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kisser? I don’t know. For whatever freaked you out back there,” she said in a low voice.
    Alex felt like kicking himself. “I’m the one who should apologize, Rose. When I kissed you, I felt like someone had punched me in the gut. Kissing you is sexier than getting naked with most girls. I felt like I needed to get you somewhere public where I couldn’t try and take advantage of the situation. I understand now why girls always had to have chaperons until recently.”
    Her eyes widened. “I see. Can I just say that kissing you turned me on a whole lot too? I’ve only been kissed a couple of times, but you were definitely the only one who has made me want more than a quick kiss.”
    “That doesn’t help. I love it that you’re so blatantly honest about everything, but I could have done without that this time. This is only the second time I’ve been out with you, and you’re already getting under my skin.” He shook his head. He’d known he liked her that first night, but what he was feeling now was out of his realm of experience.
    “I understand,” she said. It was no big deal. They had made no commitments to each other, right? Why did she feel like she was losing so much then? “It’s been a fun weekend. Thanks for that.”
    “I’ve enjoyed the weekend too. More than I can express,” he told her. He needed some time alone to think right now. He wasn’t going to be able to go through a long dating process with her. She turned him on too much.
    He needed to regroup.
    He pulled up in front of her apartment and opened her door for her. Instead of following her inside, he kissed her cheek.
    She smiled up at him. “Goodbye, Alex.”
    “Lock the door after me,” he said as he turned to go.
    Rose walked into her apartment and sank onto the couch, letting her tears fall. How could she have fallen for him in one weekend? How could she have believed that he might actually want a relationship? She knew better. She always had.
    Sensible virginal Rose didn’t fall in love in less than 48 hours. She just didn’t. She wondered how many times she’d have to tell herself that before she started to believe that she hadn’t already fallen in love with him.
    *****
    Rose got up and worked out before work the following morning like she always did. She pushed herself harder than ever, trying to block Alex from her mind.
    At her desk that day, she felt out of it. She answered calls and did her job, but her mind and heart were not in it. She felt like she was working through a thick fog that she just didn’t want to find her way out of.
    At lunch, her cube-mate, Alicia, cornered her in the kitchen. “What’s with you? You’re acting weird.”
    Rose looked up at her. “I’m sorry. I guess I’m just distracted.” She wasn’t sure she was ready to talk about Alex with anyone. Alicia was her closest friend, so if she could talk to anyone it would be her.
    Alicia looked at her with concern for a moment, and then her whole face lit up. “You met a guy, didn’t you?”
    Rose laughed. “You know me. As soon as I tell them I’m planning on staying a virgin ‘til the wedding night, they take off running.” Rose tried to make it sound like nothing had happened.
    “Who was the guy who didn’t? You actually went out with someone didn’t you? Come on, Rose, it’s me you’re talking to. Tell me everything!” Alicia was like a dog with a bone. She wasn’t giving up until she got to the meat of the matter.
    Rose sighed. “I did meet someone, and I told him what I tell everyone else. We went out on Saturday night and went for a walk in the park and had a picnic yesterday.” And I blew it when he kissed me, she thought.
    “That sounds promising! A picnic in the park sounds right up your alley! What’s his name? When are you seeing him again?” Alicia was practically bouncing up and down with excitement; her short red curls were swaying with her movements, her brown eyes flashing. “You have to tell me