Never Again

The Other Sex (15)

When I open my eyes, I realize that I'm still in the woods... on Trace's lap.

"Morning," I hear from behind my head.

I yawn, "What happened?" I position myself so that I can see Trace. His hair is a perfect mess and he still looks a bit sleepy. Cute.

"We fell asleep last night. I'm surprised nobody woke us up," Trace says and I blush remembering the night before. "Oh right. It's weird that nobody came and got us," I say.

"They probably were afraid of what they might see," Trace says, smirking. Confused, I scrunch my eyebrows together, "What do you mean?"

He looks surprised, "Oh nothing." I just shrug.

"We should probably get up," I say reluctantly, not actually wanting to move.

"Okay," Trace says and we slowly make our way off the ground. He takes my hand as we go through the forest. Soon enough, we reach the edge and notice, for some reason, the other three couples sitting in a circle near the cabin.

"What are they doing?" I ask Trace.

"I guess we'll find out," He says as we begin to walk towards where they are sitting.

The first person to see us is Nathalie. "They're back," She says suspiciously. The rest of the group turns their head, with amusing expressions on their faces.

"What?" I ask. Why is everybody looking at us?

"Why were you gone all night?" Mina asks, smirking. Oh gosh, did they know we fell asleep together?

"Guys..." Trace says.

"I think I know why," Linda says giggling.

"They really did it?" Seth asks the group.

"Did what?" I ask. I turn my head to look at Trace, who is death staring at the group.

"Kiss?" I ask. That really doesn't seem too big of a deal... I guess. For some reason, everybody looks like they are about to laugh.

"Wait... Does she not know?" Al asks Trace.

"She seriously doesn't know?" Jase asks. What don't I know?!?

"Woah... Wait," Nat says, standing up and coming towards me. She pulls my arm and leads me to the other side of the cabin.

"What is going on?" I ask, totally confused. She sighs, "Well, uh, do you know what sex is?"

What? Of course I do.

"Yeah, it's like your gender," I say obviously.

"No, I mean... the other sex."

"What other sex?" What is even going on?

"Oh gosh. I can't believe you don't know this," She looks very unexpectedly shocked.

"Know what?!" I exclaim. Is she going to explain this to me or not?

"Okay. Well, do you know where babies come from?"

"The DNA medicine the government gives you." Isn't this obvious?

"No, I mean before the medicine," Nathalie leads me.

"Uh.. From guys?"

"Do you know how, though?"

Do I know how? I guess not. It never really came to mind- I guess I've never really thought about it.

I tell Nathalie this and she still seems quite shocked, but is quick to explain. Within a few minutes, my innocent brain has been ravished through education. I can't believe I didn't know these things before now.