“Like what?"

"I never should have taken your virginity, for one."

I blinked. "Oh."

“For one thing, that was the big line that could never be uncrossed. If

I hadn't done that, maybe Alice wouldn't have left. Maybe we'd still be the same BTC I loved for the last few years. Maybe we'd all still be teasing you while getting backrubs on Matty's Chair and nothing more than that."

“Maybe someone else would've crossed the line and we'd still be exactly where we are today. Only then you wouldn't have been my special first, the one I'll remember for the rest of my life.”

Sam looked up at me, and I gave her such a warm smile that she couldn't help but lean in and let me kiss her again.

“I meant what I said back then," I told her sincerely. "I don't regret it in the slightest. You were my Venus, my Aphrodite. Still are."

She pursed her Lips.

“But not your favorite.”

I sighed. "I don't HAVE a favorite."

“Yes you do. It's whoever goes LAST. Zofi's got the right idea. By accident, she figured out the male psyche better than anyone else."

“Zofi?" I asked in confusion.

Sam sighed. "Last night, while Neevie was screaming, ‘Fuck my arse, fuck my arse, fuck my arse’ at the top of her lungs, Zofi and I got to talking. I wound up thinking I made a huge mistake taking your cherry.

In this race, it seems that the last one wins.”

I furrowed my eyebrows.

“I'm not following.”

Sam shrugged.

“You're a guy. Underneath the safe, nice guy exterior... you're still a guy. You're patient and kind and pretty damn amazing, but you're still male, which means that you get distracted by whatever shiny bauble passes by."

My furrowed eyebrows didn't rise.

“I'm still not following."

“Okay, well then maybe you're not so awesome."

I chuckled and pecked her forehead. "I'm trying here."

“I know you are. The POINT is: your favorite is always gonna be the one you have immediately in front of you. And the one you want is always gonna be the one you haven't had YET. Don't think I didn't notice the way you were making out with Mari on the couch during the movie while I was riding you. I saw the Look in your eyes when we took off that sleep mask on Saturday and you realized Zofi was blowing you. I see the way you look at her now that you've already bagged the other four of us.”

I frowned.