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Weekly Contest #302
That summer, all I wanted was to lose my virginity, but the thought of asking any of the guys I knew made my stomach queasy. I wanted it to happen quietly, to get the deed done, without any damage to my reputation, as a good, smart girl. Hillary would have known who to choose, but she wasn’t around to guide me. Tucked away in my bedroom, I turned to the only males I confided in: the life-size posters of Donny Osmond and David Cassidy. Hillary was also there in an 8x10 school photo perched on my nightstand, her framed perpetual smile always n...
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