I dreaded that discussion with Pearl."Good job, Josh," Sandy said. "Knocking down traditional walls isn't easy. Would you mind a little advice?"I'd ju...t told her about my conversation with Pearl that afternoon. "No, I always appreciate your advice, even if I don't always follow it." Put yourself with Pearl and Tanya as soon as possible. After you fuck Tanya and Pearl knows you love her just as much or more than before, she won't question the concept again." Good thinkin'." I decided not to tell. The way he was looking at her made her feel like she was made of something better than she really was. He reached upward and touched her neck, slipping the pads of his fingers to the point where her skin met her hair.“You have to forgive me. I’ve never been in a position to wonder whether or not I should kiss a woman after I’ve already had my finger inside her. But at the moment, I’m feeling optimistic. Really fucking optimistic.”His touch made her want to feel his entire body against hers. She. " I must have looked as confused as I felt. "Oh, youreally are such an innocent one, aren't you?" she asked softly. "Don'tworry your pretty head, babe. Mandy'll teach you, just like my momtaught me." You're mom taught you?" I asked, incredulous. Mommy didn't even talk tome about sex; she would never teach me stuff like this."Hell, yeah!" Mandy replied. "I'm only fourteen, too, silly. I've onlybeen having sex since I was eleven. How else do you think I could knowthis much?" Mandy must. But that was as far as she let her teaching instinct go. There were things she would have liked to teach the boy that were not on any school curriculum, that were part of the secret rites of the growing-up process.As Dick grew more comfortable with her, he let himself be natural with her. She found his charm irresistible-all the more so because it reminded her of another boy and of a delightful episode that had just happened one afternoon when she had known Dan for about a month. She had been.