The Church Boy

~ 6

8:45 PM

Dad's POV

"So we'll be going to the amusement park Saturday?" I say into phone. "Uh-huh. Uh-Huh. Alright." I hang up, and walk back outside on the balcony. "Where did those to go?" I say.

"Michael..." Deloris comes up to me, and looks me right in the eyes. "Stop worrying so much about Kira. She's almost seventeen. Soon, she's gonna start making her own lifestyle choices." I sigh.

"But... That boy-?"

"What's wrong with her liking a boy?" She asked. I looked down. "Remember when we met in high school?" She came closer to me, tracing my arm with her finger.

"Yes." I say. She was obviously trying to seduce me.

"We went on so many dates... We did so many things together..." She said. She lifted my arm around her shoulder, and I pulled her close to me. "We were prom King and Queen... Savor in those moments."

"Do they even have prom at the private school?" I ask. She sighs.

"That's besides the point, baby." Deloris says. "What I'm trying to say is, let our daughter live a little. She's growing up."

"You think I want her losing her virginity to some guy she just met at age seventeen? No thank." I respond, sternly.

"You lost yours at sixteen." He says.

"Big mistake. God saved me after that, and gave me you." I say, kissing her forehead. Deloris looks up into my eyes, then looks away.

"Let her live a little. You're being overprotective." She says. I sigh again, and then look out in the sky.

"I guess I could stop following her everywhere." I say, looking back at my wife. "But this boy... He's a bad influence, Del."

"How so?" Deloris asks me.

"I think Shakira's starting to lie to me." I say.

"You have to trust her, Michael. If she's lying to you, we would've figured out by now. She's definitely not lying to you. She loves you, and trusts you." Deloris says. "Now. Let's have some fun... The kids are at the pool and the arcade..." Deloris winks, and I smirk. She presses her lips to mine, and kisses me for a few seconds. I wrap my arms around her waist, and pick her up, bringing her to the bed. As we kissed, I undressed her and we got under the covers.

"It's been awhile, Mikey..." She says, while I slipped a condom on.

***

8:30 AM

The alarm rang. It was time to get dressed. Today, the church was going to the amusement park just a few miles from our hotel. We reserved the park to ourselves for at least a good five hours.

"Wake up, everyone! Breakfast end at 10, we're leaving at 10:30!" I say. Everyone grabbed their outfits for the day. Zeyna was wearing a white tee shirt, black shorts, and black sneakers. I approved of that outfit. Deyshawn was allowed to wear whatever he wanted since he's an adult. I walked over to Shakira's room, and sighed. We had a small argument last night, and I never apologized. I knocked on her door a couple of times.

"Who is it?" She said.

"Your dad." I say. She groaned. "Can I come in?"

"Whatever." She says. I open the door, and see she was still in bed. I sigh, and sit in the chair next to the closet.

"Look, munchkin. I'm sorry about what happened last night." I say. She groaned again.

"I just want to hang out with him. There's literally nothing going on between us." She says.