Good Girls Do by Cathie Linz Page A

lips were as smooth as they looked, her breasts as firm. He felt kind of weird having these thoughts about a librarian. Bookworms had never been his type before.
    But there was always a first time for everything. And he was definitely looking forward to his first time with Julia.
     
     
    “Are you crazy?” Julia confronted her sister in the kitchen a few minutes later. She’d somehow managed to evade Luke and send him on his way so she could come inside and set Skye straight.
    “I can’t believe you said something like that to him.”
    “And I can’t believe you’ve got matching red towels in your downtairs bathroom.” Skye frowned at her while dipping a tea bag into Julia’s Smart Chick ceramic mug. “Don’t you know that unbleached cotton is the most environmentally friendly?”
    Julia waved her hands. “That has nothing to do with what we’re talking about. Stop changing the subject, and answer my question.”
    “So you’re saying that the welfare of the entire planet is of no interest to you?”
    “I’m saying that I want to know why you said what you did to Luke.”
    Skye took her time wrapping the tea bag around a teaspoon before replying. “It’s obvious.”
    “What is?”
    “That you two are hot for each other.”
    Julia rolled her eyes. “Oh, please. I just met the man yesterday.”
    “So what? Time is irrelevant. I refuse to live in the world of time. It’s too restrictive.”
    “Are you saying you’d have sex with someone you just met?”
    “If I wanted to, yes.”
    “Well, I wouldn’t.”
    “Wouldn’t what? Want to?”
    “Wouldn’t do anything like that.”
    Skye shook her head, making her spiky hair stand even more on end. “You are such a prude. I can’t believe we’re sisters.”
    “Ditto.”
    “So how did you get this way?”
    “What way?”
    “All puritanical.” Skye took a sip of her tea. “Is it from living here?”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “Has living in this town brainwashed you into believing their propaganda?”
    “No one has brainwashed me. And there’s nothing wrong with Serenity Falls.”
    “Not if you’re into cloning. The houses all look the same.”
    “That’s not true.”
    “They all have green doors.”
    “Walt thought it made them look more uniform, so it was part of a neighborhood improvement effort last year.”
    “You’re living in a town that tells you what color to paint your doors. Come on. You don’t think that’s strange?”
    “No, I don’t. Having llamas in my backyard is strange. Having a four-year-old tell me about her vagina is strange.”
    Skye grinned. “Toni is very proud of her female power.”
    “Good for her. But she doesn’t have to go bragging about it in front of everyone.”
    “Define everyone.”
    “Luke.”
    “I’m sure he’s heard the word vagina before. And had intimate contact with a number of them, I’ll bet.”
    Julia put her hands over her ears. “I am so not having this conversation with you.”
    Skye shrugged. “Hey, you’re the one who started it.”
    Julia lowered her hands and gave her younger sister a firm look. “Just don’t speak to anyone else about me.”
    “Why not?”
    “Because I said so.”
    Skye just laughed.
    “I mean it. Don’t speak to anyone about me.”
    “Get over yourself.” Skye took her mug and walked away.
    “Wait a minute. Angel didn’t say how long you planned on staying with me.”
    “Because we don’t know. You know how Angel is.”
    “There’s not enough grass in my backyard to feed llamas. Not to mention the fact that it’s illegal to have them there.”
    “That doesn’t surprise me. Everything in this town is illegal.”
    Too bad housing family from out of town wasn’t illegal, Julia couldn’t help thinking to herself. She did love her mother and sister. She just loved them more when they were on the opposite side of the country.
    “Trust me, we wouldn’t have come here if there was any other option,” Skye noted. “You were