by A. Valentine
He parked the bike and took her hand. Summer knew that Wilson was a pretty reasonable guy. She guessed that after he said what he had to say he would take her home. He took their helmets as they entered the apartment. It had been two months since that wonderful night. The only thing that she could think of was the Wilson probably had been with another girl since then. She was jealous.
“What do you want to say?” she asked.
He set out box for her. She read it. A pregnancy test?
“What?” she asked.
And then she thought. Oh no, she thought. Could she really have lost track like that? Reluctantly she went into the bathroom and took the test. It didn’t take that long before the test came back positive. Summer put head into her hands and sobbed.
She wasn’t sure how long she cried for. They were deep and quiet tears. Wilson had come in and sank down beside her.
“Hey,” he shook her gently.
Even in a moment like this, she was instantly worried about what she looked like. She reached for a tissue. He handed her a bunch and together they wiped her face. She couldn’t bring herself to look at him.
“Hey,” he said again. “It’s going to be okay.”
“How did you know? I’ve had my head in the clouds. I didn’t even know. You were almost right. I am not young. I am stupid.”
“Wow” he said. “None of that. And anyone who can go to school and hold down a job, isn’t dumb. But as far as this is concerned, you didn’t get pregnant by yourself. I stand by you no matter what. I just ask that you don’t make any rush decisions. I mean if you know right now what you want to do and you’re sure, I still ask you to please, please just think about it.”
It sounded as though Wilson wanted her to have the baby.
“What are you saying? What is it that you hope I will do?” she asked.
He took a deep breath.
“I know I told you that morning to go and not come back. To not come back to Rowdy’s. I love being a biker and all that entails. To me you’re just so pure, so beautiful. I didn’t to do anything that ruined that. But I have to tell you, I prayed for a reason to have you back in my life. Call me crazy but I think I fell in love with you that night.”
These were words she was so happy to hear. She didn’t know what her mother and father would say but the first thing she thought of was that there was no reason she couldn’t continue to go to school if she was a mother. Lots of people did it. Summer looked at him intently.
“So are you saying I don’t have to stay away from you anymore?” she asked.
“I know you don’t understand why I did that but no, I don’t. I want you to be a part of my life,” he said.
“So what about Duran?” she asked.
“What about him? They found enough evidence, including a neighbor who said he saw Duran pulling away from your house. Your parents are present charges. He may not get much in the way of time. But I will make sure he doesn’t bother your family anymore,” he said.
“Is he part of your club?” she asked.
“For now. We’ll put it to a vote but I am going to suggest he gets kicked out. He’s not going to like that,” said Wilson.
Then in a spontaneous moment, Wilson took her heads in his hands and kissed her. It was a slow, sensual kiss. He scooped her up and carried her out of the bathroom and onto the sofa into his living room area. They continued making out for a while. Then he broke the kiss.
“Here I asked you to wait for to take time to make your decision and then I told you what I want,” he said.
“What do you want really? I know you want me in your life. You want me to have the baby?” she asked.
“Yes, I do. But I want you in my life no matter what you decide. I hope you can come to feel the same about me,” he said softly.
Summer didn’t want to rush into to telling him one way or the other, after all. So much had happened. She was so tired. He could see that.
“I think we need to get you home,” he said, kissing her on the forehead.
Chapter Eight
Summer’s parents were much cooler than she had expected they would be when she informed them that they were going to be grandparents. Everyone agreed, even Wilson, that they would work together to make sure that Summer would finish school. She cut back her hours at the store. Wilson helped out financially so it all worked out.
She waited those few days he had asked her to. She was off from the store on a Friday night and asked him if he would take her out so they could talk.
“Where do you want to go?” he asked.
“I want to go to Rowdy’s,” she said.
He didn’t entirely like the idea.
“I want to shoot pool again while I still can. Before I get too big,” she said.
He conceded.
Rowdy’s actually had a good menu. All eyes were on them when the two of them entered the bar. Many of the guys at Rowdy’s had devilish grins. Wilson and Summer took a seat a table with menus.
“I guess I should let you know there’s a rumor going around about me and you,” he said.
“Really,” said Summer teasingly. “Well I guess I should make an honest man of you.”
“Is that so?” he raised his eyebrow with an expression of hope.
“Yes,” she smiled.
Wilson leaned over the table and kissed her. He took her into his hands and kissed her hard. The bar whooped and hollered. Applause broke out. The bartender came over to put cocktail napkins on the table.
“Dinner is on Rowdy’s,” he said.
“Wait a minute,” said Wilson. “What did we do to deserve this?”
The bartender grinned. “Just let us. What can I get you to drink?”
“Give us a couple of waters to begin with,” said Wilson. “Let’s have a basket of chips and salsa.”
The bartender stood at the table grinning.
“And let’s have a little privacy,” said Wilson.
The bartender left the table.
“I am sorry,” said Wilson.
“That’s okay,” she said. “I just wanted to tell you that I am keeping the baby. My parents are supportive.”
“So am I,” he said with excitement.
“I believe that with all my heart,” said Summer.
“Well,” he said pulling something out of his pocket.
It was a diamond ring. Summer’s eyes were as round as the ring.
“I know this is sudden. I know this is whirlwind. But Summer will do me the honor of being my wife?” he asked.
Summer was most definitely overwhelmed. She didn’t want to make the decision of a young girl but a mature woman. She could accept the ring and think some more.
“I think the answer is yes,” she said. “But I want to think about it. How is that?”
“I think that’s smart under the circumstances,” he said with a twinkle in the eye. “Will you let me put the ring on your finger?”
It fit perfectly.
“How did you manage that?” she asked.
“Your mother helped me,” he confessed.
Wilson and Summer had dinner and afterwards as planned, they played pool. Summer actually one. It was a real victory. Wilson was such a softy he would be the type to let her win. But Summer was a good match for him. They were neck and neck with ability and this time Summer won fair and square.
As they wrapped up their game, the door to Rowdy’s opened and in the person who walked in made the place go stone silent. Wilson turned his head. His face grew dark. Summer shivered. Duran.
He boldly walked over to the chalk board and wrote his name down as the challenger.
“You have some nerve,” said Wilson. “And maybe a death-wish.”
“I have news for you both,” said Duran. “I am standing here because the cops let me go.”
“Right,” said Wilson. “You posted bail.”
“Didn’t have to,” said Duran. “So whatever grudge you have against me, you’ll have to let it go.”
Summer knew he was talking about the fact Duran chased her through her house.
“Be that as it may, the charges have been dropped,” said Duran triumphantly.
Summer broke her silence.
“My mother and father wouldn’t do that,” she insisted.
“You’re correct,” he gloated. “They did not. Summer did Wilson ever get a chance to tell you about his past? Did he ever get around to tell you why his first wife left him? Now I am up next. You playing or not?”
“Leave,” said Wilson.
“You got some nerve,” said Duran. “Wanting me out for a couple of misdemeanors when you have a rapsheet as long as my arm.”
Duran ignored him and started to rack the balls.
When Wilson took a threatening step forward, the entire bar stood up. Summer’s head swam with confusion. Duran put the pool rack down and left the bar.
Spread Wide on the Beach
By: Patricia Heat
Spread Wide on the Beach
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Chapter One
“Hurry up dad!” Elaina yelled once she had carried her heavy bag down the stairs. Elaina, her twin sister Alana, her stepfather, and her stepfather’s best friend Richard were on their way to go camping and her dad was currently holding everyone up.
“We’re going to leave without you if you don’t hurry up!”
Elaina had been looking forward to this trip for months and she wasn’t going to let her dad ruin it. She and Alana had never been camping before and their father promised them that he’d take them once they were eighteen. They turned eighteen the month before so it was time for their father to deliver on his promise.
“Dan you’re so slow. You’re getting old man!”
Richard called up the stairs and reached down to grab Elaina’s bags.
“Thank you,” she said happy that she didn’t have to carry those bags to the car as well. Dan came to the top of the stairs and he was wearing a suit
“I’m going to have to pass. I have a lot of work that I need to do at the office.” Dan said as he slipped on his freshly polished black shoes.
“What’s keeping everyone? Let’s go!” Alana said coming back into the house. She paused when she saw her father. “Why are you dressed like that for a camping trip?”
“So we can’t go now?” Elaina said visibly upset. Dan looked at the watch on his wrist and shook his head.
“No, you two can go with Richard. I’m just not going.”
The twins should’ve felt bad for their stepfather because he had to work, but they were overjoyed that they could still go.
“We hope you land whatever client your boss has you after!” Alana said and grabbed Elaina’s arm forcing her to follow her outside. Richard stared up at Dan.
“Well that sucks for you,” he said with absolutely no remorse. “I’ll eat enough fish for us both”. With that said Richard picked up Elaina’s bags and made his way out of the door.
* * * * *
“Are we almost there yet?” Alana said just like a child would say when they were in a hurry to get to an amusement park.
“We’re about an hour and a half away,” Alana sighed and leaned back in her seat. Elaina was in the front seat browsing through the internet on her phone. There was a strong possibility that they wouldn’t have a signal in the woods, so she wanted to get enough internet time as possible.
“Just watch videos on your phone,” Elaina suggested without moving her eyes from her phone.
“It died an hour ago.” Alana groaned. Elaina sighed and threw her phone at her. Richard glanced at Elaina and then back at Alana.
“For you two to be twins, you’re nothing alike.”
Even though Elaina and Alana looked the same; both were around 5’3 with honey colored skin because of all the sun. Their eyes were a medium shade of brown and their hair were jet black cut into a short bob, but they were as different as night and day. Elaina being several minutes older was definitely the most mature between the two and Alana was the one who always had to have fun. Elaina enjoyed having fun too, but she wasn’t going to act like a child when it wasn’t happening as quickly as she would have preferred.
“Because we’re two completely different people,” Elaina said. “Just because we look the same doesn’t mean we’re the same.”
Richard laughed a hearty laugh.
“You’re right about that.”
This was definitely going to be an interesting experience for him. He didn’t have any kids and never thought girls would be interested in camping, but here these two girls were in his minivan with their short shorts on. This trip can go one of two ways; one, they have a good time or two; the twins would get eaten up by mosquitoes. Either way it goes, Richard was definitely going to enjoy himself.
Chapter Two
When the three finally arrived to their destination, the twins hustled out of the car and looked at their environment.
“Wow, these trees are huge!” Alana said mesmerize by all of the large trees that decorated the woods. It was the middle of the day and the sun practically got lost within the massive greenery.
“Come on, grab some stuff,” Richard said as he grabbed a lot of the heavier bags out of the car. “We’ve got a little ways to go before we are where we’re supposed to camp at.”
Elaina and Alana went back to the car and grabbed all that they could. After they got everything that they could manage to handle, Richard led them down a small path in the woods. They walked for thirty minutes before they arrived at their campgrounds.
“Here we are” Richard said as he sat the items that he was carrying down. A short run away they could see a lake and they heard the birds chirping along with other animals making music throughout the woods.
“Nice job picking out this area,” Elaina said grinning from ear to ear. She could tell just by looking at the environment that they were going to have a good time.
Richard unpacked two medium sized tents and began working on getting them constructed. “Do you need some help?” Elaina said walking towards him. Alana ran towards the lake and stared into it in a daze; she had definitely not planned on helping.
“Sure, go get your sister before she falls into the lake. Your mother and Dan would never let me hear the end of it if one of you were to get hurt out here.” Elaina nodded her head and ran towards her sister.
“Come on, we need to help Richard out.” Elaina grabbed Alana’s arm and dragged her back to where Richard was at.
“Why the hell do we have to help him set up the tent? Isn’t that the reason he’s here, to set things up for us?” Elaina glared at Alana and pinched her side.
“Don’t be lazy!” If it was up to Alana, she’d run around all day by herself and leave Elaina and Ri
chard to do all of the hard work. Elaina definitely was not going to be taken advantage of like that.
“It’s so nice of you to join us.” Richard said sarcastically as he handed Elaina and Alana some rope so that they could bring the tent up. It took them almost forty five minutes to assemble the two tents.
“I’ll start a fire,” Richard said as he took some logs out of a bag that he was carrying. Alana said something about wanting to sunbathe and ran towards the lake again. Elaina looked at her phone to see if she had a signal, when she noticed that she didn’t, she walked over to Richard.
“Is it hard to start a fire?”
“Not really if you have the right materials and wood.”
Elaina watched Richard place the logs in a pile and positioned rocks around his handmade fire pit. Elaina never really paid attention to Richard before, but she noticed that he was fairly attractive. He was large maybe approaching 200 pounds and he was incredibly tall, taller than her stepfather who was 6’3. He had bronze skin and black hair with specks of grey. Stubble lined his cheek which was chiseled nicely. He was definitely a manly man.
“What?” Richard asked when he noticed Elaina looking at him.
“Do you have a girlfriend Richard? I’m just curious”
Richard scratched the back of his neck and shook his head. “No, I’m honestly too busy for one.”
“You ever thought about getting married and having kids?” Elaina asked as she sat down on the dirt in front of the now lit fire pit.
“I used to think about it, but it never happened. I’m a little too old to be having kids now anyways.”
“How old are you?” Elaina countered back. Richard raised an eyebrow.
“Forty-eight. What’s up with all of these questions?” Richard asked as he reached into the cooler and grabbed out a beer.
“No reason,” Elaina said looking happy for some reason. Richard eyed her curiously as he downed his beer. What is going on in her mind? He thought to himself.
