Chapter 12

(Trish's POV)

I did exactly what my friends told me to do. I thought long and hard about wanting to take that next step in my relationship with John. I thought long and hard about wanting to have sex. I decided to confide in Stephanie. She had been with Paul a long time and they had had sex when they were both fifteen. I decided to talk to Stephanie, because she had made the decision at a young age.

I talked to her the very next day. I ended up going over to her house to hang out. It was just the two of us.

"How did you know when you were ready to have sex with Paul?" I asked.

"It was a spur of the moment kind of thing," Stephanie replied. "It just happened."

"Did a part of you not want to do it?"

"Yes and no. I was scared. Paul was too. It was scary, because we were young and had never done something like that before."

"Do you have any regrets?"

"I did at first, because I was only fifteen when it happened. But there was no pressure or anything from Paul to do it again. I wanted to do it again on my own. Now that I'm eighteen, I wish I had waited until I was a little bit older."

I nodded my head. "If I'm having second thoughts, maybe I should wait a while longer."

"Maybe you should. But that is up to you. You could also talk to John. Maybe you'll feel better if you talk to him. He does have a bit more experience with sex than you do."

"Yeah, true. I could tell him how I feel and that I have been thinking about taking that next step."

"Or if you don't want to talk to John. You could talk to your mom or you could talk to a peer counselor. You could even talk to Amy, Stacy, and Torrie each alone like you have with me."

"True. Maybe I need to take more time to think it over."

"Tell me honestly, is John pressuring you?" Stephanie asked.

"No! Of course, not. If he was you'd hear about it. He is a complete gentleman. His hormones might be going crazy since he is a teenage boy, but he hasn't pressured me into doing anything. Of course, all we've done it made out and such. He hasn't even tried to feel me up. He's kept his hands to himself."

"That's good. That's real good."

(John's POV)

I hung out with Trish later that evening. We ended up at her house and watching a movie. Her parents were gone for the evening. They decided to go out to dinner and to a movie. Christie and Melissa were out as well. Christie was out with friends and Melissa was spending the night at her friend's house. That left Trish and me all alone in her house.

I liked the fact that we had the house all to ourselves. It would take a miracle for me to get my house all to myself.

"Did you have a good time with Stephanie today?" I asked.

"Yeah," Trish replied. "I had a lot of fun just her and I hanging out. I needed to talk to one on one anyway."

"Can I ask why?"

"Personal girl stuff."

"Say no more. I get that. I sometimes need to talk to the guys about personal guy stuff. I haven't recently, though."

"Who is your go to person when you need one on one with someone?"

"Well, it depends on what I'm talking about and who I'm talking to. It can be either Randy, Dave, or Paul."

"Yes, well, Amy is usually my go to person. But on the subject I was talking about I need insight from Stephanie. Amy would have done just fine, but Stephanie has had more experience on the topic."

I nodded my head.

(Trish's POV)

John nodded his head. I reached for the remote and pressed the pause button.

"Is something wrong?" John asked.

"I need to talk to you about something," I said.

"Oh, boy. That doesn't sound good."

"Don't worry I'm not breaking up with you!"

"Okay, good."

I smiled. "Um, what I talked to Stephanie about today, she suggested I talked to you about it. And I think it is very important that we talk about it!"

"Okay, let's talk."

"Okay, well," I said pulling a piece of hair behind my ear. "I've been thinking a lot about a particular topic that we need to talk about."

"And that is?"

"Sex."

(John's POV)

I couldn't help but smile. I don't think I should have smiled, but it was hard not to.

"Okay, let's talk about sex."

"You know I'm a virgin and I thank you for not being pressure on me."

"You're welcome. You are worth the wait. Who knows I might not even be the one who you lose your virginity to."

Trish shook her head. "No, I think you are. I think I might be ready to take that next step in our relationship. I think I might be ready to have sex!"

Again, I couldn't help but smile and think that I shouldn't be smiling.

Trish shook her head. "It's okay. You can smile if you want!"

"Sorry," I said.

"I'm serious, John! I think I'm ready!"

"Really?!"

"Yes."

I smiled. "Does that mean you want to do it right now?"

Trish shrugged. "All I know is I'm ready for it. I feel completely comfortable with you. Like right now, I don't feel awkward or shy about doing this." She moved from her spot on the sofa and climbed into my lap.

I smiled. "Then you won't mind if I do this," I said, kissing her passionately on the lips. I heard her chuckle.

(Trish's POV)

The kissing was short lived. I heard a car in the driveway. I pulled away from John and looked out the window. To my surprise it was Christie.

"Gosh damn it," I said. I climbed out of John's lap.

"What? Who is it?"

"Christie," I replied, walking over to the front door and unlocking it. I then opened the door. "I thought you were going to be out tonight?"

"I was," Christie said. "But I got tired of being the fifth wheel to Jamie, Joseph, Lindsey, and Damian, so I came home."

"Well, you're going to be a third wheel here," I said.

Christie shrugged as she walked into the house. I closed and relocked the door.

"Hi John," She said.

"Hey," John said.

"I'll be in my room. Go back to watching your movie." She headed to her room.

I sat back down on the sofa next to John. I pressed the play button. The movie resumed to where it was about ten minutes earlier.

(John's POV)

"Poor Christie," Trish said.

"Why poor Christie?"

"She's been filling like a third and fifth wheel a lot lately. Jamie's a girl and she's with Joseph, while Lindsey's with Damian. The four are couples."

I nodded my head. "I gotcha. I gotcha. So she wants a boyfriend, huh?"

"Yep."

"We should set her and Dan up."

"You want to set my little sister up with your little brother?" Trish asked.

"Yes. Why the hell not?

Trish shrugged. "Is Dan lonely too?"

"Yeah, there is some jealousy between him and I. He is jealous, because I have you."

"Awe. Dan wants a girlfriend."

"Yep."

Trish nodded her head. "Okay, let's do it. Let's set the two up."

"How do we do it?" I asked.

"Well, first off, let's introduce the two to each other, formally. They know of each other, but they don't know each other. They're not even acquaintances like we were."

"Sounds good."