>>88320738I've heard this argument a couple of times now and I'm not sure I get it. Are we equating getting to 2nd base with taking someone's virginity?
Even if we ignore that, I don't think Paulo had any way of knowing how far gone Lucy was by the time the play happened, only Augustus knew she was borderline suicidal.
It's obvious in retrospect (she was tying up loose ends with everyone before ending everything) but from Paulo's perspective, she was no longer secluding herself, talking to people again, and wasn't showing any obvious signs of being crazy at that specific moment. As opposed to the first time Lucy came on to him, she was spending the entire day in tears trying to distract herself from Mike and Paulo knew that.
Not saying Paulo is entirely blameless for getting a hard-on at Lucy saying "Let's make out" out of the blue before the play (that should still have been a fucking red flag), but I still think it's two very different situations.