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"AND YOU'RE SURE ABOUT THIS?"
Theo had already picked up Clara from Harpers house, his eyes focused on the road in front of him as the brunette picked nervously at her nails. He knew why she had requested that they see one another — to discuss the whole thing of friends with benefits. He couldn't blame her for being skeptical. Perhaps Theo had rushed into it, appeared to the girl as a threat that wanted her only for her body. It was much more than that, but he didn't want to admit it just yet.
Consent was important to the dark haired boy. If a girl said no, she said no. If a girl asked him to stop, he would stop. So if Clara was unsure about if she wanted to do this or not — they wouldn't do it. It was that simple. There was no point in forcing a girl to do something she didn't want to do.
Clara bit her lip, "I'm sure."
Theo pulled off the road and onto a long gravel path, continuing down until a empty abandoned parking lot came into view. "
"I know that."
"I'll be back before dinner?"
"You'll be back before dinner," the boy confirmed. "Follow me."
•••
THE TWO WALKED THROUGH THE woods until Theo stopped at a wooden picnic table — the forest around them covered all else, a short dirt path leading back to his car. Clara sat down on one side, the boy on the other. "Is this your version of a secret spot?" The brunette asked, running her finger along the table.
"Yes."
Theo had found it years ago when he first ran away from home, in an attempt to get away from his overbearing parents. It was secluded, unused. Of course, the police found him within a couple of days, but that wasn't the main point. He had an odd attachment to this particular bench, no matter how odd that sounded.
"And you've... taken—"
Theo knew the question from the very start. It was her way of saying — is this spot a place that you bring other girls to seduce them, too? Are you a man whore?
"Other girls here?" He finished off.
The girl nodded, refusing to make eye contact. "Yeah."
"I won't lie to you, Clara." He would never lie to her. "Other girls have been here."
Not many, though. Mainly the ones that could be trusted with simple secrets.
Theo had been with many girls before, even ones who brought him to their own secret spots like his. Abandoned skate parks, a waterfall in the forest, you name it. The thing was that the new girls he was with would continue to judge him for his past — they wanted to know his body count, what his preferences were, everything. The boy could see that Clara was disappointed that this place wasn't special, meaning that it was exclusive to him and her only.
