Waiting (Chapter One)

“Catch me if you can!” she laughed, running around the house like a little kid. But I didn’t mind her childishness. She was my girlfriend, how could I mind? I chased her all around the house. It wasn’t really big but it was big enough. The thing that made the chase hard was the two sets of stairs. She’d run up the stairs. Usually the person would have to go down the same set of stairs to get back down stairs, but all she had to do was go down the other side of the hall and take the other stairs down. 1

I was panting, out of breath. Her stamina was amazing. But that was only because she’d taken track last year. Now that school was out, she was still using those track skills. Speed and stamina. 2

Breathless, I waited by the second flight of stairs. I knew for a fact she’d come down them. Her pattern had not changed at all. I heard her light footsteps coming down the stairs. I knelt down, ready to pounce the moment I saw her. She came, running at top speed with her black hair floating behind her. I jumped on her causing her to fall harshly on her back. She yelled with a high pitch by my unexpected attack. I thought I heard her head hit the wooden floor. “Ouch Jay!” she whined holding the back of her head.3

“Ariel, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you,” I said, holding back my laugh as I looked down at her. 4

“What’s so funny?” She leaned back using her elbows for support. 5

I looked away, still trying not to laugh at how she yelled when I’d jumped on her. I’d never heard her yell like that. Like a little girl. “Nothing’s funny.” 6

“Mhm. I’m tell your mom that you hurt me.” She beamed sweetly her precious white teeth showing slightly between her lips.7

Looking down at her, I smiled back. She was so pretty. Her gleaming black hair, her light hazel eyes, her small nose and those soft light lips. Ariel was my star shining in the sky. I know that guys usually never admit this but, I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. I’d love to wake up every single morning and see that delightful face of hers.8

“Why are you staring at me like that, Jay?” she questioned, waving a hand in front of my face but I didn’t blink. “Earth to Jay! Earth to Jay!” She waved her hand again. “Come on Jay, your scaring me.”9

Letting out a breath I blinked. “Your too easy to scare.”10

“I know, but at least I have a brave warrior at my side to protect me from my fears.”11

She was so perfect and soft. Everything she said made me smile. Their was no way in the world anyone could not love her. 12

When I’d first asked her did she have a boyfriend and she said no, I thought she was kidding. How could she be in a school full of guys and not one of them want her? I guess I was the only smart one that knew not to let her slip away.13

I leaned down and kissed her thin lips like I did almost everyday I saw her. That was like everyday. The feeling of her lips on mine always made me go crazy. It felt like our lips were made to be together. Her lips fit mine more perfectly than any other girls’ lips. The first time I kissed her I couldn’t stop. Not even to breath. She had to break the kiss because I damn sure wasn’t going to.14

Like always, she broke our kiss. She caressed my cheek slowly. “Why must you be so wonderful, Jay?”15

“Because I love you,” I said without thinking. I’d never told her that I loved her before. For a long time I loved her. For some reason, I just never got it out before. Maybe this was the perfect moment for me to have said it because all the other times I tried, it never came out. A tension feeling was relieved now.16

She gasped lightly and gave me a sweet look that didn’t include a smile. “Aww, Jay. I love you too.” 17

Ariel brought her lips to mine quickly and kissed me intensely like never before. ‘Love’ was written all over our kiss. 18

For the first time ever, I ran my hand down her body and into her shirt. I just couldn’t help myself. I needed to touch her. My hand went into her bra and I cupped her small breast. She broke the kiss and stared at me in a sort of worried way. “Jay…” 19

That was all she had to say and I took my hand out her shirt. “Sorry, Ariel,” I said.20

She bit her lower lip. “I’m sorry that I’m making you wait but it’s just…”21

“It’s ok. I understand,” I interrupted her. 22

A sigh left her lips. “I know that you want me and I sorta want you too but…I’m just not ready. If you want to find another girl that’s willing to ‘do it’ with you then that’s ok with me. I just…” I stopped her by placing my finger on her lips. Boy, when she wanted to she sure could talk a lot. 23

“I said it’s ok. I would never leave you because you won’t have sex with me. Your too great and important to me for me to let you go because of sex. Ok?”24

She nodded and swallowed. “Ok.”25

The front door opened without me even hearing a key. We’d left the front door unlocked. How irresponsible of us. I knew my mom would fuss about me for doing that.26

First in came my dad. He stopped with bags in his hands, staring at me and Ariel like we were doing something wrong. That reminded me at I was straddling her. Of course it looked like we were doing something wrong! “What’s going on here?” he asked, his voice interested to know. 27

I was froze and couldn’t move while I looked him in his icy eyes. My dad was so harsh. If he thought that me and Ariel had, had sex he’d say I could never see her again. I didn’t want that. I wanted my parents to continue to love Ariel like they love my sister. 28

“Uh…” I started.29

“Oh Marc, nothings going on here. They’re responsible enough to know what’s good and what’s bad. I trust that they’ve done nothing,” my mom said showing up at his side, looking at us. She was a life saver! 30

“I disagree. I think something did happen,” my sister added into the conversation, walking through the front door. 31

“Basement,” I coughed out, reminding her of the time I caught her and one of her boyfriends in the basement on the washing machine. She snarled and walked up the stairs. 32

My dad ordered me to help get some groceries out the car and I did. My mom asked Ariel to help her put the stuff up. I knew she was going to question Ariel about what she’d saw and my dad was going to question me. 33

Parents…are…so…predictable…