CHAPTER 15
After the game Martin wanted to go congratulate Scott on the win but he knew that Scott was still angry with him and he didn't want to cause a scene in the school parking lot. He decided to go visit Scott later at his condo.
Scott was full of energy from the adrenaline rush of the game. All his teammates were all talking about partying the night away because they ended the season undefeated. They ended up being the district champions and now they were headed for the State championship in two weeks. Word got out that Scott and Shelby lived in their own place and someone had decided that Scott's place would be the perfect place for a party because of no adults. Teddy from the team came and asked Scott if a couple of guys could come over for a visit. Scott looked over at Shelby for permission and she just shrugged her shoulders. That's all it took for the word to be passed around throughout the school.
Scott and Shelby headed home and stopped by the store to grab some munchies for their incoming company. Shelby was actually a little excited because she had never entertained before and she wanted to show off her new place. When they got home some of the people were already there drinking beer on their door step. Scott let them in and asked how they managed to get the beer. One of the guys stole it from his family's refrigerator as they threw Scott a bottle. Scott excepted with pleasure because it had been awhile since he had one. One of the guys handed a bottle over to Shelby but Scott intercepted it before she could put her hand on it.
"Sorry Shel. Alcohol is not good for babies."
"So I get to watch you have all the fun?"
"I didn't say you couldn't have any fun. You can have all the fun you want as long as you don't smoke, drink, inhale, sniff, or pop pills."
"What else is there left. Next you'll be saying I can't have sex."
"No that's where all the fun does come in."
The other guys in the room were all going oooohhhh. "Man Scott is your girlfriend into that other stuff?"
"Wife Jerry. She's not my girlfriend she's my wife and don't worry about what she's into."
They heard a knock on the door and several other people showed up but before Scott could close the door it was pushed open as people started piling into his place bringing all kinds of booze. Scott looked over at Teddy.
"Hey Teddy. I thought you said a couple of people."
"Hey man can I help it. I think the word got out." Someone went over to Scott's stereo system, cranked it up and started blaring CD's. Scott heard someone yell for help outside his door and when he opened it, he found two large guys trying to carry a keg up his stairs.
"Coming through step aside," they yelled.
The party was now in full swing. Scott realized that the party was going to get out of control but he was having to much fun hanging out with old friends that he used to party with. Some of the girls were drinking too much and enjoyed hanging all over Scott. Shelby had to keep interfering because Scott was getting a little smashed himself. One of the girls who really had too much to drink came up to Shelby not knowing who she was and started running her mouth about Scott.
"Isn't it too bad that he had to go and get married?"
Shelby raised your eyebrow as if interested in what she had to say. "Why do you say that?"
"Because we used to love to play the game closet sex with him."
"Never heard of it. How do you play?"
"Well all the girls take a number and all the guys take a number. Someone draws out a number for the girls and than another number for the guys. Whoever number is drawn gets paired up and they go into the closet and are given 7 minutes to do whatever they can in there. Some people don't do anything because they didn't like the person that they were paired up with and some people try and go all the way in that seven minutes. Every girl that I know of always got a piece of Scott when they could. He was easy kill when he was flying high. I wonder if he still puts out since he knocked that slut broad up?"
Shelby didn't know what had come over her but the next thing she knew was that she was on the floor hitting the other girl. The other girl was screaming not knowing what Shelby's problem was and someone yelled, "Cat fight." A crowd of people was gathered around laughing and cheering at the two girls fighting. Another guy nudged Scott and he was told that Shelby was in a fight. He had a hard time pushing his way to the other side of the room to get to her.
Scott came upon the two girls and pulled Shelby off of Tina. "What the hell is going on here?"
Teddy grabbed Tina and held her back. "Shit Tina what are you doing hitting a pregnant girl? Shelby are you ok?"
Tina, "I didn't know who she was and besides, she hit me first."
Scott, "Relax Teddy. It's Tina you should be worried about. Shelby can definitely hold her own."
Rick, "Wow Barringer, you've got a cool wife."
Tina, "She's trailer trash."
Shelby tried to brake free from Scott arms so that she could pound her again. Scott was holding her back as best he could. "She can just get the hell out of my house. No one comes in here and calls me a slut that Scott knocked up."
Tina, "Well face it sweet heart. Scott would have never of married you if you didn't get pregnant."
Scott, "That's enough Tina. You don't know what you are talking about. I knew that I wanted to marry Shelby someday even before we slept together. I think that you've had to much to drink so why don't someone take you home now?"
Tina, "Ok Scott, I'm sorry. I really didn't know that she was your wife. Let me stay and I'll be fine."
That little incident only stopped the party for about 5 minutes and then it was back in full swing again. Scott held onto Shelby because he could feel her shaking. He kissed her on top of the head and took her face into his hands.
"You really ok?"
"Yeah, I just want to go lie down for awhile." She went back to the bedroom only to walk into a couple making out on her bed. She stormed back out into the living room and grabbed Scott by the arm. "Scott this has gotten way out of control. There are people having sex in our bed. Get them out now."
Scott went back to his bedroom and told the couple that they had to take it some where else because his wife wanted her bed back. While Scott was back in his bedroom he noticed some red flashing lights outside his bedroom window. He ran over to the window and saw two police cars pulling into the parking lot. He ran as fast as he could out to the living room knocking people over in the process. The first thing he did was pull the plug on the stereo because that usually quieted people down pretty quick.
"QUICK EVERYONE, THE POLICE ARE HERE SO GET RID OF THE BEER QUICKLY."
Everyone started running around and it turned into a mad house instead of an organized effort. Martin and Susan decided that they were going to pay Scott a visit and quickly noticed the presence of the police at the condo. Martin walked towards Scott's condo and realized that the police were walking in the same direction.
"Evening officer. Is something going on here?"
"No we just got a disturbance call that a party was out of control over here." An elderly gentleman came out of his apartment and greeted the police. He said that he was the one who made the call and it appeared that a bunch of teenagers were going wild in the apartment above him. When Martin heard that he put two and two together and realized that it must have been Scott's place. He ran up the stairs and pounded on the door. Most of the kids were crammed into other rooms of the place so it wouldn't look so bad when the police came to the door. Scott went over and opened the door expecting to see the police but there stood his father.
"Dad, what are you dong here?" He looked over his father shoulder and saw the police coming up behind him.
Police, "Do you live here?"
Scott, "Yes what's the problem?"
Police, "Are your parents here?"
Scott had to laugh at that last statement. "Well actually they are standing right in front of you."
Police, "We've had a formal complaint about an out of control party of teenagers here tonight."
Scott, "Sorry officer. I've got a couple of friends over and we were just playing the music too loud. We'll keep it down now."
Police, " Ok remember it's late and some of the older people here are trying to sleep. At least your parents are home now. Just keep it down. Good night."
The police walked away and Scott was still standing in the doorway guarding the door. Martin looked at him. "Well Scott can we come in or not?"
Scott looked over his shoulder and started to stutter. Martin finally got the clue and pushed his son aside. "Ok so where is everybody. The smoke in here is thick enough to cut it with a knife and it smells like booze." Martin walked back through the apartment and opened some of the doors. There were so many people in the other rooms that when Martin opened the door they practically fell out into the hallway.
Martin, "ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY OUT LET'S GO. EVERYBODY GO HOME NOW THE PARTY IS OVER."
Little by little people started filing out of the apartment until it was almost empty. The two big guys went into the bathroom and pulled out the keg and carried it outside. Martin looked over at Scott who stood in his kitchen with his head down. He walked through the apartment to make sure that it was clear and walked over to Scott.
"A keg? None of these kids are old enough to drink. Are you looking to get thrown in the slammer again?"
Scott looked up and walked over to his living room and threw himself down on the couch. He looked around and couldn't believe what a mess everything was. "I'm sorry dad. This wasn't my idea. People just started showing up and it just got out of control. I didn't even know half of the people here. I didn't want them here but I didn't know how to get rid of them."
Martin went over and sat next to Scott. "Yeah I don't think that you tried to hard to do anything about it." He pulled up Scott's head and made him look into his eyes. "If the police had taken all you guys to the station, I don't think you would have passed the alcohol test. Scott just looked away. No matter what he did he just couldn't please his father.
"Scott I thought that you wanted to be treated like an adult but what have you done to show that you are responsible?"
Scott sat quiet for a minute and Martin thought that he was just ignoring him Finally Scott spoke in a quiet defeated voice. "Dad why did you come here? Just so that you can prove me to be a failure again?"
"Scott you aren't a failure. I've never said that you were."
"No but you can't seem to ever say anything positive about me either. Ok I admit it. I'm a failure. I'm not the perfect son that you can be proud of anymore. I'm sorry that I'm such a disappointment to you." Shelby had heard Scott comments and started to go over to him to console him but Susan grabbed her hand and shook her head no. "They're not screaming and yelling at each other right now so let them try and work this out." Shelby understood what Susan was saying and decided that they should both go into another room and let father and son have some privacy.
"Scott you've never been a disappointment to me. I am proud to call you my son and I'm proud the way you have taken upon yourself to take care of things. Sometimes I don't always agree with the methods you use. I just don't want to see you make mistakes that you might regret later. Maybe I've been too over protective of you. I want you to know that I've talked with your grandfather because I was really concerned with all that has taken place here. I know that you feel the need to be independent especially since you have a wife to think about now. I could have helped you gain that independence if you had just come to me first instead of going to your grandfather."
"How dad? How could I have gone to you when all you wanted to do was get my marriage annulled? You don't know a thing about Shelby and her past. You don't know how hard it is for abused kids to survive on the streets alone. She did what she had to do to survive and no she is not proud of it. It's hard enough for her to have to live with it without other people judging her as well."
"I know that now because your mother explained it to me. I'm sorry that I jump to conclusions without getting all the facts first. That is something I promise to work on and I was hoping that maybe you could make a promise to me as well?"
"What's that?"
"Don't sign your name to anything having to do with your grandfather until I review everything with you. I've offered to buy this condo from him so that it would be under my name and not his but he won't sell. He did offer me something that I might consider. He really wants his company to stay in the family and so he told me that the only way that I could be one step ahead of you is to buy a larger piece of the stock. My brother Marshall has 30% and you have 5%. If I buy 20% than the three of us Barringer's could have a total of 55% together and we could hold more percentage than the other stockholders could. The company would be secure in our family. By me having more percentage than you, I would have more control and so I could make sure that you won't make any mistakes that might effect your future."
"Dad I could care less about all that right now. I just want to finish school, go to college and support my family as best as I can."
"I know and I am proud that you have those priorities set straight. Just don't let your grandfather sucker you into anything without coming to me for advice first ok?"
"Ok. Does this mean that I have to move out of the condo?"
"No. I realize that you and Shelby need a place of your own but don't be such a stranger. Come by the house and visit us sometime."
Scott smiled and hugged his father. "We won't. You and mom can come by whenever you want also." He looked around, "I promise that the place will be more presentable the next time you visit."
"Yeah, and less crowded?"
"Yeah. Thanks for clearing the place out for me."
"Sure any time. Let me go find your mother and let's see if we can get this place looking like a home again." All for of them worked together for the next half and hour picking up trash and cleaning up spills that was left behind from the party. When everything was cleaned, Susan and Martin started to leave. Martin turned to Scott before he left and said, "Remember to call me if you ever need anything, need to talk or someone to play tennis with. By the way, you made some great catches tonight. Let me know when you guys go to State so that I can come see the you play."
"I will dad and thanks."
Scott shut the door behind him and let out a huge sigh. "I'm beat. Let's go to bed. He walked with his wife back to the bedroom. He could tell that Shelby was still a little shaken up from what happened earlier at the party.
He looked Shelby in the eye and said, "Shelby you know I don't think of you that way don't you?"
"What way?"
"You are not a slut and I would have married you even if your weren't pregnant."
She smiled and said she knew. "Why don't you tell me about this closet sex game and how the girls always seemed to get a piece of you?"
Scott's mouth dropped open. "I'm pleading the 5th. I refuse to say anything on the grounds that it might incriminate me."
Shelby started laughing. "It's amazing that you even remember. From what I herd, you were an easy target when you were flying high."
"Shelby I'm not high right now and I can definitely say that I'm an easy target for you right now." He went over to unbutton her shirt. "Hey isn't that my shirt you are wearing?"
"Well how do you expect me to cover up this?" She pulled the shirt up to show Scott that she could no longer fasten her pants because her belly was starting to protrude beyond her waistline.
"Wow did that just happen overnight? How come I haven't noticed that before?" He came over and pulled the shirt completely over her head and brought her down on the bed. He kissed her belly and snuggled up to her. "I guess it's time to start getting some new cloths."
After the game Martin wanted to go congratulate Scott on the win but he knew that Scott was still angry with him and he didn't want to cause a scene in the school parking lot. He decided to go visit Scott later at his condo.
Scott was full of energy from the adrenaline rush of the game. All his teammates were all talking about partying the night away because they ended the season undefeated. They ended up being the district champions and now they were headed for the State championship in two weeks. Word got out that Scott and Shelby lived in their own place and someone had decided that Scott's place would be the perfect place for a party because of no adults. Teddy from the team came and asked Scott if a couple of guys could come over for a visit. Scott looked over at Shelby for permission and she just shrugged her shoulders. That's all it took for the word to be passed around throughout the school.
Scott and Shelby headed home and stopped by the store to grab some munchies for their incoming company. Shelby was actually a little excited because she had never entertained before and she wanted to show off her new place. When they got home some of the people were already there drinking beer on their door step. Scott let them in and asked how they managed to get the beer. One of the guys stole it from his family's refrigerator as they threw Scott a bottle. Scott excepted with pleasure because it had been awhile since he had one. One of the guys handed a bottle over to Shelby but Scott intercepted it before she could put her hand on it.
"Sorry Shel. Alcohol is not good for babies."
"So I get to watch you have all the fun?"
"I didn't say you couldn't have any fun. You can have all the fun you want as long as you don't smoke, drink, inhale, sniff, or pop pills."
"What else is there left. Next you'll be saying I can't have sex."
"No that's where all the fun does come in."
The other guys in the room were all going oooohhhh. "Man Scott is your girlfriend into that other stuff?"
"Wife Jerry. She's not my girlfriend she's my wife and don't worry about what she's into."
They heard a knock on the door and several other people showed up but before Scott could close the door it was pushed open as people started piling into his place bringing all kinds of booze. Scott looked over at Teddy.
"Hey Teddy. I thought you said a couple of people."
"Hey man can I help it. I think the word got out." Someone went over to Scott's stereo system, cranked it up and started blaring CD's. Scott heard someone yell for help outside his door and when he opened it, he found two large guys trying to carry a keg up his stairs.
"Coming through step aside," they yelled.
The party was now in full swing. Scott realized that the party was going to get out of control but he was having to much fun hanging out with old friends that he used to party with. Some of the girls were drinking too much and enjoyed hanging all over Scott. Shelby had to keep interfering because Scott was getting a little smashed himself. One of the girls who really had too much to drink came up to Shelby not knowing who she was and started running her mouth about Scott.
"Isn't it too bad that he had to go and get married?"
Shelby raised your eyebrow as if interested in what she had to say. "Why do you say that?"
"Because we used to love to play the game closet sex with him."
"Never heard of it. How do you play?"
"Well all the girls take a number and all the guys take a number. Someone draws out a number for the girls and than another number for the guys. Whoever number is drawn gets paired up and they go into the closet and are given 7 minutes to do whatever they can in there. Some people don't do anything because they didn't like the person that they were paired up with and some people try and go all the way in that seven minutes. Every girl that I know of always got a piece of Scott when they could. He was easy kill when he was flying high. I wonder if he still puts out since he knocked that slut broad up?"
Shelby didn't know what had come over her but the next thing she knew was that she was on the floor hitting the other girl. The other girl was screaming not knowing what Shelby's problem was and someone yelled, "Cat fight." A crowd of people was gathered around laughing and cheering at the two girls fighting. Another guy nudged Scott and he was told that Shelby was in a fight. He had a hard time pushing his way to the other side of the room to get to her.
Scott came upon the two girls and pulled Shelby off of Tina. "What the hell is going on here?"
Teddy grabbed Tina and held her back. "Shit Tina what are you doing hitting a pregnant girl? Shelby are you ok?"
Tina, "I didn't know who she was and besides, she hit me first."
Scott, "Relax Teddy. It's Tina you should be worried about. Shelby can definitely hold her own."
Rick, "Wow Barringer, you've got a cool wife."
Tina, "She's trailer trash."
Shelby tried to brake free from Scott arms so that she could pound her again. Scott was holding her back as best he could. "She can just get the hell out of my house. No one comes in here and calls me a slut that Scott knocked up."
Tina, "Well face it sweet heart. Scott would have never of married you if you didn't get pregnant."
Scott, "That's enough Tina. You don't know what you are talking about. I knew that I wanted to marry Shelby someday even before we slept together. I think that you've had to much to drink so why don't someone take you home now?"
Tina, "Ok Scott, I'm sorry. I really didn't know that she was your wife. Let me stay and I'll be fine."
That little incident only stopped the party for about 5 minutes and then it was back in full swing again. Scott held onto Shelby because he could feel her shaking. He kissed her on top of the head and took her face into his hands.
"You really ok?"
"Yeah, I just want to go lie down for awhile." She went back to the bedroom only to walk into a couple making out on her bed. She stormed back out into the living room and grabbed Scott by the arm. "Scott this has gotten way out of control. There are people having sex in our bed. Get them out now."
Scott went back to his bedroom and told the couple that they had to take it some where else because his wife wanted her bed back. While Scott was back in his bedroom he noticed some red flashing lights outside his bedroom window. He ran over to the window and saw two police cars pulling into the parking lot. He ran as fast as he could out to the living room knocking people over in the process. The first thing he did was pull the plug on the stereo because that usually quieted people down pretty quick.
"QUICK EVERYONE, THE POLICE ARE HERE SO GET RID OF THE BEER QUICKLY."
Everyone started running around and it turned into a mad house instead of an organized effort. Martin and Susan decided that they were going to pay Scott a visit and quickly noticed the presence of the police at the condo. Martin walked towards Scott's condo and realized that the police were walking in the same direction.
"Evening officer. Is something going on here?"
"No we just got a disturbance call that a party was out of control over here." An elderly gentleman came out of his apartment and greeted the police. He said that he was the one who made the call and it appeared that a bunch of teenagers were going wild in the apartment above him. When Martin heard that he put two and two together and realized that it must have been Scott's place. He ran up the stairs and pounded on the door. Most of the kids were crammed into other rooms of the place so it wouldn't look so bad when the police came to the door. Scott went over and opened the door expecting to see the police but there stood his father.
"Dad, what are you dong here?" He looked over his father shoulder and saw the police coming up behind him.
Police, "Do you live here?"
Scott, "Yes what's the problem?"
Police, "Are your parents here?"
Scott had to laugh at that last statement. "Well actually they are standing right in front of you."
Police, "We've had a formal complaint about an out of control party of teenagers here tonight."
Scott, "Sorry officer. I've got a couple of friends over and we were just playing the music too loud. We'll keep it down now."
Police, " Ok remember it's late and some of the older people here are trying to sleep. At least your parents are home now. Just keep it down. Good night."
The police walked away and Scott was still standing in the doorway guarding the door. Martin looked at him. "Well Scott can we come in or not?"
Scott looked over his shoulder and started to stutter. Martin finally got the clue and pushed his son aside. "Ok so where is everybody. The smoke in here is thick enough to cut it with a knife and it smells like booze." Martin walked back through the apartment and opened some of the doors. There were so many people in the other rooms that when Martin opened the door they practically fell out into the hallway.
Martin, "ALL RIGHT EVERYBODY OUT LET'S GO. EVERYBODY GO HOME NOW THE PARTY IS OVER."
Little by little people started filing out of the apartment until it was almost empty. The two big guys went into the bathroom and pulled out the keg and carried it outside. Martin looked over at Scott who stood in his kitchen with his head down. He walked through the apartment to make sure that it was clear and walked over to Scott.
"A keg? None of these kids are old enough to drink. Are you looking to get thrown in the slammer again?"
Scott looked up and walked over to his living room and threw himself down on the couch. He looked around and couldn't believe what a mess everything was. "I'm sorry dad. This wasn't my idea. People just started showing up and it just got out of control. I didn't even know half of the people here. I didn't want them here but I didn't know how to get rid of them."
Martin went over and sat next to Scott. "Yeah I don't think that you tried to hard to do anything about it." He pulled up Scott's head and made him look into his eyes. "If the police had taken all you guys to the station, I don't think you would have passed the alcohol test. Scott just looked away. No matter what he did he just couldn't please his father.
"Scott I thought that you wanted to be treated like an adult but what have you done to show that you are responsible?"
Scott sat quiet for a minute and Martin thought that he was just ignoring him Finally Scott spoke in a quiet defeated voice. "Dad why did you come here? Just so that you can prove me to be a failure again?"
"Scott you aren't a failure. I've never said that you were."
"No but you can't seem to ever say anything positive about me either. Ok I admit it. I'm a failure. I'm not the perfect son that you can be proud of anymore. I'm sorry that I'm such a disappointment to you." Shelby had heard Scott comments and started to go over to him to console him but Susan grabbed her hand and shook her head no. "They're not screaming and yelling at each other right now so let them try and work this out." Shelby understood what Susan was saying and decided that they should both go into another room and let father and son have some privacy.
"Scott you've never been a disappointment to me. I am proud to call you my son and I'm proud the way you have taken upon yourself to take care of things. Sometimes I don't always agree with the methods you use. I just don't want to see you make mistakes that you might regret later. Maybe I've been too over protective of you. I want you to know that I've talked with your grandfather because I was really concerned with all that has taken place here. I know that you feel the need to be independent especially since you have a wife to think about now. I could have helped you gain that independence if you had just come to me first instead of going to your grandfather."
"How dad? How could I have gone to you when all you wanted to do was get my marriage annulled? You don't know a thing about Shelby and her past. You don't know how hard it is for abused kids to survive on the streets alone. She did what she had to do to survive and no she is not proud of it. It's hard enough for her to have to live with it without other people judging her as well."
"I know that now because your mother explained it to me. I'm sorry that I jump to conclusions without getting all the facts first. That is something I promise to work on and I was hoping that maybe you could make a promise to me as well?"
"What's that?"
"Don't sign your name to anything having to do with your grandfather until I review everything with you. I've offered to buy this condo from him so that it would be under my name and not his but he won't sell. He did offer me something that I might consider. He really wants his company to stay in the family and so he told me that the only way that I could be one step ahead of you is to buy a larger piece of the stock. My brother Marshall has 30% and you have 5%. If I buy 20% than the three of us Barringer's could have a total of 55% together and we could hold more percentage than the other stockholders could. The company would be secure in our family. By me having more percentage than you, I would have more control and so I could make sure that you won't make any mistakes that might effect your future."
"Dad I could care less about all that right now. I just want to finish school, go to college and support my family as best as I can."
"I know and I am proud that you have those priorities set straight. Just don't let your grandfather sucker you into anything without coming to me for advice first ok?"
"Ok. Does this mean that I have to move out of the condo?"
"No. I realize that you and Shelby need a place of your own but don't be such a stranger. Come by the house and visit us sometime."
Scott smiled and hugged his father. "We won't. You and mom can come by whenever you want also." He looked around, "I promise that the place will be more presentable the next time you visit."
"Yeah, and less crowded?"
"Yeah. Thanks for clearing the place out for me."
"Sure any time. Let me go find your mother and let's see if we can get this place looking like a home again." All for of them worked together for the next half and hour picking up trash and cleaning up spills that was left behind from the party. When everything was cleaned, Susan and Martin started to leave. Martin turned to Scott before he left and said, "Remember to call me if you ever need anything, need to talk or someone to play tennis with. By the way, you made some great catches tonight. Let me know when you guys go to State so that I can come see the you play."
"I will dad and thanks."
Scott shut the door behind him and let out a huge sigh. "I'm beat. Let's go to bed. He walked with his wife back to the bedroom. He could tell that Shelby was still a little shaken up from what happened earlier at the party.
He looked Shelby in the eye and said, "Shelby you know I don't think of you that way don't you?"
"What way?"
"You are not a slut and I would have married you even if your weren't pregnant."
She smiled and said she knew. "Why don't you tell me about this closet sex game and how the girls always seemed to get a piece of you?"
Scott's mouth dropped open. "I'm pleading the 5th. I refuse to say anything on the grounds that it might incriminate me."
Shelby started laughing. "It's amazing that you even remember. From what I herd, you were an easy target when you were flying high."
"Shelby I'm not high right now and I can definitely say that I'm an easy target for you right now." He went over to unbutton her shirt. "Hey isn't that my shirt you are wearing?"
"Well how do you expect me to cover up this?" She pulled the shirt up to show Scott that she could no longer fasten her pants because her belly was starting to protrude beyond her waistline.
"Wow did that just happen overnight? How come I haven't noticed that before?" He came over and pulled the shirt completely over her head and brought her down on the bed. He kissed her belly and snuggled up to her. "I guess it's time to start getting some new cloths."