John woke up with a smile on his face. AJ was still sleeping; he carefully got out of bed as not to wake her. He decided that a quick shower would be nice. About five minutes after he had left Sean his ten year old brother barged into his room looking for his favorite pair of sneakers.
"DAD! JOHN HAS A GIRL IN HIS ROOM!" Sean yelled.
AJ woke with a start. She looked around forgetting momentarily where he was. She stared wide-eyed at Sean.
"AJ." The boy looked equally surprised. "Eww. You are like a sister to us." He scrunched up his face is pure disgust.
AJ prayed that their father was out of the house somewhere. But prayers weren't on her side on this particular morning. His father seemed as confused as Sean was. All AJ could do was bury her face in the pillow and pretend she was anywhere else.
"When John gets out of the shower I want a word with the both of you." John Sr. announced shutting the door.
John was whistling a little tune as he strolled back into the room. He had a towel wrapped around his waist.
"Your dad wants to talk to us after you get dressed." It was hard for him to hear because her face was still in the pillow.
"Pardon me?" he asked.
She took her face out of the pillow. It was red with embarrassment. "Your dad wants to talk to us after you get dressed." She repeated herself.
John's face paled a little. "How did he find out you were here?" he asked.
"Sean." AJ answered flatly.
"I swear to god I am going to kill him." John muttered as he threw a shirt over his head. He thought nothing of dropping his towel in front of her. Her faced reddened again. He grinned at her. "Come on how can you still be embarrassed?" it was fun to tease her.
"Easily." She wrapped the sheet around her as she began looking for her clothes. She went to reach for her underwear but he snatched them up before she could grab them.
"Give them back." She commanded.
"Nope." He taunted her putting her underwear in his drawer. "Starting a new collection."
"Or more like adding to a collection." She rolled her eyes.
"I can honestly say you are the first person who's panties I stole." He grinned at her again. She ran her fingers through her hair trying to make herself look a little bit presentable.
"How do I look?" she asked.
"Wrong question to ask me right now. I'm ready to say screw my father and go another round." He answered her honestly.
"As much fun as that sounds I have to get back to Natalie."
"Ah yes." He nodded in agreement. "Well let's get this over with."
They stepped out of the room and the three brothers that still lived at home were all waiting for them. The two older boys wore shocked expressions. Sean just stood there looking smug.
"Told you guys."
"Sean you'd better hide cause after I get done talking to dad I am gonna hurt you." John threatened. "You know you are not supposed to go into my room unless I invite you."
"I was looking for my sneakers." The young boy tried to defend himself.
"Why would they be in my room?" John asked.
"I dunno."
"Run."
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It wasn't a pretty sight downstairs. John's dad had called Steve and Anita. All three of them were sitting waiting for them. AJ swallowed hard. This was going to be awkward at best. John wrapped his arm around her to comfort her.
"Cena I should kill you." The loud mouthed Texas started off the conversation. "How dare you do anything to take away my little girl's virtue!"
"Steve calm down." Anita urged him.
"Dad … it was my idea." All the adults looked at her. AJ swallowed again. "I snuck out of the house and I was the one who talked John into doing what we did."
"Don't try and protect him baby." Steve refused to believe her.
"It's true sir." John spoke up. "I didn't want to but she is very persistent." He finished off his sentence with a small smirk. AJ elbowed him in the ribs the minute the adults looked away. He choked a little. They looked at him. "Saliva went down the wrong pipe."
"When it comes down to it John and I are adults."
"The hell you are." Steve retorted. "You are sixteen Ashden." She cringed; she didn't like it when he used her full name.
"I have a baby!" she shot back at him.
"This is why you should be thinking more responsibly." Steve added.
"Look I know I have Natalie and believe me I do put her first but that doesn't mean that I can't be like every other teen. John loves the both of us and I know that we are both safe with him. You even said it yourself that John was a good guy."
"She has a point Steve." Anita said placing a hand on her husband's shoulder. Steve gave her a look.
AJ found her mind drifting off. She wondered if John would be just as protective of Natalie as Steve was with her. She then decided that yes he would be. She could see him in the future threatening any boy who came within spitting distance of Natalie. What AJ didn't know was that John was thinking of the same thing. He understood why Steve was so upset. He would be the same if it was Natalie. But at the same time he understood that they were two teenagers who were just giving in to their hormones. Neither one of them was a child anymore. They knew enough to be responsible. They were too old to be children to too young to be considered adults. These were frustrating times.
"Steve they are going to do what they want anyways." Anita pointed out. "At least give them the privacy to do it in their own homes. That way they are renting out cesspool motel rooms. We will all just live by the don't ask don't tell policy."
"I don't like the idea of them being old enough to do this either but I'd rather know they were somewhere safe." John Sr. agreed with Anita.
"So it is settled." Anita commented relieved to be done with this awkward situation.
"Are the both of you stoned!" Steve's face was so red it looked like a cherry. He was going to explode at any moment.
"Come along Steven James." Anita grabbed his arm forcing him towards the door with her.
"You want to stay for breakfast?" John asked.
"I dunno I should probably be getting home to Natalie."
"E can watch her a little bit longer." John urged her.
"If you want me too." She gave into him.
"I do." He didn't care who was watching them now. He kissed her like he was going to die if he didn't.
John Sr. looked a little disturbed. He left the room shortly after. The boys who had been listening at the stairs all looked horrified.
"That should be illegal." Matt said. "She's like our sister."
"Or future sister in law." Dan threw his two cents in.
"Eww." Was all Sean could say.
They all made it into the kitchen. Dan put an arm on his father's shoulder. "So dad since John can have girls in his room now can I have them in my room?" he asked hopefully.
"How about no." The other boys laughed at their brother being shot down. AJ gave him a sympathetic look but she laughed a little herself.
"You guys suck." Dan frowned.
