“I wish they would get back together. They were so cute together,” Alyssa whispered to Katrina.
“Yeah,” was all Katrina could say because she knew she was the reason they weren’t together.
Laura looked over to see if Erica was coming out. She had been in there a few minutes and Laura was getting hot waiting in the car. She was slightly startled to see Brian standing there but recovered quickly.
“Um...hi,” she said to him.
“Hi,” was all he could say even though he had a million things to say to her.
“...Is Erica coming out or what?”
Alyssa and Katrina just sat in the back and didn’t say a word.
“Oh, yeah, I was suppose to tell you she had to talk to Kevin for something and she’d be out in a minute.”
“Oh ok,” was all she said before she turned back around to face Katrina and Alyssa. “What are you two fags talking about back there?”
Brian felt a little hurt at how cold she was to him but he couldn’t blame her. He didn’t expect her to ever forgive him. He would be surprised if she did.
Erica breathed in heavily. She pushed her hair behind her ears, and opened the door. She looked around the room, and saw Kevin laying on the bed, with his head in a pillow. Erica knew that he was crying, so she walked over to the bed, and rubbed his back with her hand.
“Hey sweetie,” Erica said. Kevin wiped his eyes, and looked up at her. He put his right hand on her cheek, and rubbed it gently.
Erica smiled a little at him, and leaned down, and put her lips on his gently. She pulled away, and Kevin ran his fingers through her hair.
“I’m so sorry Erica. I never meant for such a wonderful thing to turn out so horribly. But I have a solution,” Kevin said.
“Really and what is that? Abortion? Because you know I really don’t believe in that stuff,” Erica said almost in a whisper.
Kevin reached over to the dresser, and gave her a small bottle that contained 4 pills. “Here take these every 4 hours, and you won’t be pregnant. Or if you had a chance of getting pregnant, it won’t let you.”
“What are they Kev?” Erica answered taking the pills. She looked at the bottle, and then back at Kevin.
“They are called day after pills, and they just stop you from getting pregnant.”
Erica got up and went into the bathroom. She took one of the pills, then walked out to Kevin.
Erica smiled at him, and leaned down, and kissed Kevin passionately. She eased her body onto his, and opened her mouth. Kevin slid his tongue into her mouth and played with her tongue excitedly.
When things began to heat up again, Erica pulled away. “Sorry babe, but I gotta go to the mall. Thanks for these though. I love you….”
“I love you too, see you when you get back….” Kevin said, and watched her as she walked out of the room, and he went down to the kitchen to join the other guys.
Brian just looked away from the car, and saw Erica approaching the car with a smile on her face. She opened the door, and jumped into the drivers seat, and started the car. Brian took a step back, and watched as they left. He felt as if he just wanted to run after the car, but instead he headed back into the house, to join the other guys.
“Why did I fuck everything up?” Brian groaned while sitting down in the living room.
Nick looked at his once best friend. Ever since the whole Katrina thing they didn’t even talk to one another anymore. Brian hated his life so much. He wished that he never would have gotten the heart surgery, then he would not of had to live this part in his life.
Brian shook his head, and looked down. He wanted to kill himself. And to say that he never thought about doing it the past day would be a lie. In fact he thought about it more than once. He couldn’t stand to see Laura in such pain.
“Bri….its not your fault….” Nick tried.
“Then who’s is it? Fuck, Nick. I was like feeling your girlfriend up, and you even have it your heart to say something nice to me?” Brian shot back at him.
“I forgave you both for it Brian. I want you to be happy, and being a piss off to you won’t do a damn thing to help you!” Nick shouted.
[at the mall]
“Laura, can you and I talk?” Katrina asked.
Laura looked at her questionably. but followed her into the corner of the store.
“I just wanted to tell you that I am so sorry for everything that happened with me and Brian. You have to understand Laura it was all my fault. I came onto him, and I guess I made him fall for me…” Katrina said.
“You don’t have to defend Brian. He is a man, he can tell me himself what happened.”
“You won’t fuckin listen to him!” Katrina shouted.
“Yeah I will-“
“Fuck you Laura. You are putting him through hell and you know it! You are being such a bitch, and you fuckin know it!”
With that Katrina walked away from her.
[later that night]
Laura, Erica, Alyssa and Katrina were all in Erica’s car, dropping Laura off at her house. She got out of the car, and walked to her front porch. When she got there, tears filled her eyes. There was a dozen red roses, and she picked them up. She silently read the card to herself.
“To my baby….Laura- I love you baby and I wish you would forgive me. Nick and I had a huge argument tonight and we are good friends again. He explained how he felt about me and Katrina then I told him everything. I want to talk to you baby so we can work things out because I miss holding you in my arms at night, and holding your body so close to mine. All the other little things you do too….even if it just as you gently comb through you hair with your fingers, it is all a memory. No longer can I call you mine or can I touch and hold you at night, or kiss your lips. All because I was selfish and didn’t value our relationship. I hope one day you can forgive me because I can truly say that you might be the beautiful woman that I might marry….. When you wanna talk call me baby…. I love you… Love You Always, Brian.”
By now tears were pouring from her eyes. She gently wiped them away, and walked into her house with the flowers. She quietly shut the door. She walked into her kitchen, and found a medium sized box on the floor in the middle of the kitchen. She slowly unwrapped the wrapping paper, and opened the box.
Carefully she lifted the glass frame out of the box and turned it over. It was a picture of her and Brian that had been taken when they were at the McLean’s house swimming. Laura was on Brian’s lap, his arms around her waist, and his chin resting on her shoulder. They were both smiling.
Laura pulled the frame in against her chest, and cried even harder. It was all to complicated. Should she tell him that she still did love him or should she just make him suffer while she figured her life out. She slowly stood up, and walked into her bedroom, looking at her bed, which only two nights ago she was sleeping in with Brian’s arms wrapped tightly around her.
Next, Aly, Katrina and Erica went back to the McLean’s house. Katrina went inside with Erica and Aly and AJ left for rehab.
As soon as Trina walked into the door, Nick wrapped his arms around her and gave her a passionate kiss.
“I missed you…” he whispered, after he kissed her.
She smiled and just let her body rest in his arms.
Kevin grabbed Erica from around the waist, and pulled her into his body. “You still taking the pills?” he whispered to her.
“Yeah honey, I am…” Erica replied.
Aly and AJ walked into the rehab center, and sat down with all the other drinkers. There was only one chair left, so Aly sat on AJ’s lap.
“Ok so how is everyone tonight?” Leah asked. She was the director.
Everyone mumbled a good, and Leah continued to talk.
“Ok well I guess we are starting off with Aly tonight. So have you drank anything since the last class. As in beer or wine?”
“Nope. The only thing that I have been drinking was soda and iced tea,” Aly replied, then smiling at AJ.
“That is excellent. So your boyfriend has been helping you?”
She tuned and looked at AJ. “Yeah, he is a big support.”
“That is good that he is willing to help you. Most guys are just like come back to me when you are better…”
“AJ’s not like that…” Aly lied. That was exactly what AJ had first said, until she asked him to come with her.
[next day]
Laura opened her eyes. They hurt so bad from crying, and she had left her contacts in all night. She got up, and looked into the mirror. “Ewww….” She mumbled at her appearance. Her hair was all knotted, her eyes swollen, and her face was red.
She got into the bathroom, and tuned the shower on while she undressed. She got in, and let the hot water soak her body. She thought about Brian. She loved him, and she wanted to spend the rest of her life with him, but she couldn’t just forgive him.
She had to make him wait. Make him beg for her forgiveness.
Brian was determined to get Laura back. He had gotten up early to shower, and everything, and was driving to Laura’s house. He had never given her the key to the house back, and he was going to make use of it.
Brian pulled into Laura’s long driveway, and jogged to the door. He put the key into the lock, and slowly opened the door. He heard water running, and realized that she was probably in the shower. He sat down on one of the couches, and waited for her to come down. He was going to beg her to forgive him.
Laura got out of the shower, and put on her blue silk bathrobe, and towel dried her hair. She brushed through it, and let it stay wet. She went out of the bathroom, and headed down the steps.
She almost tripped down the last three steps, for she saw Brian sitting on the couch watching tv. Brian looked over at the horrified girl. Laura continued walking down the steps, and went into the kitchen.
Brian stood up, and went into the kitchen also. He saw Laura looking into the refrigerator, and tears formed in his eyes. He knew what he had to do. In one quick move, he went to her, and put both hands around her waist, and pulled her back into the front of his body.
Laura didn’t know what to do, so she did nothing. Brian holding her so tightly felt so good, and she didn’t want to tell him to get off of her.
“Brian…” she said slowly, turning into his arms. She looked up at his eyes, and saw that he was crying.
“I’m so sorry baby. I can’t even believe I did such a horrible thing to you. It was so wrong, and I just want you back…” Brian said through his tears.
Laura put her arms around his neck, and hugged him. Brian gently laid his head on her shoulder. Laura just held him as he cried.
“Laura I love you. Please tell me you love me back…” Brian whispered.
“I love you too Brian.” Brian gently pulled away from their hug, and kissed her lips slowly and passionately. Laura knew that she couldn’t push him away. She didn’t have the strength. She loved him to much to let him be in pain.
“Can we go out again Brian?” Laura asked, pulling away from their kiss.
A huge smiled formed on Brian, as Laura leaned in and began kissing him once again.
