And You're Just What I Need...

Day Two- Afternoon/Evening

“you told me nothing happened!” dakota yells at me once I finally make it down for dinner.

 “nothing happened.” I repeat my words from earlier.

“then why is my soon to be husband telling me that you guys kissed?!”

I groan and glare at Adam. “we did not kiss. He kissed me. There’s a difference.”

“so the date tonight?”

“you told her?!” I question Adam.

He shakes his head no, “I told Finn, Finn told her.”

I look at the engaged couple, “Dakota, if I tell you something, you can’t go and tell Finn. Finn, the same goes for you, got it?”

“just to warn you, she’s not really the dating type.” Dakota tries to whisper to him. She’s not really good at whispering though.

“hmm, well, that works with me.” Adam replies smugly.

“oh, ha, no, she’s virgin.”

“Dakota!” finn and i both yell at her.

“what?”

“that is defiantly not something you share to everybody.” Finn explains to her. He has been teaching her manners since his family is really big on all of that. Not that he doesn’t love her the way she is, just that, if he gets cut from his family’s money he doesn’t know what he’ll do.

“well, it’s true.”

Adam looks over at me then, the moment i look up, “actually,” i start, turning towards dakota, “it’s not.”

“you’re not virgin?”

Finn could feel the awkwardness, “adam, how about we go..,” he paused, trying to think of an excuse.

“play halo,” i finish for him.

“yeah, halo, sounds good.” Adam gets up and they walk into the rec room.

"You’re not virgin?” Dakota asks once the boys are gone.

“but, how?” she stutters out.

“it was in Italy”

“I just don’t get why you didn’t tell me.” she was mad. More than mad, pissed.

“It wasn’t a big deal to me. the guy was in Italy, it all happened in Italy, and I sort of pushed Italy out of my head. So, to me, it still hasn’t happened.”

“but you could have told me at least. I’ve been thinking you’re still virgin!”

“I’m sorry.” I say, knowing that those words didn’t really mean anything to her, but it was worth a shot.

“sorry isn’t going to fix this one. You should’ve told me.”

“I know, but I didn’t and there isn’t anything to do about it now.”

“what about the past five years?”

“it only happened in Italy.” I tell her.

"You haven’t since?”

I shake my head no, “god woman! You’re crazy!”

“are you mad?”

“very.” She says and then walks upstairs to her room. She wasn’t joking and I knew it. I knew when Dakota was pissed and this was one of those rare times. I move into the living room and flip on the morning cartoons. The thought that my daughter was watching these right now popped into my head and I shook it out. I couldn’t think that way. The guys both walk out of the rec room and upstairs, leaving me down here all alone.