The Loverboy

by Miel Vermeulen

  her how she had lied to her mom and that Annie was off the hook

  for any wrong doing, finally she told her how her mom had

  grounded her and demanded she"d stop seeing Jake and how unfair

  that was and she was not going to do that. She loved Jake and

  nothing could come between them. Annie agreed cautiously. She

  didn"t feel comfortable but Annie was a hopeless romantic and

  was surely not going to get in the way of true love even though

  she sensed something was wrong about everything.

  “Just be careful” she said as the school bell rang for the

  first period.

  They talked more during lunch about how unfair her mom was

  and how wonderful Jake was. After school Kim decided to walk

  home from school. It was a mellow March day and winter seemed to

  be ready to give way for spring, which was unusually early for

  this area. So it wasn"t too cold and Kim was in no hurry to get

  home to serve her unjustified grounding. She thought about

  heading to the mall or something, anything to defy her mom but figured that no good would come from that. She was walking with

  her mind all over the place when she was snapped to reality by

  the vibration of the phone in her pocket. She checked the screen

  and saw it was Jake.

  She quickly answered. “Hello sweetheart” came the response

  and she felt herself light up.

  They talked all the way home and he told her he had some

  business to take care off so he"d be out of town for a week or

  two. They would figure out a way to hook up when he would be

  back. She stopped for a few minutes before getting to the

  apartment in no hurry to get there and wanting to keep the call

  going as long as possible. They said goodbye and she headed into

  the apartment and got Ally at Mrs. Simons.

  The next two weeks went by fast and the routine was the

  same almost every day. She would walk home from school to serve

  her grounding and he would call every day. Sometimes he would

  call back after she picked up Ally at Mrs. Simons and she would

  go to the bathroom or bedroom while Ally was doing homework or

  watching a show and they would talk for another hour or so. She

  missed him but the calls helped and he was so attentive to her

  that his calls would just light her up and make her day. Her mom

  didn"t suspect a thing and every now and then made a comment

  about how it was better now without Jake. He was no good for her. Kim usually just agreed thinking about if her mom would

  only know and about how great Jake was to her. If she would see

  that she would surely change her mind.

  After about two and a half weeks her mom told her that her

  grounding was over since she had clearly taken anything to heart

  her she had said. Kim thanked her but didn"t really mean it.

  More and more she felt she had done nothing wrong and lifting

  the grounding was just another one of her mom"s righteous moves.

  She had no clue about how things worked in the real world. Maybe

  when she was younger but she was clearly out of touch with the

  current days. Another day passed and it had almost been three

  weeks now. Jake had said it wouldn"t be much longer anymore and

  he"d be back soon.

  She was on her way home from school again with the phone in

  hand waiting for his call. It was a lot colder again. As soft as

  March had been the beginning of April had brought back a lot

  colder weather again but she wanted to speak to him and didn"t

  need to be in a bus full of nosy dumb teenagers when he called.

  She startled as the phone buzzed and quickly answered it.

  “Hello sweetheart” it sounded as usual.

  “Hi” she responded with a smile.

  “It"s so great to see you again” he said. “What?” she answered, “Where are you?” she asked puzzled.

  “Look behind you” he said.

  She quickly turned around and there she saw the silver

  Porsche rolling quietly about twenty yards behind her. She

  stopped and it pulled alongside and the passenger side window

  rolled down. There he was with a big smile on his face. She

  opened the door and got in. They kissed passionately. It was the

  best kiss she had ever had. It felt so good to be with him

  again. The kiss lasted for a long time until rudely disturbed by

  honking behind them. There were three cars behind them eager to

  get passed. Jake quickly move to the side and let them pass

  waving to them sheepishly. After all three cars passed they both

  burst out in laughter. They smiled and he put the car in drive

  again and they drove off. He drove her home which was only a few

  blocks. She told him she was no longer grounded and didn"t have

  to pick Ally up for another hour and a half.

  “We could sneak in to your place and I"ll sneak out when

  you have to pick Ally up” he said, “that way we can maximize our

  time together”.

  “My mom won"t be home until after nine anyway so why not?”

  she agreed. He parked the car around the block and they walked up to

  the apartment door making sure nobody would see them. Kim opened

  the door and made sure the hallway was clear. She waved him in

  and they quickly slid into the apartment so nobody would see or

  hear them. Inside they fell into a passionate embrace and kissed

  for a while. Then he picked her up and carried her into her

  bedroom. She blushed as he laid her on her bed. He took his

  shirt off and she nervously started to undo her top. He lay down

  on top of her and kissed her all over while slowly removing

  articles of clothing. Before long they were both naked and not

  long after he was inside her. She felt more comfortable this

  time and was actually able to enjoy it. They made love and ended

  up both reaching an orgasm at the same time. Then she just lay

  there in his arms for a while. It was perfect. She had never

  felt this good and this complete.

  She finally looked at the clock and noticed it was already

  time to pickup Ally. She jumped up and started getting dressed

  and urged him along to get dressed to and get out of here. He

  couldn"t find a sock but she hurried him out without it. After

  checking the hallway to make sure it was clear she gave him a

  quick kiss and he was on his way. Then she went to Mrs. Simons

  door and rang the doorbell. Ally was waiting to be picked up. They both thanked Mrs.

  Simons and went into their own apartment. Ally dropped her stuff

  in the bedroom and came out holding a black men"s sock.

  “Where did this come from?” she asked.

  “Must have gotten stuck to my backpack at gym today at

  school” Kim responded as she quickly took the sock and shoved it

  in her pack, “Someone lost one and we couldn"t find it. I"ll

  return it to them tomorrow.”

  Ally gave her a puzzled look but decided to let it go. The

  week went on like this and Kim had never been happier. She used

  to dislike that her mom worked so much and that she was away

  from home all the time but now it was nice. The weekend was long

  though and she met Jake at the mall on Sunday. He bought her

  some earrings and another
cute outfit. The space under her bed

  where she was hiding everything from her mom was getting smaller

  by the day it seemed as Jake"s gifts piled up.

  When they were heading back to her place they knew her mom

  was home and they couldn"t go in like during the week. He found

  a spot behind a commercial building that was clearly deserted

  and had sex in the car. She had gotten to like it so much she

  couldn"t get enough of it. Or was it just that she couldn"t get

  enough of Jake? As they pulled out from behind the building a security guard just pulled around to check out what was going

  on. He gave them a look over but kept going not seeing any wrong

  doing. They laughed and he drove away.

  “Where to now?” she asked.

  He smiled at her but didn"t say anything. They drove for

  about five minutes and stopped in front of a tattoo parlor in a

  lesser part of town. She gave him a puzzled look.

  He looked at her and said “I never want to lose you and I

  want you to never forget about me.”

  Then he kissed her gently. She melted and he led her into

  the parlor without any protest. He pulled out a slip of paper

  from his coat pocket and on it was a pretty blue butterfly with

  its wings spread.

  He showed it to her and said “I saw this today and it

  reminded me of your beauty.”

  She smiled nervously and asked “Won"t it hurt?”

  “Nah” he said, “it"s only a small one.”

  She thought about how she would hide it from her mom and

  thought about saying no for a second but didn"t want to

  disappoint him. She sat down as he gave the piece of paper to

  the tattoo artist. The artist looked at her and frowned, “Is she eighteen? If

  not I need a parent"s permission” he asked.

  Jake took a one hundred dollar bill out of his pocket and

  gave it to him “Here"s her ID” he said.

  The artist shrugged and went to work. It did hurt. It hurt

  a lot but she bit through not wanting to show weakness to Jake.

  When it was done she had a beautiful blue butterfly on her right

  shoulder, no more than an inch or two in size. The artist

  covered it with Vaseline and gave her instructions on how to

  care for it and they left. She felt weird but thought it was

  really cool at the same time. For some weird reason it seemed to

  give her confidence and it was proof that her and Jake belonged

  together. They drove off and headed for her apartment.

  He stopped at the usual place around the corner and she

  gave him a long kiss goodbye and slid out of the car. When she

  entered the apartment she saw her mom at the kitchen table with

  tears in her eyes.

  “What"s wrong?” She asked her mom.

  “Aunt Clara died” her mom said sadly.

  Aunt Clara had been her mom"s only sibling. They had never

  been close but had the same hard childhood. After their parents

  had passed away they only spoke on the phone a few times a year and maybe saw each other once every other year as Aunt Clara

  lived in Saint Louis. Kim didn"t even remember seeing her last.

  She knew Aunt Clara had been sick with cancer but didn"t know

  how bad it had been. Her mom didn"t speak much about her family.

  “I have to go to the funeral” her mom said, “I am leaving

  tomorrow afternoon and will be back on Wednesday.”

  “You can come if you want” she said.

  Kim shook “no thanks, unless you need me to” she said.

  Her mom shook her head.

  “I"ve arranged for Ally to stay at Maddie"s house from

  school. She can take the bus with her and her parents were ok

  with it” her mom said, “You are old enough to stay by yourself

  if you want. You aren"t seeing this Jake anymore, right?”

  Kim shook again “No, haven"t seen or talked to him since

  that night” she lied.

  “I guess you could see if you could stay at Annie"s” her

  mom offered.

  “I"d rather stay here” she told her mom not wanting to have

  Annie cover for her again.

  “Ok, I"ll call to check on you” her mom said, “Make sure

  you are home by eight every night.” Kim nodded and gave her mom a hug and told her she"d be in

  her bedroom doing homework if she needed her. She went into her

  bedroom and got out the phone and sent a text message to Jake

  giving him the news. Ten seconds later she received the

  response.

  “Great, I"ll come over and cook for you. Call me when she

  is gone” it read.

  She smiled, that would be great she thought. Then she would

  be home when her mom called but they could spend the whole night together.

  Chapter 10:

  The next day she rode the bus home for the first time in

  weeks. She wanted to be home quickly to see if her mom was gone

  yet so she could call Jake. She entered the apartment and to her

  dismay her mom was still there.

  “I was just about to leave” she said “I just wanted to say

  goodbye. There is fifty dollars on the counter for anything you

  might need and the fridge is full so you should be fine. Call me

  at Aunt Clara"s if you need anything, the number is on the

  fridge.”

  Kim nodded without saying anything and her mom hugged her.

  “Don"t do anything stupid while I"m gone, ok?” her mom

  said, “and no hooking up with anyone.”

  She didn"t mention Jake but Kim knew that was who she

  meant.

  “Ok” Kim said. She had giving up counting the lies. Lying was getting

  easier and easier and she was actually getting good at it. She

  didn"t like it but it had become a necessity. If only her mom

  was more understanding. Then her mom left and Kim looked through

  the window to make sure she was gone pretending to be looking

  out to wave her out. Then she resisted the urge to call Jake for

  a few minutes to make sure her mom wasn"t coming back because

  she forgot something. After a long 4 minutes she couldn"t wait

  anymore and she called him. He answered immediately.

  “I need to stop at the grocery store for your dinner” he

  said, “I"ll be there in thirty minutes.”

  “I can"t wait” she responded.

  After she hung up she rushed into the bathroom and took a

  shower, then she applied some make-up and got the outfit they

  bought the day before out from under the bed. It was a short

  jeans skirt that he had insisted looking great on her and cute

  yellow spaghetti strap top. Not really April attire for

  Wisconsin but she wasn"t planning to go outside anyway. Deciding

  to surprise him and wore no underwear. Then she started picking

  up the living room and her mom"s bedroom. They might as well use

  her mom"s queen bed while they were there alone. He got to the apartment at about four thirty. A long thirty

  minutes after he had said he would be there but she forgave him.

  He put the groceries in the kitchen and grabbed her in a strong

  embrace. They kissed and before long she led him into the

  bedroom and started taking his clothes off.

  “What about dinner?” he protested.

  “That can wait” she replied pushing him on her mom"s bed

  and
pulling his pants off. Then she climbed on the bed and

  straddled him bending forward and kissing him passionately. She

  sat up and took the top off revealing her breasts which he

  grabbed eagerly. Then she pulled her skirt up and looked at his

  surprised look when he saw she wasn"t wearing panties. She slid

  over him and before long she collapsed on top of him completely

  drained of any strength but very satisfied. They lay on the bed

  for a long time when he finally urged her up and told her he was

  going to make dinner for them.

  It was six thirty now and it had already gotten dark. They

  both got dressed and walked back to the kitchen. She helped him

  unpack the groceries and he looked through them franticly.

  “I forgot the artichokes” he cursed, “you don"t happen to

  have any, do you?” “I can run to the store and get some” she offered, “It

  should only take me fifteen minutes at the most.”

  “Are you sure?” he asked.

  She nodded and got some shoes on and put on a thick coat.

  She grabbed the money from the counter and kissed him on the

  cheek.

  “I"ll be right back” she promised.

  “Be careful” he responded and she left the apartment.

  The grocery store was about 5 blocks away. It was dark

  already and the April air was cold on her bare legs with her

  jeans skirt. When she got about halfway she saw a group of five

  guys on the other side of the street. They started hollering at

  her but she couldn"t quite make out what they were saying. She

  ignored them and continued on. The grocery store was slow with

  few customers and a couple of kids filling the racks, a job she

  had considered for a while and then decided against out of fear

  that some of her friends from school would see her. She didn"t

  have to worry that much since most of the kids from the rich

  part didn"t venture in this side of town. They went to the more

  upscale stores the other way and the not so rich kids had often

  applied for the job themselves. She picked out a couple of artichokes and paid at the

  register. Then she headed back home. The boys that had been

  hollering at her were gone and the streets were empty. She

  passed one of the alleys about two blocks from her home and one

  of the boys stepped out in front of her blocking her way.

  “Where are those legs taking you?” he said in a slimy voice