So today I was reading the news on the homepage and since 2002, 'detailed descriptions of physical interaction of sexual or violent nature' (smut) hasn't been allowed on the site. We got a lot of law breakers in the house, eh? Oh well. To hell with their rules. Smut forever! ;)
The school day passed quickly, with few assignments because it was the start of a new semester. I went to Clare's locker and found Alli waiting for her too. I said an awkward "Hello." Since she was Clare's best friend but I don't like her that much and don't care to get to know her. We stood there for a minute, waiting.
Soon enough, Clare showed up, still beautiful enough to take my breath away despite the circles under her eyes and tired expression. We were lucky that last night she had packed to stay at Alli's just incase so this morning we didn't have to worry about going to her house for her uniform. She opened her locker to get the things she needed but a pile of textbooks tumbled out. As she started to bend to get them Alli stopped her by putting a hand on her arm. "I'll get them. No need for strain in your current condition." She looked at Clare's stomach.
There was a pregnant pause. (No pun intended.)
"Alli, we don't know if I have any kind of condition or not yet. And even if I was in that condition, I wouldn't be far enough along to need help picking up my stuff." She snapped and picked up her books. She looked at me expectantly and still slightly annoyed. "Are we ready?"
I sighed and led the way outside. Since I didn't have Morty anymore, (1) we all walked to a nearby pharmacy. "Does Jake know about this?" I asked as we walked.
"No. We haven't really talked since that night. I kicked him out of my room after...you know, and he's been mad at me ever since."
"Why would he be mad?" Alli asked.
"Well after it happened, I was crying because well it hurt and I regretted instantly." Clare glanced at me. "And I started yelling at him because I was mad at him, I was mad at me. I knew it was a mistake." She glared at the ground. "He called me psycho because of it. Now he just ignores me like I'm not even important. He was a virgin too believe it or not but now I hear him on the phone late at night with Jenna all the time and I think one night she even snuck into his room." She got a pained look on her face. "From the noises they were making, I sure don't think they were just having a study date."
"Oh my God Clare! That's horrible. You poor thing." Alli put an arm around her as we approached the pharmacy.
"Clear Blue, First Response, E.P.T.?" Alli listed. "There are too many brands!" She groaned.
"Grab one of each." Clare answered. I raised my eyebrows at her. "I just wanna be sure." She shrugged.
"Okay." I lifted my hands in defeat. "Best two out of three." I chuckled to myself which received two identical glares from two very different girls. "I'll just go wait at checkout." While walking down the next aisle as a shortcut to checkout, I noticed some very...provocative but appealing words on some of the products jumping out at me. I grabbed three different boxes...just to be sure. I took them to the checkout to get rung up and quickly stashed the bag in a pocket on the inside of my leather jacket.
I tried to look innocent as Clare and Alli emerged from their aisle, sure enough with three boxes. Alli raised an eyebrow. "What's that look on your face?"
"What look? This is just my face. Do you have a problem with it?" I raised my eyebrow mockingly at her. She rolled her eyes.
"Whatever." She said as I payed for the blue, pink, and purple boxes. "I'm so glad that ugly death car of yours is history. I'd hate to be riding in it right now." She said as we walked out.
"That is no way to talk about the deceased!" I exclaimed.
"Who cares!" Alli shot back.
"I care!" I responded.
"Will the two of you just shut up!" Clare practically screamed.
Alli and I both stopped talking as we all walked to my house because it was closest.
"Will your parents be home yet?" Clare asked abruptly as we reached my front door.
"No, not until six." I checked the clock on my phone. "It's only 4:30." I unlocked the door and we stepped inside. "So..." I said into the silence.
"Let's get this over with." Clare huffed.
They made me wait outside the bathroom but I could still hear them talking. "So you just pee on it?" Alli asked. I rolled my eyes.
"I-I guess." Clare replied. I heard a zipper and someone sitting down.
"Well?" Alli asked impatiently.
"I can't."
"Everybody can pee, Clare."
"Well not with you watching me like that!"
"Fine. I'll turn around." I heard feet shuffling. "Better?"
"Not really." I hear the faucet turn on.
"What about now?"
"A little but I sill, I don't know. I don't think I have to go right now."
I heard Alli huff. "Eli, go get Clare a big glass of water ."
"On it!" I yelled back, glad to get away from their conversation. I grabbed a glass from the cupboard and went to the sink. After the glass was full I went back to the bathroom and walked in.
"Eli! Get out!" Clare exclaimed, blushing deep red with her pants around her ankles.
"Sorry!" I half shouted and sloshed water on myself as I closed the door. "I spilled water on myself. I'll leave the glass outside of the door. I'm going to change." I set the water down and I heard the door open and close as I went to my room.
I decided to just change out of my entire uniform though I only spilled water on my pants. After getting dressed, I went back to the bathroom. "This one's blank. What does that mean? It's been two minutes."
"Well for that test it means 'not pregnant.'" Alli said.
"Okay well this one has two lines."
Someone sucked in a breath.
"What?"
"For that test it means 'pregnant.'"
"Oh no!" Clare responded. "I was hoping for three negatives." I heard her start to cry.
I knocked on the door and waited. "Is it okay if I come in?"
"Yeah." Alli replied. Clare's clothes were back on and they were sitting on the edge of the bathtub with three sticks next to Alli. I sat on the other side of Clare and put my arms around her while she was still sobbing. "It's okay Clare. Maybe it was a whacked test. It could be wrong. Like Eli said, best two out of three." Alli tried to placate Clare.
"What's the last one say?" I asked.
Alli picked up the stick with the purple end. "A plus sign means pregnant and a minus sign means not pregnant." She said, reading the box it came from. She looked at the stick. "Negative!" She squealed. "Clare you're not pregnant!" she yelled and hugged Clare. It ended up being an awkward group hug on the account that Clare was still in my arms.
"Can we get out of my bathroom now?" I said after a minute. "Knowing my parents, they'd suspect we were having some weird bathroom orgy or something when they got home." We stopped hugging and stood up. "Um..." I said looking at the pregnancy tests.
"I'll just take these with me and dispose of them myself." Clare volunteered, sweeping them up in her hands and stashing them in her book bag.
When we got into the hallway I asked "Do you guys need to get home right away? We could hang out here for a while if you want." They both agreed to stay for a while and we all ended up on the couch in front of the tv. "How about a movie?" I asked.
They both liked the idea and we looked through the HBO channels. "Stop!" Clare interjected as I was channel surfing. "Go back two channels." I complied.
"Really Clare, True Blood (2)?" I complained.
"Have you ever watched it?" She asked.
"No. It has vampires, therefore I'm not watching it. I've seen the Twilight movies and have sworn never to watch anything vampire ever again." I said stubbornly.
"You've gotta be kidding me!" Alli started in. "This is nothing like Twilight! First of all the vampires don't sparkle, they blow up in sunlight, they need human or synthetic blood, and getting bitten by one won't turn you into one, and you get to see most characters of this show naked!" She ticked off on her fingers. Clare blushed at the 'naked' part of Alli's rant.
"Fine." I huffed. "But the second I see a penis I'm outta here!"
"No penises on this show sadly." Alli replied.
"Can we stop talking about those things." Clare asked. Alli and I laughed.
"Oh!" Alli squealed. "This is the episode where Jessica and Jason get together."
"I don't know why you ship them." Clare giggled. "She was better with Hoyt."
"Nah uh! He's way too boring for her. But with Jason he's just so mmm and she's just so mmm! They have much more sexual tension. Thus, making it a better couple to ship."
"But Hoyt's so nice. Jason, although good looking, is just a womanizer. Plus Hoyt's his best friend!"
"Clare! Did you not see the episode where Jessica throws that party with the college kids where they played rock band? Jason was heartbroken seeing that other guy all over her! He loves her."
"I give up." Clare laughed throwing her hands up. "You have an excuse for everything Jason does!"
"Only because I secretly ship Jason and Alli." She smiled and started making kissing noises.
"On that note, I'm going to get some food. You guys want anything?" I asked and stood up from the couch.
"Not me, I actually have to get home but that'll give you two love birds some alone time." Alli said winking and began making kissing noises again.
"Okay, out." Clare laughed and playfully shoved Alli towards the door.
"Okay, okay. I'm going." She stopped just before exiting my house. "You two," She said pointing at us, "use protection!" She exclaimed before shutting the front door behind her.
"Gotta love Alli." Clare said, still giggling as she joined me in the kitchen.
"She's okay." I shrugged and leaned against the counter. "But I've got a better girl that I love." I smiled, loving the way I can make her blush. "And speaking of you, I've been meaning to ask, how did you enjoy your first stay at hotel Eli?"
She laughed and responded "It was okay, next time I sleepover you should tell the party guests in the main lobby to keep it down so the other tenants can get some rest."
"You slept just fine as I remember. Cute little Clare Bear was so peaceful while she was snoring away." I teased.
"I do not snore." She playfully slapped my arm. "You take that back."
"And if I don't?" I smirked.
"Then I'll just have to do this." She reached out and kissed me hard on the lips.
A minute later when she pulled away, I said "Not a very good form of punishment Edwards." I took a minute to catch my breath. "Speaking of that and hotel Eli, I'd just like to let you know that only the first night is free."
She teasingly said "Pressuring me already? We just started dating last night." She pulled her body away from mine and my purchases from earlier fell from my jacket. "What are those?" She asked, eyeing the packages sprawled on the floor.
"Oh. I can explain that." I said quickly.
"Oh really?" She arched an eyebrow.
"It's a just incase type of thing. So we won't have to go through what we did today again if you ever decide that you want to do that-" I indicated to the condoms. "with me." I could feel a small bit of heat creeping into my cheeks.
"I see." She said slowly. "And what if I decided that was now?" She met my eyes.
"Eli! We're home!" Bullfrog and Cece called out in unison.
I'm so proud of myself for updating every other day so far, but sadly that must come to an end because tonight mommy dearest and I are going to my uncle's cabin until Sunday and he doesn't have internet. :( Today I'm going to try to start chapter 4 and hopefully finish it Sunday when I get home but it probably won't be up until Monday and from there I'm going to try to get back to updating every other day.
(1) R.I.P. Morty. Reccently I was watching a video that was taken before season 11 where Justin Kelly and Munro Chambers gave a tour of the parking lot, saying which cars were used in the show and they came to Morty's spot and Munro goes "Morty's dead. Who cares?" and I about cried but then he said to himself "I care." Lol
(2) Other than Degrassi, True Blood is probably my all time favorite show. And I'm so excited because my mom's getting us HBO specifically for us to watch True Blood.
Anyways, thoughts on the story?