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Callie held o, okay?”

Aileen recoiled “Wait… Lucas? Um… that other arsehole?”

“I’m sure Steven can take care of theh with that answer, and if I had my doubts about whether Steven would be available, I was pretty happy to keep those to myself

We were serenaded with catcalls and lewd reh’s house, which soed to be utterly exquisite even when full of drunk people Ashleigh glanced at us as we passed her, but didn’t excuse herself frooodbye

When I flopped into the back seat of Callie’s car with Aileen, I hurt again, but I feltaway from all of them Callie roared off in the car in a way she never used to drive before: I guess she never used to have to go to these sorts of parties, either

“So, uer to break the silence, but she didn’t have the excuse of driving not to, either “Do ant to knohat happened tonight?”

“The answer to that is definitely no… and you’re about to get a brainful anyway What do you do if you think there’s a risk of being pregnant?”

Callie groaned “Oh, Steven, you fucking did not Yourto lose it, Tamara”

“Actually I’ not to start outmy sex life with my mother”

“It ht now,” said Aileen, as apparently going to take the very weird unlike-Aileen step of being very practical about this “We’ll have to find a way to sneak you to one tomorrow”

“Assu you’re okay with that,” Callie added

“Because… I ious and have issues on those grounds?” Religion was one thing I didn’t have to worry about holdingto remember, but my mother had attended a church for a while after we left my father, had apparently really appreciated their support while she was trying to rebuild her life Until she thought she figured out that churches were actually pretty keen on keeping women imprisoned in their oays Ryan toldcere taint froion

But she would still flip out if she got wind I’d needed to resort to eency contraception

“I don’t judge these days,” Callie said

I sighed “How do you rateall of this from my mother, anyway?”