“You don’t need to do this,” I replied, passing her the vodka. “You don’t owe me anything.” Her face clouded, and her eyes darkened.She to...ssed back the vodka, slamming the glass on the table. “You think I do this because I owe you? I could stay at the airport. You are a handsome man. You are kind. You want me to be here – I could tell when we kissed. Why do you say this? I want to make love. I am a woman. You are a man. We are not children. Do you really want me to go?” She stared at me. “What. " So your 16 right " I said to Shelly” she’s 16 I told you " piped up Gina” I’m not fucking asking you Gina " I said to Gina"yeh I'm 16 it was my birthday few weeks ago " said Shelly” Happy Birthday , what did you get for your birthday ? "I said" Thanks, just some clothes and some perfume off of my Foster carers " she said” You in foster care then? " I said"Yeh , but I’m moving into my own bed and breakfast in two days my social worker is sorting it out for me" she said” sounds good " I said. But no, a woman has to get all emotional and notional and a man has to do the best he can. (By God, there could be a great title for a new country western song, "Emotional And Notional.") So I got buck-naked and started to crawl on top and she said, wait.So I waited and she opened her mouth and slid down in bed and started to chew on it. Let me tell you I was really surprised some when she done it to me. I had heard of it being done, but I never had it done to me. But then it started to feel. Beth was always cute, but like many ten-year-olds, she needed braces. Four of the future jocks and I were together on the playground, and they started making fun of Beth the first week her braces were installed.“Hey, metal-mouth. Nice look! I guess you won’t need an ugly mask for Halloween.”I said nothing. It hurt me that Tim said that to Beth, but I wanted to be part of the guy’s group. I just smiled. I’ll never forget the look in Beth’s eyes when she looked at me. She was quietly crying when.