Virgin

11. A Queen & A Mess

"I need to get home, now" I hurry out of bed, whipping my sweat.

"I will drive you" Greg says.

"My car is here-"

"I'll take your car to your place" Greg replies quickly, leading me downstairs and out of the party. I run over to grab my clothes off the floor and follow him out.

We get to my car, my phone and keys still in my pocket and he unlocks the car. I take a look at my phone and there are 15 missed calls from Kristie. It's 10:30 am so she's at work right now.

He drives me over to my place and tells me to change, and if I'm not going to be honest, to get a story together as to where I was or why I wasn't answering. I agree and thank him.

"No problem, if you need anything I live across the street a couple houses down, you should also make sure that girl you slept with didn't have anything"

"Alright, thanks peace out Greg" I say and shut my door. The house is perfectly clean like how I left it. I take a shower, change and plan to call her back at work. Whether she answers or not, I'm going to say I felt sick and went to bed early.

I pull up her contact and call her. The phone rings but she picks up quickly.

"Hey babe-" I start but she cuts me off.

"Why weren't you answering my calls last night!? Where were you?"

"I felt sick so I went to bed early and left my phone in the living room"

There's a silence between us. I hear her thinking about what I'm saying and then she replies.

"Oh, my bad. See you at home bye" And she hangs up. That's it.

Maybe she knows about what happened and the fact that I lied made it worse. I cheated. I can't believe I fucking cheated on her. She's the woman of my dreams. I blew it. A couple hours later I hear her car pull in and her keys jiggling in the door. She storms into our room, packing clothes and some of her things.

"Woah what's wrong?" I say trying to get her to stop.

"Your a liar" She says not looking at me, continuing to try and pack.

"What?" I ask.

"We don't have to do this. Let's just go our separate ways and leave this behind. I don't wanna have to do this whole figure what to do, stop talking for a week, try and fix it and in the end, you'll break up with me so let's just end it now and save the trouble" She says, still not looking me in the eyes.

"No. Babe I'm sorry, I was drinking and-"

"Save it. You lied. Nice to know you James."

"Kristen" I grab her arm. She stops and turns to face me. Tears in her eyes.

"Baby, please. I fucked up, I was drunk and did some drugs. I fucked up but the point of a relationship is to work through good and bad times. I love you. I've never loved ANY girl. But I'm in love with you. All these months I've dedicated to you, please see that I want you and I won't ever pull anything like that every again."

She stares me in the eyes.

"My parents weren't in town. I went to see a friend that lives an hour away. So I lied too" She admits.

"I forgive you, I love you please" I get on my knees and beg her to stay with me.

"Your my queen, your my everything and I need you. I won't breathe without you, won't live without you. I need you, I want you to be in my life and to grow this relationship with you"

"Wow that was deep Skip" She giggles, tears still running down her face.

I get up and stand before her. I whip away her tears and bring her lips to mine. We kiss and seal our love. I'm in love. This is what it feels like.

"How about a date night?" I say.

"It's Monday?"

"Why not?"

"Okay"

"Go get ready" I say and shoo her into our room.

I call to reserve a table for two at one of the restaurants that my aunt owns. I also go online while Kristie is getting ready and order her some new dresses for the many more moments we will spend together.

After almost a half an hour, we're both ready and we get in my car. She pugs on her phone to the aux and starts bumping some Shinedown which is fine.

I reach over and squeeze her thigh so she smiles back at me. I was trying to fix what I had done but I could feel her mood change. Things were already different which drove me crazy all the way to dinner.

As we ate, I tried to make small talk with her but she kept giving me one word answers and no eye contact. The drive home was silent. She said goodnight and excused herself to the bedroom to change. I stood at the front door, confused. Did I ruin this?

I sure as hell did. I hadn't ever felt this way about a woman and she wasn't just any girl. She was Kristen. She was football game is on when I get home. She's the waitress I drooled over. The girl I laugh about to myself when she's not around. The girl I want by my side, sleeping in my arms every night. She's the months of my life I've used to find love in someone besides myself. She's the woman that made me a man. Changed me into someone better.

I will be that person that she worked so hard to find deep down inside me. God I love her so much.