Page 3 of Their Virgin Valentine

“What is so wrong with wanting someone to find me attractive? I’m graduating from college next year and I’ll be moving out on my own. I can’t keep depending on you two for everything.”

“Why not?” They both ask.

I laugh sadly. “Don’t you two want to find a woman, start families of your own?”

Javier and Ryan look at one another for a long minute, then look back at me.

“Of course,” Javier says.

“What does that have to do with this conversation?” Ryan asks.

My heart plummets. “I’m going to go upstairs and study.”

“We aren’t finished with this conversation,” Javier says sternly.

“Yeah, I think we are,” I say, walking out of the kitchen and upstairs to my room.

The moment I hit the stairs the first tear falls, and by the time I get to my room and fling myself on the bed. Of course, they want to find a woman and have a family of their own. That's what any man would want. It just hurts that I'm not the woman they want, that I'm not going to be the person they start their family with. I hate that I feel this way and I know that I shouldn't. I need to get it out of my head that we could ever be together. This is why going on this date is a good thing for me and even if they don't realize it, it's a good thing for them too.

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