James Danvers
I can't believe it. Cass told everyone. When I last talked to Z she told me about what happened at the nail salon and what people have been saying at school.I can't believe that she would do something like this but the school will deal with her. I talked to Kiki and she told me that Z would be at home by herself today. My mom is at work and by the time everything gets settled Z is about 10 weeks along. Her appointment to check on the baby was today so she decided to just stay home after that. Apparently everything that's been going on has been majorly affecting her. I pull up about A block away so that way Z won't be able to see me coming. I put the car in park, and opened my car door, I grabbed something in my passenger seat and then got out of the car. I close the door and lock it back and begin to walk to the front door. I knock 3 times and wait.
"Coming!"
The door unlocks and then slowly creaks open. I watch as Z's face lights up with me standing in the doorway.
"James?"
"The one and only."
"James!"
Z jumps up and hugs me tight. I held her for a bit before I put her back down.
"I don't get it. How are you here?"
"Well the school let me transfer to a school here so now I get to be with you and the baby."
I put my hands on her belly and she puts her hands on top of mine. She smiles and so do I. I move my hands and give her the small box in my pocket.
"What is this?"
"Just open it."
Z moves so that I can step into the house and then walks over to the couch. She sits down and begins to open up the box. She gasps and puts her hand over her mouth.
"You got me a necklace. Why."
"It's engravable. On the back it has the date on it that we first met and on the front is space for something else."
"Something else?"
"Yeah. I thought that when the baby is born we can have it engraved with the date that he or she is born."
"I love that idea."
Z smiles.
"There is something else I want to talk to you about"
"What is it?"
I walk over and sit in front of Z on the table.
"Do you remember when I told you that I couldn't tell you how I felt just yet."
"Yes, what about it?"
I take a deep breath and focus on what I want to tell her.
"Being away from you felt awful. Not just because of the baby but also because I missed you. I realized that I don't ever want to be away from you like that again. I realized that I do have feelings for you. That I want to be with you."
I grab Z's hand and look in her eyes.
"Zarah, Cass was right, I love you. So much that it hurts for me to see you in pain or sad. So I will do everything in my power to make you happy."
Zarah's eyes begin to water.
"James I…"
I cut Z off and kissed her. My hands meld around the side of her face and I drop to my knees in front of her. She puts her arms around me and holds me tight. We finally separate and she looks at me for a few seconds.
"So, does this mean what I think it does?"
"I mean I haven't asked anything else yet so…"
"So, why don't you ask me?"
I laugh and smile.
"Zarah Fable, will you do me the greatest honor in being my girlfriend?"
Z laughs and smiles at me. She stands up and puts her hand out to me. I take her hand and stand up in front of her and look down at her.
"Yes, I would love to."
Z moves her face closer to mine and slowly kisses me. Her hands hangover my shoulders. They slowly move down and I can feel her touching my chest. One hand then begins to climb up my shirt. I can feel my face getting red and some other things happening down below as well. I pull away.
"If your mom comes home and catches us like this she is going to kill you isn't she?"
"Correct."
I laugh and smile.
"However, I don't want to stop kissing you. How about…"
Before I can finish my sentence Z begins to pull me towards the stairs. This is the first time I have seen her like this. Normally I initiate things but not the other way around.
"Wait."
We stop at the top of the steps just before my room.
"What's up?"
"Are you ok? You don't seem like yourself."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, right now you are pulling me up the steps to, well you know."
"OK, so what?"
"So you normally don't start things like this. I do."
"Well, Gizelle said that this is normal."
"Normal?"
"Yup. As the baby continues to grow my hormones will go all out of whack and that means mood swings, tiredness and a potential of either a decreased or in this case increased sex drive. So are you ready now?"
I didn't even know that was a thing. Z then grabs my hand and pulls me closer, kissing me again. As her hands climb my shirt again and we stumble into my room and close the door.