think he’d wake up in bed with some girl he had sex with the night before if he liked me?”
I wanted to punch this Jase guy so hard in the face he’d lose a few teeth.
Pushing a piece of her brown hair behind her ear, I shook my head. “Tay, if a guy doesn’t make you feel like you are the center of his world, he’s not worth having. He should make you feel like a princess and nothing less.”
“Does Gray make you feel that way?”
Pressing my lips together, I smiled and nodded my head. “Yes.”
Expelling a breath, Taylor shook her head. “Well, maybe it’s time I started not playing it so safe. I had this stupid silly idea I was going to save myself for that one special guy. Just think of all the sex I’ve lost out on!”
I shuddered and said, “Change of subject! Fast!” My face turned serious as I took my sister’s hands in mine. “Taylor, don’t do it. You’ll know when it’s right. Don’t have sex just to get back at this guy.”
Her lips pressed into a hard line as she nodded her head. “I won’t. I promise. But he is going to Europe this summer.”
“Really?” I asked as I lifted my eyebrows. “That should be interesting.”