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She’d had the virginity thing banged into her for so many years, she really had no interest in having sex.
    Scott was totally her type. He has such a great body, Anna thought to herself. Nice muscles, but not too bulky. She flashed to an image of a painfully thin woman with sunken eyes and a scarf wrapped around her head. Again, Anna closed her eyes. She replaced the image with one of Scott, her hands buried in his hair. Anna opened her eyes and went back into the bathroom. The door was steamy, but she could make out Scott ’s body behind the glass. He was singing softly.
    She took the towel out of her hair and opened up the shower door. She pushed Scott back against the tiles and kissed him.
    “Thanks for brushing your teeth,” she said, nipping at his ear.
    “You ’re welcome,” Scott said, kissing her neck.
     
     
    “I ’m starving,” Anna said after they were both dry and clothed.
    “Me too,” Scott said.
    “Yogurt, cereal, toast?” she asked.
    “All of the above, please,” he said.
    Anna took a box of Chex from the pantry and put two slices of bread in the toaster. “Could you get two yogurts? Bottom shelf.”
    Scott complied. “Can I make a pot of coffee?” he asked.
    “Please,” Anna said, getting bowls and silverware. “The filters are right above the coffee maker.”
    The bread popped up. She put a slice on each plate and set out butter and jam.
    “I wonder what my roommates are going to think,” Scott said, pouring some cereal into his bowl.
    “Do you care?”
    “Not really,” he said. “I just don’t want it to be awkward.”
    “They ’re going to think you just banged the hottest intern at Peace Out LA. You can tell them you got a base hit, but that she’s saving the home run for marriage. And that she has a phenomenal body.”
    Scott laughed. “How about I tell them I started dating this amazing girl and we watched a vintage copy of Harold and Maude?”
    “That works,” Anna said, smiling at him. Anna loved beginnings. When everything about the other person was new and exciting. She wondered how long it would be before Scott started to bore her. They always did. The longest had been a resident advisor, but after two months he started to refer to Anna as his. As if she were some sort of property. The break up had been awful; she essentially had to start dating someone else to convince the enamored RA that she was no longer interested in being his girlfriend. After him, Anna always gave herself an out.
    “Let ’s go on an official date,” he said.
    “Harold and Maude doesn ’t count?” she teased.
    “Would you like to join me for dinner?” he asked formally.
    “Sure,” Anna said. “Where are we going?”
    “I haven ’t decided yet. What do you like?”
    “I ’m up for anything,” Anna said.
    “I need to go back to my place to change first. Want to come back with me?”
    “It’s ten in the morning. Kind of early for dinner, don’t you think?”
    “We could go to the beach first,” Scott said. “Burgers and shakes for lunch?”
    “Very tempting,” said Anna. “If I go back with you, we may set a record for longest date ever. We’re already fourteen hours in.”
    “Let ’s do it,” Scott said. “We’re overachievers.”
    “OK,” Anna said. “Let me get my swimsuit.” Anna went to her room and stuffed a bikini and towel into a shoulder bag. She stopped by the bathroom to get sunscreen.
    When she got back to the kitchen, Scott had cleaned up the remains of breakfast and was loading the dishwasher.
    “How does a guy like you not have a girlfriend?”
    “Oh, I have one,” Scott said casually.
    “Well, tell her I ’m so glad she’s letting me borrow you for the summer. I promise to give you back,” Anna said.
    “Anna, I was joking!” Scott protested. “I ’m not that kind of guy. I honestly have been so busy with school that I haven’t really had time for a girlfriend. I dated a girl for a few months last semester but she got mad when I