“Yeah my bad, we had some business we had to take care of.” I said with a smile, Sidney’s face turned bright red. “Hahahaha, I’m sure it was... important, now go downstairs and party, I’ll be down in a minute, I have my own business to take of”, he said with a smile and looked at the two girls taking care of him. God they were so damn hot, how does he do it, it never fails him. I took Sidney by the hand and headed downstairs, as we got to the bottom of the stairs I was handed a shot of whiskey, my. ” That sort of thing. It was a massive turn on to be talked to like that. He just wanted to fuck me and that was that, no boring getting to know one another bullshit. We chatted dirty most of the night, then, suddenly he stopped replying.I was kind of disheartened. I wanted to talk to him more. Maybe give him my phone number. But I heard nothing.A few days later I was alone late one night. I quickly checked grindr and saw a message from him. “Can you come over now?”Part of me considered it. But. I’ve learned that a long road trip alone allows my mind to travel a lot of obscure trails. That’s okay in nice weather. It isn’t good, however, to let myself get distracted when the snow is whipping around the fenders. A couple of times I had already slid, once nearly into the ditch. While I was remembering Sherry and how Rebel came into my life, I almost missed a curve. I skidded and nearly lost control. My old high school driver’s-ed class came through for me, though.I slowed down even more. We went back to his house to spend some time alone.The Goldbergs were very understanding, even Sandy.I would have loved to take him back to my room, but after the pep talk about all the eligible prospects awaiting me in Europe, I thought it a trifle lacking in subtlety.The truth was, at that point I did feel an urgency to get him into bed. But I felt the same urgency to be pressed up against him, to kiss him, to feel his cheek against mine, to feel the rise and fall of his chest as I snuggled.