" You told him no." He told me no." Oh, shit." I should be happy, right? He saved my virginity. He kept his promise. He said, 'We can wait.' What more...could a girl want? And then he said that maybe it would be better if we weren't together all the time and maybe we should see some other people." Brenda was crying in my arms again, our lunches forgotten on the table. I glanced up and there were tears sparkling in the eyes of all my special girlfriends and of Doug and Rachel, too. They were the. Stupid thoughts flooded my head.“Dumb girls,” Pam remarked, “They don’t know what they’re missing.”“Yeah,” I replied, “Life’s too short to not enjoy it.”Pam chuckled. I liked the way she smiled, and she made me feel at ease. I also thought she was super sexy in her form-fitting lycra running shorts and her sports bra.“So let me ask you something,” Pam remarked, as we headed down one of the tree-lined streets in the neighborhood where we all lived. “Are you still a virgin?”Damn. I had not. He stood in a relaxed posture with the polished walnut stock of his chrome plated meat grinder resting on one hip. Even the loud-mouthed woman was smart enough she had shut up and sat down fast when she'd heard the unmistakable sound of the shotgun action clacking.Snowman shouted cheerfully, "Hell, yes; I'm ready for a drink; matter of fact, I'm buying the house a round." He pulled out his wallet as he walked around Leon; he laid a hundred-dollar bill on the bar. Rick followed him over, he was. His name was Steve and he was in his fifties and had retired recently. Steve was a really friendly guy and he started to remodel his house. I talked to him daily when he was working on the house. He had a whole work shop in the garage and built everything in there. I often brought him lunch since his kitchen was torn apart. Steve was not good looking, but he was charming and very nice. He always made me feel so comfortable around him and made me laugh all the time. Steve had a pretty big belly,.