"Mark" Laura yelled. She came bursting into the house like a hurricane. She found him in the den on the computer. "Mark guess what." She said. "What?" Mark asked. I passed My SAT's I got the job, and Look at this check I got for my program. Can you believe it?" Laura was out of breath. "Slow down, sweetheart." Mark said and laughed. Mark looked at the check and his eyes got wide. "Damn girl, that's quite a nice little paycheck." He said. "Yea and you don't want to know how much I'm going to be making working for Steve." She said. "How much?" he asked. Fourteen an hour, plus 25 percent of any of the profit from programs I create." "Damn girl, your on your way to the top." He said. "Plus look what was in the mailbox." She started jumping up and down. "I got accepted at Houston University." She said. Mark picked her up and spun her around. "I'm so proud of ya Baby." He said. "Where's your friend? I know he can't be too far behind. Mark said. Laura laughed. "He's in the hallway. Ya know he scared to death of you." She said. "Jason, come here." Laura hollered. Jason came around the corner. "Hello sir." He said to Mark. "Hey Kid." Mark said. "Jason got accepted at Houston too." Laura said. "That's great Jason, congratulations." Mark said. "Thanks" Jason said. "Me and Jason are going to the bank to open me a checking account, and then were going to lunch." She said. "Okay Sweetie, Be careful." Mark said. He bent down and kissed her gently on the lips. They left and Mark sat back down. He was having her new computer delivered today. It was the one she had been checking out for a while; he knew she would love it. Mark was happy things were going her way, if anybody deserved it she did.
Laura and Jason were both excited. Starting jobs. And then starting school in august. They went and had lunch, then headed to the bank. Laura kept some of the money on her. She was going to get something for Mark, she didn't know what yet. A shopping trip was in order. "Jason, what do ya get for a guy like Mark?" she asked. "Oh I don't know, how about a shovel so he can bury all his victims in the back yard?" he said. Laura laughed. "You really need to get over this fear you have of Mark." She said. Laura went into the jewelry store to look. She went over to the counter to look. "Jason come here, I found it." She said. "What?" he said. These Gold friendship rings, you put them on a chain. Ill get two and put mine and Marks name on them and a chain for them. What do you think?" That's great Laura; I bet he will like it." She told the clerk what she wanted on the rings, she had a special engraving put on the one with her name, picked him out a chain to go with the rings. They got through and headed home. Laura dropped Jason off at his house. "See ya." She called to him. "okay." he said.
Mark heard Laura come in the door. He was in the den; he had just got through setting up her new computer. He meets her in the hallway. "Close your eyes baby, I got a surprise for ya." Laura closed her eyes and let Mark lead her in to the den. "Okay, ya can open them now." He said. She opened her eyes and seen the new computer there. "Oh My God!" she said. She jumped into Marks arms and kissed him about a hundred times. "I love it" she said. "Well Damn Baby, if I had known you was going to jump all over me, I would have bought it a long time ago." He said. Laura grinned. "I don't need any excuse to jump all over you." She said. "Ill keep that in mind for future reference." He said and winked at her. "I really do love it. Thanks Mark." She said. "Your Welcome Baby doll." "I got something for you too." She said and handed him the small box. "Baby you didn't have to get me anything." He said. "Mark don't make me hurt ya, just open it." She said. Mark opened the box, he took out the chain with the rings on it, he seen it had his and her name on the rings. Then he read the inscription on the ring with her name on it. 'You're my Best Friend., Ill love you forever.' Mark was so choked up he couldn't talk. "Do you like it Mark." Laura asked. He wasn't saying anything. Mark looked at her. "I love it." He said in a husky voice. He slipped the chain over his neck. "Come here." He said to her. He picked her up in his arms till she was face to face with him. "Laura you mean more to me than anything on this earth, don't ever forget that." He said. He kissed her gently. "I won't "she said.
The next Month was hectic with Laura settling into her new job and getting ready for college in August. She worked long hours. Steve had just started his business and was trying to put it on the map so to speak. So she and Jason were constantly working .Laura sighed and got off the computer. She was dead tired. Mark came in and handed her a cold Pepsi. "thanks." She said. She went over and sat on the floor and laid her head back on the couch. Mark sat down behind her and started rubbing her shoulders. "God that feels so good." She said. Mark rubbed her shoulders for a few more minutes. "Go take you a hot shower, then come on back down and well watch a movie." He said. "Okay." She said. It sounded good to her, since she had been working, her and Mark hadn't had a lot of time together.
Mark about choked on his beer when Laura came down the stairs. She had on this light blue midriff tank top, with matching shorts if you could call them that. It was some kind of sleeping outfit, but it didn't leave much to the imagination. When did she start dressing like this? "Where the hell did you get that?" He asked. "I picked it up the other day when I went shopping." As she walked closer Mark seen something shiny on her belly button. "Laura Elizabeth Sanders, what the hell did you have done to yourself?" "I got my belly pierced." She said. "Little girl you are only 17, you know that ya have to be 18 to do that." "Oh good grief, Ill be 18 in about a month, what's the big deal." "Well I don't like it, ya should have asked first." "You don't like it, its just a little chain. I think it's cool." She said. Mark looked down at it; it was sexy as hell that was the problem. Laura scooted over beside him. "I'm sorry Mark." She said in a sexy little voice. She got on her knees and got right next to his ear. "I was a real Bad girl, Mark. I need to be punished." She whispered in his ear. God her breath blowing in his ear was tearing him up. "What kind of punishment do you think would be appropriate?" he said deciding to play along with her. "Well you could spank me, or you could hold me down and kiss me till I can't breathe." She said. The little brat he laughed to himself. "Well now, little girl that kissing thing sounds real interesting." Mark said. "Yea I got it coming." She said. Boy she was a piece of work, she thought she had him all tied up. Mark reached over and pulled her close to him, "Yea I'm going to give you what ya got coming to you." She giggled. Mark flipped her over on his lap. "Mark what are ya doing?" "Well you gave me two options. I'm taking the first one. He clamped his arm around her waist and raised his hand. He brought it down on her cute little bottom. "Oww" she hollered. "Mark…" but she was cut off and he brought his hand down on her bottom again. "Mark I was just messing with ya ...Quit…Ouch." She cried out as he slapped her bottom again. "Little girl, it can be dangerous playing games." Mark said. He punctuated this by giving her six more hard swats. He let go of her and she sat back on her heels. She had a few tears running down her cheeks. She rubbed her bottom. "That hurt." She said. "Well it's not supposed to feel good, little one." He said. He picked her up and put her on his lap facing him. He took her face in his hands and kissed her tears away. "You had that coming and you know it." He said. "I suppose, I was just messing with ya a bit." She said. "Your something else Laura." He laughed. "I wouldn't trade ya for anything though." "Ya mad at me?" he asked. "No, besides it didn't hurt that bad." She said. He grinned, she was a mess. He picked up the control and turned on the movie. She didn't make it 5 minutes, before she was fast asleep lying against his chest.