A/N: it's been awhile…terribly sorry. I hate how life just gets in the way all the time
The old wooden desk creaked as the Reverend Eric Camden shifted his glasses on his nose and stared at the paper in front of him.
He looked up at the couple across the desk from him. The man, smiling proudly and confidently, and the woman looking a little bit empty, looked like she wanted nothing more than to be anywhere else.
"Ok you two," he said in a chipper voice, setting his paper down and putting his worn Bible on top, "you've got four days…you ready?"
Mary didn't even get a chance to breathe before Carter squeezed her hand, "you bet"
The reverend beamed, "of course you are" he laughed and Carter joined him. Mary had wanted to die in every session of counseling before, and she could already tell this one wouldn't be any different.
He shifted his glasses again and glanced down, "just a few more things to cover…" his voice trailed off as he scanned the paper. Carter looked over at Mary and he winked.
"How will money be handled in the Beauman household?" Eric asked them
Carter smiled charmingly at Mary, "well, I have us completely covered as far as money goes. So if she wants to stay home with the kids, it wont even be an issue."
"Who said anything about kids?" Mary thought
"And spending money?"
"What's mine is hers, if Mary wants it, she can have it." He kissed her temple, "anything for my girl"
Eric grinned, Mary wanted to puke. If any other person in the world had sat in his office and said those words, it would have turned into a thirty-minute discussion, but he was buying everything Carter fed him. And the saddest part of all was that Carter wasn't bs-ing just to make Eric happy, he meant every single pathetic word.
The reverend reached for his tie and cleared his throat, "now tell me about…sex. How do you view it in the context of your relationship?"
"Well, we simply can't wait," Carter patted Mary's knee. Now she could actually feel the bile rising in her throat. She had heard Carter say some far-fetched things before, but his immense audacity to even suggest to her father, a man of God, that the two of them were virgins was complete lunacy. "Mary and I both feel that sex is a very special part of a marriage, and a meaningful part at that. We both waited a very long time for the right person to come along."
Reverend Camden looked pleasantly surprised, he had obviously, and correctly, assumed that Mary had "lost her precious flower" a very long time ago.
After Eric had finished a few more simple questions Mary and Carter were walking hand in hand to their respective cars.
Then Mary turned to him, "why did you lie to my dad like that?"
He laughed, "come on Mary what did you want me to say, 'oh man Rev I gave it to your daughter so good last night'"
As bad as she wanted to argue with him, she couldn't help but laugh. Carter was definitely good at making Mary happy. Maybe it wasn't perfect happiness…but it was close enough.
After Mary had kissed Carter goodbye and headed toward Wilson, she noticed her cell phone ringing in the side pocket of her purse. She quickly grabbed it and looked at the flashing screen. She didn't recognize the number, but she answered it anyway.
"Hello" she answered in a friendly manner
"Hey Mary" the pack a day voice spoke, "long time no see"
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I sincerely apologize for this chapter…it blows I know. I'm just trying to get to the good stuff
Review and forgive me please