“Nope. No, thank you. Waiting until marriage.”
“Uh huh.”
“Well, it’s true.”
I grinned. “Good luck with that.”
And after a brief pause, Allison spoke.
“Can you believe we’re going to all be in college in a month?”
I shook my head. “It doesn’t feel real.”
“My parents are already helping me pack my things. And I haven’t even found an apartment to live in yet.”
“So they aren’t making you stay in the dorms on campus like they were?”
She shook her head. “No. I finally convinced them to let me have my own place after swearing to them Michael wasn’t moving in.”
I barked with laughter. “You’re kidding.”
“Not one bit. They thought I wanted my own place so he could move in.”
“You’d kill him.”
“You know how I need my space. And he’d never give it to me to study and all that stuff if we were under one roof.”
I grinned. “Though, you having your own place might come with some other perks.”
Her face fell. “Stop it.”
I held my hands up. “I’m just saying!”
“I’m not sleeping with Michael anytime soon.”
“But maybe sometime in the future.”
She paused. “Did he put you up to this? Did he tell you to try and wear down my walls?”
I snickered. “You know damn good and well Michael wouldn’t ever have the guts. I know he respects your boundaries. And you do, too.”
“Then why are you riding me so hard about this?”
I shrugged. “Because I think you’re stuck in a mindset that’s going to hold you back in college. I mean, if you can’t take control of your sex life as a girl, who’s to say you’ll take control of your education?”
“What makes you think that not having sex until marriage is something I’ve been relegated to? Why can’t that also be a personal decision I make because my sex life is mine?”
“Good point. Is it a decision you’ve made?”
She nodded. “Yes, it is.”
“Okay, then. Subject dropped.”
“Thank you.”
I sighed. “Mom’s having a hard time with it.”
Allison took my hand. “Still cryi