"I like girls."

"Yes. Yes, you do. You also like Lev." 

"I was mostly kissing him because you liked it. --Sorry, Lev."

Lev is too busy gazing adoringly into Marlo's eyes to have any opinion on this.

"You were into me before you knew I was a girl and you just jerked off to two guys." 

"But I can't be gay, I like girls."

"Asher, you can like both." 

"...What?!"

Raine kisses him. "You can be attracted to both men and women. That is a thing that happens and I am almost one hundred percent sure that it's happening to you." 

"So, probably, when I spent a lot of time thinking about how much I admired that guy's dancing and his body and I really wanted to spend lots of time with him and also for him to be happy, that was a crush."

"Yes, love, that was a crush." 

"...And I was probably not jerking off to gay porn because I liked how enthusiastic they were."

"You what?"

"You probably were not, but you're still adorable." 

"Well, I did like how enthusiastic they are, but apparently I am also attracted to men."

She nods seriously. "I love you," she says again, and kisses him. "....you should untie me I want to hug you." 

He does!

"I'm so mad that True Directions was right."

He loves Marlo so much!!!!! 

"If it's any help, they weren't right for good reasons." Now that she can hug him, she does. 

He's still staring adoringly at Lev.

"Are we sure though? Maybe they're actually just right and being a dancer who likes musicals is a sign you're attracted to men."

"I recognize that this doesn't mean a lot coming from me on account of who I am as a person, but that's not actually how subcultures work. Queer men are more likely to be in dance and like musicals than baseline, partially because those are seen as gay things to do, but I have known and slept with plenty of gay men who were, like, football players who'd never touched a cast album in their lives." 

Kiss. "I am just so profoundly annoyed that they were right even if they had such stupid reasons."

Lev is cuddled up with Marlo and he lost his virginity to someone he loved-- well, one of the people he lost his virginity to is someone he loved, anyway-- and he is so happy. 

"I didn't think it would be so sweet."

"Neither did I."