Christine's Pov
Today was the day! Today Michael and I were going to tell our friends that we were dating, then we were going to threaten them to keep quiet about it to everyone else until we fessed up to our parents. Michael wanted to tell them now since the sooner the better. I wanted to wait a few weeks until we told them, mainly because I was sort of afraid dad was going to shoot Michael. Also we had only gotten together on Tuesday and it was now Friday, so I wanted to wait until I knew they'd all be able to accept it. I wanted to wait until we told our friends too, just to make them suffer when they found out we were lying, but Michael said they'd kill us if we didn't tell them immediately. He was right of course.
"Christine, Michael will be here any minute to pick you up. You need to get down here" Mom called and I let out a sigh.
"Coming Mom" I shouted and I grabbed my school bag off the floor. I took off toward the stairs, a smile on my face. Dad was at work and Mom was waiting until I was gone to go to the Jeffersonian. I would drive if I could, but I couldn't yet, mainly because I hadn't gone to get a car yet. Truth be told though, I preferred riding with Michael. Also, even if I didn't drive I wouldn't forget how to
"You look happy today" Mom commented as I went over to her and I smiled as I kissed her cheek lightly. I had to say she was a great mom, even if she could be a bit too blunt at times.
"I feel good and the sun is shining, so I'm just going to roll with it and see where it leads me" I said and she smiled.
"I don't understand that phrase, but I trust that Booth would." She said and I smiled.
"Of course he would Mom, but he's clueless about all our logical mumbo jumbo too" I supplied helpfully since I knew she disliked not understanding modern phrases. It was then though that a horn sounded and I tried not to smile even more. "That's Michael, I'd better go"
"I'll come with you. Mr. Edison has asked me to help him identify a set of ancient remains" Mom said and I smiled as we made our way to the front door. Clark was still the anthropologist in charge of ancient remains and I knew mom was still a little sore about that, since it meant she couldn't help unless he asked.
"That's good mom. It gives you a change of pace" I said and she nodded as we went outside and shut the front door behind us. "It certainly does, now enjoy school sweetheart" Mom said and I smiled, hugging her lightly.
"I will mom." I said and I ran over to Michael's Ute. I ran around the front of it then I waved to mom again. "See ya later mom" I called and then I climbed in.
"Hey beautiful, you ready to go?" He asked and I smiled at him, though I made it friendly since my mother was watching. I knew she probably wouldn't know the difference, but I didn't want to risk her finding out the truth. If mom found out then she would probably tell everyone very bluntly and dad would definitely shoot Michael.
"Yep. Let's go Mick" I said and I waved a final goodbye to my mother as she went to the garage to get her car and Michael pulled out of the driveway. Today was going to be a very long day, I knew that for sure. Our friends were finally going to hear the news they had obviously been waiting to hear for years. Apparently Michael had told Darius and Ford about his feelings for me already, so they sort of knew. That's apparently what all the secrecy had been about. It wasn't a secret any more though because like Michael had said yesterday, I might have just become his girlfriend, but he still wasn't going to lie to me.
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As we began towards our friends I was sort of second guessing this whole thing. I knew they were going to get very psyched about this, yet still I didn't know how we were actually going to tell them. Right now they were all just standing there, waiting for us to reach them.
"Okay, I would really rather not doing this. Can't we just go home tonight and tell them by Txt" I said as I came to a stop and Michael rolled his eyes. I usually wasn't one for backing down, but I had a feeling the girls were going to tackle me.
"Christine Angela Booth, are you scared?" He asked with a chuckle and I glared up at him.
"No, of course not" I protested and he smiled as he grabbed my hand in his.
"Then let's go" He said and he began to pull me forward as he walked. Our friends were giving us strange looks now.
"Okay, but if they tackle me it's your fault. I'd rather tell them from a distance" I said and he came to a stop, a cocky smirk finding its way onto his lips. Damn it, I should have known better than to say that.
"I can easily do that. All I have to do is this" He said and he lowered his face to mine. His lips closed around mine and he tangled his hand into my hair as he kissed me passionately. I still felt like laughing when we did this, since it was still a little weird, but I decided to go with his plan and kissed him back with equal favor. I had no problem what's so ever with his way of telling them. I wrapped my arms around his neck and one of his arms moved down to my waist. With the way we were kissing, I'm amazed no teachers came and yelled at us to cut it out.
"OH MY GOD!" Stacey exclaimed and Michael and I pulled away from each other to see all our friends staring at us. All the girls were shocked, while Darius and Ford had huge smirks on their faces.
"God had nothing to do with this Stace" Michael said as he took my hand and led me over to them.
"How long have you two been going out?" Layla demanded and I shrugged.
"A few days" I said and Kate smiled.
"Is Michael good in bed?" Kate asked, though I knew she was only teasing. Still, I couldn't miss this opportunity, could I?
"He's excellent, thanks for asking" I said with a smile and all their faces became simultaneous masks of shock, while Michael started laughing besides me. I started giggling because it was so awesome that they actually believed me. "I was joking guys. Michael and I would never sleep together that quickly, but thanks for the imaginary confidence in us"
"Okay, you two are just evil. Christine, why didn't you call me the moment you started dating?" Stacey demanded and I sighed.
"Because I was a bit busy kissing her. Also our parents don't know yet, so not a word unless you want me to kill you all" Michael said, saving me the trouble of having to answer.
"Dude, I'm just glad you manned up and grew a set" Darius said and I smiled.
"Okay guys, I'm going to head to my locker than class" I said and Stacey shook her head.
"Oh no you don't, I want all the details" She said and I smiled at her, handing my bag to Michael.
"Nope" I said and then I took off running as fast as I could. I wasn't telling them anything. My relationship was not going to be everybody's business.
"Get her" Stacey said and I looked over my head to see all four girls chasing after me, though Layla was the fastest since she was the sporty girl of the group who like track and basketball. The other girls were all into volleyball as a basic sport, which didn't involve all that much running, and the team Stacey and Anna were on didn't involve much running either. I bolted around the school yard, dodging them for as long as I could, but then Ford interfered and grabbed me.
"Hey, this is cheating" I protested and he smiled down at me.
"Yeah, but I don't really want Stacey killing me for not helping" Ford said and then he let me go and ducked out as I was surround by my girl-friends.
"Now, are you going to tell us how this all happened or do I have make you?" Layla asked and I knew there was no escaping this.
Michael's Pov
As I watched the girls surround Christine I had to smile. I knew I should try to help her, but I was still amazed that I was actually with her now. Sure I wished I could tell the whole world that I was dating her and she was my girlfriend, but that little announcement would have to wait until she decided she wanted to tell her parents. I mean I seriously couldn't fault her for not wanting to tell them because her father was a very proud gun owner and he didn't really want her dating, but we both knew they'd have to be told eventually, definitely since my mother obviously knew we had feelings for each other.
"Okay dude, now that the girls are occupied, how exactly did you grow some balls and tell her" Darius asked bluntly and just glared at him.
"How is that any of your business?" I demanded and Ford chuckled as he reached us.
"Because both of us will kick your bug loving ass if you don't" He said and I rolled my arms.
"Right, how could I have forgotten that" I said sarcastically, then I sighed. "I was being a jerk and ignoring her, so she gave me a choice. I either told her why I was being such a jerk towards her or I could kiss our sixteen years of friendship goodbye, so I got my act together and showed her why I was being so rude" I explained.
"Huh, so all it took was you acting like a jerk. Dude, you really should have acted like a jerk sooner" Darius said and I punched him in the shoulder.
"So we're the only ones who know right" Ford said and I shook my head.
"No, her grandpa Max does too because he caught me kissing her the night we got together." I said.
"Oh dude, that is so sucky. You finally get the girl and her Grandpa turns up" Darius said and I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, you guys have had your fun so now I'm going to go help Christine and we're going to class." I said and I walked over to the girls. I pushed past them and grabbed my girlfriend's wrist. She immediately gave me a thankful look. "Sorry girls, but we're going to class"
"Thank you, they were giving me a headache" Christine said the moment we were out of hearing range.
"I thought they might. But hey, you'll probably get a bigger one from your dad" I said and she groaned.
"Don't remind me" She said and together we made our way into the school.
