Chapter 2: A Bad Situation
The door flew open to the hotel room. Mary and Greg stumbled in. Mary had obviously had a few drinks while Greg was still pretty sober. Their arms wrapped around each other, they could not seem to seperate. Their lips only parting for miliseconds at a time. Greg took his hand briefly off of Mary's back and closed the door. Together, they clumsily made it over to the bed.
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A young lady with medium length blonde hair and a round face walked around an apartment full of people. She was showing off an engagement ring to everyone. She smiled brightly each time she extended her hand to show off the new ring.
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Mary had Greg pinned down on the bed. Her shirt was one of the first things removed and was now laying lifelessly on the floor. Kneeling down over him, she grabbed his shirt and started to unbutton it. Slowly, each button coming undone, revealing his chest, and soon enough, his stomach. Her hand slowly stroked down his bare skin. Noticing the bulge in his pants, she smirked as she undid his belt and zipper.
Pure lust in both their eyes, she decided to ignore the rest of the clothing and lean down to start kissing him. First kissing his lips and then moving down towards his neck. She could feel him reach up and remove her bra. As he tossed it aside, he grabbed her shoulders and switched positions with her.
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White soft petals hit the ground. Each one leading the way for the young blonde as she walked down the aisle in her wedding dress. Smiling as she passed each row of people gathered there. Her father walking her closer and closer to the man at the alter.
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Both were now completely undressed. Mary pleaded with him as he teased her. Her hand gripped the sheet as soon as he finally went in.
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Greg and the blonde lady stood at the front of the alter as he lifted the veil and kissed her.
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They both moved together perfectly. Climaxing at the same time and then collapsing at the same point. They lay next to each other under the sheets as she turned to him and smiled.
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The blonde and Greg lay next to each other under the sheets as she turned to him and smiled.
Mary quickly sat up. Out of breath, she looked around the room. It was now morning, and even though she had slept through the night, she had felt as if she had gone a week without sleep. Reluctantly, she pushed herself out of bed and got ready for the day.
As if scheduled, Rhoda entered through the door as soon as she was done getting ready. "Hey Mare," she said as she walked over to the table.
"Hey Rhoda," she greeted as she went and grabbed the coffee. "All I have this morning is toast. That okay with you?"
"Yeah," Rhoda said as she examined Mary for a moment. "Didn't sleep did you?"
Mary looked up to her as she poured the coffee. "I'm sorry, no I didn't."
Rhoda stood up, "Mary, why don't you let me do this. All right? You sit down."
Mary sat down. Her back was to Rhoda who was grabbing the toast and the butter and jelly. all that was on her mind was that next week she was going to have to see Greg again. She was going to have to relive everything that she had just been through. The baby between them would remain a secret, but his presence, she was sure would be enough to mentally torture her. "I feel guilty having this baby."
Rhoda set the things on the table as she sat down. "You have no reason to Mary, trust me. He was the dirty one. You were just the naive innocent one, taken in by his lies and lust."
Mary glared to Rhoda for a second. "You don't understand. I really feel guilty about all of this. Every single bit of it."
Rhoda grabbed her hand. She could se where this was going and wanted to prevent it. "Look, HE lied to you. HE told you that everything was okay. YOU did not tell him to cheat on his wife. YOU didn't even know a Mrs. Thompson existed."
Mary sighed. "But now I do. Now I know that I pulled him away from her. Now I know I'm having the baby that she should be having. I know what happened, and I don't like any bit of it." Mary leaned forward and slightly gripped onto Rhoda's hand. "I hate to say this, but all this baby is to me is a reminder of the cheap affair that I had. A reminder of how stupid I could be."
"I am going to say this again, and this time very slowly so that maybe you will understand. He decided that he wanted to cheat. I know that you did not wake up one morning and decide to get knocked up by some married creep. And hey! He wasn't married when he met you was he?"
Mary sighed. "He was engaged Rhoda. He married her right after he started dating me. I don't see how that is much better."
"She told you that?" Rhoda asked.
Mary took her hand from Rhoda and used both her hands to cover her face for a moment. "I figured it out while I was talking to her. I lied to her and told her that I was just working with him while he was staying with WJM for the month. She said that they got married a few towns over and I met him the first day that they arrived here." Mary sat back and rested her hands on her abdomin. This was going to take a lot of adjusting. "I wonder what people will think when they find out."
Rhoda shrugged. "Probably that the creep who knocked you up should be hunted down and burned at the stake." She saw the pitiful look on Mary's face. "We know you Mare, we know that this all wasn't your fault. Me, Lou, Murry, I'm sure they'll support you. Now Phyllis on the other hand I wouldn't tell until the kid's about eighteen."
Mary laughed, the first time in the last twenty four hours that she had even smiled. "You think you could help me look for a new place soon? I don't think a one room place is going to do anymore."
"Sounds good to me. We can start looking next month if you want," Rhoda said.
"Good, the sooner the better. I want plenty of time to get everything set up for when the baby's born."
Without warning, the door swung open and Phyllis walked through into the room. "Mary!" She walked over and stood between Mary and Rhoda. "I need to talk to you."
"Hi Phyllis," Rhoda said from behind Phyllis.
Phyllis slowly turned back. "Could you please excuse us Rhoda? This is a private matter between Mary and I."
Mary sighed and closed her eyes for a minute. This was not the time for her to be dealing with other people's problems. Wearily, she opened her eyes and looked to Phyllis, who had obviously not picked up on her body language. "What is it?"
"Its Bess. She's not talking to me. Her boyfriend called and talked to her and now she's downstairs in the bathroom where she locked herself in."
Rhoda grabbed Phyllis's arm and slightly turned her in her direction. "Hey there. You forget abotu me? The queen of break ups?"
Phyllis's face lit up. "That's right! You could never hold onto a man," Phyllis said as she went around and sat on the other side of Rhoda.
Rhoda looked down for a minute. "Yeah, well, anyways. Do not, I repeat, do not try and barge in there. The kid obviously wants her privacy right now. When she's ready to talk to you she'll come out." Rhoda thought a second to try and come up with something that Phyllis would want to hear. "I mean, privacy is right, and its not a good thing to rid someone of their rights now is it?" Rhoda turned back and looked to Mary.
"No Rhoda, its not," Mary answered.
Phyllis sat there for a moment. "I can't believe it Rhoda, but you are absolutely right." Phyllis stood up and headed for the door. "How did I forget something like that?"
Rhoda turned to Mary. "And there she goes, Florence Nightengale, ready to heal any wounds that she may find."
Mary stood up. "Yeah well, we had better get going. Something tells me that this is about to be a long day."
"All right," Rhoda said as she stood up. She began to gather her dishes, but Mary stopped her.
"If you don't mind, I think I could use the moment alone. You think you could just meet me out in the car?"
Rhoda set everything back down. "Sure, I'll see you in a minute then."
Mary stood there and watched Rhoda leave the room. As soon as she was alone, she sat back down at the table and laid her head down as the tears fell from her eyes.