It wasn't about sex, not really, the sex just happened to be the really inconvenient part. Surely she had to understand that for a guy my age, it was better to have the distance there than to let something develop and then try to resist. That was just dangerous, and I wasn't going to do it.

I sighed. "I know all that, Sarah. I've known that for a long time. I'm just telling you why I act like I don't know what the fuck I want, that's all."