Chapter 10

Make Outs And Sleep Overs

The drive to Donnie's house was a little awkward. I sat in the back seat playing with the lose thread on my messenger bag nervously. Charlie sat in the front seat next to Donnie slurring his words, telling Donnie how it felt to win state; "You'll never know how that feels" he smirked. I wanted to say something but I just played with more lose thread and bit my tongue.

Donnie pulled into the driveway and turned off the car; "I'm just gonna change my shirt" Donnie said turning to me; "Wait here?"

"Okay" I said nodding my head.

"It was nice meeting you Heather" Charlie said, opening his door.

"Her name is Kelly" Donnie corrected getting out of car.

"Whatever" Charlie said under his breath and stumbled to the front door. I watched the two of them go inside then I got out and sat upfront. I took a sip of the vodka and orange juice from the bottle in my bag then checked my make up in my mirror.

Donnie came back out a few minutes later, he changed from his Led Zeppelin t-shirt into a Permian Panther's one; "Ready?" he asked putting his seat belt on.

"Ready" I replied, as I got another chill, and shivered; "It's getting cold"

"Do you want me to grab you a sweatshirt?"

"No, that's okay. Besides I'd float in it, like I am your jersey"

"We can stop at your house if you want"

I thought for a minute; "Yeah. Let's do that"

"So you had fun at the game?"

"Yeah it was pretty fun. A lot of people were talking shit though"

"About what?"

"You"

"Me?"

"Yeah when you...fumbled the ball they were saying some stuff to me"

"Nice"

"It's alright, I shut them up don't worry"

Donnie talked my ear off about the game and how he played all the way to my house. "You want me to wait here?" Donnie asked when we got my house.

"Yeah, there aren't any lights on, everyone is probably sleeping. I'll be right back"

I ran inside and down to the basement. I changed into a comfortable Odessa High School t-shirt, brushed my hair, touched up my makeup then grabbed a black hooded sweatshirt. I ran back upstairs and into the kitchen; "Where are you going?" my mother asked. I didn't see her at first sitting at the kitchen table eating a sandwich.

"Oh. Hi mom" I said opening the fridge.

"Where are you going?" she repeated.

"A party"

"It's late" she said looking at the clock.

"Yeah, well we were at the game. We won! We shut them out!"

"I heard" my mom said nodding towards her radio.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm just tired from work. I'm going to bed soon"

"Okay well, I'll be back in the morning. I'll probably crash at Nicole's or something"

"That's fine, just be careful" she said smiling; "What's that?" she asked looking at the jersey.

"Oh it's uh...Donnie's jersey. I wore it to the game"

My mom gave me "that look"; "Who's Donnie?"

"Donnie Billingsley, sorry mom I gotta go, he's uh waiting for me"

"Kelly!" my mom said stopping me just as I reached the doorknob.

"Yeah?" I asked turning back around.

"Give me it"

"Give you what?"

"You know" she said eyeing my messenger bag.

"I don't have anything"

"You want to go drive around with a guy I don't know, you'll hand it over"

I sighed and reached into my messenger bag and handed over the water bottle of vodka and orange juice; "Goodnight mom"

"Don't make me worry"

"You don't have to worry. I love you mom"

"I love you too. Goodnight"

* * *

When Donnie and I got to the party at Nick's house we walked into the house hand in hand; "Do you want to look for Nicole first?" I asked as we walked through the living room.

"Let's get a drink" We walked into the kitchen and Donnie grabbed two beers out of a case that was sitting on the counter; "Here you go"

"Uh you know, I don't really want to get drunk tonight"

"Oh" Donnie said looking at the two cans of beer; "Just have one then"

I laughed and took the beer; "Alright"

Donnie opened his beer and took a long swig then burped; "Come on let's go find people"

We walked around the house together talking to people. Donnie talked to his teammates and other girls while I stood next to him awkwardly sipping on my beer. I got lots of dirty looks, and everyone asked Donnie if I was "his girl". "I'm gonna go find Nicole" I said to Donnie as he and Brian stood in the kitchen about to do a keg stand; "I'll be back"

"Alright" Donnie said kissing me on the cheek before I left.

I walked through the kitchen, dinning room, and living room trying to find Nicole. There were empty beer cans and party cups everywhere and the music was so loud I could barely hear myself think. I wasn't in very much of a party mood that night. I ran into Gina, the girl I had an altercation with at practice and asked her if she had seen Nicole; "Her and Mike were sitting outside last time I saw her"

"Outside? Where?" I asked her looking around the living room.

"Out back, on the porch" she said looking towards the back patio door.

"Thanks Gina"

"Oh wait" she said stopping me.

"Yeah?"

"Where's Donnie?"

"Um...him and Chavez are in the kitchen drinking. Why?"

"Just wondering" she said smiling at me.

"Okay. Well, thanks" I said laughing and turned around, moving towards the patio door to find Nicole and Mike.

"Hey Kelly!" Jake, the kid from food science class, said walking in front of me.

"Hey Jake, uh can you just give me a minute, I'll come back and talk to you okay?" I asked, frustrated and pushed past him to the door.

"I'll be waiting!" he yelled.

"I'm sure you will" I said under my breath and opened the patio door. It was dark outside and I couldn't see anything; "Nicole?" I yelled. No answer. I looked on the wall for a light switch and flicked on the outside light.

"Hey!" I heard Nicole yell.

I looked back outside and saw Nicole and Mike standing in the middle of the patio in each other's arms. They both looked over at me with surprised and slightly annoyed looks; "Uh...sorry" I said flicking the light back off; "Were you two...uh...yeah sorry. Sorry Mike!"

"Kelly?" Nicole asked out from the darkness.

"Yeah?"

"Shut the door"

"Yeah. Gotcha" I said and shut the door laughing to myself.

"What's so funny?" Jake asked coming up to me again.

"Um...nothing. I saw...a squirrel"

"A squirrel?"

"Yeah. You know, I'm from the city I don't see them...in....Texas" I stuttered; "Let's get away from this big window" I said and walked back towards the kitchen.

"So were you at the game?" Jake asked, following me.

"Yep"

"I didn't see you"

"I was in the stands" I walked into the kitchen and looked over at Donnie who was holding somebody's leg, assisting in a keg stand.

Jake looked over at Donnie; "Are you here with him?"

"I came here with him"

"So your here by yourself"

"Sure" I replied, getting sort of freaked out by this Jake guy. He looked half way decent but he acted clingy and obsessive; "Where's your girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend? I don't have a girlfriend"

"Oh, well why don't you go find one? I'm sorta...busy"

"Your standing in the kitchen"

"Yeah, I'm waiting for someone. I'm meeting someone in the kitchen. Against this counter" I was using all of my great bullshitting skills all in one night tonight.

Jake laughed; "You don't really expect me to buy that do you?"

"Whatever Jake" I said and walked over towards Donnie, he was drinking another beer and talking with some guys.

"You alright?" he asked putting his arm around me. I put my arm around his waist and moved my eyes towards Jake who was now standing on the other side of me; "Hey why don't you get out of here?" Donnie asked looking at Jake.

"What?"

"You heard me" I stood there awkwardly.

"You gonna make me?"

"Hold this" Donnie said handing me his beer; "What did you say?" he asked getting in Jake's face.

"I said are you going to make me?" Jake repeated.

Donnie threw a punch at Jake but Jake moved out of the way quickly and smiled at Donnie; "I'll see you later Kelly" he said and winked at me before walking out of the kitchen.

"Thanks" I said handing Donnie his beer; "You tried"

"Yeah. Asshole"

"So um...guess what?"

"What?" he asked, sounding annoyed.

"Calm down"

"Sorry" he said shaking his head; "I hate people"

"Well anyway, I sorta caught Mike and Nicole making out outside"

"Who?" Brian asked butting into our conversation when he walked into the kitchen.

"Um...Mike and Nicole"

"No way!" he said surprised; "Are you sure?"

"Very sure"

"Way to go Winchell" Brian said giving Donnie a high five.

"Yeah, now we just have to get you a girl" Donnie said to Brian.

I blushed and looked at Brian; "He said it, not me"

Brian shook his head; "I'll see you guys later" he said and grabbed a beer before going out to the living room.

"Your not having fun are you?" Donnie asked me.

"I'm just not really in the mood to drink or anything"

"Are you tired?"

"Kind of"

"You wanna get out of here?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"My house?" he asked smiling at me.

I thought for a minute, then gave in; "Okay. Let's go"

"You sure?" Donnie teased. We started to walk out of the kitchen when I caught eyes with Jake who was watching us; "Come here" I said quickly and grabbed Donnie and started making out with him.

He kissed me back then saw Jake out of the corner of his eye and started kissing me harder. Donnie flipped him the middle finger and before I knew it Jake came walking angrily into the kitchen.

"Hey! Hey asshole!" Jake yelled trying to get Donnie's attention. A few people started gathering around us, they knew Donnie and knew what was about to happen.

Donnie and I kept kissing until Jake leaned over and slapped my ass; "What the fuck" I yelled and slapped Jake across the face.

"Your gonna die" Donnie yelled and tackled Jake to the ground and started fighting him.

"Billingsley! Billingsley!" people started yelling while I just stood there watching.

Brian ran into the room, knowing exactly what was going on, and pulled Donnie off Jake and up off the floor; "What the hell is going on"

"Nothing" Donnie said wiping the blood off his split lip with the back of his hand.

"Nothing?" Brian asked looking at me.

"Jake slapped my ass" I explained calmly.

Brian bent down next to Jake; "You alright?" he asked sincerly. Jake looked up at him, breathing heavily and nodded his head; "Too bad" Brian said and punched him again.

"Brian!" I yelled surprised.

"That's what I'm talking about Chavo" Donnie yelled while the group of people who gathered to watch started laughing.

"Look at me" I said looking at Donnie's lip; "Your bleeding"

"For you" Donnie said smiling at me.

I rolled my eyes; "Can we go now?"

"Yeah let's go" Donnie said my hand.

"Where are you guys going?" Brian asked, walking through the living room wish us.

"Over to my house"

Brian raised an eyebrow; "Again?"

Donnie and I looked at each other; "No, we're actually going to GO to the house this time" I said laughing.

"Where's Mike?" Brian asked; "And Nicole?"

"Last time I saw them making out on the patio. Make sure she gets home okay?" I asked.

"No problem. See you guys later" Brian said and walked back into the crowd of people in the living room.

* * *

"How are we going to do this?" I asked as Donnie and I sat on the street outside his house in the car; "Do you have to sneak me in?"

"Yeah" Donnie replied shaking his head; "Okay here's the plan. Your gonna go over here" Donnie explained pointing to the left side of his house; "There is a back door around the corner. Wait there, I'll let you in after I scope out where my dad is and if he's passed out or not"

"Okay. Sounds good"

"Take off your shoes and leave them on the back porch"

I nodded my head and threw my messenger bag in the back seat; "Ready?"

Donnie leaned over and kissed me; "What was that for?" I asked.

"If we get caught"

We both got out of the car and shut the car doors as quietly as we could. We walked up the driveway, then I ran around the back of the house and sat crouched down on the porch with my shoes off. Donnie walked into the house like normal. He took off his shoes and dropped his keys onto the kitchen counter. Donnie walked down the hallway and peered into his dad's bedroom - Charlie was passed out snoring with his girlfriend laying next to him.

Donnie opened the back door slowly and quietly, I stood up and reached my hand for Donnie in the dark; "Come on" he whispered taking my hand. I stepped into the house and Donnie shut the door behind me; "Walk very slowly, do not bump anything" he whispered; "and don't step on the cat"

I tried so hard not to burst out laughing right there. I held onto Donnie's hand as he led me through the dinning room and down a hallway to his room. He shut his bedroom door then turned on a lamp that was sitting on his dresser; "That was easy" he said quietly.

"Do we have to whisper?" I whispered to him.

Donnie nodded his head; "Let's change, we can talk in bed"

"Oh, we're sleeping together?"

"I could sleep on the floor if you -"

"I'm joking" I said smiling at him; "Do you have clothes for me to wear?"

Donnie dug through a pile of clothes on the floor then tossed me a pair of sweatpants; "This good?"

"Perfect" I said and unzipped my jeans. Donnie turned around and faced the door while I changed my pants; "You know you've seen me naked before"

"In the dark..." he replied; "Doesn't count" I unhooked my bra under my shirt and took it off through my sleeves, then threw it at Donnie.; "What is this?"

"Souvenir" I replied then sat down on his bed; "Your turn" I said and put my hands over my eyes. Donnie took off his shirt and pant and threw on a pair of shorts; "Done?"

"Done" Donnie replied then turned off the lights. We laid down in the bed together, awkwardly at first, then Donnie put his arm around me and I rested my head on his chest; "Comfortable?" he asked me.

"Yes"

"Warm?"

"Yes"

"Horny?"

"No"

"Just thought I'd ask"

I laughed; "Whatever. Um...so I wanted to ask you something..but um...you don't have to answer if you don't want to"

"Okay..."

"How many girls have you been with?"

"Do you mean slept with or been with?"

"Slept with"

"Two"

"Was I the first, or the second?"

"You were the second, but I don't think the first counts"

"Why not?"

"I didn't...."

"Finish?"

"Yeah"

"Oh"

"What about you?"

"I've been with two. You were the second"

"Did the first one count?"

I felt terrible, I didn't really want to tell the truth; "Yeah. The first one counted"

Donnie nodded his head; "Have you ever been in love?"

"No, that's one thing I haven't experienced. You?"

"Yeah, my first girlfriend"

"Aww, what happened?"

"She cheated on me"

"Nice" I said sarcastically; "Do you still talk to her or anything?"

"She moved. But that's kind of why I am the way I am. When I was with her I didn't even look at any other girls, then when she cheated on me I said screw it"

"Yeah. Makes sense"

Donnie and I talked for a few more hours until we both decided it was time to go; "I'll drive you home" Donnie said yawning.

"I guess..."

"You guess?"

"Well I did tell my mom I was going to be out all night, and that I was staying at Nicole's"

"Well I guess you can stay here"

"Do you want me to?"

"Don't ask stupid questions"

Donnie and I got comfortable again under the covers. I laid on my side and he laid next to me with his arm on my stomach; "Hey Kelly?"

"Yeah?"

"You know how all those people keep asking us if we're together?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"What do you say when they ask?"

"I avoid the question, or tell them fuck off" I said with a laugh.

"Maybe we should start saying...yes"

I smiled the biggest smile I've ever said in my entire life. The night had been perfect and Donnie just made it the best night of my life; "Yeah. I think we should" I replied.

The following morning I woke up Donnie's arms.