Spencer never really used an alarm clock. But lately he woke up early every Sunday. The last day of the week filled him with excitement. This is the day when Carly and his Dad calls him for a nice long videochat. Due the different time-zones they always call early so Spencer has to wake up on time. But this Sunday he woke up way before the clock went off. He felt it kinda strange but hungry even more.

He went to the kitchen and on his way he turned the computer on. He ate some cereal and went back to his room to dress up. He wanted to make a good impression to his family, to make them believe that he can handle his loneliness quite well. He just put on a clean shirt when he already heard the incoming call.

Spencer went to the living room to see it was indeed his family who called earlier than expected. He clicked to receive the call and few seconds later Carly's face appeared on the screen.

"Hi Spencer!" she jingled.

"Heeey kiddo! What's up? You're calling early!"

"Yeah..." Carly said with some confusion in her voice "If it's not a good time we can talk later."

"No, no, it's cool! Dad's not with you?"

"No, not yet. He just went out to get some breakfast. Just a half an hour and he'll be back."

"Okay..." Spencer said suspiciously. "Do you want to talk to me in private? Is something bothering you?"

"Yeah, kinda... I just need your advice."

"Oh, great!" said Spencer feeling joyful "How can I help you?"

Carly sat closer to her monitor and started almost whispering.

"Something happened with me last night and I don't know if that was right..."

"Be more specific please." Spencer was getting nervous.

"I've met this guy. He's from Florence. He's really cool and super cute, got his own car and everything! We've been kinda dating for a month now and last night he asked me to spend the night at his place...

Spencer was listening patiently but he got slowly upset about this story so far.

"Does Dad know about this?" he asked.

"Are you crazy? I can't talk to Dad about this! I kinda... sneaked out."

Carly keeping secrets from their Dad... Spencer started to feel really uncomfortable.

"Go on." he said.

"So I went to his place. It was so romantic! He made me dinner and we've seen a movie and stuff. Later we started kissing and one thing led to another..."

"Dude!" Spencer exclaimed "Why don't you talk to Sam or Freddie about this?"

"I've already called Sam but she was asleep. Cat answered but she was busy babysitting... And I really like Freddie but I can't talk to him about guys you know. I thought it's better if I ask you."

"Yeah, I get it." Spencer says resigned. "Sooo... what happened?"

"So turns out he never had sex before either. That's why he wanted to do it with me because he loves me and we're both virgins... well I mean we were..."

"Oh my god" Spencer gasped on his high pitched voice.

"I mean we tried but somehow it didn't worked out right... if you know what I mean..." Carly whispered those last words.

"What do you mean?" Spencer asked impatiently but in his mind he was already picturing some scenarios from his own past.

"It's just... it didn't feel right! You know I've been waiting for this for a long time and now I met this more than awesome guy... but the first time... it was kinda horrible..." Carly got sad.

"Maybe you guys aren't ready for this." Spencer said.

"No way! I'm more than ready!" Carly reacted firmly.

"Carly!" Spencer screamed.

"Come on! I expected you're gonna understand!"

"Okay, okay... I do understand... but you have to tell Dad!"

"Ahh!" Carly grunted "That's all you can say to me? That's not why I called you!"

Just at this moment Freddie walked in the front door without knocking as usual.

"Hey Spence, can I borrow your..."

Carly and Spencer just trembled away from their own computer screens. Spencer just realized how aggressively he's been grabbing the edge of the countertop.

"Is that Carly?" Freddie asked looking at the monitor "But it's too early."

"Yeah, I was just bored so I called a bit earlier" Carly replied naturally.

Spencer looked back at Carly.

"Don't forget what I've said!" Spencer warned.

"I won't." Carly said annoyed.

"What were you guys talking about?" Freddie asked.

Carly didn't respond this time.

"Oh... umm..." Spencer stammered "Just... about... my bread business! Yeah... seems like I'm starting it again!" he said and went to the kitchen.

"Buon giorno signora!" said Freddie and sat down to the computer.

"Wow Freddie" Carly wondered "You're speaking Italian now?"

"Just for you muchacha" he laughed.

Carly and Freddie started to talk about their everyday life. Freddie gave a heads up what's happening in Ridgeway and in his nerdy after school activities. Carly told everything about her classes, new friends and parties in Italy, while Spencer just automatically took out the ingredients (including his chef's hat) and started preparing for baking bread.

"Spencer are you alright?" Freddie asked suspiciously.

"Sure I have enough yeast..." he mumbled.

A few minutes later sleepy Sam joined the conference call with noisy kids in the background. "Caaat! Get these kids away from our room! I'm trying to videochat!"

Spencer was ready with the bread dough when Colonel Shay arrived and joined the talk. Spencer put the dough in the oven and finally had enough courage to go back in front to the computer and talk to everybody.

A half an hour later he could totally forget about Carly's problem and he was just genuinely happy to see and talk to everyone like in the old days. He didn't even notice the thick, dark smoke that came out from the oven...

Later that night Spencer and Socko were sitting on the couch watching Celebrities Underwater. They've already eaten a large homemade pizza and drunk a couple of beers. But Spencer couldn't get Carly out of his head and sighed loudly.

Socko paused the tv.

"Okay, what's up? You're acting strange."

"Nothing!" Spencer said surprised.

"Oh, come on! You're not fooling anybody! I can see somethings wrong!" Socko said.

Spencer took a deep breath.

"It's about Carly. He has a boyfriend and stuff happening fast."

"Aha..." Socko understood "And you freaked out ..."

"Sure! I mean... what would you do?"

"Oh, I've been trough this with Penny too. I had the same awkward conversation with her when she was younger."

"And you didn't freak out?"

"Just a little bit. But you have to understand! Carly is almost 21 years old. She's not a little girl anymore."

"But she's always gonna be my baby sister. She's growing up so fast!" Spencer complained.

"You got to let her live her life! What happened anyway?"

"It's just..." Spencer started embarrassed "They slept together for the first time and it wasn't as great as she expected. It was the first time for both of them so of course they didn't know how to do it right." Spencer took a sip from his beer "I totally understand... it's just so strange!"

Socko was thinking for a few seconds.

"So what did you say to her?" he asked.

"I wasn't able to give her any advice... Freddie came in and then they were talking until Dad and Sam arrived too."

"Dude! You gotta answer her!"

"And what should I say?" Spencer asked loudly.

"The same thing you've just said to me! You have to make her feel comfortable about this!"

"I just don't want her to do something stupid."

"Having sex is not stupid! Sounds like you don't trust her..."

"Sure I do! She's very responsible."

"Thanks to you! You practically raised her." Socko said and Spencer smiled "And she still turns to you if she needs advice. You got to help her no matter what!"

Spencer slowly nodded. "You're right man. And thanks."

Far after midnight Socko crushed on the couch. Spencer turned off the tv and the lights in the living room and went to his room. He took a long and boring shower. Meanwhile he tried to collecting his thoughts. He really wanted to answer Carly.

He laid down on his bed with his PearPad and started to type.

"Hey Carls! Listen! I'm sorry I freaked out this morning. You're a grown up now and I trust you with all my heart. I promise I'm gonna try to grow out from the over-protective brother figure. I just want all the best for you but I realized you're the one who really knows what's best for you... and your boyfriend seems like a nice guy.
We've never really talked about these things before because of embarrassment but we have to be adults now!
You know my first time was with a little bit older girl who was much more experienced. Even though it was kinda weird for me too. She said I have to loosen up but I didn't really understand at first. I was jut too excited that it's finally happening. I don't know how it feels for girls but I think you can apply the same advice here.
Of course it's weird for the first time... just like everything else. But it needs to be practiced. You guys give some more time for yourselves! It's a natural thing, it's gonna be great with time, trust me!"

Spencer was about to hit the "Send" button but he remembered one more thing he wanted to write to her:

"Oh and most importantly: USE PROTECTION!"

Spencer sent the message, put the PearPad next to his bed and tried to sleep. A few minutes later a message arrived on his phone.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Carly asked.

"Socko is here. We threw a lame tv-watching party." Spencer answered.

"Sounds awesome."

"Yeah it was."

"Thanks for your message. It means a lot! I managed to talk about this with Sam and she kinda gave me the same advice."

Spencer got upset for a second... even Sam lost his virginity already...

"Just take care of yourself okay? Since I can't be there to watch over you!" he typed.

"I wish you were here! I miss you like crazy!"

"I miss you too kiddo! But now you have the chance to spend some time with Dad! And I'll always be there for you."

"I love you! See you next Sunday!"

"I love you too! See ya then!"