She’s a virgin.
If he kept on repeating it to himself, he was sure he was going to believe it. This was not how he imagined his first couple of days with a woman.
“I’m going to change,” she said.
“I’ll grab you some fresh clothes to change into.”
He left her alone, and entered his own room, looking through his closet. There were no other clothes for her to wear other than his gym kit. She was so small compared to him. Pulling out his cell phone, he dialed Jacob.
“What’s the matter?” Jacob asked, picking up on the first ring.
“Yeah, you know your feelings for Lou, were they instant?”
“What do you mean?”
“You know, did you want to screw her brains out? Did you want to help her? What was it like?” Oliver asked.
Jacob was silent for several seconds. “I don’t know. I wanted to impress her, I still do. I want to be there for Lou, help her. The need to be with her never goes away, but I found that I was more than happy to take her pace.”
“Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of.”
“What do you mean?” he asked.
“Ruby’s a virgin. She doesn’t seem to get the whole sexual attraction. She thinks I’m a girl.”
“Why would she think that?”
“I, kind of, saw a cockroach.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah, oh.”
“She’s discovered your hatred of bugs.”
Oliver rubbed at his temples. “What do I do?”
“This is down to you, Oliver. We’re all different. What worked for me and Abel, won’t work for you. Lou and Harper are nothing like Ruby. Couldn’t you see that today?”
Yes, he had seen it.
Lou and Harper were more familiar around family. They thrived in the attention, the love. Ruby, she tried to hide. The first opportunity she had, she made excuses to leave.
“Yeah.”
“I wish I could help, and I know Dad would be pleased to help but there’s nothing we can do about it. Are you heading over to the Santos place?”
“Yeah, the moment I get her some clothes.”
“Mom’s already ordering her stuff online. You should have the first delivery tomorrow,” Jacob said.
“Excellent.”
Hanging up the phone, he pocketed his cell as he took the gym clothes to Ruby.
Minutes later, she was coming out of the bedroom, wrapping her long raven hair up on her head.
“We should have gotten my clothes,” she said. “And my weapons.”