Chapter five

May 9, 2021

8:50 PM

Once they pulled apart from the kiss they looked into each other's eyes. They did not smile lovingly like they usually did after a kiss like that. Their eyes didn't sparkle like they usually would have done after a kiss like that. In fact they both looked sad, scared, and somewhat depressed. They both sighed and looked away from each other. There wasn't any feeling behind the kiss they had just shared and they both knew why. They knew their families were catching on to their affair which meant that the affair had to come to an end.

As much as they wanted to continue being together they knew that it had to end. As much as they wanted to continue being together they were beginning to have trouble feeling the passion and excitement that they felt before. They were beginning to feel dirty. The bad kind of dirty. The kind of dirty that made them want to scrub themselves with scalding water after having been together. Sneaking around and lying just to be together used to give them a rush. It used to excite them. But now the sneaking and the lying made them feel wrong. It made them feel guilty.

"Chris…" Dunn said softly while looking down "I…"

Raab nodded "I think I know what you're thinking."

He sighed "What do we do?"

"I don't know."

They looked down for a moment. It seemed to be silent in the room for a lot longer than what it really was. The silence was almost painful. The two of them didn't even look at one another the whole time.

"I think it's over." Dunn said softly

"Yeah…"

"I really don't want it to be. But…"

Raab nodded "I know…"

The two of them sighed and looked at each other before they stood up. They walked over to the door together and paused. Raab shoved his hands in is pockets as if to look for his car keys and Dunn looked down at his shoes. Raab was about to open the door when Dunn reached out in front of him.

"What is it?" Asked Raab

Dunn didn't say anything as he looked at Raab. He wrapped his arms around Raab, pulling him close to his body. Raab hesitated before he returned the tight embrace.

May 10, 2021

Dunn household- 9:30 AM

December was in the kitchen making breakfast and setting the table. She looked up from the table when she saw Dunn enter the room. He stood near the entrance looking like he had not gotten any sleep the night before.

"Well you look like hell." She sat a plate on the table

"Good morning to you too, dear."

Dunn shuffled over to the coffee pot and poured himself a cup. He walked over to the table with his coffee and sat down, barely looking at her. She put breakfast on the table and looked at him.

"What's the matter, Ryan? Didn't you sleep at all?"

"No."

"You got in pretty late, didn't you?"

He took a sip of his coffee "Mmmhmm…"

December went over to the kitchen entrance and looked towards the stairs.

"Brianne! Breakfast is ready!"

"I'll be down in a minute!"

December went back over to the table and sat down by Dunn.

"So where did you go last night? You were gone for a while."

"I went for a walk."

"A walk? But your car was gone."

"Um yeah. I went for a drive I meant."

"Hmm…"

"What?"

"Well it seems like you don't even remember what you did last night."

"Give me a break, Cember. I haven't slept."

"Alright."

Dunn put food on his plate and sleepily began to eat. He looked up at December and saw that she as watching him.

"What?"

"Oh nothing. Just wondering what you could be keeping from me."

He looked away and sighed, partly offended "Where would you even get that?"

"Ryan you have to think I'm very stupid."

"What!"

"Where did you go last night?"

"I told you. I went for a drive."

"You started out saying that you went for a walk." She paused and took a bite of food "So where did you go last night?"

"What's with the questions?"

"Why can't you just answer me?"

Dunn looked away and sighed. He opened his mouth to speak but before he could get any words out, Brianne came into the kitchen and sat at the table. She fixed herself a plate of food and began to eat. As she ate she studied her parents.

"Were you two having a fight?" She asked as she took a bite

"We were discussing something."

"Ok. Should I ask what you were discussing?"

"No." Dunn stood up and walked away from the table

Raab household- 9:30 AM

Raab and Lilly stood in their room yelling at each other. They had been arguing for about an hour. Raab had accidentally let a couple little things slip out when he was asked about the night before, and that had started the argument.

Not far down the hall, Christene sat in her room in the bed. She had her stereo on, blasting one of her loudest CDs. She hoped that it would drown out the sound of her parents fighting but it wasn't working. Normally she wasn't quite as bothered by the sound of her parents fighting, but this argument seemed to be the worst one they ever had. It didn't take long for Christene to figure out what the fight was about. She had realized that by the sound of things, her dad had been cheating on her mom. This made her remember one of the last times she and Brianne were IM-ing each other. Brianne had told her that she thought her dad had been cheating. Suddenly, while thinking about that conversation, it dawned on Christene.

"Holy shit…"

She got up and ran to her computer. Then she brought up a blank e-mail document and began to type frantically.

Bree I have no idea what to do right now. All I know is I'm definitely going to have to talk to you some time today. My parents are fighting right now and you won't believe why. This fight is much worse than the others and it really scares me. My dad has been cheating on my mom and I think I know who it is that he's been cheating with. Please as soon as you get this give me a call. Otherwise I'll call you. Shit this can't be happening.

-- Christene