For what seemed like an eternity my room was silent. Dad kept his eyes on me the entire time and mom just kept glancing between me and dad. Finally my mother spoke. "Is it true Payson, did you really have sex and lose your virginity?" I just nodded. Even if I wanted to say something, no words would come out of my mouth. I was overcome with fear for what my parents were going to do next. I couldn't look either of them in the eye, and my comforter became the most interesting thing in the room.
"Was it with the Rigo boy you have been talking about?" Still looking at my comforter I nodded a yes to my mother's question. I could hear my dad crack his knuckles from the wall he was standing against. "Who is this Rigo kid?" "Payson look at me when I'm talking to you." I looked at my dad's face, and all I could see was disappointment and anger. It nearly broke me to see that. "Well who is he?"
I went through the story of how I met Rigo. I told him of how I fell in love with Rigo. My dad winced when I first said love, and I'm pretty sure I heard his knuckles crack again. I told him all about our trip to the sanctuary to get the doctor to examine Laura. I started to tell him what happened the night after, but he immediately stopped me. I did however tell him that we used protection and I was on the pill.
"Since when are you on the pill" dad practically screamed at me. "Mom took me to get the pill a month before I left for the training center." "So was that your plan all along, once you got out of the house to go and have sex and be an irresponsible teenager?" "Mark I took Payson to get the pill because she was going to be on her own, without us, and I wanted to make sure she was protected, plus she didn't even want it, but I made her take it."
Dad pondered what mom said for a minute, and then he turned to me. "Here's what is going to happen, tomorrow I'm going to take Payson back to the USATC where she will go to practice and compete and nothing else. You are going to have one conversation with Rigo telling him that he is not to contact you again, and that you are on permanent restriction from seeing him until after the Olympics. You will concentrate on nothing but making the Olympic team, and winning in London. I've also installed tracking software on your cell phone, and will be calling you to check up on you. If you do see Rigo again any time before the end of the Olympics I will pull you from the USATC and that will be the end of it."
My dad tossed me my phone, which apparently were my own personal handcuffs. "Call him." I did as I was told. Rigo answered immediately, concern evident in his voice. "Where are you love?" I started to sniffle again and tears were falling from my eyes. "What's wrong Payson, your scaring me?" "My parents found out about us and what we shared the other night. My dad has taken me home, and is not allowing me to see you until after the Olympics. If we don't he's going to take the Olympics from me. I love you Rigo." "I love you too Payson, and don't worry the Olympics are right around the corner." "Goodbye Rigo, I love you." "Goodbye Payson, I'll see you in London at the closing ceremonies."
I hung up the phone. Rigo was going to wait for me, he really does love me. A small smile broke out on my face. Upon seeing this my father turned abruptly, walked out of my room slamming the door behind him. Apparently he was done talking about it. I slowly turned, and that is when I saw my mother with tears in her eyes. I had been so focused on dad I completely forgot that my mother was in the room and had yet to say a word. Fear immediately took hold of me, and I wanted to crawl into the most secluded place from the rest of the planet. Dad's reaction would be nothing compared to mom's.
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