The Lost Girl

Chapter 7 Discovering the feeling of love

I woke up when the sunlight shined through his windows. Ryland should really learn how to close his curtains. I turn my head to see if he was next to me and he wasn't. I got scared for a moment. Then I hear a sweet voice go "Good morning Jae! I made us breakfast! Hope you like strawberries and oatmeal". "Thanks so much. I love oatmeal and strawberries happen to be my favorite fruit." "Okay good, I was hoping you'd like it". "Wait... did you just call me Jae?" "Yah. Why? You don't like it?" "No. Not at all, it's just that no one has ever nicknamed me before." "So looks like I'm the first". A grin started to form on his face as I felt one form on mine too. Then I went and checked my phone which was off. I went to turn it on and it was blowing up with notifications from Celeste. I had 26 missed calls and 30 text messages. In the texts, is was evident that she was concerned regarding my whereabouts last night. Shoot, I should have told her that I was gonna spend the night at his place. I decided I needed to go back to my room and get ready for the next course that we had today. I finished my breakfast and got up to leave then Ryland stops me. "Where are you going, Jae?" "Sorry I need to go to my room and get ready for class, we'll talk later. I promise." "Can I at least walk with you to your room?" "Sure." We walked across campus back to my room. While we were walking I decided to thank him for his company last night. "Thank you, I had a great time last night." He looked back at me and responded "No, thank you. I really love having you around." I started to blush and I felt a smile come upon my face. We were at the door of my dorm room. I turned around and said "Goodbye Ryland. Maybe we can hang out later, I guess?" "Yah. I'll come back to pick you up at seven." "Okay. Bye!" "Bye. I love you." I went in to hug him and then he placed a kiss on my forehead before I headed into my room. I waved goodbye and opened the door. 

Celeste whips her head around as I walk in. "Where were you last night?!" She exclaimed. "I was hanging out with a friend, chill. Sorry for not telling you I was spending the night at his place." "You should have told me! I was so worried. Why weren't you answering any of my texts or calls?! I thought you had gotten lost or something! Wait... You were spending the night with who? Did you just say him? Do you have a new boyfriend you're not telling me about?" Quickly a grin started to form on Celeste's face. "A what?" I answered in confusion. "You heard me. Do you not know what a boyfriend is?" I nodded in confusion. "Wow, your parents really didn't teach you anything. A boyfriend is basically a male love interest. If the love interest was a girl it would be called a girlfriend. Do you understand?" I nodded my head yes as I was less confused.  "I don't know if he is my boyfriend. I did have this weird feeling when I was around him. Every time he held my hand it felt like as if my heart melted. Every time he hugged me, it felt like as if my mind went blank and all that mattered was that moment. When we talked, it always felt so natural. It was like as if we knew each other our whole lives, we are just so comfortable with one another. Yesterday I decided it was time for me to tell him that I had these weird feelings around him and if he had those same feelings. To my surprise, he had the same feelings and he knew exactly what they were, he said it was love. Until yesterday, I didn't know what the feeling of love was. He then went in and pressed his lips against mine-(got cut off by Celeste)." "Wait... Stop there... He kissed you!?" "Yah sure, whatever you want to call it, so let me finish." "Okay fine." "After that I pulled away in confusion and asked him what that was. Then he told me when you love someone, you kiss them. So I said okay then and leaned in to press my lips against his-(got cut off)." "Just call it what it is, a kiss!!" Celeste said with impatience. "Fine, so I leaned in to kiss him again. While we were kissing it felt like nothing else mattered or even existed. It was like we were on a lonely island with just us living on it. I don't know how else to describe it, but it was the best feeling ever. So do you think he is my boyfriend?" I asked with curiosity. "Well, I don't know about that just yet, but I do think my best friend is in love." "Who me?" I asked turning my head and pointing at myself. "Yes, you." Then a smile appeared on Celeste's face as she gave me a hug. "So I'm gonna go ahead and guess you guys haven't had sex yet, right?" "I guess not. I don't really know what sex is." "You're parents really didn't teach you anything and this is actually important. I will give you a sex-ed class, but only if you want." I thought to myself why not? So I nodded my head yes. I then saw her take out a notebook and pen, ready to write stuff down. I looked at her as she was drawing what looked like a female body and what looked a male body. She then started to explain. "So sex is something that either happens when two people are deeply in love or if you have Layla's personality, when you are really drunk or just want a quick fling. Any questions so far?" "No, not really, but where is Layla anyways?" "She said she was gonna spend the night at some guy's house as in she was gonna go and have sex with that guy." "Are they in love?" I asked tilting my head with confusion. "No, that would fit into the second category. Can I continue now?" "Got it and yeah." "Okay so a guy has a body part called a penis, also know as a dick and a girl has a body part called a vagina which is also known as a pussy. When the guy is aroused his penis will get hard which is called an erection. He then releases something called cum or sperm if you want a more technical term. When sex happens the guy then insert's his penis into the girl's vagina. So this is basically what it is. Do you understand so far? I want to make sure so I can then start to explain all the risks and outcomes of doing this." I thought all of this was so weird to me and I couldn't understand the purpose of these actions but I will soon understand. I nodded my head yes so she can continue the lesson my parents were supposed to give me. "Okay, now I will explain all the risks of sex. Now sexual intercourse may be pleasurable but the main purpose of having sex is so the girl will get pregnant and have babies...(got cut off). "So that's how babies are made!!!! I always knew that whole fairy story was off." "What story?" Celeste asked raising an eyebrow. "Nothing, go on." "So since I am assuming that you don't want to get pregnant anytime soon, you have to make sure to have protection. You can either accomplish this by having the guy wear a condom or taking birth control. Condoms are these latex things that go on the guy's dick to prevent his juices from coming into you. Condoms can also prevent some STDs which are diseases you can get from sex which I will get into another time. So if you don't want to get pregnant and you aren't on birth control make sure THE GUY WEARS A FUCKING CONDOM!!! Okay so is everything clear? You can always borrow some of my birth control if you need it and if I don't have any, Layla surely has some. One last thing, be responsible with who you are sleeping with. Always make sure it's with someone you trust. If you need any advice, you know I am always open to listen and give you advice." "Okay, got it. Thanks so much. This really helps. I really wish my parents would have explained me these things but whatever." I knew my parents were lying! I don't think they ever told me any truth. "We need to go to class now, Jaelynn." "Okay, let's go then." We walked out the door and closed the door behind as we walked into the classroom with the professor in the front of the room ready to teach the course.