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- Karen did apologize to Jen the first chance she had. It was hard
- for Jen to look her in the eye, but soon everything was back to normal.
- In the summer they had a barbecue, with friends and family over.
- All the kids swam and played volleyball. As it turned into evening it
- began to get a bit chilly, and Jen was still in the pool, trying to keep
- warm. Ryan was sitting on a lawn chair, trying to soak up the last of the
- sun's rays.
- "Ryan," said his mom, who was wrapping up the food while she
- chatted with a friend. "Will you go get me a sweater? It's getting
- cold."
- "Just a minute, okay?" he replied.
- "Ryan, I asked you now, okay?"
- "Will you just hold on a minute?"
- "I'll go get it, Mom!" volunteered Will, jumping up. "Where is
- it?"
- "Um, it should be in the kitchen," she told her youngest son.
- Ryan rolled his eyes at Will's obvious brown-nosing. Right then
- Jen came over from the pool, wrapped in a towel. She sat on the edge of
- Ryan's lawn chair, shivering as her teeth chattered. He took his own
- towel and wrapped it around her shoulders.
- "You cold?" he asked.
- "Yes!" she laughed. "It was so hot like an hour ago!"
- He sat up. "You want your clothes, or a sweatshirt or something?"
- She nodded, shivering. "Yeah, please. Thanks hon," she told him
- as he jumped up and ran into the house.
- It was Karen's turn to roll her eyes. "Hmph," she said as she
- carried food into the house.
- JR grinned at her while he covered the barbecue.
- "What?" Jen asked, confused.
- "She just asked Ryan to get her a sweater. He wouldn't."
- "What?" she exclaimed, sounding surprised at Ryan. "Why not?"
- JR shrugged. "I don't know. He told her to wait, but Will
- offered to go get it for her."
- Jen laughed. "Will. Yeah, he's her little baby," she noted.
- His dad smiled again. "Yeah, but Ryan is her first born. Ryan
- used to be her little baby you know."
- Jen looked surprised as she now understood what his dad had been
- laughing about. "Yeah, but he's my little baby now!" she told him with a
- coy smile.
- He laughed again. "Yeah, and I bet she's knows it. She's known
- it for awhile," he told her with another grin.
- Ryan came back out then with her clothes. They looked at him
- hurrying out and laughed.
- "What?" Ryan asked them, mystified.
- They just laughed as Jen gave him a hug and kiss and said thank
- you.
-
- Chapter 21
-
- Jen was awoken by footsteps outside her door. It was Ryan of
- course, and soon he was in her bed. He lay next to her, holding her
- tightly in the dark. She kissed him, and climbed on him, pulling her
- shirt off. He responded, kissing her back as he lay there. She stripped
- him, sucking his cock until it was hard. He tried to go down but she
- pulled him back up, eager to have him in her.
- He slid it in, and she sighed as he began thrusting on top of her.
- She lay back and closed her eyes. He began to kiss her as his hard dick
- moved in and out of her.
- Suddenly he stiffened, and stopped moving, then pulled out of her.
- She opened her eyes to see him looking down between them. In a flash he
- was off her, laying on his stomach as he faced the wall.
- "Ryan?" she whispered. What was the matter? He wouldn't look at
- her, and she figured it out.
- What could she say? She felt horrible, ugly and unattractive.
- But she knew that he didn't think so. She looked the same as she had the
- last time they did it.
- "It's okay. . . " she told him, rubbing his back. "Are you drunk?"
- she asked. She didn't think he was.
- He shook his head slowly, still not looking at her. He got up
- then, pulling his pants on in the dark.
- "Where are you going?" she asked. "Are you leaving?"
- "I gotta go," he mumbled.
- "Ryan! Don't leave!"
- He ignored her, sitting on the bed as he quickly tied his shoes.
- She touched his arm, but he shook her off.
- "Ryan! Talk to me!" she begged, in tears.
- He left quietly. She lay back in the bed, crying. Why wouldn't
- he talk to her? She didn't care about what happened. Maybe he thought
- she thought he was a failure or something? That could be the only thing.
- But why had it happened? And why did he have to leave? The whole thing
- was so weird.
- She looked at the clock. It wasn't too late, only 10:30. She
- turned on the light, picking up her phone and dialing.
- "Hello?" asked a male voice.
- "Danny?"
- "Yeah. Hi."
- "Hi, it's Jen. . . "
- "Hey Jen! What's up? How are you?" he asked.
- "Good. . . Well, kinda bad actually," she whispered.
- "What's the matter? I haven't talked to you in a couple weeks."
- "It's Ryan. . . "
- "What- did you guys break up?"
- "No. It's just, something happened."
- "What?"
- "Well, I need a guy's advice. And I need to talk to you especially
- because you don't know Ryan much, and he won't find out I told."
- "Aright. You can tell me. I'll try to help. What happened?"
- "Well. . . I guess it's embarrassing. Well, he came over, and we
- were doing it, and, and then he couldn't do it anymore. . . " she told
- him.
- "What? Oh, you mean he went *soft*?" he asked, surprised.
- "Yeah! And he got really upset and he left and he wouldn't even
- talk to me," she whined. "He just said, 'I gotta go,' and he left."
- "Hmm. . . Was he drunk?"
- "No. I asked him and he said he wasn't. I mean, I don't care.
- It's not like I was using him for sex and that's it or something."
- Danny sighed. "Hmm. . . Man! I mean, I'm sure he's really
- upset, and he was probably too upset to talk."
- "Well why did it happen?" she demanded. "What did I do? Has it
- ever happened to you?"
- "No, of course not!" he insisted.
- She laughed. "No, really."
- "No, actually it hasn't. Not with a girl. But," he added
- honestly. "It probably will happen some day. Probably more than once
- even. It happens to every guy sometime, but it's not like we talk about
- it."
- "Well why did it happen?"
- "I don't know. Maybe he was tired, or he didn't want to do it
- probably. He probably didn't want it but he didn't know, and that was his
- little dude's way of saying, 'Hey! I'm tired and I don't want to work
- tonight!'"
- She laughed, feeling better. "But he wouldn't talk to me. He
- just left," she said glumly.
- "Yeah, he was upset. He's probably stressed too," Danny added.
- "Do- do you think he feels like a failure maybe? Isn't that how
- guys feel?"
- "Oh, maybe. I mean, you tell me. You know him a lot better than I
- do!"
- "Well, I don't know. I thought he wanted to do it," she said
- glumly.
- "Did you instigate or did he?"
- "Well, he came over! I guess that's instigating."
- "Coming over isn't instigating unless he shows up naked. Maybe he
- just wanted to hang out. So what did he do when he came over? Did he rip
- your clothes off?"
- "No. . . Actually, I ripped his clothes off," she admitted,
- feeling bad. "Maybe I should have asked him if he wanted to do it?"
- "Well, yeah, you should have."
- "Oh," she said, feeling even worse."
- "Well, has he ever said no?"
- "No. I don't think he ever has."
- "Well, he probably would have said yes anyway, even if he didn't
- want to. Maybe, who knows."
- "Why?" she whined. "Why the hell can't he just tell me he didn't
- want to?"
- "Maybe he feels like it's his duty. To please you you know. Well
- I'm sure he thinks like pleasing you is his duty, but now maybe he feels
- like, like a piece of meat!"
- Jen laughed again. "But how am I supposed to know if he wants to
- do it or not if he won't tell me?"
- "I don't know. Maybe you guys need to talk. Make sure he knows
- it's okay for him to say no. Of course," he added. "I can't tell you for
- sure if that's the problem, he maybe was just too tired or stressed or
- something. But don't demand a reason from him, 'cause he probably has no
- clue either and feels bad."
- "He left. Should I call him? Or maybe go see him?"
- "Well, you can. He probably just went driving around, looking for
- the nearest cliff to drive off. . . "
- "Danny!" she laughed.
- "I'm just kiddin' you. I mean, he'll probably come back. Just
- give him a hug and tell him you love him, and don't say anything about it
- unless he does first. Don't make him talk about it unless he wants to."
- "I guess. . ."
- "Okay?"
- "Yeah. You've been a big help, Danny. Thank you."
- "No problem. Are you gonna tell him you talked to me?'
- "Hell no! He'll shoot me!"
- Danny laughed. "I know, I was just kiddin'. Tell him I say 'hi'
- when he comes back," he teased.
- "Yeah sure! Well, I gotta go. Talk to you later."
- "Bye, kiddo."
- "Bye."
- Jen lay back, feeling better. But her room was still lonely
- without Ryan there. She sighed. She shut off the light and went back to
- bed. A few hours later she fell asleep.
-
- *****
-
- When she woke up it was nearly light outside. Ryan was laying
- next to her, looking at her.
- She inched closer to him, and hugged him. "I love you," she
- mumbled.
- "I love you too."
- She smiled, then closed her eyes again as she rested her head on
- his chest. She didn't say anything else, and neither did he. They both
- fell asleep.
- When he woke up she wasn't in bed. He lay there still, tired.
- Eventually she came back into her room with a flower from her backyard.
- "This is for you," she told him, handing it to him shyly.
- He took it, smiling at her. "Thanks."
- She climbed back into the warm bed, stretching as she lay next to
- him. She didn't say anything.
- He started. "I'm sorry," he said quietly.
- "Oh yeah? You shouldn't be."
- "Yes I should. Last night- it wasn't very good last night."
- "Yeah?"
- "You know. I'm sorry."
- "Well, I wished you would have stayed and talked to me. I don't
- care at all about what happened."
- "Yeah, I should have stayed. . . "
- "You know I don't care about what happened. I don't care at all."
- He paused. "Well, it's never happened to me before. I don't
- know. . . "
- "I'm sorry if I ever put pressure on you. You know I love you, not
- it."
- "You don't put pressure on me. . . "
- "Well, I do. See, you wanted to give me pleasure, by going down on
- me, but I wouldn't let you. I made you get hard and I didn't even ask you
- if you wanted to do anything. See."
- "Maybe. . . "
- "And you put pressure on you too," she told him quietly, playing
- with the blanket. "It's okay for you to say no. Just like it's okay for
- me to say no. Got it?"
- He nodded.
- "And I'm sorry about what happened before," she told him quietly.
- "I still feel really bad about what a bitch I was."
- "When?"
- "You know. . . A couple of weeks ago."
- He laughed. "Jen, I think it's funny that you made me do it so
- much! I told you I'm not mad."
- "No, see, but what I said and stuff. I know I told you I didn't
- mean it, and I was out of my mind and all, but maybe you still think about
- it. . . "
- "No, Jen! I don't!"
- She rubbed his shoulders. "Maybe you do."
- "I told you, I don't!"
- "I never meant it," she whispered. "I know maybe you think, maybe.
- . . I don't know. . . Maybe I hurt you a lot? " She started to sniffle,
- wiping her eyes.
- "Jen!" he said. "Are we still talking about the same thing here?"
- She nodded. "Yes! 'Member when I said that if you loved me you
- would be able to do it again?" she cried.
- He groaned, pulling her to him. "Don't worry about it. I know
- you didn't mean it. You were drunk."
- She shook her head frantically. "No! You know, you say that you
- shouldn't excuse someone's behavior because they were drunk. It still
- counts."
- He didn't say anything.
- "But I didn't mean it."
- He sighed. "I know you didn't," he said quietly, looking at his
- hands.
- "I love you."
- He smiled, and nodded. "I love you too."
- "And you know, we don't have to make love for me to feel close to
- you, for us to feel close," she whispered. "You know?"
- He smiled. "I know. I love you."
- "I love you too!" She kissed him. "Now let's have a great day,
- okay?"
- "Sure. Let's have a great rest of our lives."
-
- Chapter 22
-
- They were talking on the phone one night, and he mentioned that he
- was going away for a week, with his dad.
- "What for?"
- "Oh, just to go see some family and stuff. He said I could go, and
- maybe look at some schools around there."
- "Oh, I'm gonna miss you!"
- "Yeah, I'll miss you too."
- "When are you going?"
- "Um. . . Like, the 12th to the 18th I think. I'll have to check
- on it."
- "Wow, you get to miss school. Hey that's the week Danny comes
- down. You're gonna miss him!"
- "Oh no. I'd better stay then!" he teased.
- "Come on," she laughed. "He's my friend. You don't feel jealous
- do you?"
- "Nah, I'm just kiddin' you."
- "Good. Is the rest of your family staying here?"
- "Yeah, they're gonna stay."
- "Oh, is it man-to-man bonding time?" she teased.
- He laughed. "Yeah, we're gonna go fishing, and build furniture,
- and go to some topless bars. . . "
- "Uh, I think not!" she commanded, laughing.
- "You know I'm just kiddin'," he laughed.
-
- *****
-
- The last night Danny was there he promised he'd spend it just with
- Jen. After all, she was the best friend he still had down there, he had
- told her. They went out to dinner, then wound up back at her house,
- watching a movie with her parents.
- Jen was hoping her parents wouldn't say anything like, "Oh Jen!
- Where's Ryan?" teasing, to embarrass her. She felt a bit weird with him,
- being alone with him in the restaurant and in the car. She would never
- cheat on Ryan, but still, she felt tingly inside, like maybe there was
- still some chemistry between Danny and her. He didn't have a girlfriend,
- and of course in a way *she* had sort of broken up with him. . . Maybe he
- still liked her like that? She was wondering if he still regretted their
- break-up. Anyway it just felt nice to maybe have someone like her, making
- her feel attractive, even if she wasn't planning on doing anything with
- him.
- After the movie her parents retreated to their bedroom, and Danny
- and Jen went back to hers. Dana called and they talked for awhile while
- he looked at all her yearbooks and photo albums. Finally she hung up,
- turning to him on the bed.
- "What are you looking at?"
- "This is a good picture of you," he told her, pointing to one
- picture.
- She looked at it. "Oh, yeah, that was freshman year Homecoming."
- She felt bad after she said it, though really she didn't have a reason to.
- After all, it was just one dance of many she and Ryan had been to. Of
- course, if things had turned out a bit differently she and Danny might
- have gone together instead. . .
- He nodded, looking at it intently. He looked over, and gave her a
- quick smile.
- She smiled back, picking up a photo album of her own to look over.
- "Gosh, what would have happened if we had never broken up?" he
- asked her lightly, but Jen could tell though that under his tone he was
- dead serious, but only trying to seem nonchalant.
- "Hmm, I don't know," she answered vaguely.
- "You probably don't ever regret it though," he said, still not
- looking at her.
- She shrugged. "Well, I wouldn't say I don't regret what happened,
- but, well, I don't know." Why did she say that? She did know. But she
- was trying to spare his feelings; she didn't want him to be hurt by saying
- she was glad they had broken up.
- He looked over at her again. Both of them were laying on their
- stomachs on the bed. "I regret it everyday," he told her quietly.
- She stared down at the pictures in front of her. "Really?" she
- asked him.
- "Yeah, sure," he said.
- "Well, you know, you moved away, so it actually worked out for the
- best," she said.
- He looked back down. "Yeah, I guess you're right. But I probably
- could have stayed with my dad down here, if I threw a big enough fit. If
- I had a reason to stay."
- She shrugged, unable to make eye contact with him. Why was it so
- uncomfortable?
- "Oh well," he said. "I guess you don't care."
- She looked over. "No, Danny! I do care!"
- "No you don't," he muttered.
- "Danny! Come on, don't be like that. I do care!"
- He looked at her, his face only inches from hers. "Really?" he
- asked.
- I should sit up or something, she thought. But she didn't.
- "Yeah," she said, giving him a smile.
- He smiled back, looking her face over, then leaned in. Pull away,
- she commanded herself, but she didn't. It happened too fast; before she
- knew it their lips were touching. An electric tingle shot through her
- body from the kiss, and with her eyes closed, for a moment she didn't
- think it was wrong at all. Then he opened his mouth against hers gently,
- and she jerked away, her eyes flying open. He turned away from her.
- "Sorry," he mumbled.
- She didn't say anything, just lay there. Her mind was spinning.
- "I'm sorry. It just happened. I didn't mean to kiss you," he told
- her, still looking at the wall. "I know you have a boyfriend. . . "
- "Yeah. I have Ryan," she murmured. For the first time Ryan didn't
- seem so invincible.
- They lay there for a minute, neither saying anything. Then Danny
- jumped up.
- "Aright!" he said. "Okay, now I can run away and we can both feel
- really guilty and really shitty forever. Or we can just stay friends and
- laugh about it?"
- She smiled, nodding. She felt relieved that he wasn't going to
- get mad and run away. But she still felt horrible inside, and she knew he
- was probably upset too, but trying to act like he didn't care. She felt
- grateful for that.
- "Aright, it sounds good to me. Sound good to you?" he asked.
- She laughed. "Sounds good to me!"
- "Cool." He leaned in and gave her a huge hug. "So, our evening
- isn't ruined?"
- "No, of course not! The night's still young!"
- They both laughed. Jen still felt awkward, of course, but she
- knew he was right. It hadn't meant anything, and she hadn't cheated on
- Ryan because she hadn't kissed him: he had kissed her, and she had pulled
- away.
- They talked for awhile, laughing and joking about people they knew
- and various things they had done while apart. And they got serious,
- discussing personal things like their families, and she told him about
- Ryan and arguments they had gotten in, and sweet things he had done for
- her. Danny talked about a girl that went to his school that he really
- liked, but how she was really hung up on another guy who didn't feel the
- same. Jen gave him advice, and they lay on her bed talking for a long
- while.
- Finally, her dad knocked on the door. "Jen? When is Danny
- leaving so I can close the gate?"
- She looked at Danny. "Um, he's probably gonna be here awhile. He
- might just stay the night."
- Her dad raised an eyebrow.
- "Dad!" Jen said. "Come on, don't worry about it! I'm not gonna
- cheat on Ryan!" She rolled her eyes.
- "Aright. The guest room has sheets on the bed," he told them.
- He left and they laughed. They talked for awhile longer, until
- they both began to yawn.
- "Don't worry, I'm not going to throw you in the guest room," Jen
- told him. "All my friends sleep in my bed when they sleep over." Maybe
- she was just flirting with him, or maybe she was just trying to prove how
- much willpower she had.
- "Oh, well, as long as you can control yourself young lady!"
- They both laughed, getting ready for bed.
- "Aright," Jen ordered, pointing. "Now, this is *your* half, and
- this is *my* half!"
- "Oh, well you know, I only sleep in my boxers so you will have to
- keep your hands to yourself."
- "Well, *I'm* only sleeping in my T-shirt," she told him.
- "Oh, yeah, like, as *if*!" he told her sarcastically, making a face
- as they tumbled into bed. "Don't flatter yourself Jen!"
- "Oh, sorry!" she laughed.
- "You know," he told her as they lay in the dark. "I've had better
- offers at the zoo!"
- "Yeah, well I've had better offers at the state mental
- institution."
- "Oh really?"
- "Yeah. Your mother was pretty disappointed when I told her no!"
- He burst out laughing, and they both traded insults until they
- fell asleep.
-
- *****
-
- Jen woke up, her mind fuzzy. She looked over, and jumped to see
- the curtains moving. She hadn't locked her door. She froze, thinking it
- was a burglar.
- The moonlight shined in brighter as the curtains were drawn back,
- and she breathed a sigh of relief as she saw Ryan standing in the doorway.
- Only half awake, she turned away for a second, then jerked out of sleep.
- Danny was next to her, what if Ryan thought. . .
- He stood frozen as he stared down at the bed, the male figure next
- to her naked for all he knew.
- Jen sat up on her knees. "Ryan! You're back!" she exclaimed,
- trying to sound excited. He knew she would never cheat on him, didn't he?
- But he was only staring down at Danny, who was just now stirring.
- "I thought you weren't coming back until tomorrow night," she told
- him. She still tried to sound cheerful, not like someone who had done
- something wrong. After all, she *hadn't* done anything wrong. . .
- He looked at her for a second, too dark for her to see his eyes,
- then he turned around and walked out of the open door.
- "Ryan, wait!" she cried, almost falling on the floor as she jumped
- off her bed. She ran out into the cold night, barefoot and barelegged,
- after him.
- She reached him before he got out of her driveway and to his car
- on the street, where he always parked when he came over in the night. She
- grabbed his arms, trying to stop his brisk walking.
- "Ryan! Ryan, stop!" He kept walking, pushing her away. "Will you
- just stop?!?" she cried, jumping in front of him and trying to hold him
- still. "Ryan," she whined. "We didn't do anything! It's not what it
- looks like!"
- He shook his head. "Get out of my face!" he told her angrily,
- pushing her away from him as he kept walking.
- "No!" she cried, grabbing him again and pulling on his shirt as she
- planted her feet on the driveway. He dragged her, and her ankle twisted,
- skinning her heal on the blacktop. She let out a yelp, then yanked him
- back as hard as she could. "Listen to me!" she cried. "If we have a
- relationship, then you will fucking listen to me!"
- He pulled away, turning around and walking backward, shaking his
- head at her. "I guess we don't have a relationship!" he snapped. "You
- wanna fuck him? Yeah?" She shook her head, crying. "Well you can go
- finish fucking him!" he yelled. "I'm leaving!"
- "We didn't do anything!" she screamed. "Ryan, no!" she sobbed,
- running out into the street after him, throwing her arms around his waist
- as he fumbled for his keys. She turned him around roughly and grabbed his
- face, making her look at him. He clenched his jaw, and a tear slowly
- rolled down each of his cheeks.
- "We didn't do *anything*!" she told him, in his face. "He's my
- friend, he stayed over. Nothing, okay. Nothing! Look Ryan," she begged,
- pulling up her T-shirt. "Underwear! Look, underwear. . . " she
- whispered.
- He stared down at her, then pulled away and leaned against his
- car. He wiped his eyes. "You promise me, you didn't do anything?"
- "I promise!"
- "Nothing?!? You didn't so much as kiss him?!?"
- She dropped her eyes, looking down at his hand which she clutched
- in her own. She didn't answer him, her mind spinning. She should just
- lie, but no, if he found out, he. . .
- He stared at her, then pushed her hand away. "You fucking kissed
- him!" he said fiercely.
- "Well, I, no. . ." she began. She could lie, but he would know.
- "No, he kissed me!"
- "God!" he shouted, opening the car door angrily.
- "No, Ryan!" she cried. "No! He kissed me! I told him no! Ryan,
- stay!" she screamed as he got in his car.
- He turned to face her. "Get out of my face Jen!" he told her.
- "Get out of my fucking face!" he yelled at her, starting the car and
- slamming the door shut.
- She banged on the door, crying, "Ryan! I love you! Stop! We
- didn't do anything!" She leaned on the car.
- His car jerked into reverse and she stumbled forward, nearly
- falling. "We didn't do anything!" she screamed, but it was no use. He
- turned around, angrily, and sped away.
- Sobbing, she sank to the ground. "We didn't do anything!" she
- cried, grabbing the dirt and gravel in her fists. "I love you!" she
- whispered, the gravel digging into the bare skin of her shins, hurting
- her. She pushed down harder with her legs, making the pain stronger. She
- sobbed, her throat swelling larger, it seemed, with each one.
- "Jen!" said Danny. "Come on, it's okay!" he told her, dragging her
- up. He had put his clothes on, and kept out of it as he watched them from
- her driveway. "It's okay!"
- She shook her head. "He hates me!" she sobbed, as he pulled her
- back on her property. "Ryan *hates* me!"
- "He doesn't! He's just mad!" Danny whispered, his arm around her.
- "Yes he does!' she screamed at the top of her lungs.
- "Shh!" he told her. But her parents had already been awakened, the
- door opening as her dad peered out, in his pajamas.
- "What's going on?" he demanded.
- Jen was still sobbing, unable to answer. Danny just shrugged.
- "Jen, what is going on?"
- They walked in through her front door, the heat encompassing them
- and the light shocking their eyes.
- Jen pushed Danny away, covering her eyes with her forearm and
- crying.
- "What happened? Why are you all dirty Jen?" her dad asked.
- She sat on the couch, whimpering.
- Her dad looked at Danny.
- Danny shrugged. "Um, Ryan came over and I was in her bed, and he
- freaked out and he, um, is sort of upset and he thinks she cheated on
- him."
- "Jen!" her dad said. "Danny should have been in the guest room.
- What was Ryan doing here in the middle of the night?"
- "Dad, shut up!" she yelled at him. "Just shut up!" she whispered.
- "We just sort of fell asleep," Danny offered. "We didn't do
- anything but he thinks we did."
- Her dad tried to comfort her, rubbing her shoulder. "Honey, it
- will be okay."
- She shook her head, and her mom came out, demanding to know what
- was happening.
- "Ryan came over and Danny was sleeping her bed, and he thinks
- something happened between them. Nothing did, did it?" he asked Danny,
- who shook his head frantically.
- "Oh, shit," said her mom, sitting down next to her on the couch and
- hugging her. "I know, but it will be okay."
- Jen sobbed. "I love him, Mom," she whispered. "I love Ryan. Now
- he hates me!"
- "No, I-I think he's just upset," said her mom, looking at her
- husband.
- Jen kept crying, and her mom comforted her for awhile, until she
- stopped, her face sore.
- "It'll be okay, hon," her mom told her. "When he calms down he'll
- listen to you."
- Jen nodded. "I hope so," she whispered.
- "It will be!" Danny said. "Come on Jenny Penny, smile!"
- She gave him a weak smile.
- "Aright. Don't worry about it. Maybe we should go back to bed,"
- suggested her dad, tired.
- "I can't sleep," mumbled Jen.
- "Come on Jen, we can talk," said Danny. "Come on."
- They went back to bed, her mom hugging her still and telling her
- it would be okay.
- Jen lay back on her bed, staring at the bright light overhead.
- Danny lay next to her, trying to comfort her though he had no clue what to
- say.
- "He's just mad," he told her. "If he didn't love you he wouldn't
- have left."
- "I don't think he'll forgive me," she whispered.
- "Jen, you didn't do anything wrong. What, did you tell him I
- kissed you?"
- She sighed sadly. "Yeah. . . But he thinks *we* kissed each
- other, I think. I told him I said no."
- "I'm so sorry Jen. It's all my fault."
- "No, don't say that. It's not your fault," she muttered.
- "Well, you know what? If it's not my fault--and I *know* it's not
- your fault--then excuse my saying so, but I think it's Ryan's fault!"
- "No. . . " she murmured.
- "Yes, I think it is!" he told her. "He is so damn quick to judge.
- I mean, he's a good guy and all," he added. "But he should have stayed
- and heard you out."
- She nodded, still staring at the ceiling.
- "I'm serious. I know it must have looked bad, but you're his
- girlfriend and he should trust you."
- "No!" she told him. "It's not- you can't just blame Ryan!"
- "I'm not *blaming* him blaming him! It's just that, if someone is
- at fault for the way you're feeling now, it's him! Because you didn't do
- anything wrong! Unless of course," he added. "It's my fault and you
- think so."
- "No, Danny!" she sighed. "I guess. . . But, he was so upset,"
- she murmured. "He was crying, Danny. He's never cried."
- "Oh he's cried," Danny told her. "You just haven't seen him. But
- really? He was crying?"
- She nodded. "Yeah. . . "
- "Well, see, he must be really hurt and upset and everything. He's
- probably really hurting. See, if he didn't love you he wouldn't be so
- upset."
- She nodded again, wiping her eyes. "I know. . . "
- "Yeah? I know he does. It did look bad, but he'll calm down.
- He's just mad, and he'll realize what a dork he was and come crawling
- back."
- "I don't want him to come crawling back," she whispered. "I just
- want him back." She started to cry again.
- "Jen, he loves you. And you love him. If you didn't, I know you
- wouldn't have been able to resist charming old Danny, now huh?"
- She smiled, then laughed. "Yeah, I do."
- "And he knows it. And the thought of you with another guy really
- upsets him, so be happy that he cares so much. Even if he is being a
- dork."
- She gave him another smile.
-
- *****
-
- When she woke up she felt like crying again. Danny had to leave,
- and Dana wasn't home. She lay on her bed, miserable.
- Her mom came in, bringing in her clean laundry. "How are you
- doing?" she asked.
- Jen shrugged sadly.
- Her mom sat down on the bed. "Did you guys break up?"
- "I guess," she told her. "I don't know. Probably. I don't think
- he wants me anymore," she whispered, starting to cry.
- "Oh honey," soothed her mom. "He's making a big mistake. He'll
- realize it. He'll say he's sorry."
- Jen shrugged, then shook her head, still crying.
- "I'm sure he was upset that he saw Danny with you in the middle of
- the night. It did look pretty bad, didn't it?"
- Jen nodded.
- "So he just stormed off. He'll realize it and come back to you,
- I'm sure. If he doesn't then he's losing out."
- She didn't say anything.
- "Why was he coming over here so late?"
- She shrugged, her heart racing.
- "He should call before he shows up at someone's house, especially
- in the middle of the night."
- Facing away from her mom, Jen rolled her eyes. Her heart was
- still pounding in her ears. There was an awkward silence, and Jen knew
- her mom wasn't stupid. "Um, I think he came back early and just wanted to
- surprise me."
- "Well he should have waited," she said. She paused. "Jen, exactly
- how serious are you two?"
- "What do you mean?" Jen asked, playing dumb. "We love each other."
- Oh good answer Jen! she thought. It sets us up well.
- "I mean, if he was coming over here in the middle of the night, he
- was sneaking over here, what, was he coming over to sleep with you?"
- Jen didn't answer.
- Her mom paused. "Jen, have you two had sex?" she asked.
- "Mom," Jen groaned, exasperatingly. But she knew her mom wouldn't
- stop her questioning now.
- "Jen, I have a right to know. What have you done?"
- "Don't worry about it Mom," she muttered. "I'm not gonna get
- pregnant and I'm not gonna get any diseases."
- "You are going to get pregnant!" her mother told her angrily.
- "You've slept with him, haven't you?"
- "Yes, we have, okay?" And I have great fucking orgasms, she
- thought sarcastically.
- Her mom didn't say anything. At that moment Jen didn't give a
- damn anymore about hiding it.
- Finally her mom spoke. "We didn't raise you like that Jen."
- "Oh, like what?" Jen snapped.
- "Like this! Plus you're too young and immature to be having sex!"
- "Oh, please! You always tell me I'm so mature. Now I'm too
- immature to do something. Make up your mind." Jen felt badly, she never
- spoke to her mom like that.
- She didn't say anything, just looked at her laying daughter on the
- bed for a while. "Well," she said quietly. "Are you using birth
- control?"
- Jen nodded. "Yeah, I'm on the pill."
- Her mom's voice wavered as she spoke. "You should have told me
- that!" She burst into tears.
- Jen groaned silently. She hated it when her mom cried. "Why?"
- she asked. "You would have just gotten mad. Like you're doing now! See,
- you don't understand."
- "I do understand! You don't tell me something like this!"
- "What exactly would it have helped?" she demanded sullenly.
- Her mom just sniffled.
- "Mom, it doesn't matter now, okay? We already did it. I'm not a
- slut, we were in love," her voice choked on those words "and we waited a
- long time, okay? I don't regret doing it one bit, aright?"
- She continued to sniffle. "Well, it just makes me feel left out."
- Jen looked over at her mom finally. "Do you *really* want to be
- involved with my sex life? I don't think you do, because I don't want to
- be involved in yours!"
- Her mom didn't know what to say, and just looked down at her.
- Finally Jen started to cry again.
- "That's the least of my problems right now," she sobbed. "Now he
- hates me!"
- Her mom patted her on the back awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
-
- Chapter 23
-
- By that night Jen had made up her mind to go see him. She got in
- her car, feeling like such a spoiled brat. After all, her parents gave
- her so much. She remembered when Ryan had taught her how to drive, and
- how frustrated they had both been, him especially. But he had still let
- her learn on his car, and had tried to be so patient with her.
- But now she was scared to death, and she wanted to turn around and
- go back. What if he was sure he didn't want her? What if he never
- believed her?
- She felt numb as she rang the doorbell. Usually she would have
- walked in, but now she was too nervous to. She looked around while she
- stood on the doorstep, staring at his car in the driveway. She heard
- voices, and then the door opened. Robby opened it.
- "Come in," he said, as though she were retarded.
- She came in slowly, looking around for Ryan.
- "He's in his room," Robby told her, walking back to the living
- room.
- She was left alone in the front hall, and she slowly walked
- towards his bedroom. She heard his stereo. She knocked on the door
- several times before she heard the music die down and Ryan loudly say,
- "Come in!"
- She opened the door slowly and walked in. Ryan looked at her then
- looked away. She closed the door behind her as he turned his stereo back
- up.
- "Please turn your stereo down," she told him underneath the loud
- music. He ignored her, and she repeated it. Finally she walked over to
- his stereo and turned it off. He still wouldn't look at her, just stared
- at the ceiling.
- "Ryan," she said, her voice shaking. "If we have a relationship,
- you will listen to me."
- He ignored her.
- "You will listen to me, or else you will lose me. Is that what you
- want?"
- His eyes met hers, but he didn't answer.
- "I want to tell you what happened," she said, her voice slightly
- pleading.
- "I don't want to know," he told her simply. "You cheated on me,
- and that's good enough for me."
- "I didn't!"
- "Yeah you did," he said disgustedly, looking away.
- "I didn't! Ryan, I told you, nothing happened!"
- "Oh, except you kissed him. You kissed Danny. That is cheating in
- my book, aright?"
- "Ryan, why won't you listen to me?"
- He shrugged. "Maybe I don't wanna. It's black and white, so it
- doesn't matter."
- "Why?"
- "Because you fucking cheated on me, aright? Now I don't want a
- girlfriend who cheats on me. That's fucking bullshit. I don't forgive
- that."
- "Well you don't need to forgive me, because I did nothing wrong!"
- He rolled his eyes, looking away again and staring at the wall.
- "Ryan," she said gently, trying not to cry. "I love you. I would
- never cheat on you. Now what happened is that me and Danny were talking,
- and hanging out, okay? Are you listening?"
- "No."
- "Well listen!" she cried. He looked up. "We were hanging out, and
- he leaned in and kissed me. And I pulled away and said no."
- He paused. "Well, why the hell was he in bed with you?"
- "We didn't do anything. He just stayed over and I didn't really
- care if he slept in my room. 'Cause I wasn't gonna do anything with him."
- "Well why did he kiss you?"
- "I don't know! Because we were just sitting there, and it just
- happened. He felt really bad."
- "Well, did you feel bad?" he asked sullenly. "Maybe you didn't.
- How long was this kiss, anyway?"
- She sighed, hurt still. "It was fast! It wasn't a real kiss, not
- like a you kiss!" she told him, whining. "Here, you be me and I'll be
- Danny, and I'll show you!"
- He rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah?" he asked her. "I'll be you?
- Okay, here!" He spread his legs and lifted them up in the air.
- Jen was horrified. She couldn't breathe, nor move as she stared
- at him. Her jaw had dropped, and her eyes filled with tears.
- He didn't say anything else, just looked at her staring at him,
- his legs still like that. She turned away from him, her hand on her cheek
- as though he had hit her. She heard him stand up, but she didn't turn
- around.
- "I was kidding Jen," she heard him say softly. "I was just
- kiddin'. . . " He touched her on the shoulder, telling her he didn't mean
- it.
- She spun around, and pushed him away. Tears dripped down her
- cheeks. He came towards her again, trying to hug her, but she slapped his
- face.
- "Fuck," he muttered, shocked, his hand to his cheek. He moved
- towards her again, and she jumped, flinching as she threw her arm in front
- of her face to protect herself.
- He stared at her in disbelief, gulping. "No, Jen. . . " he
- whispered. He shook his head. "I wasn't going to hit you! No, I
- wasn't!"
- She lowered her arm, staring at him as she backed away.
- "No!" he told her. "No! I wasn't going to hit you! I would never
- hit you!" he pleaded. "Don't you believe me?"
- "I hate you," she whispered, turning around and walking out.
- "No," he whispered. "No, I wasn't!" he cried, going after her.
- She broke into a run as she got down the hall, and he chased her, catching
- up with her as she fumbled with the doorknob. "Jen, come on! I'm sorry,
- I'm sorry!" he begged, trying to hug her.
- She struggled with him, trying to push him away, before she turned
- around and thrust her knee up into his groin.
- "Ohhahhh!" he groaned, doubling over from the blow.
- "Don't you fucking touch me!" she told him, shaking. He gasped,
- gritting his teeth from the pain. "Don't you ever fucking touch me
- again!"
- She opened the door and ran out, slamming it in his face.
- "Oh fuck," he gasped, knowing what he had done. "Shit!" He leaned
- against the door, and the tears started to fall. He sobbed, forcing
- himself to stand up.
- "What did you do to her Ryan?" asked Robby from the kitchen,
- staring at him.
- He shook his head, embarrassed that he was crying, and went back
- to his room, collapsing on his bed. He gasped as he cried, his pillow wet
- beneath his cheeks. He sobbed, and whispered over and over that he was
- sorry.
- He hadn't meant to hurt her of course, he never did. He just let
- his anger and hurt get the best of him, like usual. He was so damn
- impetuous.
- He had planned on calling her and saying he was sorry that he left
- her there, but that he had been upset, and that the situation looked bad
- anyway he looked at it. And then he planned on calmly telling her that he
- didn't think it was right for her ex-boyfriend to sleep in her bed. He
- had planned his speech all out. But then she had surprised him by coming
- over, and it just happened. He hadn't meant what he had done. No way did
- he think she was some sort of slut.
- Ryan knew he had blown it big time. He prayed she would forgive
- him. He prayed to God she'd take him back.
-
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