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Authors: Karen Einsel

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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.

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