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Jenny

A forest of evergreens flashes by as ht turns of the h the leaves and the ind rustles my hair fro about our trip to the cabin and all the things they otten to turn off before we left My little brother sits besidehis book I have no idea how he does it That would make me car sick in an instant

The batteries inelse to do but scroll through Tinder There are a lot of cute guys to check out, but I’e interestwith e makes me roll my eyes They’re so iirl’s looks and sex—which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I’ pressured into anything

Not that I’d really have to be pressured into it I want to loseto plan, I will losethe next three weeks at the lake house I can make it happen I willwith plenty of good-looking guys to choose fro out like crazy for the last coupleon this little suood in my little black bikini

I can’t help but think about the conversation I had with o to the lake She told oodie-goodie, the prude who knows nothing and will scare off all the boys who are too nervous to be with me because it’s my first tiet it over with Not that there’s anything wrong with being the pure girl, the virgin But I don’t want to be that girl It’s a choice I’ve made and I’m determined to make it happen

Myme I close the Tinder app before she sees it and I put my phone face down in my lap

“Did you get all your classes in order?” she asks

If she’s going to askthree weeks I think she e than I ae years were the best of her life and I should e it has to offer And believe me, I plan to

“You’ve asked erness

“I know, and I know you’re an adult now and can take care of yourself, but it’s still my job to make sure you’re all taken care of”

“All o”

“What about housing? Did you find out anything about who you’ll be roo with?”

I laugh as she twists her hair into a knot, so she does when she’s nervous The dorms are coed I’m sure she’s afraid I’ll end up with a boy in the room, but I’m fairly certain the university irls in the saether

“Not yet It’s the beginning of su about ether”

She sighs and the worry on her face ages her She turns back around to face the front of the car I hope she’s able to enjoy her vacation with all these questions filling her head My dad, on the other hand, seeet rid of ood relationship or that he won’t be sad when I leave; I’m sure he will, but he doesn’t quite have the same empty nest blues my mom will have I think he wants to finally have his wife all to hio to college, I have a feelingup for all those tiether

“Dad, do you think Annie and her fa to keep the conversation busy so my mom doesn’t come back with more questions about school