Her Journey Begins (14 page)

Brandon takes a deep breath and lets it out.
“
If you want.
”

Taking it from her Chris stops him from opening it.
“
I
’
ve been reading a book in the library about pregnancy, childbirth, and birth control methods.
”

  
“
And?
”

  
“
And there is a birth control method called the
“
Rhythm Method
”

  
“
And what is that?
”

  
“
It says that there are only 9 days a month that a woman can get pregnant and I
’
ve been counting my days and today isn
’
t one of the 9.
”
Chris nods to the package in Brandon
’
s hand.
“
It
’
s up to you.
”

   Lying in his arms with her head resting against his chest listening to his heartbeat, Brandon holds up the condom package.

  
“
We
’
ll save this for the next time. Hey you didn
’
t cry this time.
”

  
“
I know, weird huh?
”

  
“
I
’
m glad you didn
’
t. I was afraid the last time that maybe I had hurt you.
”

  
“
You didn
’
t hurt me, you made me feel good.
”

  
“
Did I make you feel good this time?
”

  
“
This time you made me feel even better. A girl could get used to this.
”

  
“
Then maybe we should find a way to do it a little more often.
”

Chris raises her head and kisses him.
“
I
’
d like that.
”
Chris looks at her watch and taps it for Brandon to look.
“
We should get going or we won
’
t make it home by 3 p.m.
”

   Pulling up in front of the house Brandon leans over and gives Chris a kiss.
“
I
’
m not coming in, if I come in and see your mom right now, she
’
ll
…
..
”

  
“
She
’
ll what? She
’
ll know?
”

  
“
Yeah, she might.
”

Chris looks him over from head to toe.

  
“
Hmm, you don
’
t look any different to me.
”

  
“
You know what I mean.
”

  
“
Oh, so you don
’
t think I look any different, just you.
”

  
“
Give me a kiss so I can go.
”

  
“
Alright
”
Chris leans over and  kisses him before she gets out.

  
“
Hey! Are you coming to practice tomorrow?
”

  
“
No, I have to baby sit tomorrow, but I plan on coming to your game on Friday.
”

  
“
What time do you have to baby sit?
”

   
“
3 p.m. to 6 p.m. while the lady goes and gets her hair done.
”

  
“
Want to go get a pizza with me after you baby sit?
”

  
“
I can if you want, or you can come have dinner here.
”

  
“
No, it won
’
t work that way.
”

  
“
What won
’
t work that way? What do you have up your sleeve?
”

Brandon grins,
“
You
’
ll see. I
’
ll be here at six to pick you up.
”

  
“
Okay, I
’
ll see you then.
”
Chris gets out and Brandon hands her the picnic basket out of the back seat.

  
“
I love you Chris.
”
Chris smiles and heads up the sidewalk.



   Brandon knocks on the door and Brad answers.

  
“
Is Chris home?
”

  
“
No, not yet, but she should be here any minute. Come on in. What do you two have planned for tonight?
”

  
“
Well, we are going to meet Brent and Wendy for pizza and then I think we might head over to the record store at the mall for a little bit.
”

Chris walks in the door just as they are sitting down.

  
“
Sorry I
’
m late. Are you ready to go?
”

Barb hears Chris and pokes her head out the kitchen door.

  
“
You sure you two don
’
t want to eat dinner here?
”

Brandon answers her.
“
No, but tomorrow night sounds good after my game. That is, if the offer is still good?
”

  
“
Of course it is. Brandon you are always welcome. You know that.
”
Brandon takes Chris
’
hand.
“
You ready?
”
Chris nods.
“
Okay, I
’
ll have her home by nine.
”



   After they eat, Brent and Wendy take off in Brent
’
s car and Chris and Brandon leave in Brandon
’
s. Turning left instead of right Chris looks over at Brandon.
“
Where are we going? The mall
’
s back that way.
”

  
“
I thought we would go someplace else. You
’
ll see.
”
They pull up in front of Brandon
’
s house.

  
“
Your house? I knew you had something up your sleeve. We can
’
t do it in your house.
”

  
“
Why not? No one
’
s here. We
’
ll lock the front door and my bedroom door and we can even do it under the bed, if you want. Just in case anyone walks in. Besides you said you
’
d like it if we did it more often. And who knows when we will get another chance.
”

Chris laughs,
“
I
’
ve created a monster.
”

Brandon gets out and comes around to open her door.
“
Come on beautiful, your beast is horny.
”



   Lying in Brandon
’
s arms with her back to him, Brandon is softly touching her hip. Sliding his hand over to her belly Chris jumps.   

  
“
That
’
s a sensitive spot.
”

  
“
Chris?
”

  
“
Hmm?
”

  
“
I
’
m going to tell my mom that I don
’
t want to go away for college. I want to stay and attend one of the universities here. I don
’
t want to leave you.
”

  
“
Brandon you can
’
t do that, you know your mom won
’
t let you. Besides we have all of the summer and you
’
ll be home at Christmas.
”

  
“
It took me four months to get you to talk to me and now that you have, I don
’
t want to miss a word of what you have to say. You love me, don
’
t you?
”

Chris rolls over to face him.
“
Oh Brandon, you know I do, but your mom isn
’
t going to let you stay here, especially if she knows that you are still seeing me.
”

  
“
We
’
ll talk about it some more later, but right now
…
..
”
He slides his hand from her hip to her buttocks, pulling her closer. She softly moans as he starts kissing her neck.

  
“
Again?
”
She whispers, her breath coming in soft gasps.



  
“
Mom
”
Chris yells up the stairs to Barb,
“
I
’
m going to go hang out with Wendy. I
’
ll be back in about an hour.
”

  
“
Okay, is Brandon coming over today?
”

  
“
Yeah, but not until later after his game. I think he
’
s going to stay for dinner, if that
’
s okay with you?
”

  
“
You know its okay or you would have asked me first.
”
Barb yells down to her laughing.

Chris smiles and walks out.



   Wendy and Chris have been friends since 7
th
grade, but drifted apart when Chris got bussed to the other high school. Now that Wendy and Brent are going out, they have started hanging out occasionally again.

Sitting in Wendy
’
s room Chris asks her,
“
So what do you want to do?
”

  
“
I thought maybe we could go down to the store and see if that cute guy is working.
”

  
“
Wendy, you
’
re going out with Brent. Why do you want to go see that guy?
”

  
“
What, just because I
’
m dating Brent, means I can
’
t talk to other guys?
”

Chris shakes her head.
“
Okay if that
’
s what you want to do
…”

   As they are walking Wendy is going on about how cute the guy is. Not really listening, Chris doesn
’
t say anything. What Wendy and Brent do is between them, besides Chris has seen Brent flirt with a couple of the cheerleaders. Heck he
’
s even flirted with her a couple of times when Brandon wasn
’
t around. The last time he did she gave him a look that said,
You
’
ve got to be kidding me. Don
’
t even go there. And he held up his hands defensively and told her,
“
I
’
m just kidding. Come on Chris relax.
”
She
’
s thinking he was afraid she
’
d tell Brandon, but she never did.

  
“
Chris, hellooo
…
earth to Chris.
”