"Come on Baby. We gotta start getting ready to go home." Roger smiled looking down at Brenda who was laying on his bare chest on the beach. They had been spending a lot of time alone in the last week. They would sneak onto the beach and make love until Brenda had to be home for curfew.
"Roger, I don't want to go home. I wanna stay here all night with you." Brenda smiled looking up at him as she leaned her chin on his chest.
"I know Baby. Me neither. But we have to go home. If I don't get you home by curfew, your mom is gonna kill me." he smiled leaning down to kiss her forehead.
"I know. She's so annoying these days." she laughed looking up at him.
"She just loves you Bren. She doesn't want you to get hurt." he said caressing her face.
"I'm not gonna get hurt Roger. You and me, we're here now. We can't think about what's gonna happen after Labor Day. I can't think about after Labor Day." she said rolling over on the blanket to get her clothes.
"Brenda, this has been the best month of my life and we have another one left. We have to enjoy that." he said looking over at her.
"I know. We better get dressed. I have to be home soon." she said looking over at him before putting her clothes on.
"Brenda, I love you." he said taking her hand.
"I love you too Roger." she whispered before turning away from him to finish getting dressed.
"Brenda, I'm gonna go to school around here. I don't want to leave you." he said looking over at her as they both got dressed.
"Roger, you can't stay here. You've been accepted at Berklee. You can't blow that off. It's the best music school there is." she said turning to him.
"But Brenda, I wanna be with you and you wanna be with me. I can stay at my parents summer house and then when you graduate we can go to school together. Berklee has a great writing program too. We can go together Bren. You and me." he said looking over at her.
"I can't let you blow off Berklee in the fall for me. You're gonna be a rock star Roger. If you blow off Berklee this fall, you know you're not gonna go next fall. You're gonna get so wrapped up in being with me, you're gonna get sidetracked and then you'll never do what you love. What you should be doing. Roger, please. Go to Berklee in the fall. It's what you're meant to do. We'll be OK." she said looking over at him holding back tears.
"But I wanna be with you. Here." he said taking her face in his hands.
"And I wanna be with you, but it's gonna have to wait. You need to go Roger. I believe in your talent too much to let you blow it off." she said trying to smiled as tears filled her eyes.
"I'm sorry Baby. I didn't mean to upset you. I just wanna be with you. I love you Bren." he told her before leaning in to kiss her.
"I know Roger. I love you too." she whispered looking into his green eyes.
"Come on. I gotta take you home now." he said kissing her forehead before bringing her close to his chest.
"OK." she said quietly wrapping her arms around his waist and holding him tight before they picked up the blanket and put it in the trunk of her car before they went home.
"Good night Baby. I love you." he smiled leaning down to kiss her as they stood outside Brenda's house.
"I love you too Roger. I'll see you tomorrow." she smiled looking up at him.
"OK Baby. I'll pick you up for the beach at 10, OK?" he smiled looking down at her.
"How about you pick me up at 8 and we don't go to the beach?" she suggested looking up at him.
"What do you wanna do?" he asked playing with her pony tail.
"Anything, as long as we're together." she smiled looking up at him.
"OK Baby. I'll see you at 8. I love you." he smiled kissing her again.
"I love you too. Bye." she smiled before turning around to go in the house. When she got to her room, she cried softly on her bed. She knew at the end of the summer Roger was leaving, but she didn't care at the time. All she cared about was that she liked him and she wanted to spend some time with him. She never anticipated them falling in love. She had to stay to finish high school and he had to go to Boston. To Berklee. As Brenda's mother stood outside her daughters room, she fought the urge to go in and comfort her. She knew this was something Brenda had to deal with on her own. Brenda didn't sleep much that night. She couldn't wait until 8 am. She needed to see Roger. She needed to spend as much time with him as she could before the summer was through. When she got up, no one else in the house was up. She went into the shower and started getting ready. As she got dressed her mother woke up and went into her room.
"Brenda, where are you going so early?" she asked standing in Brenda's doorway.
"I'm going out with Roger. We're just gonna hang out today. We need to get out of this town." she said brushing her long, wet hair.
"Brenda, I know you're falling for him. Do you really think you should be spending more time with him?" she asked looking up at her.
"Mom, we've been over this. I want to spend as much time with him as I can before Labor Day. After that we're gonna keep dating and he's gonna come to see me whenever he can." she said putting her hair in a pony tail before putting on her sandals.
"Brenda, be careful, OK? Don't do anything stupid." she said looking over at her.
"I'm fine mom, really. I gotta go. Roger will be here in a little while and I don't want him to wake anyone up. I'll be home by curfew." she said leaning over to kiss her before leaving the house and meeting Roger at her car.
"Hey Baby." he smiled wrapping his arms around her waist and picking her up before kissing her.
"Hi." she laughed wrapping her arms around his neck and holding him close.
"Are you ready?" he asked smiling at her.
"Yeah, I'm ready. Do you wanna drive?" she smiled looking over at him.
"Really?" he asked surprised.
"Yeah, why not? I wanna watch you drive for a change." she laughed handing him the keys before they got in the car and drove off.
"OK, so I was thinking about something." Roger said holding Brenda in his arms as they sat in the front seat of Brenda's car.
"What were you thinking about Baby?" she asked leaning her head back to look at him.
"I was thinking, maybe you could tell your mom that you're sleeping over Robin's house and we could spend the whole night together. Holding each other. Making love." he smiled leaning down to kiss her.
"Don't you think my mom would catch on when you don't come home and your parents call her to see if we're together?" she asked turning to face hiim.
"Bren, I really don't have a curfew. I'm 18. They wouldn't have to know that I didn't come home. I usually leave to meet up with you before they get up, so they wouldn't know anything." he said looking down at her.
"Don't you think your parents would know something is up when you don't come home at the usual time?" she asked looking up at him.
"Baby, I could just tell them that your mom extended your curfew and not to wait up for me. It'll be OK Baby." he smiled leaning in to kiss her again.
"Do you really think we could get away with it?" she asked starting to smile.
"Yeah, I do. I really want to spend the whole night with you. Falling asleep with you in my arms and waking up to your beautiful face." he smiled looking down at her.
"OK. We'll do it tomorrow night. But where are we gonna sleep?" she asked looking up at him.
"In here. It holds so many great memories already." he smiled kissing her again.
"OK, we'll do it." she laughed looking into his green eyes.
"Cool. I can't wait." he smiled wrapping his arms around her and holding her close to him.