Chapter 2

As the two friends strolled along the street heading to Chubbies, Miriam looked at Michaela as said, "can I ask you something?" She was answered with a raised eyebrow. Taking that as a yes, she continued, "why do you let David do this to you? You know you have nothing to prove to anyone." "I know" was the response. At this time they had arrived at the door and were greeted with an "about time" from two male voices.

The friends spent most of the evening chatting about where they thought they might want to go to medical school. The guys wanted to stay in New York, but Miriam and Michaela had looked at going to Philadelphia. Little did Michaela know, that's where David wanted to go too. As the night seemed to be going on with no problems, Michaela began to relax. She thought to herself, this is what being a college senior is suppose to be like. Relaxing with friends and talking about the future.

As a small smile crept across her face, Robert leaned over and nudged her. He whispered, "bet I know who you're thinking about. What's it gonna take to get you to finally give in?" Michaela's face started to blush. "Robert, I can't believe you just said that", scolded Miriam. "What?", he asked almost childlike. David asked me to investigate, says he's not sure if he wasting his time or not. Doesn't want to invest anymore time if it's not going to pan out." Michaela couldn't believe what she was hearing. Had David really confided in a friend the issues they were having in their relationship? She couldn't believe that something so personal, something that was so private was easily discussed among boys. Coming out of her reverie, she looked over at him and responded curtly, "I don't believe that is any of you business, and if you'll excuse me I think I'm going to go home." As she began to rise Miriam reached out to grab her arm but she pulled away grabbing her jacket and quickly walked out the door.

Back at her room she sat pondering her decision. She didn't want to lose David. Finally after a few moments she decided that waiting was no long an option. This was crazy, what was she waiting for? She picked up her cell phone and began dialing the number she memorized long ago. After apologizing for the late hour of her phone call, she asked David if he could come over. She wanted to "talk" was the way she put. She was worried that if she told him the real reason he would think less of her. After all, what kind of girls called boys in the middle of the night to come to their apartments? As much as she knew this would go against everything she believed in, she had convinced herself that she was a grown adult and perfectly capable of making this decision.

David answered his phone after several rings. He was puzzled that she had called so late. Not sure of what the night would hold, he rose from his bed, pulled on some jeans and a tee shirt, and walked across campus to her dorm. As he walked he prepared himself for the talk that was coming. He would again tell her he was sorry for pressuring her, sorry he walked out so abruptly, sorry he had not stuck around to talk about this. He'd had this conversation so many times before over the last several months that he practically had it memorized. When he reached her door, he didn't even need to knock. She had seen him coming, and was already waiting in the doorway. As he walked closer to her, he could smell the alcohol, and knew that this night was not going to go the way he had hoped. Michaela and alcohol never mixed well together. It didn't take much to loosen her lips. She often said things that she truly didn't mean. As he went to sit on the couch in the common area, she gabbed his hand and pulled him toward her room. "Not in here", she said. As he followed her to her room, she pushed him toward the bed and asked him to sit. "I'm soo…", he began to utter but she silenced him with a kiss. "No more talking", she whispered. She backed up and closed the door turning the lock. As it clicked he looked up at her with questioning eyes. "Michaela, we don't have to do this tonight. You've been drinking", he uttered. "I want to", she responded.

She turned the lights off in the room and sauntered over to the bed. David looked up at her, "are you sure about this?" She respond by kissing him. As the kiss deepened she carefully climbed onto his lap and wrapped her arms around his neck. No she wasn't sure about it, but there was no turning back. She was going to do this, she was going to finish what she started this time.

As they continued to kiss she rubbed her hand over his back and arms. When one of the heated kisses broke, she leaned next to his ear and whispered, "do you have protection?" "Yes", was his reply. He slowly turned to the side and lowered her to the bed. She was gasping for breath as his hands felt their way over her body. He trailed soft kisses down the side of her face to her jaw and down her neck to the edge of her shirt. He slowly pulled the edge of her shirt out of her jeans and began to raise it. As the cool air from the room hit her exposed skin she developed goose bumps all over. She reciprocated his movement by raising his shirt over his head. They'd done this before, but it was different this time. She felt different knowing that this time she wasn't going to stop herself.

As she ran her hands over his chest, she could feel his muscles twitch with anticipation. He trailed light kissed down to her navel stopping at the clasp of her jeans. As he went to release the clasp, he felt her gasp and suck her stomach in. "It's ok, keep going", she murmured. He pulled the zipper down and began to slide them down exposing the black lace panties. This sight thrilled him. He'd never before gotten her this far. As he stood to remove his own jeans and shoes, he opened his wallet to remove a condom that had been placed there several weeks ago. He had hoped that it would have been used before now, but was glad he had it none the less. He then lowered himself back on the bed to continue the deep kissing that had started all of this, all the while his hand had been kneading and caressing her in all the right places. He reached around behind her to unclasp the lace bra. She lifted her chest toward him inviting him to touch her. He moved his hand around to rub her breast. Feeling this new sensation caused a moan to escape her mouth. Pleased with himself, he moved to it's twin and offered the same treatment all the while lowering the kisses to her now exposed breasts. As he became more aroused he lowered his hands to the edge of her panties. He fingered to lace at the top and followed it around to her inner thigh. She jolted as the tingling in her body became more than she could handle at the moment. His hand rose to the waist again and he began to slide them down. Once removing them, he took care of his own boxers and tore the wrapper. They had reached the point he thought they never would. After one last look into her eyes, he positioned himself over her. As he joined her, thousands of thoughts flooded her mind. This was really happening was at the top of that list. She flinched at first over the slight pain that followed, but was soon consumed by the overwhelming feelings that this was right. This being the first encounter for both of them made it short lived. As he finished, David rolled to his side, he looked over at her and said, "thank you". Not what she was expecting after her first time. "I love you" would have been a better response. Oh well, what could she expect. She snuggled up next to him and they both fell asleep in her bed.