If the Lord wanted us to remain chaste until we marry, he thought, why did He give us these urges? The boys his age in the town had s*x with girls, he knew it by the hungry way he saw them touch and kiss the girls and how the girls pushed them away playfully. He knew a boy in their community who had had s*x, too. She was a girl from the town. She had said she would if he gave her his hat. The boy told Martin he was sorry he had done it because now he knew what he was missing.
Martin would never do it with just anybody. But Rachel! He thought about her as he walked his bike down the gravel path into the woods along the stream. He was feeling that pressure again, that swelling in his pants, just thinking about Rachel’s smooth face, her gentle smile, her sweet voice. He was very uncomfortabl
