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“ Your car is in the driveway,” he said.“ How did Shelby get home?”“ I drove,” he said.“ You drove her home in my car?”“ You said take my car. I thought about calling you back and having a discussion about exactly what you meant. But with the fact that neither of us are really legal to drive yet, I chose to put myself at risk rather than Shelby who just got her learners permit. I don’ t have a license and therefore don’ t qualify to occupy the passenger seat with her behind the wheel. You two were obviously too busy to stop what you were doing. I made an executive decision rather than pound on your bedroom door,” Justin said as if he were in a debate, offering mild emphasis on important points.
“ What makes you think you can drive?” Nicole asked angrily. Justin noticed Matt had not said a word.“ I can drive better than you. Ryan was right behind both of you and I kicked his ass constantly.”“ Just because you can drive on a track doesn’ t mean you can operate a car safely.”“ I’ ve been driving Dad’ s truck for over a year. Your car is a piece of cake.” Nicole knew he was telling the truth, Justin sucked at lying. She only tried to drive the truck one time and it felt huge just moving it down the driveway. Trying to get her car out after her father had blocked her in, proved to be an exercise in patience. She could not tell where the truck was in relation to the curb, mail box and the couple of cars parked on the street.
Being angry at her brother was counter productive, especially when she was really angry with Matt. When they found out Shelby needed a ride home, they thought they could just make out for a couple of hours. That changed to Matt keeping his clothing on so he could take Shelby home and return quickly. They almost made that goal. The phone distraction allowed him to remove the condom without her noticing until they had finished. His statement to her was,“ I thought you said you were on the pill?”“ It’ s not instant birth control. It’ s not like a headache. Take a couple of pills and an hour later I can’ t get pregnant. They recommend waiting three months,” she screamed at him.
The worst part of all of this was she felt this was some sort of cosmic justice for abusing Sam’ s generosity. She had worn the red swimsuit and loved the look on Matt’ s face when he first saw her. Allowing his hands to roam along the lines, she had teased him in the pool Sam provided. The day Sam had planned was perfect and more than Nicole knew she deserved.
Sam wanted Eddie, but she needed Tanya. Packed within Tanya’ s petite personage was a heart the size of an ocean. Her sea of love could support all those who chose to set sail. Sam found herself being pulled out to sea by a current that was slow, calm and amazingly strong. The house was quiet. The party was over. Tanya noticed the effort put forth on Nicole’ s behalf. This evening would be for Sam. She told Eddie to go take a shower and meet them in Sam’ s room. She led Sam to the master suite and instructed her not to do anything as she undressed Sam.“ You deserve to be pampered a little,” Tanya said. Standing in the huge tiled shower Tanya bathed Sam and saw a tear roll down Sam’ s cheek.“ Is something wrong?” Tanya inquired.“ I think I’ m falling in love with you and it scares me.”“ Me too. I didn’ t think I could love anyone as much as I love Eddie,” Tanya said, slowly pulling Sam in over her head.
The two women stepped from the bathroom wearing matching white, sheer negligees.“ Now that is a beautiful sight,” Eddie said from the bed. Tanya held the covers and let Sam in first.“ You saw how much Sam loves the children. Give us a beautiful baby Eddie. I want you to make love to Sam,” Tanya said, kissing Sam and climbing out of bed.“ Where are you going?” they asked simultaneously.“ To curl up with a good book or land that fucking plane,” Tanya said, slipping into a silk robe. Sam started to laugh and cry at the same time.“ Eddie I want you to love Sam as much as I do. Please give us a child,” she said, closing the bedroom door behind her.