Amara grabbed my arm from the living room where we had been watching cartoons. She hurried me into her room and sat me down on the bed before doing the same. She seemed giddy...a little too excited.

"So?" I asked and she bounced up and down on the bed still widely smiling.

"Okay so I've been thinking about this for a while..." I nod following along before she takes a deep breath and sighs. She looks me straight in the eyes and utters the most baffling words. I. Have. Ever. Heard.

"I think we should have sex." Excuse me ma'am? I stare back at her confused and she rolls her eyes.

"Please!" I blink my eyes rapidly trying to let the words sink in. Finally only one word manages to formulate in my mind.

"WHAT?!" I shout and she scoffs.

"Oh don't be like that I don't wanna be a virgin in high school and we're already in eighth grade!" She whines and I shake my head.

"So wait till summer!" I reprimand and go to get up but she grabs my arm and holds me down.

"Cmon we both know my parents and yours too were very much active even before the eighth grade." She then pouts and folds her arms across her chest.

"So?! Those were different times! If you wanna do it so bad do it with some other guy." I state and she shakes her head no slowly.

"Well why not?" I ask in frustration and she sighs once more. As if I'm the crazy or dumb one.

"Because, Mateo you are my best friend...I do not wanna be one of those girls who loses it to a rando but I also don't wanna be one anymore so and look I trust you-"

"NO. Are you crazy?! You could get pregnant." I interrupt to which she groans, in frustration as though she should be the angry one.

"I'll just use one of my moms birth control." She says very much nonchalant. Further infuriating me. I think my eye's starting to twitch.

"Do you take that before or after?" I ask and she shrugs at me.

"I'm not gonna get pregnant." She assures me but no offense if I can't trust the bitch who's mom-

"Your mom had two pairs of twins ON that very birth control!" I mean the audacity to- just lie straight to my face.

"So? Look Mateo I was the first girl to develop in the third grade! And I wanna be a whore by high school, I have the body for it and this virginity thing is really getting in my way. So as my best friend why can't you just help me?" She whines even louder and my jaw drops.

"NO." I re-instate and she mumbles something under her breath.

"Fine then I'll just sleep with some other guy! But if he starts talking smack you're gonna have to fight him."

"Bitch- that's even more of a reason you have 6! 6 older brothers- what if they find out I fucked you?" I feel my breath become more panicked. Even though I've done nothing wrong but I mean her brothers can do damage.

"Mateo! You are my birthday twin! We were born hours apart. We were children together so let's both become adults together." She says so with an innocent smile and I almost want to punch that dumb smile clean off.

"Bitch- now what kind of fucked up logic is that? What about stds you thought about that?" She stares back at me for a moment.

"You slept with another girl?" I shake my head no.

"Gotten a blow job?" I shake my head no again.

"So we're good dumbass." I groan and smudge my forehead.

"Aight but you can't just convince me to fuck you. You have to be in the mood and I'll tell you something. Right now? Not in the mood." I affirm and she grabs remote control making a hidden tv emerge from the end of her bed.

"What are you doing?" I mutter as she gets up and locks the door. Using all three locks.

"Grow up Mateo stop being a pussy were 13." She heads back over to me and I inch off to the side of the bed.

"Okay before we resort to drastic measures you wanna grab my tit?" I look over at her distraught. Now one might think just sleep with her. Grab a titty.

"Maybe."

"Well if you sleep with me you can grab that and a lot more." But she has 6 older brothers and her dads a narc.

"No thank you." I nod and she rolls her eyes again.

"Oh cmon what do you lose out of sleeping with me? You wanna go into high school a virgin? Plus! Since neither of us are actually into each other it'll be like practice and that way I'll tell you what's good and what's not. So when you do get a girlfriend you'll know just what to do and so will I." She smiles at me once more feigning innocence and I shake my head. I feel like a broken disc at this point.

"Fine we're watching porn." She states and starts typing on the tv screen through the remote.

"What? I don't even watch porn." I lie. But I'm a great liar.

"Oh really? I caught you Mateo and it was some real kinky shit I just didn't say anything to not embarrass you." She sighs and continues typing.

"Amara. I'm so serious why are you typing that in? You perv!" I fake gag and she rolls her eyes before grabbing me closer.

"Don't judge me...but on a real note do you really not want to?" She pouts with puppy dog eyes and I sigh.

"It's not that I'm just worried our relationship will change." I admit and she nods before slapping me.

"Are you gonna catch feelings?" She questions and I shake my head.

"So we're good. What the worst that could happen?" I shrug at her and she nods at me once more sarcastically before pulling me down closer to kiss.