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uncomfortable, and knowing exactly why she’d asked.
    “You realize that just about every girl in school wants in your pants, right?”
    He shrugged. “I hadn’t noticed.”
    “I find that hard to believe.”
    He turned and leaned against the shelf. “Are you one of these interested girls? Just curious.”
    “Maybe.” Her eyes twinkled at him.
    “I thought you had a boyfriend.”
    “It’s different with college guys. They ‘date,’ which means they fuck whoever they want when they’re at school. Why shouldn’t I?”
    He laughed. “Straight to the point, huh?”
    “I don’t care for games, and you don’t seem like the type to play them.” She tilted her head and inspected him. “You’re not even nervous, are you?”
    “Why should I be nervous?”
    “Most high school guys practically shit their pants when I talk to them, but if I’m being honest, I’m actually a little intimidated by you, Dean Monroe.” She looked amused and mildly confused.
    He looked her over, impressed by her honesty. “You’re different from the other girls.”
    “I don’t think you’d still be talking to me if I wasn’t.”
    “No, I wouldn’t.”
    “So, can you check me out?” She held up the CD.
    “Too late,” he said as he pushed off the shelves and made his way behind the register.
    He rang her up and handed her the bag, but before she walked away, she pulled out the receipt and jotted her number on it.
    “Call me, okay? Sooner than later,” she said as she handed it to him.
    “Count on it.”
    She turned and walked away, and Dean watched her hips swing all the way out the door. Roe turned when she passed him, slack-jawed.  
    “Did Audrey Fucking Winston just give you her number?”
    Dean held up the receipt.
    Roe rolled his eyes and shook his head. “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. How the fuck?”
    Dean shrugged. “She just gave it to me.”
    “Tell me you’re going to call her.”
    “I’m not an idiot.”
    “What do you think she wants?”
    Dean raised an eyebrow.
    “You think?” Roe asked.
    “What else could she want? You think she wants a boyfriend?”
    “No, probably not. What are you gonna do? I mean, you’re a virgin, and she’s … she’s Audrey Winston.”
    “I’m pretty sure I can figure it out.”
    “Well, no shit. But you’re not going to impress her, since your skills in the bedroom are a grand total of zero. How are you not freaking out?”
    Roe was giving him that look again, the one that reminded him that he didn’t feel what other people did, that he was somehow not normal.
    “I don’t know. I’m just not worried about it.”
    Roe shook his head. “You’re superhuman,” he said as he made his way back to his box of inventory.
    He looked down at Audrey’s number again and smiled, curious about her, and felt a little flutter of excitement in his chest at the prospect of having her.  

    Dean called her the next night after he got off work and agreed to meet her at her place after her mom left to work the night shift.
    She opened the door with a smile. “Hey.”
    “Hey.”
    “Come on in.”  
    He followed her into the living room, and she motioned to the couch.
    “Want a drink?”
    “Sure.”
    “Whiskey okay?”
    “All right.”
    She poured him a whiskey and Coke and sat down next to him. He took a sip and tried not to cough as it burned its way through his chest.  
    Audrey watched him with curious eyes. “Can I ask you something, Dean?”
    “Shoot.”
    “Have you ever had a girlfriend?”
    He shook his head. “I’m not exactly boyfriend material.”
    She rested her elbow on the back of the couch. “No? Is there anything I should know?”
    Dean shifted in his seat. “I just can’t be what they want. I can’t give them what they need from me.”
    “Well, I’m going to make this easy for you. I don’t require very much from you, partly because I need you to not require much from me . Let’s keep this simple. I won’t ask anything of you past