Chapter 13 First Time Experience 1

• The first time she had sex, it was with a man.
• She'd been eighteen years old and he was twenty-three. He'd driven her to the party in his red Camaro convertible, which he'd bought for himself just days before their date. She'd noticed that little detail as soon as she saw him—the car, not his age or looks. The car wasn't a big deal; she knew plenty of girls who were dating much older men. But when they arrived at the party, she saw another girl sitting on the front porch swing with a guy she didn't know. When she stepped inside, she could see three more girls dancing around the kitchen counter, all dressed exactly like her: short skirts and bare legs with midriffs showing through thin tank tops. All except one girl, who wore a white turtleneck sweater over an A-line skirt. And of course there was the hostess, wearing only a black silk robe tied open at the neck and hanging down to her knees.
• "You're too young for this," she told him again, but she let him lead her onto the deck anyway. It was covered by a large patio roof that would have kept them dry if it hadn't been raining. "It's just a bunch of college kids."