>Be Evan.

>Be fifteen, a sophomore in high school.

>Jason's just come home from a party. He's a senior.

>It's Saturday night.

>Jason had sex again. Evan can tell. He has that extra spring in his step.

>Jason lost his virginity at the age Evan is at now.

>Evan doesn't even know what it's like to talk to a girl in that way, let alone seal the deal.

>Evan asks Jason if he got any.

>Jason rolls his eyes.

>Yeah, some drunk bitch. Lasted about five seconds before she passed out. She tasted awful, I think she puked before we went off together. She tasted like Satan's butthole.

>At least she was into you, Evan says glumly.

>Jason shrugs.

>It's a middle kid thing, he says. I wouldn't worry about it. When it happens, it happens.

>He finds what he's looking for in the cupboards—a packet of Kool Aid.

>It's overrated, he says to Evan.

>What is? Sex?

>Yeah. It's overrated. I remember before I got any and I was all about it and like, 'This is gonna be the greatest thing ever!' but then it happens and it's like, 'That's it?'

>Easy for you to say once you've had it.

>I think you'll find all the stuff that's built up to be this big deal is no longer such a big deal once you actually get it. It's like, more fun to want something than to have it.

>Are you gonna make Kool Aid?

>No, I need to get the taste of vomit off of my tongue, says Jason as he tears open the packet and tosses the contents into his open mouth.

>He smacks his lips as he swallows the flavored sugar and throws the packet into the trash.

>Why did you kiss her if she tasted like puke?

>It didn't last long. I shifted gears pretty quick. We made out, I fingered her, she sucked me off, and that was pretty much it.

>Evan nods, wondering if he'll ever get to see, let alone feel, the inside of a vagina.

>Jason turns to go downstairs to his room.

>You know, there's that saying—sex is like oxygen, it's only a big deal if you're not getting any, he says.

>Thanks, I'll remember that once I finally see a pair of tits in real life.

>Jason smirks.

>Technically you already have.

>What? How? Whose?

>Mom's.

>Evan is disgusted. Jason is amused.