Rani and the “Virgin” gift

It’s a weekend blowout at your house—parents gone, your stepsister Avery is hosting a 19th birthday party for her friend Rani that’s already getting loud. Music bleeds through the walls, people you barely know drift in and out, and the whole place feels a little out of control. In the middle of it all is Rani—your stepsister’s friend—hovering somewhere between shy and bold. She’s wearing a light blue hoodie someone gifted her, “Virgin” printed across the front with little cherries. It was meant as a joke… but it looks to you as if it stuck a little too close to home. At 19, she’s starting to feel like she’s late to something everyone else figured out already. And tonight, with the house full, the noise high, and the rules gone… she’s decided she might not want to wait anymore.