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I drive over to the other parking lot where my sister parks her car and after driving around for a few minutes, locate it and park next to it. I keep the engine running so the heater stays on and turn in my seat.
I tell Denise the entire story, how Kaley approached the idea to how we actually became a couple. I included my sleeping naked and accidentally spooning her but left out all the sexy details. I tell her about Maddie overhearing our conversation, that enormous cloud hanging over our heads, and then I confide in her about how I don’t know what will happen when her family leaves.
“Out of all the years that I’ve been friends with Kaley, how often would you have said that she dated?” Denise asks me.
“To be honest, I don’t know.” I answer with honesty.
“Since you’ve lived together, that would be a little over a year. Has she brought home any guys?”
“No. Unless she snuck them out in the middle of the night or hid them in the closets.”
“Kaley has had one boyfriend the entire time that I’ve known her. That was her freshman year of college. She dated the guy for three months, her parents found out, and suddenly she was single again.”
“Okay, I’m lost.”
“She wouldn’t just get into bed with just anyone. You guys live together. You guys will not go back to just friends when her family leaves. Consider yourself with a girlfriend.”
“A girlfriend.” I say to myself and look out the windshield rather enjoying how that sounds.
“You know, not the blow up kind.” Denise lightly pushes my arm.
“Funny. Listen, I’m sorry neither of us said anything. It’s still new and well, I guess we’re just getting used to it.”
“Her family is wacko. Very nice folks, but Kaley was smart to get out of there and start her own life. If Maddie tells their parents that you guys aren’t really a couple, maybe they will have observed you guys enough to know that isn’t true. I could totally see it though, you two do look cute together.”
Kaley
It’s a stand-off.
My father is sitting at one end of the dining room table with my mother and sister beside him, and I’m sitting at the opposite end.
Tears are lining my cheeks, and I feel like I’ve screamed now for hours.
My sister sits with her arms crossed over her chest and a satisfied grin on her face as she watches me wipe my face. My chin is trembling and I feel like there are ants crawling all over my skin.
“How could you have lied to us? Why bring an innocent boy into this? Why Kaley, can you tell us why? Why live with a male who is not a promising suitor?” My father asks sternly.
“Honey, don’t get us wrong. We believe that Dean is a wonderful boy. But why would you have made up this elaborate scheme and put us in this position?”
I say nothing as tears fall.
“You will move home.” My dad says with finality.
“Daddy, Dean and I are together. You’ve both seen us. This is not a scheme. Plus, I’m in my last year of school. I cannot transfer and keep all my credits.” I sob.
“You won’t need these credits. You will not be returning to school.”
“This is ludicrous. I’m right there. I’m months away from graduation. I’m an adult and you cannot force this.” I say with gumption in my voice.
“We pay for you to live here, we pay your bills. All these things, Kaley, will be terminated. You’re done here!” My father bellows, his hands flat on the surface of the table as he pushes himself up.
The front door opens and slams as I recoil at my father’s words. Dean walks into the room and lets his duffel bag slide off his shoulder. As it hits the ground, he’s by my side, down on his knees cupping my face in his hands. His thumbs run across my cheeks, trying to wipe away the wetness.
“Are you okay?” he asks.
“Ma- ma- Maddie.” I stutter out, more tears falling from my face.
He removes his hands and pulls out the chair beside me, slides it closer to him and grabs my hand. He lays our joined hands on top of the table.
