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sorry.”
                He lifted my
chin with his index finger and said, “For what?”
                For what?  I
looked at him, a little confused.  “Um, for that last night before I left
town.  For sneaking out of your bed like a coward.  For not saying goodbye.” 
We sat in silence for a good two minutes.  I felt like was going crazy.
                Finally, he
spoke. “Lilly, I am not sorry for that night.  The only thing I was sorry for
was not telling you how I felt sooner.”  Okay, I didn’t think he was going to
say that .  “Was I crushed to wake up and find you gone?  Yes.  Did I
feel for a moment like you used me? Yes.  Was I hurt that after the spending
the night with the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen, I didn’t even get to wake
up with you in my arms?  Absolutely.”  Maybe he is still mad.  What was I
thinking asking to come out here?  Now I feel like shit.  And a little slutty. 
“But, I only felt that way for a little while.  You know why?  Because I was a
kid, Lilly.  I’ve grown up since then.  I was a kid, and so were you.”
                Well…I wasn’t
expecting him to say that. “Um…huh?”  That was all I could say.
                Luke smiled
reassuringly at me. “That night may have not ended like I wanted it to, but I
don’t regret it happening one bit.  How can I be sorry for getting the chance
to be with my first love?”  Wow, I was his first love.  I guess I knew that, but
hearing it out loud really made it sink in.  “It should happen that way for
everyone.  More or less,” said Luke, with a smile escaping his lips. 
                “I guess you
are right.  I’m not sorry it happened with you either,” I said, and I could see
a smile spread across his face.  “But you have to understand, I had no idea how
to handle that situation.  I had never, ever had a boyfriend, or hell, even a
first kiss up to that point.”
                Luke lightly
laughed and said, “Wow, a first kiss and first sexual experience all in the
span of two hours.  You always were a girl that knew what she wanted.”
                I playfully
shoved him.  “Hey now, easy.”
    “Well,
I’m one to talk. That night was my first time too.” Wait, what? I was
his first? He told me he had been in love with me since seventh grade, but I
was truly shocked that we both each other’s first.  He was gorgeous, popular,
gorgeous, smart, charming…and gorgeous! How could he have staved off all that
attention just for me? Also, he was so confident and passionate and careful
with me that night, I would never have thought he hadn’t done that with anyone
else. He really knew what he was doing…how could he have been a virgin
too? Wow. Interrupting my thoughts, he said, “I’m happy for you Lilly.  Sounds
like you got everything you wanted,” Luke said.
                I lightly
nodded my head.  “It looks that way.  Apparently, so did you.  I can’t believe
you are a doctor now.  How did that happen?”
                “Well, I went
off to college that fall not knowing what I wanted to do.  But, my parents were
so adamant that I get an education, so I just started taking some core
classes.  It was halfway into my second semester of my freshman year that I had
decided to go into medicine,” Luke said.
                “And how did
you come to that decision?”
                His face
suddenly changed, and he looked sad. “Well, it was almost spring break, and I
decided to head to Florida with a couple friends.  I was in the middle of
packing…” he paused, waiting a few seconds before continuing, “when my cell
phone rang.”  He stopped speaking again, clearing his throat.  I patiently
waited for him to continue.  He took a deep breath, and went on.  “It was the
police. Turns out my mom and dad decided to drive up to school to surprise