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DERRICK* I prefer the showers in the gym over mine and Emberly's shower bathtub combo we have in the house. There's more space to stretch out our legs and relax on the shower bench as jets of water rain down on Emberly and me. I handed Emberly her shampoo and conditioner from the rack and then grabbed my own and started washing my hair out. Usually, I would dive into washing Emberly's hair myself, but at this moment, my muscles are locked up, and I can barely wash myself off, let alone her. "Did you remember to take your pill when you woke up this afternoon?" "I took it last night before I brushed my teeth, so I wouldn't forget to take it," "Ok, good, that would be bad if you got pregnant right now. I'm done, so I'll head back to the house, try to wait a bit before coming inside," I said as I wrapped myself in a towel and returned to the house. As I figured, mom and dad were still asleep in their room, but I didn't want to take any chances. I went up to my room and put on a fresh
DERRICK* I got to the field where Emberly was running and planted myself at the finish line over to the side so I wouldn't be in the way. I was amazed to see how far ahead Emberly was from all of the other runners. I grabbed my phone and recorded Emberly as she took off into a sprint and burst through the finish line. I quickly texted the video to my dad. 'Take a look at what you and mom missed. Emberly blew everyone away. It would be nice if you and mom would make an appearance once in a while,' Then I ran over to Emberly, where she was stretching and warming down. Then handed her some water and congratulated her on her victory. "Thank you for coming to watch me run," "I almost missed it because I had to take mom and dad to the airport, but I tried. I recorded your sprint to the finish line. You are amazing, Emberly. Don't ever let anyone tell you any different," Emberly's eyes grew glassy, and I could tell she was trying her hardest not to cry. I knew she was upset. When our pa
EMBERLY Derrick had the music blaring even louder than I had had mine in my room. I thought my ears were about to burst. Meaning, he was pretty angry with me right now. He was beating the punching bag, and when he saw me walk in, he turned his back on me and went back to hitting the punching bag. I'm pretty sure he was imagining that the punching bag was my face. I walked over to the stereo and turned it down so I wouldn't have to yell over the music and walked over to Derrick. He did his best to ignore me until I got close enough that he could hit me and stopped. "What do you want?" Derrick growled and then walked over to a set of weights and grabbed a set of twenty-pound weights. "I think I might be pregnant," "You skipped a pill," "No, I've taken two sometimes after we've been together just to be safe. I never missed one; I wouldn't be that careless. Anyway, I started the placebo last Saturday, and I normally start within two days or so, but I haven't started. It's time to star
DERRICK* The crowd went wild as I ran another winning touchdown for the Friendship Tigers. Our team had made it to State for the second year in a row, and it was a tight game. We had gone into triple overtime. My teammates and I ran to the sidelines doing our usual victory roars and chest bumps. I glanced up to the stands to see Emberly jumping and cheering on the front row as always. I waved, then ran off of the field with the other guys. Several scouts were waiting for us as we reached the locker rooms. On Monday, I will be signing on to play football for Texas Tech. It was still nice, however, to know I had several other colleges who wanted me and did their best to change my mind and choose their college instead. *** I figured Emberly would be asleep when I walked into the house, but when I walked in, she was lying on the counter wearing sexy black lingerie. "Come here, lover boy," she said as she jumped down from the counter and crawled to me seductively. "Congratulations on yo
EMBERLY*"No, don't!" I cried. "She said I would start bleeding. Let's get showered, and you can take me to the emergency room,"Derrick looked down at his phone, then back at me, and shook his head as if a war was raging in his head. Then he stalked over, picked me up, and carried me to the restroom. He placed a hand on my cheek, kissed me on the forehead, and started taking my bloodied clothes off. He turned the shower on, then stripped himself of his clothes and helped me into the shower.Derrick, as usual, worked to get me cleaned off, helped me out of the shower, and then went on to clean himself off.When we were ready, Derrick carried me to his truck as if he feared how fragile I was and could break into a million pieces at any moment. It was silent as Derrick drove, and all I could do was stare outside at the stars. Our baby that we had created was now an angel; it was no more. The song halo came on, and the waterworks kicked into high gear again.Losing the baby was all my fau
DERRICK* A week has passed since Emberly had the miscarriage. Christmas break has arrived, and our parents are due back at any time. The Christmas Holidays seem to be the only time of year; mom and dad make it a point to be home for the entire three weeks Emberly and I are out of school. Then once January fourth rolls around, they are gone again. Emberly and I are dragging out all the Christmas decorations from the attic. We thought we might surprise mom and have them put up before she and dad got home from Paris. Mom is one of those Christmas nuts that puts Christmas decorations out on November first, right after Halloween has passed. But this year, she wasn't home. Emberly and I have been swamped with school and our sports activities, so we haven't had the chance to put the decorations out. Not to mention any free time we had, we were fucking like rabbits until she had the miscarriage. Emberly is making it a point to act as if the last three months have not happened, so we have re
DERRICK* I looked at the time and realized that I still had a few hours before I needed to leave. I changed and went outside to start putting the lawn decorations out. The guys who put the Christmas lights on the house showed up when I was halfway through, so I gave them directions on how we would like to have them and went back to work. It wasn't until Delaney and Emberly returned that I realized I had been out there for quite some time. I still had a few things to put out, but I decided I'd rather eat before drinking and went back into the house. Delanie and Emberly were in the living room watching Vampire Diaries. Thank fuck I was going to be leaving. "You guys hungry? I'm about to whip something up before I go out?" I asked as I made my way to the kitchen. "Sure, that would be great. If Delaney and I made some hamburger patties would you mind grilling them, Derrick?" My name falling from Emberly's lips reminded me of all the times she had screamed my name during sex, and my tra
EMBERLY* "Emberly, can you help me out here? I might have thirty pounds on Derrick, but I'm lugging around dead weight," Brock grunted as he shifted Derrick in his arms. I got on the other side of Derrick and draped his arm around my neck. I wasn't sure how much help I would be since I only weighed one hundred and thirty pounds, and Derrick weighed a hundred pounds more than me. Brock and I somehow managed to get Derrick to the couch and sat him down. "He should probably sit up for a while," Brock said as he sat down next to Derrick. "I'm not dead; I'm very much alive, so I would appreciate it if you two wouldn't talk about me as I weren't here," Derrick slurred. "Emberly, I think I'm going to head home. It looks like you're going to have your hands full tonight. I was supposed to have been home by twelve, and I'm thirty minutes late," Delaney said as she grabbed her purse off the side table. "I'll walk you out," I said as I followed Delaney to her car. "How is Brock supposed to