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subject.”
    “It’s not that,” she said as she stuck her phone in the door handle and rested her forehead against the glass. “Can I tell you something personal? You can’t laugh.”
    “I won’t laugh,” he promised with a worried frown.
    She was quiet for a long moment. “He dumped me because I wouldn’t sleep with him.”
    Kurt shrugged and said, “Okay. So what? I expect you know when the time is right for you.”
    “You don’t understand. I’ve never done it.”
    Kurt shifted uncomfortably in his seat. “Uh... Charlotte.”
    “I know it’s weird just bringing it up like this, but I’m graduating in a few months. I’m literally the only person I know who still hasn’t had sex. At first I told myself I was being picky, waiting for the right guy. But Brian broke up with me last week because he didn’t want to be my first. He said it makes things too complicated.” She wiped her eyes, but kept looking out the window.
    “Shit. I always assumed Pete was your first.” Pete Landry had been her high school sweetheart and had taken her to prom.
    She sighed heavily and shook her head. “When we got to the hotel room after prom he tried to, but it turns out he’s gay.” Her sad chuckle broke Kurt’s heart, but the news made him gasp.
    “Wait, Pete’s gay?” Kurt asked with a frown of confusion. “Shit, that explains a few things. No wonder you wanted to come to Houston with me,” Kurt said as he patted his sister’s leg. “I don’t know how much I can help, but you can always talk to me about things if you need to.” No matter how weird it was, she was his sister and he loved her.
    “Thanks,” she said and blew out a long breath. “The crazy thing is after all the classes on anatomy and sexuality, I can probably answer all my own questions.”
    “So what’s the problem, then. Find a nice clean guy, roll a condom on, assume the position, and enjoy the ride. It doesn’t have to be more complicated than that.”
    She gave him a cool look. “It ain’t the mechanics I have a problem with.”
    “So what is the problem?”
    “I panic. I tense up. It’s the opposite of exciting to me. I feel like I’m gonna throw up.” Charlotte rubbed her face with her hands.
    Kurt could sympathize with irrational fears. He said, “Look, I’m scared of heights. I can climb a ladder, but when I had to climb up the mast to secure an antenna in the middle of the gulf, I thought I was gonna die. But there is only one way to get over being afraid of something.”
    “Sitting in this car, I completely agree with you. Curled up on the couch with someone I’m really into, not so much.”
    “What do your friends say?” he asked.
    “They say they understand, but then they spend the weekend locked in their bedrooms making the most interesting noises with their boyfriends. I’m afraid they secretly think I’m weird.” Charlotte pulled her long hair over her shoulder and picked at the ends.
    “Well, I’ll give you the same advice Meemee gave me. Let your heart rest for a while. Then when you figure out what you really want, grab hold and don’t let go.”
    She smiled at the words. “She’s a smart woman.”
    “Yes she is,” he said as he stared down to road toward Houston. “Yes she is.”
    * * *
    J ack answered the door with a grin of surprise when he saw Charlotte standing next to Kurt. “Welcome, you two! You’re just in time for dinner.”
    Kurt and Charlotte sat their bags down just inside the front door to hug their Uncle Jack. “When I said I was coming, Charlotte decided to tag along.”
    “I bet Noëlle is gonna kill me for taking both her kids at Christmas,” Jack said with a worried shake of his head.
    “It’s cool, Uncle Jack,” Charlotte said. “We worked it out with her before we left.”
    “Well, come on in. The kids have been going crazy all day waiting for you.”
    The two girls exploded out of their chairs the second Kurt and Charlotte entered the kitchen. “Yay! Uncle Kurt!