Saint Bad Boy

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Author: Abby Chance
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said.
    I gave the group a playful shrug and said, “sure.”
    For the first time in my life I was disobeying the voice in my head that always led me down the path of purity. I wasn’t going to lie, I kind of liked it.

 
    Chapter Three
     
    There was Jake, standing by the pool with a couple of his buddies. His deep blue eyes, immaculate smile, and perfect jaw line on full display like a proud, colorful peacock. He was about 6’2’’ and wonderfully built. Not overtly buffed out, but slender and strong, kinda like an Olympic swimmer at the height of his physique. His hair was perfectly styled—short, kind of spiky, but preppy at the same time. It was to be expected, his mother was, after all, a professional hair stylist.
    There was something rough about Jake though. I knew that he’d get in trouble at school every now and then by being kind of a wise ass, but never breaking the playful barrier. A few detentions here or there but never a suspension. According to Gloria, he lived with his mother. His father left the family when he was four. I lost my father and went out of my way to act on the straight and narrow; Jake, apparently, went the other direction. But it was kind of nice knowing we had something in common.
    “You know Jake, right?” asked Chrissy, as she led us to Jake and his buddies, who were all holding Bud Lights by the pool. Tad and Steve were always attached to Jake. Tad was a little bit on the heavy side, he had a cute face and was known as the school clown, he was extremely funny. Steve was African American and was as fit and handsome as Jake. He had a bit of a reputation around the school as a player and a bit of a playful perv, always the first to play up the sex angle in every conversation. He probably gets away with it because he’s so damn good looking.
    “We’ve met,” said Gloria, smiling coyly.
    “Physics class, right?” Jake asked. I noticed him quickly glancing at my chest with his blissful, blue eyes.
    “Well, the good news tonight is that Jake got a full-ride wrestling scholarship to the University of Iowa,” Chrissy slurred proudly.
    “Congratulations,” I said.
    “Thanks,” he said, with a slight blush.
    “You girls like the margaritas?” asked Tad.
    “Yeah, they’re great—you made them?” asked Gloria.
    “Yes I did. They better be good, my family’s last name is Cuervo.”
    “Is it really?” I asked.
    “No,” Tad answered, as the rest of the group chuckled out loud.
    Great, now I felt like such a dunce falling for Tad’s dry sense of humor. They probably thought I was socially inept, or worst, someone who was completely out of their element.
    “Just teasing ya,” said Tad. “You want another?”
    Without even realizing it, I had finished my margarita 10 minutes into our conversation. Other than the ceremonial sip of wine I had during mass every Sunday, this was my first time ingesting alcohol. I was expecting to feel a slight buzz, but I didn’t have one at all. In fact, I just felt real relaxed. No anxiety, just going with the flow of conversation.
    “Sure, why not,” I said.
    “I’ll be right back with another,” Tad said enthusiastically. It was cute seeing him proud of his margarita making abilities.
    “So, what are you going to be doing next year?” asked Jake.
    I clammed up a little, his question had an inflection of sincere inquiry rather than one of conversational casualness.
    “You don’t really want to know,” I said.
    “Sure I do.”
    “Umm...”
    “Come on,” he said with a smile. “Spill the beans.”
    I paused, took a deep breath, and said with my eyes closed, “I’m going to be a nun.”
    Everyone around the pool stopped talking. Gloria clenched her teeth and grimaced.
    “Wow,” Jake said.
    I instantly felt uncomfortable.
    “I didn’t know girls still became nuns,” Chrissy said, her eyes half closed and glazed.
    Steve giggled as he held his hand over his mouth. “You are going to be the hottest nun of all time!” he

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