Page 3 of Mr. Big Mistake
My eyes snapped to hers. “What?”
Roxy gasped. “You sneaky little bitch! You’ve been holding out on us!”
Karina belly-laughed. “That’s directed at you, too, Roxy. It’s worth it to find someone you want to stick it out with. Not bouncing around from month to month.”
“Hey, I’m better than my sister over here. She only makes it through a few dates.”
I shook my head. “Can we not talk about me like I’m not sitting right here?”
Karina looked me dead in my face. “Fine, Kelly. When was the last time you got laid?”
Roxy turned to face me. “I bet it’s been at least two months.”
I scoffed. “Look, this is private for me. I just--I don’t want to--I don’t know if I can--.”
Karina scrunched her eyebrows. “I’ve got a story if you tell me.”
Roxy gripped my arm. “Tell her, woman. For the love of all that is holy. Tell me! I’m your sister!”
Karina smiled. “It’s a good story, too.”
“Please, Roxy. I’ve never needed you more than at this moment,” I bit my lip.
“It’s a funny story, too.”
Roxy gasped. “You’re killing me, Kelly. Just spit it out why don’t you!”
Then, I lost it. “I’ve never had sex, okay!?”
It felt like the entire restaurant came to a dead standstill. Karina’s jaw dropped to the floor as my sister’s hand slid away from my arm. I wanted to die, right there. I wanted to melt into a puddle and be absorbed into the carpet. That wasn’t how brunch was supposed to happen. We were supposed to be having fun.
Now, people were peered over their shoulders at me, I buried my face in my hands. I wished for my own damn death.
“You know, I think I’ve always known that,” Roxy said.
I slowly looked over at my sister. “I hate you.”
Karina flopped back into her chair. “It makes so much sense now.”
“I’m sure.”
Roxy rubbed my thigh. “I mean, it does. You’ve never made it past the third date with a guy. You always come home early if you have a date at his place. It’s because they want to have sex, and you don’t, right?”
I didn’t want to say anything, but she hit the nail on the head.
“Why did you never tell us this?” Karina asked.
I laughed bitterly. “Why? So I can be humiliated by my two best friends?”
Karina furrowed her brow. “Is that what you think we would have done?”
“Isn’t that what you’re doing here, right now?”
Roxy squeezed my knee. “If we knew what you were talking about, we wouldn’t have done this, no.”
I looked over at her. “And yet, sex is somehow a different topic? What if I was having sex, and I just didn’t want to talk about it? What, then?”
The table fell silent again, and I reached for my water. At that moment, I wished I had ordered, literally, anything else but water.
