St. Martin's Publishing Group

She was right to be worried. Frankly, to use late 1980s terminology, I was gagging for it. Like most teenagers, I was desperate to lose my virginity. However, I already had a lover that made me look pregnant but actually ensured that I would never, ever become a teenage pregnancy statistic: Food.

I’ll decide whether or not to go later

Well, I’ve felt really achy (probably angina not flu) so I wasn’t going to go to the party.