"Brenda, where the hell have you been all night?" Mrs. Durlach asked as Brenda entered the house at 7 in the morning.
"Mom... what are you doing up so early?" she asked surprised.
"Mrs. Davis called me to tell me that Roger didn't come home last night, so I called Robin's mother and she said you weren't there. Did you spend the night out with Roger?" she asked as Brenda went to her room.
"Yeah mom, OK. I spent the night with Roger. We're in love mom and we want to be together. He's leaving in a few weeks and we just wanted to spend one whole night together." she said sitting on her bed.
"Brenda, what are you thinking? You're 17. You're having sex with him?" she asked looking down at her.
"Yeah mom. I told you, we're in love." she said looking up at her.
"How could you be in love? You've only known each other for a month." she asked putting her hands on her hips.
"We are mom. You don't know how we feel." she said looking up at her with tears in her eyes.
"Brenda, he's leaving to go home in a few weeks and then he's gonna be away at college in Boston. You're gonna get your heart broken." she argued sitting on her bed.
"Roger loves me. He would never hurt me. We want to be together mom." she told her as tears fell from her eyes.
"Sweetie, I know you think you two can handle having a long distance relationship, but even adults have a hard time with that. You two are 17 and 18. How long do you think you two can do this?" she asked taking her daughters hand.
"We can do it mom. We're really in love." she cried getting up and rushing out of the house.
"Brenda, get back here." Mrs. Durlach yelled as Brenda ran to Roger's house. When she got there she knocked on the door. Roger opened the door.
"Roger, can we go somewhere? Please? I have to get out of here." she cried looking up at him.
"Yeah, let's go." he told her leaving the house. They went to Brenda's car and quickly left.
"My mom doesn't understand Roger. She doesn't think we're really in love. She thinks that we're too young to handle a long distance relationship. She thinks that we're moving too fast." she cried looking over at him as he drove her car.
"Baby, calm down. It's OK. It doesn't matter what she thinks. All that matter is how we feel about each other and we're in love. We'll do anything to stay together." he told her pulling over to the side of the road to turn to her.
"What if she's right Roger? What if we can't handle this? I don't want to lose you Roger." she asked looking up at him.
"She's not Brenda. You're not gonna lose me. I promise." he said taking her in his arms.
"I hope you're right." she said looking up at him as she held him tighter.
"Randy, I don't know what to do. They've been sneaking out to spend the night together. Things are really getting serious. More serious than we feared it would get." Mrs. Davis said looking down at her husband.
"We knew this was gonna happen Tina. We just need to let this run it's course." he said getting up from the couch.
"I'm afraid he's gonna skip Berklee to be with her. He can't not go to college Randy. He's too smart not to go." she said looking up at him.
"He's still gonna go to Berklee Tina. He's been wanting it since he was 12. He's not about to give it up. Not even for a girl." he said wrapping his arms around her.
"I hope not." she said leaning into him.
"Tina, they'll try to make a go of it while Roger's at school and then they'll see that they can't handle it.and they'll move on. They're teenagers. They need to experience things on their own. You'll see." he said kissing her head.
"I'm just afraid he's gonna throw away his future to be with her." she said looking up at him.
"He's not gonna throw his future away to be with her. No matter how much he loves her." he said looking down at her.
"OK. Maybe I'm over reacting. But I would feel better if you talked to him. He listens to you." she said looking up at him.
"OK Tina. I'll talk to him." he smiled looking down at her as Roger entered the house.
"Hey dad. I didn't know you were coming down tonight." he said looking over at his father.
"Yeah, I figured I'd take a long weekend. How are you doing?" he asked looking over at him.
"I'm great. Me and Brenda are going to the point tomorrow." he smiled looking over at him.
"So things are going good with you and Brenda?" he asked looking over at him.
"Yeah dad. Things are going great with us. I'm gonna go to bed. I have to meet up with Brenda early in the morning." he smiled looking up at him.
"OK Roger. Good night." he smiled as Roger started towards his room.
"Good night dad." he smiled before closing his bedroom door.
"Do you see what I mean? Every waking moment he spends with Brenda. She's a nice girl, but they're both gonna get hurt in the end. I don't know what to do." she said looking up at him.
"It's OK. I'll talk to him. Don't worry about it. Everything is gonna be fine." he said looking down at her.
"OK Randy. Thank you." she said looking up at him.
"I don't want you to leave." Brenda cried looking up at Roger.
"I have to go, but I'll be back Baby. I promise." he said looking down at her as they stood in front of the Davis house as Mr. And Mrs. Davis packed up to car.
"Roger, I changed my mind. I want you to stay here and go to school." she cried looking up at him as he held her face in his hands.
"You know I can't do that Baby. But I'm not gonna forget about you. I'll be back and I'll call you all the time. Every day. I love you Brenda." he told her holding back his own tears.
"I love you too Roger." she cried holding him tight.
"I love you so much Brenda. You have to know that." he said kissing her head over and over again.
"I do Roger. I'll never forget how much you love me." she said looking up at him.
"Roger, I'm sorry but we have to go." Mr. Davis said looking over at him.
"Yeah dad. I'm coming." he said quietly looking down at her. "I have to go Baby. I love you." he told her leaning down to kiss her.
"I love you too Roger." she cried looking up at him as they let go of one another and he got in the car.
"Are you OK son?" Mr. Davis asked looking back at him.
"Can we just go dad? Please." he asked looking over at him as tears fell from his eyes.
"Sure son." he said pulling out of the driveway as Brenda looked on crying. Roger looked out the car window at her as they drove down the block. When they were out of view he broke down.
"Roger, it's gonna be OK. You're gonna drive down to see her all the time. You'll see. It'll be almost like you never left." Mrs. Davis said looking back at him.
"I know. Thanks mom." he said looking up at her as he wiped his eyes and looked out the window.
"Brenda sweetie, are you OK?" Mrs. Durlach asked slowly opening Brenda's bedroom door.
"No mom, I'm not. Can you just leave me alone? Please." she asked sniffling.
"I'm sorry Brenda. I know this is hard for you. But you'll see Roger again. He loves you." she said sitting on the bed.
"We both know you don't believe that mom, so can you please leave me alone? My boyfriend just left to go back home 8 hours away, so can I please cry? At least for a couple of days."she yelled looking up at her.
"OK sweetie. I'm sorry. I'll leave you alone." she said getting up and leaving the bedroom.