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I narrow my eyes

"At least not the really important ones," Selena clarifies with a satisfied nod of her head

"They’re all important, that’s why they’re secrets"

"I think there are definitely different degrees of secrets For exa the Tylenol fro it to her "Just tell me what you want to tell me"

She blushes "I don’t know if I should say I don’t want you to think I’ up a s the back of it As soon as I read the first sentence ‘Ribbed increases her pleasure,’ I flip the box around and read the front before stuffing it back on the shelf I feel blood rush to h--you know, the head back h that also draanted attention Ia whole row of condorab Selena’s ars out of h to buy condoroider with exciteets when she’s ready to gossip "Tell me, what size does Seth use?"

"Why are you so obsessed with my sex life and what size condoms my boyfriend uses?" I whisper as an elderly woracefully returns Thank God, she didn’t hear me

"Because I’m curious I want to know I like sex and I like to talk about sex, and now that you finally have a boyfriend I wouldn’tnaked, I want to know all of the details" We stroll down another aisle--the confectionary aisle--and Selena grabs a long, skinny packet of Twizzlers "So, what size?"

"I don’t know," Iher face "We don’t use theround and I stare down at the at Selena’s terrified face You’d think she just saw a ghost

"Are you fucking kidding uy and you throw all caution to the wind? You knohat co, eating--babies Not necessarily in that order and so else to do Typical Selena, always blowing things out of proportion

"Don’t laugh, O I’htly--did you even hear what I said? Babies B A B I E S Screw that"

Selena never has been a baby person, but I have I’ve alanted kids--hell, I even expected to have at least one by the age of twenty-three

"I’ up her lollies She takes it from my hands and puts in on the shelf Apparently, she’s lost her appetite

"Yeah, and smoke alarms in houses actually prevent fires," she states sarcastically "By the time you’ve woken up to a smoke alarm, it’s too late The fire has started and the s the house Don’t rely on the pill Double up on protection--shit, triple up on protection Make no mistakes"

I roll my eyes and proceed down the aisle "Anyway," I exhale "What did you let Jackson do to you?"

With a huff, she drops the conversation about Seth and I having unprotected sex

"Well, letand I’"

DTF? What the hell does that e me, O I was born to be awesome, not perfect" She continues with her story "Jackson is into soht…I let hi "You let him tie you down?"

The old lady that passed by us earlier walks by again, this tiive her my best ‘I really hope you didn’t hear that’ s her head and slowly strolling away

"Why’d you let hi, for Christ’s sake, not an animal," I tell her in a harsh whisper

"Because I like him and he promised he wouldn’t hurt me"

"Funny, that’s what the serial killer said to his victim in the last Law and Order episode I watched"

She blinks at arbage bin My point is…" I say "Okay, so I don’t actually have a point You can do whatever the hell you ith your body"

"I know I can--and I do, but the thing is…it doesn’t stop at tying down I wish I could tell you, O, but I pro to open up to me sexually and I don’t want you to repeat it to anyone"

"Who ah once "You’re , I’ll just tell you that he’s into public sex"

That I knew already

"And he likes to hurtover the top He doesn’t bruiselike that" Is that supposed to make me feel better? "He likes to slap s like belts or whips He likes to bite me and pinch me as well as pull my hair--"

"Wait…" I interrupt "You just let his "He needs it He can’t…finish, unless so and I want to be the person to help him"

"What he needs is professional help"

Selena’s brows pull together and her lips straighten into an impassive line "He doesn’t need professional help, Olivia He needs someone who understands him"

Oops I didn’t ot soh?" I ask her straight out "What if he wants things that you can’t give to him? What if you draw a line and he wants to cross it?"

She visibly thinks about my question "I don’t know…"