Monica was not a virgin. I knew that much. I had caught her with a boyfriend at least once and ignored the sounds behind her closed door enough times while I was sneaking out of the house myself. Still... "And what was 'before' like?"

"Oh, I don't know!" She flushed again, and then slapped my shoulder. "Stop laughing!"

I batted at her fingers. "I'm not."

"You are!" She almost growled. "It's just... You know I've- God. I had sex in high school but it's different. I don't know. I feel like a boy sometimes."

"Don't pigeonhole yourself. Girls get horny, too."

"I know," she said. She chewed at her fingernails...