What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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SOLVED. YA Short Story anthology about virginity loss. Title may have been First Time or Cherries?
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Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth edited by Michael Carthttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
It looks like the story you describe is Extra Virgin, near the beginning.
I don't remember if it was fiction or nonfiction. I remember most of the stories being between opposite sex partners, but some same-sex stories. I think there were a dozen stories. The title may have been First Time or something to do with cherries? I remember cherries on the dark blue or black book cover.
One was of a girl who didn't want to have sex before marriage, and it hadn't come up between her and her boyfriend yet. They were passionately kissing and she shifted position on the couch, accidentally crushing a bag of chips with her back. "Very few people think about chips in the heat of passion. But tortilla chips have very pointy edges." The girl's name was possibly Beth? She told her boyfriend she wanted to wait and he was a little surprised, but fine. They went out for Italian food. The server asked if they wanted extra virgin olive oil and they both laughed. "I can bring you butter instead," she suggested. "No," said the boyfriend, taking Beth's hand and smiling. "This is right." I think the story was called Extra Virgin.
Another story in the anthology had a title with a math pun. The POV character was a huge math nerd. He would give himself pep talks while biking up the hill to school. "Man, I'm feeling kind of obtuse," he'd say during a bad day, and then, "I'm feeling absolutely acute!" on a wonderful day. He had a huge crush on a boy in his class, who he was assigned to tutor. The boy's name was Matt. After they had sex, Matt ignored him and hissed at him when he tried to ask why Matt was ignoring him. Matt used homophobic slurs. The POV character realized Matt was struggling with his sexuality and he didn't want to have to comfort Matt, since he was already out and it had been a hard journey.
I think one of the stories written about two women having sex involved Catholicism and guilt.
I'll comment if I remember anything else.