Opposites Attract

Chapter 13: Fuck, Janey

The soft strum of guitar strings can be heard inside the house. I sit on a stiff deck chair braiding Katie's hair as she sits on my lap.

"Ashy's good at that." She tells me and I nod.

"Does he play a lot?" She shakes her head.

"Only if I'm sad," she tells me. "But he plays a lot more now." Asher stops playing, puts down the guitar and comes over just as I finish Katie's hair.

"Katie, why don't you go play with your Barbies!" Asher suggests excitedly. Katie nods enthusiastically and runs off.

"Can I sit on your lap?" He jokes and I shake my head. "Why don't we take a walk?" He holds his hand out and I accept it. "Tell me about yourself." I think for a second.

"If I could pick my last meal before I died it would be fried chicken and French fries from the diner. My favorite color is purple but I try to convince myself it is yellow because yellow stands for happiness. I have a tattoo of a crescent moon wearing a night hat on my left hip bone." I look over to see if Asher is listening and he is in fact, looking back at me. He nods, signaling me to continue. "My favorite drink is Peach Snapple and whenever my friends would come over when my parents weren't home we put whatever liquor we could find in it. I think run tastes the best with it. I love country music. I had a chocolate lab named Paws when I was eight for a month until my father sold him after he peed on the carpet."

"Wow."

"Your turn," I nudge him with my hip.

"If I could pick my last meal, it would be macaroni and cheese casserole my mom used to make and a beer. I don't have a favorite color, I have a tattoo of a tiger on my chest, and a snake on my foot, and I never had a pet." At this point we had turned around and the end of the street and we were walking back.

"First kiss?"

"Michelle Baker in sixth grade. You?"

"Harvey Decker, ninth grade. How did it happen?"

"I had some people over, it was the first night I got drunk. Before that, we played spin the bottle."

"Wow. Pretty advanced for sixth grade." He shrugs.

"How did yours happen?" I laugh.

"We were at a celebration dinner for some clinical trial my dad took part in or something and Harvey got everyone's attention and asked my father, not me, if he could take me to dinner and a movie next Friday night. My father said yes and then Harvey leaned down and kissed me."

"That is awful."

"I know."

"So he was your first date too?"

"Yeah, it was really one for the books. We went to the movie and saw Monster University and then we went to dinner at some overpriced Italian restaurant. I was home at 9:30." Asher laughs.

"Doesn't sound like I've missed out."

"You've never been on a date?" I am shocked.

"Not including our 'date' to the pizzeria, nope, never. I find hook-ups to be more efficient." I nod slowly, its quiet for a while. "I shouldn't have said that."

"It's fine."

"No, it's not. Jane, you're not a hook-up." He stops walking to look at me.

"Are you sure? If you've never had a relationship, why should I be an exception?"

"I've never had a relationship because I've never had feelings for anyone. Not until now." I sigh.

"Please, don't make a fool out of me, Asher." He lifts my chin up.

"I won't." He promises, lightly kissing my lips. We continue walking. "So," he swings our connected hands back and forth. "Was Harvey also your first time?" I blush and roll my eyes.

"How do you know I've had a first time?" He stops swinging our hands.

"Fuck, Janey. You're not a...?" I raise my eyebrows. Standing on the tips of my toes and I brush my lips over his.

"What is the one thing you can have that Harvey won't?" He doesn't respond. His breath comes out ragged against my lips. "My virginity." I press my lips against his and he immediately responds. Wrapping one arm around my waist to pull me closer and tangling one hand in my hair. We pull apart to catch our breath, Asher buriers his face in my neck.

"Fuck, Janey" he rasps.

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Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry its been soo long! I'm getting back into updating this and my other story "Four year old Cupid" (if you haven't checked it you should) so updates will hopefully be coming more regularly! I hope you like the chapter!!