I ride into the parking lot of the mini mall as I'm locking my bike I sees Beth, the girl from the bookstore, walking from her car to work.

"Good morning."

I remember what I'm supposed to do with her, ask questions.

"Is it a good morning?"

"I hope it is."

"Hmmm"

"Some days I am just not in the mood to work." She sighed

"What are you in the mood to do?"

"Oh, I don't know..."

"You don't know? Or do you know?" I have no idea what I'm saying I think I sound stupid. She seems to think I'm being sexy.

"You're bad."

"Are you bad?"

I walk off leaving Beth looking like she is about to have an internal explosion.

Jay comes over as soon as I enter the shop "Don't worry about what happened last night. Tonight I am having a party at the Holiday Inn. Nine 'o' clock in room 313, It's gonna be earth-shattering. Are you free?"

I nod "I think so."

He laughs "I was kidding. I know you're free." With that he walks off.

The day was long at work but I couldn't help but smile every time I thought of Ashley. Maybe I should invite her tonight I'll ask Jay when I get there.

I arrive at the front of the hotel going in I walk down the hallway looking for the room. When I find it, the door is cracked open so I head on in.

I look around the suite there is nobody in sight.

"Hello." When I get no answer I turn to leave, Jay must have thought this was funny. I didn't just then a beautiful young woman comes out of the bedroom.

"Well hello."

"Erm... H...hi...Are you here for Jay's party?" I shifted from foot to foot feeling nervous. "Where is everybody? Are we early?"

"No we're right on time" She smiled

I frowned "Then everyone is late. That's not very polite."

She sat down on the couch in the room and patted the sit beside her "Come sit down."

I down next to her not really knowing what to make of this I try to make chit chat "So where do you know Jay from?"

"We just met the other night. You're really pretty."

I flushed a bright red "Thank you. You're pretty too" she put a hand on my knee making me shift slightly a bit uncomfortable now "What's going on?"

She smiled again "The party is getting started."

"N...Nobody else is coming?" Ok don't panic... don't panic... all alone... panic... with woman... panic...

"I'm all the party you need." She said stroking up my leg.

As soon as her hand moved my head went into panic overload "Oh my God." I stood up abruptly almost hyperventilating.

She took my hand a sat me back down softly "Don't be nervous. I'll take good care of you."

Then it all fell in, Jay set this up, she'd been hired "Are you a... prostitute?"

"I'm whoever you want me to be. I can be a prostitute or I can be that sweet innocent girl you had a crush on in high school. You know, the cute one who never looked at you but now she realizes she made a mistake and wants to make up for it"

I back away to the other side of the couch but she follows me "Oh God. Jay did this didn't he?"

"They're good friends. They just want you to have a good time. Don't worry I've been with virgins before. It's okay that you know nothing because at the end of tonight you are going to know everything. You're gonna do everything. Nothing is off limits." She sighed "They paid extra for that."

"H...How much are they paying you?"

"Five hundred for two hours"

"I will give you six hundred dollars to leave now or we can find someone else that you can have sex with. I'm sure we can find someone to use that credit on." I just wanted to get her out of here.

"You don't have to have sex with me. I've been paid. If you want I can just go home now. No skin off my apple." She sighed sadly and her shoulders slumped.

"No, no, no. I'm sorry I've insulted you. Maybe I'll want to have sex." I say feeling bad trying to cheer her up again. "Let's just slow down maybe there is something else we can do for a minute."

I thought for a moment thinking of what we could do. There was a TV in the room we can watch pay per view. I couldn't believe my luck when I saw that the old Buffy movie was on.

"This is better. This way we can watch the movie, get to know each other a little, then maybe we can do something." We lay on the bed watching the movie.

"How long is this movie? I only have two hours."

"It's one and a half hours"

We settle down and I begin to relax feeling no more pressure "Who's that chick?"

"That's the hero of the story. She doesn't know it, but it's her responsibility to save the world.

The movie comes to an end and I look beside me to see the prostitute is asleep as the credits roll on the TV I get off the bed and look at her. She looks sweet when she is asleep I give her a gentle kiss on the cheek and walk out the door.

-x-

Next morning at work I get talking to Jay, Dave and Bob about my night.

"What did you do to her?"

"I was like, if this is paid for then I am gonna get my money's worth!"I sighed lying was hard work "So I took her from the front. I took her from the back. I took her from both sides! She was screaming. She was like, "I want to have more sex with you. Let's continue to do this dirty sex."

"How was her ass?" Jay asked

"It was so... perfectly in proportion, when I took off her panties... they were all filled with baby powder and..."

Jay cut me off "Oh Goddammitt! Nothing happened! That cost us five hundred bucks!" he sighed "This is bullshit. I give up. There's no helping you."

"Hey, buying a streetwalker is not helping me. I told you I wanted to meet a nice girl. Someone I might even like I am not a pig like you guys." Ha go me I just stood up for myself I grinned.

"No, you are certainly not. You are pure as the driven snow and you plan on staying that way."

"Lay off, Jay." Dave said bitterly I think he was as fed up with his immature attitude as I was.

"No, I tried to do her a favour. You know how hard it was to find her. Someone I thought she might like. That took work and does she appreciate it? No."

"Look I'd appreciate it if you took your nose out of my business! I may be a virgin, but you're the ones who need to grow up! Life isn't about sex, it's about being a good person and I would rather treat people well and I say that proudly. If you don't like it, then I'll get some new friends. That is if I ever really was your friend in the first place."

A customer came up and asked for help so I walk off leaving them looking depressed.

-x-

I walk in push play to check my messages and plonk down on the couch exhausted closing my eyes they soon shoot open again as Ashley's voice fills up the room.

"Hi, this is Ashley. I hope you don't mind me calling you. Your friends at work gave me your number. I feel bad about what happened the other night and wondered if you would let me make it up to you. Call me back on this number, hope to hear from you."

I sit bolt upright wondering whether or not to call her back, I did like her so I guess that I should I pick up the phone and return the call. We arrange to meet at a little diner the next day at eight to say I'm excited would be an understatement.

I dressed casually and headed out, i got to the diner quicker than I thought I would and find Ashley quickly she stood out amongst everyone, so beautiful she was playing with her napkin nervously and it made me light up inside that she was as nervous as I was.

I sat down opposite her "Hey"

She smiled up at me nose crinkle and all, suddenly it was only us in the room and nothing mattered apart from seeing her smile. My stomach fell when her face dropped and she sighed "I am sorry I didn't tell you I had a kid"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Most people wouldn't want to go out with a 'mother'"

I frowned "Why not?"

"Are you serious?" I nodded confused as to why that would matter "Then I won't tell you. No need to put ideas in your head."

"How many kids do you have?"

She paused looking down at the table "Just the one her names Taylor she's sixteen"

"You must have been really young."

"Why do you say that?"

"Well because you are so young now."

"Are you full of shit or is this real?" she laughed.

"Why do you keep saying that?"

"Because if you're for real. I'm gonna fall in love with you" I blush a deep red finding my fork extremely interesting when Ashley lays a hand on my arm "I'm sorry. I'm just goofing with you."

I cleared my throat trying to hide my disappointment "I know."

She removed her hand and sat back in her chair "So, I was thinking if we start dating that we shouldn't have sex."

I nodded "Uh-huh."

"I just think it complicates things too much, and then you never get to really know someone because that is always confusing things."

I nodded again looking up at Ashley "It is very confusing."

"Does that bother you?" she looked like she was ready to be let down, staring at my face like she wouldn't see it again.

"Hmmm let me think about that. I see what you are saying. Obviously I want to" I lower my voice "Do it." Returning to my normal voice "But I can see your point. If we don't have sex we can really get to know each other."

Now it was Ashley's turn to nod "And if that works out, then we can have sex like really have sex."

We laugh I was starting to like Ashley a lot I could not be more relieved to have the pressure taken away.

We finished dinner then headed to her place. We were watching television her daughter, Taylor, comes inside with her eyes covered "Is it safe to come in or are you doing it?"

Ashley laughs "It's safe. Taylor. This is Spencer."

"Hi" she says uninterested she turned back to Ashley "I came home because I got bored and couldn't think of anything else to do. Can I watch TV?"

"No. You've watched enough television for today. Why don't you go read?"

"I am so sick of reading. That's all we do all day at school." She huffed and sat down on a chair arms folded.

"Hey. Let me show you something. Do you have a coin?"

Taylor digs one out of her pocket and I put it in my palm and show it to them then I close my palm and re-open it with the coin gone.

"You're not seriously doing magic, are you?"

I put my hands out again opening them up and it is back. Then I put it in one palm, closes it and it is two coins. I see Taylor eyebrows rise with interest "How did you do that?"

I shrugged "I don't know, it's, uh... magic." I close my hand again open it and they are gone then I open the other hand and there are three quarters. Then I close my hands together opening them up and the quarters are gone but the other hand has a dollar bill in it.

"That's crazy. How did you learn how to do that?"

"I have a lot of free time."

"Can you show me how to do it?"

"The magician's code says I am not allowed to say how tricks are performed." Her face falls, she looks disappointed "But who cares about magicians? They're creepy anyway. If they get mad, I'll punch them in the nose." I giggled and so did Ashley and Taylor as I start showing her how to do the trick.

"Well I'll come find you when I can make a twenty dollar note magically appear" We all giggle again and she heads off to her room muttering about crazy amounts of homework to do. I turned back to Ashley to find her staring at me beaming.

Ashley and I have a quick drink then I had to go, work in the morning and all that. I stand

"Where you going?" she looked at me with huge eyes.

"Just saying goodnight to Taylor, then I can say goodnight to you" Ashley smiled as I popped my head round the door of Taylor's room "Goodnight Taylor, it was nice to meet you"

She looked up from her books "Night Spencer" I went to shut the door "and Spence call me Tay" I nodded then properly closed the door.

"Aren't you glad we didn't do it?"

"So glad, let's never do it."

She laughs whole heartedly it's the best sound I ever heard. "Okay."

"Did you... erm... I mean" I cleared my throat "Do you want to go out again?"

"Uh...Yes"

"Ok good" I sighed "Do we have to wait a while before we do? Do you want me to call you?" I ask nervously I haven't been here before I'm not really sure what happens now.

"How about tomorrow?" I grinned

"Tomorrow it is." That was less confusing then I thought, I lean in and for the first time in my life I am the instigator of a kiss. I keep it short but sweet and heartfelt.

Ashley smiles shyly "Goodnight Spence"

"Night Ash" I walk off what's that expression... Happy as Larry that was me I felt tingly all over and light as a feather.

-x-