Ronnie and Lacy had left. Michael and Bryan were eating cereal in the kitchen and saw Robert pouring a small cup of juice out of the fridge. “Did daddy yell at you?” Bryan asked.
“What do you think?”
“My dad is in bed sleeping still. Should I wake him up?” Michael asks.
“Just let him sleep.” Bryan got up. “I am taking my cereal with me in the living room to watch cartoons.” Bryan said and got his bowl of cereal and left the kitchen.
“I might join him.” Michael left following Bryan. Robert drunk the small glass of juice and puts the cup into the sink.
“I wonder where Ronnie and Lacy were going to go? Oh well…” Robert went back to his bedroom to lay down.
Katie was sitting on her bed. Her face was red as she thought about last night. Spending the day with Craig. And then he even spent the night. Katie’s parents were away for the whole night and Katie didn’t want to be alone. She ended up letting Craig spend the night with her. He slept on the sofa but it still made Katie feel embarrassed. Craig knocks on the door.
“Can I come in?” Craig asked.
“Y-Yes!” Katie threw her pillow on the other side of her bed. Craig came into the bedroom.
“My dad was a little mad at me for spending the night with you. I told him I would be on my best behavior but he honestly didn’t believe me. My mom…”
“What about your mom?” Katie asks.
“She’s doing great and actually… well… She’s been staying with us right now. Her and dad seem to be really in love.”
“That’s good. I am happy for your parents. I am sure your little sister is happy too.” Katie said with a smile. She felt happy for Craig.
“Yeah, all the pain seems to have been erased.” Craig says and sits down on the bed by Katie. She blushed.
“D-Do you want to hang together too? I am sure Alana is busy hanging with Max. S-Since they started dating.” Katie felt nervous.
“They do spend a lot of time together now.” Craig smiled. He knew that Max really likes Alana. Max was his best friend and he didn’t want to take him away from Alana. Also, there was Bryan but Craig didn’t felt like hanging with him. Not today.
“Why do you keep taking me out? Are we best friends?” Katie asked. She felt nervous still. She wasn’t sure if she wanted to look at Craig or not.
“Actually Katie… I want to talk to you about something.”
“What is it?” Katie asked.
“I have a crush on Lacy. Had I mean. I had a crush on Lacy before. We even dated once.” Craig said staring at Katie. She was staring at him now.
“Oh…” Katie felt upset. “Do you still like her?”
“I just told you I had a crush. Usually means it was all in the past. I didn’t realize into later that I was really falling in love with someone else.”
“Who was that?” Katie asked.
“You.” Craig said touching her face. Katie was surprised to hear that.
“W-What?” She asked. She moved away from him making him let go of her face. “Stop kidding around with me! It’s not funny!”
“I am not joking. I really like you. That’s why I keep taking you out. I want it to be dates. I want to be dating you. I want to be your boyfriend. That’s if you don’t mind having a non virgin.”
“Craig! Why are…” Katie’s face was completely red. She felt shy. Her heart was beating fast. Craig’s face shown a smile.
“I really do like you. You look so cute acting all shy right now. Do you like me?” Craig asks. Katie didn’t know how to answer. She did like him and now she knew that he likes her. He felt the same way.
“I…I…” Katie looks the other way. “I thought I liked Robert. I really thought so but then… I started to spend time with you and…” Katie looks back at Craig. “Then I started to really notice how I felt about you!” Katie took all the courage she could get and brought Craig’s face close to hers. She kisses him. Craig blushes and kisses her lips back. Katie felt like this was her true first kiss. Her actual first kiss with Robert felt forced and something she didn’t enjoy. But this kiss with Craig was different.
They part their lips. “Katie… You really are…Cute.” Craig smiled. Katie blushes.
“Craig… I really… I really like you!” Katie admits. Craig brought Katie close to him and hugs her. Katie blushes more.
“I love you…” Craig says to her. Katie liked hearing that.
Alana was with Max. They spent the day yesterday together and now they were going to spend today together as well. Max decided to take Alana to somewhere fun. A theme park. She was enjoying herself. They went on rides and even ate ice cream together.
“Today is such a warm day! It feels like summer already. I can’t wait till summer!” Alana said. Max nods.
“Yes, in summer we can hang even more together without having to worry about school.”
“I agree.” Alana blushes and finished eating her ice cream. “Let’s go on that ride.” Alana suggested and pointed to a Ferris wheel.
“If you aren’t scared.”
“I am not scared of that. It looks like fun.” Alana said and grabs Max’s hand. He held her hand back as they both went to the line to get on the ride.
“Max and I haven’t done that anymore. I don’t think I want to do that anymore for right now. I love Max, but… I just don’t want to do that anymore with him for the time being. I wasn’t really ready and I wasn’t thinking straight when it all happened. I should tell him about it. I just hope he doesn’t get upset with me.” Alana thought as they got on the Ferris wheel together.
“Is something the matter?” Max asked looking at Alana who was looking down.
“No. It’s nothing really.” Alana wasn’t sure if she wanted to tell him or not about it.
“You can tell me, I can tell something seems to be on your mind. I won’t get mad.”
“Promise?” Alana asked staring at him.
“I promise.” Max responds.
“I… I don’t think we should do anything gross. Really gross for the time being. You know, sleep together? I wasn’t really ready to do that and I feel weird about it. So I just want to stay boyfriend and girlfriend but not doing that for right now. Is that alright?” Alana asks. She was thinking Max would reject her thought and want.
“Okay. I guess it will be alright. But I am not breaking up with you.”
“I don’t want to break up either. I really like you.” Alana blushes and smiled at Max. He flashed a smile back at her.
Lacy and Ronnie were walking together in the town. “I hope Robert isn’t upset with us that we left him.” Lacy said. She was holding hands with Ronnie.
“I don’t think he mind. He told us to go. Besides he’s tired. He sleeps too much at times.” Ronnie tells Lacy. She looks down and stops walking. Ronnie stops and noticed she seemed upset. “Is something the matter?”
“I… I really feel bad. Like I am doing something wrong. Being in love with the both of you and then doing things that maybe we shouldn’t be doing like my mom doesn’t want or your dad.” Lacy said.
“You mean sex?” Ronnie asked.
“Yes, we just did that last night and now I feel like I regret it. I been feeling like I regret that a lot lately. It makes me feel funny now because I was once pregnant and lost it. I know I told you I wanted you last night, maybe I just can’t make up my stupid mind. We’re too young.”
“We’re going to be 15 in a few days why can’t we just do what older teenagers do?” Ronnie asks Lacy. “It doesn’t matter. I know kids our age doing it.”
“But is it really alright?” Lacy asked. “My mother told me before that she never did that when she was my age. She started dating my dad when she was a little bit older than me and never done that with him until she was of age. See the point?”
“My dad said before that Robert was born when he was about 17 I believe, meaning him and mom must of done it when he was 16. That’s older than me too.” Ronnie said noticing what Lacy was talking about.
“It’s weird of us and I don’t know if I feel comfortable anymore about the whole idea. Just recently, Alana told me about what her and Max had done and it really got me wondering about it. She said she regrets it even though she loves him and wants to be with him. She told me this while I was still healing from my miscarriage.”
“But Lacy, you can’t help it.”
“I know. I can’t help it I lost my virginity. But it was with Steven and then I went and took yours and Robert’s away. That was wrong of me. I feel so stupid and like a slut. I shouldn’t really be with the both of you.”
“Lacy you said that you made up your mind and told us to agree with you being with us both or you would just not date. Didn’t you say that?” Ronnie asked trying to remind Lacy.
“I did.” Lacy looks at Ronnie and then back down. “But I don’t know about it anymore.” Lacy walks over to a bench and sat down on it. Ronnie sits down by her.
“We can still date without having to do that. You know right?” Ronnie says to her.
“But Robert won’t agree to it. He’s the type that always wants to have his way.” Lacy said and Ronnie laughed a little.
“I guess he is like that, but he shouldn’t force you if you don’t want to. I am not going to force you either because that would be wrong. I really care for you Lacy.” Ronnie touches her shoulder. She looks at him. “I love you.”
“Ronnie… I… I like you a lot too.” Lacy says staring at him. She took a deep breath and then just wraps her arms around Ronnie. He blushes as she hugs him. “Being in love with two guys is very wrong… Doing what I did was very wrong, but…” Lacy wasn’t sure what she wanted to do at the moment but was hoping it will all come to her on its own.
The day went by quickly and Ronnie had taken Lacy home. They had a fun day together just browsing different stores. When Lacy got inside she saw her mother standing at the door.
“What is it?” Lacy asked her mom.
“I want to know if you really went over there last night just to do that again with those boys?” Abbilynn asked her daughter. Robert’s and Ronnie’s father must’ve told Abbilynn about what had went on last night. Now Lacy wasn’t’ what to do.