WARNING: Near the end of this chapter, there is a bit of a love scene that isn't suitable for young-minded readers. The next chapter will include a written "sex scene", just so you know what's coming up. (:

Chapter 7

Unfortunately, lunch period was over and the two lovebirds had to leave each other for a bit.

Michael went to his locker to pick up his books for the next subject, and when he closed his locker, he was greeted by Roxanne.

There was quite a silence between them before he realized he had to go. But she stopped him.

"Why are you going out with Bella?" she finally brought up.

"Why are you talking to me?" Michael remarked, not wanting to see or talk to her ever since…that night.

"I just want to know why you're going out with Bella."

"Because I love her," he simply replied.

"Oh, what do you know about her?" Her mean voice came back again.

"I happen to know a lot of things about her…more than you could ever know."

"Sure. And she knows a lot more about you than I do."

His voice got more serious. "Listen. What happened between us changed me. I regretted it and I never wanted to do it in the first place anyway. But you just had to keep your so-called 'reputation.' But it's over with. You got what you wanted, so leave me and Bella alone and out of your life."

"Well, being her best friend, I gotta look for her and make sure she doesn't lose her virginity to you."

"Um, she almost lost her virginity one night, not to me. She didn't tell you? Oh, that's right, she can't trust you anymore."

"What? She almost lost her virginity? When! By who?"

"It's really not my business to tell you. But listen, you can't go controlling her life, alright? It's her life, not yours."

"You didn't tell her, did you?"

"About us? No. I don't think I plan to."

"No, not about us…Your…"

"…Oh. No. I didn't…I would never…"

"So you'd rather just go ahead and wait to break her heart then? Take her virginity away and then leave her alone in the cold."

"I would never do that! I'm fighting it!..."

"Whatever. It is your life after all." After that, she walked away, with the bell ringing.

Michael sighed.

XX

The walk to Bella's house was rather quiet. Just like when Michael found out Bella loved him.

"Michael? You okay?" she asked, worried by this.

He just looked at her. He shook his head no. "I have to tell you something…about Roxanne."

She made a scowling face. "What about her?"

"Please don't get mad…I mean, nobody really knows about what happened between us anyway, but I need to tell you…ever since she brought it up."

"Between you guys? Ever since she brought it up? What are you talking about Michael…?"

He sighed before he stopped his walking. They were right in front of his house.

"Sit down…I think you might have to," he told her, sitting down on the steps leading to his house. Bella sat down next to him.

"A few years ago, me and Roxanne…went out for a couple months," he started. "I'm not sure if you knew that, since you moved in here about two years ago, we weren't together by that time anymore…turns out she only went out with me because she was dared to."

"Figures…"

Michael chuckled. "Yeah, I know. Anyway, not only was she dared to go out with me, but she was in for another dare…" he sighed, feeling a bit heartbroken having to tell her this. "To lose her virginity by the end of freshman year."

Bella closed her eyes shut. She should've seen this coming in the first place. She heard a sigh erupt from Michael and hid her face in her knees.

"Unfortunately, I fell into her trick and I also lost my own. I highly regret it, and I don't know why I did it. I was young still, and I wasn't as smart back then, believe it or not. So I didn't really know what was happening. It just…happened."

"Oh…well, I guess it gives me more of a reason to hate her then."

"Marybella," his tone got more serious.

Surprised, she looked at him, her eyes welling up with tears. He scooted closer to him, holding her hand and looking straight into eyes.

"You know I would never treat you like that. I've changed a lot the past few years and I've looked up some information. I study people all the time too, not by just talking to them, not even by knowing them, but just by looking at them. I see you. You may look happy to most people on the outside, but inside you're hurting. Like I said on our first date, you're not recovered. It's gonna take some time. I can help you, though you gotta trust me first."

"But I do trust you."

"Completely?"

"Well, yeah, I mean…" she trailed off, not knowing what to say. "I can trust you enough."

"Enough to do what?"

She blushed and ignored that subject by looking down. But Michael immediately knew what it was anyway. He removed his hand from her own and used it to lift her face up to meet his.

He pulled her into a deep, loving kiss and caressed her cheek with his thumb. The kiss was full of trust and love and it got deeper every second. Bella's hands were grabbing his collar from his red shirt and kept pulling him closer to her.

They were so lost in their embrace that they didn't notice that it got really cloudy and there was thunder in the distance.

They pulled away to see that there were gray clouds everywhere, and rain was just about to come down.

"Come inside my house, you're not gonna make it dry at yours," he offered, grabbing Bella's hand and pulling her in. Just as they got in, it started to drizzle. "Told ya."

Bella giggled. She was still lost in the intense kiss they just shared. She didn't know how, but it was somewhat more passionate then the kiss they had last night, when Michael slept over.

She snapped back to reality and looked around inside his house. It sort of looked like her own, except decorated differently. It gave her a comfortable environment, yet she was sort of cold from the AC.

Michael noticed this. "Do you want me to turn the AC off? It gets really cold in here, I'm sorry."

"Um, sure. Thanks," she replied, rubbing her bare arms. She only had on a colorful striped tank top and shorts.

Michael went and turned off the AC, and then called out to her to come in the kitchen.

"Are you hungry? Do you want something, like, a snack or something…?"

Bella held her stomach. She hadn't eaten anything since breakfast, and since it was fish sticks day in school, she avoided lunch with Michael. So she was basically starving.

"What do you have?"

He opened the fridge. "Let's see…I have macaroni and cheese I made a couple days ago, Yoplait Yogurt, pasta salad, coconut cream pie…"

She licked her lips upon the mentioning of 'coconut cream pie.' "That sounds good, the pie."

He smiled. "Coconut cream pie it is then."

After slicing two pieces of pie for both of them, he gave her a plate and a fork along with a napkin, with her thanking him.

"Do you wanna go down to the basement? We can watch TV or play some games. I have a Playstation and an SNES."

"Um, we can watch TV."

XX

After finishing up the pies, Michael turned on the TV, flipping through the channels to find something interesting, and eventually he gave up and left it on ABC Family, where 'Whose Line is it Anyway' was playing.

"A TEACHER? Honey, prostitutes make TWICE that money!" Ryan Stiles joked, making Bella erupt a laugh. Michael smiled at her. He loved to see her happy and smiling. He noticed that she was still somewhat cold, so he pulled a red, soft blanket and wrapped it around both of them.

She smiled at him and cuddled closer to him as well. He felt so nice and warm to her and she sighed with contentment.

Michael placed his lips on the side of her head and kissed her, also smelling her fruity hair.

XX

"I guess, a TERN…an ARCTIC TERN!" Colin Mochrie said in a sort of a funny voice.

"And what sound does an Arctic Tern make?" Ryan asked.

"…BACKSTREET BOYS!" Colin replied in a very funny voice, trying to sound like a bird, making Ryan and everyone else die of laughter.

Bella was one of those people and simply could not contain her laughter anymore. Michael couldn't help but laugh too.

The comedians did a few more skits and then the show was over, a different show coming on.

"Hm, what time is it?" Bella asked after ceasing her laughter.

"It's about 10:30."

"Seriously? We've only watched about five of those Whose Line shows…"

"I'm not sure if it was five. Maybe ten. I lost count, but whatever. It looks like it's still raining though," he observed, looking through the window and still hearing some thunder and raindrops.

"Oh, well…can I sleep over here then?"

"Sure…do you want one of my shirts, so you can be comfortable…?"

"No, I'm pretty comfy already. Thanks though."

Michael smiled and nodded. He kept looking at her and admiring her pretty features. He pushed her bangs back and kissed her on the forehead.

She looked at him after the sweet kiss and smiled. She leaned closer to him and soon their lips met.

Like before, the kiss got deeper by every second. Instead though, Bella's arms were wrapped around his neck and his arms wrapped around her waist. Soon, she got on his lap and her hands were on his broad shoulders. His hands were placed on her thighs, just below the seam of her shorts.

Bella felt Michael's tip of his tongue lick her lips, asking for entrance. She gladly obliged and their tongues met in a dance.

This heated kiss lasted for minutes, and it was just now that Michael noticed her trying to take off his red button shirt.

He pulled away, the two breathing deeply.

"Let's take this in my bedroom…I don't want you falling asleep again and me having to carry you," he smirked.

"Is that a complaint?"

"No. I just don't feel like carrying, is all." Michael lifted her up in his arms anyway. "But you are an exception."

Bella giggled as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He carried her upstairs to the main room and then up another set of stairs to his bedroom.

He laid her down on the bed, getting on top of her and kissing her again. Sometimes he'd pull away and place kisses on her neck. He placed his lips by her ear and he whispered, "Do you trust me?"

"I do."

"Completely?"

"Yes."

Michael looked at her straight in the eyes. She was not lying.

"It's gonna hurt," he was still whispering.

"I know."

"You know I love you, though."

Bella smiled, nodding. "And I love you too."

Michael wrapped his arms around her body, kissing her again with a love that Bella never felt before.

He picked her up so she was sitting down on his lap once again. His hands found his way on the hem of her shirt and lifted it off.

Bella was in a trance soon after he placed kisses on her chest above her black lacy bra. She knew in her mind and heart that tonight she was going to lose it to Michael.

And she completely trusted him and loved him with all her heart now.

Just letting you know again that the next chapter, mainly in the beginning, will have a sex scene that is not suitable for young-minded readers. If you are either mature minded or at the appropriate age to read those kind of stories, you may continue. If you do not like those kinds of details, then just skip the scene,. (: Next chapter will be up soon, hopefully. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!