"We do some things," I answered and it wasn't defensive, just a statement. Eddie and I weren't ready for sex, not yet, and I was comfortable with that. I was also comfortable with Eddie and I knew when the time came, we would be able to talk to each other about it.

New Year's Eve had happened so naturally, after all our panic, and although a part of my brain had still been worried when we first started kissing, soon enough my body had just taken over and I wasn't worried at all.

"Emancipated?" I asked. "I don't know what that is."