Nutshell

chapter 8

Corey drove us back to his place to watch movies.  Since it is a dance night my parents don't give us a curfew.  So Corey and  I decided we would stay up as late as possible and watch all the movies we could cram into one night.  I brought along some of my Pink sweatpants and a tank top that my dad had gotten me for my birthday last year.

"Where can I go change?"

"I have a bathroom upstairs in my bedroom.  You can change in there and I will change in my brother's room."

We walk up stairs and he shows me his room.  It is not as big as mine, but he has a bathroom off of it all to his self.  The bedroom was gray and modern looking compared to the look of the rest of the house.  His bed was a shiny black frame with matching dressers.  His walls were not decorated with a bunch of sports stuff like my older brothers room.  His bathroom was stark white.  Everything from the fixtures to the towels was all white.  I have never seen a boys bedroom and bathroom so clean and spotless before.

I got changed into my comfy clothes and decided to take my hair down and let my head rest.  I washed up my face so I didn't sleep with my make-up on.  I grabed my dress and walked out of the bathroom to see Corey sitting on his bed in just a pair of sweatpants.  Where did his shirt go?  I couldn't help but to stare.  When I finally looked away I noticed that he had snacks on his bed, so I look around and right behind me is a huge flat screen t.v. mounted to the wall.  It had to be at least a seventy inch t.v.

"What movies did you pick out for us to watch?"

"First Mandy, is my all time favorite A Cinderella Story.  Then I chose a scary movie followed by a comedy."

Wow his favorite movie is one that I have always liked too.  Chad Michael Murray is gorgeous.  Come to think of it, Corey kind of looks like him.  I sat down on the edge of the corner waiting for him to put in the first choice.  I still was not comfortable watching movies on his bed.  I had never been in a guy's room besides my brother's before, let alone sit on one's bed. 

He started the movie and laid back on his pillows.  After a few minutes of me not joining him he pulled me up beside him.  He left his arm under me while laying on his back.  I decide to roll on my side to face him and use the crook of his arm to rest my head.  We atayed like that until the dance part where they are in the gazebo.  Corey pulled me up and started dancing with me in only the t.v. light.  It was weird and somehow romantic at the same time.  When the song ended Corey gave me a kiss that was short, soft, and sweet before we went back to our positions on the bed to finish the movie.

As he was getting up to put in the next movie I thought it best to warn him of something.

"I am not good at watching scarey movies.  I have an over-imaginative mind and end up with horrible night-mares."

"Don't worry Mandy, I will keep you safe tonight."

There it was again, he called me Mandy.  I only let my dad call me that but for some reason I liked the way he said it.  I wanted so bad to tell him not to call me that but, I couldn't bring myself to do it either.

He held his word he held me as tight as he could during the movie.  When I jumped instead of laughing he would hug me tighter.  I was almost crying from being scared at the end of the movie.  He didn't judge me instead he looked in my eyes and said something along the line of don't be scared I won't let go of you tonight.  Then he kissed me.  This kiss was different than the ones before.  This one was of compassion and lust.  More lust at times but it was terrific.  I had never been kissed like that and I couldn't breathe it was so amazing.  The kiss didn't stop like the others did, the kiss kept going and getting more passionate with each passing second.  I was no longer next to him but he was on top of me.  I had never been this far.  I have always said I would wait until marriage but I was willing in this very second to give him all of me at once.  But before it got too far he rolled off of me and gave me a look of apology.

"I should have never let it get that far.  Mandy stop me if I ever cross a boundary.  I never want to hurt you."

Breathlessly I tried to reply.  "Corey, I want to wait till marriage, I like the kissing but I don't want to give myself to someone before my wedding night."

That is all I had to say.  Corey gave me a nod of the head, got up put in a comedy and laid next to me.  He didn't stop cuddling because he promised he wouldn't let go of me.  I felt broken, lost, and sad.  I have never felt that from a guy even though he was next to me.

I fell asleep somewhere in the middle of the third movie.  When I woke in the morning from the sun, he was still wrapped around me only we were under his blankets somehow.  He was still asleep so I just laid there with my eyes closed thinking of how perfect this felt.  When he woke we got up and even though I didn't have a change of clothes he took me to breakfast.  He was helping me stall going home because I didn't want to face my mother after what she had done.  Yes I am glad that I am with Corey, but I feel that what she did was out of line and she needed to know that I was furious.

Walking in through my front door with Corey my dad was waiting for me.

"Young lady, why have you not answered your phone?  Your mother and I have been worried sick about you, you didn't come home last night."

"I told mom yesterday that I would be staying at Corey's last night.  She said that it was okay."

"Well your mom just went to bed waiting for you.  What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Dad I am sorry.  I honestly did tell mom I wasn't coming home last night.  But I also have a bone to pick with her.  I talked to Ashley last night, she told me mom is the reason Robby broke up with me."

"Well I don't know anything about that but I suggest you say sorry to her when she gets up.  You should have more respect for your mother."

"Yes, daddy."  That was all I had to say.  He knew that my mom did these things sometimes to hide how easy she is with me.  My dad would not have allowed it so she pretended that she knew nothing of it so she didn't get in trouble with me dad.