let me tell you

 "Don't give him any more chances," Vanna said to Izzy about Brandon as they were taking a break together at the grocery store. It was finally warming up. Maybe it would feel like May soon. She couldn't stand to hear Izzy speak of Brandon.

 Was Vanna like that about Koda? She didn't think so. She didn't tell the world what they were doing when she wasn't at work. Of course, Izzy would if given a chance to be with Brandon. But he was being so aloof.

"Look, you are still in school, there's prom," Vanna started.

"Prom!" It was like Izzy hadn't thought of that. She practically jumped up as if that was her solution.

"NO! Don't do it," Vanna looked at her as if she was one crazy teenager. Was she ever like this? She didn't think so. She shook her head, no. She'd always kept her cool, but of course, in high school, there was a lot of fish in the pool. She always made a choice. Evidently, Izzy never had that and she felt kind of sad for her, but not that sad. "Maybe you could think of someone younger to go with. You know, they would love to escort you." Vanna shrugged as she took another sip of her diet pop.

"No, not gonna go there," Izzy shook her head, no as she held her drink with both hands. It was as if she wanted to rip off the label in a furry. "I want..."

"You want to have sex with somebody," Vanna knew. "You'll regret it. You want to fall in love. You just don't want to ..you know..do it with anybody." Vanna rolled her eyes at that. "Make some Senior memories. It doesn't have to be about sex. Go to Prom with your friends. Have some fun..but not that much fun."

Izzy nodded as if she might think about it.

"Who knows, someone might actually ask you," Vanna put on her best smile. Of course, Izzy looked so woeful.

"Stop thinking about Brandon, damn it!" Vanna didn't mean to sound so angry. "Stop being an idiot. You might really miss it with someone. Someone, who really wants to be with you."

Of course, Izzy only fumed. 

"Brick is already seeing someone," Vanna said as if Izzy needed to wake up. "She's younger and very blonde."

"Are you saying I should go blonde?" Izzy pressed her lips ever so evenly as if she was tired of Vanna's help.

"No, of course not," Vanna winced. "You need to be more open."

"Are you saying I should date a girl?"

"I dunno," Vanna winced. "Do you want to?"

"No." She winced hard. "I'm afraid..this..this girl I know..might..might be in love with me. She didn't want me to see Brandon. It was.." she shook her head no. "Crazy weird, you know."

"Well, stay away from her if you don't want to ...you know..." Vanna thought she was the worst at these conversations. Yes, she understood how Izzy wanted to get all the physical stuff out of the way. "Look, your first time will be better if you really love that person," Vanna told her she wished she'd waited. "I know, I had to be doing what everyone else was doing and it was bad." She winced with disgust thinking how stupid she'd been because she was following the herd. "And he didn't mean a thing to me and I didn't mean a thing to him, either. I was only fifteen. And..and I wished I'd waited. There's a lot to consider..you know..are you on birth control? Are you prepared not to get any sexual diseases? Just think it through Iz..is it really worth it? Really?" Vanna gave her the eye. "If..I knew I was going to end up with Koda..I would have waited. I really would have."