X-Kid

Can't Keep My Hands Off You

Over the next couple weeks, I began going over to Jack’s house a lot more, and I didn’t have to use the excuse of studying for once. He was my boyfriend now, so of course I was gonna spend a lot of time with him. Luckily, his family welcomed me into their home with open arms. I hadn’t even tried to spend the night at his house since we got together. I figured his parents would frown upon that sort of thing, though I hadn’t bothered to ask.

Jack and I were sitting on his living room floor, shouting profanities at each other as we played Mario Kart. Jack’s mom wandered into the room, sitting on the couch behind us. “Jack, could you please turn off the game?” she asked with a sigh.

He jumped at the chance, seeing as how I was kicking his ass at it. The two of us turned around to face her, sitting cross-legged and looking up at her. I felt like a child. “What’s up?” Jack wondered.

“The three of us need to have a serious discussion,” she mentioned.

I swallowed nervously. “Okay. Go ahead.”

“Listen, Nora, you know we all love having you over, and we’re so happy you two finally got together, but...” she began. “Bassam and I feel we need to set some ground rules.”

“Mom, what are you getting at?” Jack cut in.

She sighed again. “It’s fine if you two decide to have sex. We can’t stop you from that, especially with all the hormones and whatnot. But, it you do, it has to be while no one is here, because we frankly don’t want to hear that, and you have to use some sort of protection.”

“No wonder Dad gave me those condoms last night...” Jack mumbled, his face turning a bright shade of pink.

I suppressed a giggle. “Mrs. Barakat, if it helps, my mom did put me on birth control.” I neglected to mention that it was against my will.

“Yes, that helps a lot actually,” she said, looking incredibly relieved. “Anyway, the reason I bring this up now is because I have to go run some errands, and I’ll be gone for probably 2 hours. A lot can happen in 2 hours, after all.”

“Go ahead and go. I doubt anything will be happening at this point,” I mentioned.

She stood up from the couch. “Well, if I don’t ask, I can’t be told of anything.”

She went to the kitchen and grabbed her purse and car keys while Jack started up the game again. I was impressed by how calm and collected she was  throughout the whole thing, knowing my own mother would’ve probably ended up screaming at me. I heard the front door shut with a light click, and I immediately turned to Jack.

“When are we gonna have sex?” I asked suddenly. I had been thinking it, but I didn’t mean to say it out loud.

Jack’s eyes widened. “Shit, I dunno. Definitely not after that awkward talk.”

I laughed. “I can agree with that. I just....have you thought about it?”

“Let’s see, I’m only a constantly horny teenage boy with a gorgeous girlfriend,” he joked. “Of course I’ve thought about it. Have you?”

“I told you about the dream I had, so duh. I’ve even had more since then,” I commented.

Another blush coated his cheeks. “At least we both want it. But, we’ve only been dating a few weeks. I don’t want to screw anything up.”

I nodded, understanding. “I didn’t mean now, or even anytime soon. I was just wondering when.”

“Honestly, I have no idea. But when we do, it’s going to be...nice. At least I hope,” he stated.