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“Anyway, it ht not count,” says The Mouse “If you knew him for three hours, you’d kind of know him, wouldn’t you?”

“It would have to be like the zipless fuck in Fear of Flying”

“Please, do not say ‘fuck’ I hate that word It’s ‘ie says

“What’s the difference between ‘’ anyway? I mean, really?” I ask

“Fucking is just intercourse Making love is intercourse plus all the other stuff,” The Mouse says

“I can’t believe you haven’t had sex with Sebastian yet,” Maggie declares

“Well…”

Maggie turns around to look at The Mouse in disbelief, which causes her to nearly drive off the road When we recover, Maggie says, “You’re still a virgin,” as if it’s some kind of crime

“I don’t like to think of in’ I prefer to think of myself as ‘sexually incomplete’ You know Like I haven’t finished the course yet”

“But why?” Maggie asks “It’s not even a big deal You think it’s a big deal until you do it And then you think, ‘God, why did I wait so long?’”

“Coie Everyone has their own timetable Maybe Carrie isn’t ready,” The Mouse says

“All I can say is that if you don’t do it with Sebastian soon, soie intones ominously

“If that happens, it uy for her,” The Mouse insists

“Besides, I think they already have,” I quip “Done it with Sebastian in the past, anyway And, hey, I’ve only been seeing the guy for two months”

“I was only seeing Peter for two days e did it,” Maggie says “Of course, our circumstances were special Peter had been in love with me for years”