NathanielChristian pauses for a brief moment. "You don't have to share if you don't want to," he says, attempting to break off from the conversation."No, it's fine," I say, looking toward the rear yard. "My fiancé is pregnant."Yes, buddy, I knew that already."Oh, congratulations," I say, making an effort to pretend that I was completely ignorant."Thank you." He glances down at his engagement band. "It's a girl."His general body language and posture give off the impression that he is extremely anxious."Dude, don't worry. You'll be just fine, I'm sure," I say, doing everything in my power to reassure him.This consoling conversation is awful. I can't help him at all. I'm not used to being comforted, much less providing comfort to others, as a male."Yeah, I hope so," he says, becoming reticent."Yes, don't question yourself in advance. Positive things are on their way for you. Consider them all to be blessings," I try to console him again."Yes, they are a blessing, but I'm quite
NathanielAlexander peers through the open window. "Five minutes before you wandered in, he texted her. But she said he texted her earlier today to let her know he would be there.""How much time prior to today?" I ask, glancing down at Lance, who is now fast asleep in my arms."Tuesday morning," he says, raising Via's phone. "She didn't respond to him, though. Not until today, when he texted her again." I hear the click as he unlocks her phone. "Nathaniel, my goddamn step-son, is someone I detest." He says with a bitter laugh. "I get envious just thinking about her with him again. At this point, I think I'm going to lose my mind.""Relax and put her phone down before you end up doing something stupid," I warn. When he hesitates, I shake my head. "Did you figure out her password on your own or did she tell you?""I figured it out," he admits, still gripping her phone. "It's the day Justin left and we officially started dating her.""So what? How on earth could you possibly be skeptica
NathanielWhen I was in high school, Mr. and Mrs. Fane weren't bad teachers. I never had a problem with them. Mr. Fane and Ms. Fane are amazing teachers. They actually helped me transition into my job pretty well. What exactly did Dean do to make himself say that Mr. Fane was terrible?"That's nothing compared to what I did in senior year," Christian says, laughing.Jesus, the older brother was worse!?At this point, I was now feeling what my teachers back in high school probably felt about me and my friends."When I was in football, our coach attended Amberwood when he was younger, so he was extremely biased. We had to win our season on our own since he was of no help. So as a thank you, we completely trashed his office and filmed ourselves burning his old Amberwood football jersey. We heard that he never returned," Christian laughs his ass off."Oh my god, that's awful," Georgia says with a small laugh.Yeah, it was awful, but with all honesty, these two probably would've fit perfec
NathanielIf Andres gave a flat expression to his own son, telling him he was going to be a grandfather soon, how was he going to react with us?Dean looks over at his dad and his smile from earlier disappears. "That's about it," Dean says as he sits back down, then looks over at Alexander. "The floor's yours, man."Jesus Christ, my blood sugar levels were down to the fucking ground."Thank you, Dean." Alexander stands firm and tall.Why the fuck was he so fucking happy? I was about to pass the fuck out. Was it too late to excuse myself and go check on my son?I look over at Via and see that she's looking straight at Alexander with pure confusion on her face. Looking at her makes something in my mind click right into place.If Andres yelled at us and gave us conditions to date his daughter, I would hear him out and do them. Anything just to have her.You know what—fuck it.I try my best to clear my head and focus on every word Alexander is saying."So, I didn't prepare much for this—"
NathanielGeorgia puts a hand on his shoulder, and that seems to relax him. I know that feeling.I look over at Via.I didn't feel that feeling when Hazel would try to comfort me, but I felt it when Via was present anywhere around me. Her presence made me feel comforted and at ease.That's probably why I was internally panicking like crazy right now, waiting for Andres to say something—quite literally anything."And Justin?" Andres finally speaks. "Does he know you're going to date his stepdad and his stepdad's friends?" His words make all the walls around me begin to crumble.That's a no. I can already hear the two letters come out of his mouth."No, he doesn't know anything about this subject, but I don't think it really matters." She looks at Alexander, then back at her father. "Justin is moving in with his mother, Amanda, as soon as winter break starts."That makes Alexander go still next to me.Alexander may argue with Justin. Alexander may argue with Amanda about Justin. Alexand
Nathaniel"Via, Sebastian is right. Not right now," I say as I kiss her cheek. "Use the last few minutes you have with him to let him hold you."She frowns. "But I-" She drifts off as she bites her bottom lip."Via, your dad's downstairs. We just got his approval—" Sebastian drifts off."And my son is across the room—" Lance was fast asleep on the box sofa we set up for him. He was perfectly in the middle and trapped so he wouldn't fall. Additionally, he wasn't a deep sleeper. I wish he was, though."I'll be quiet—" I stare at her blankly as she says that.This girl—stay quiet? Doubtful."I promise I will—please." She begs, and I falter at her pleading.Sebastian and I exchange a look, and I slightly nod at him. Sebastian then gets up and goes to the end of the bed. I instantly pull Via into a deep kiss.She was officially our girl. Ours. Every single inch of her was now ours.Via moans into my mouth as I begin to pull up her pajama shirt while Sebastian pulls down her pajama shorts.
NathanielWhen I turn my attention back to Via, I see tears flowing down her stunning face, and I think of how the bedsheet is pushed into her mouth. During the throes of her fourth orgasm, she was in great pain."As I said from the start," I whispered quietly, "Via staying quiet was never gonna happen."One more time, my phone and Sebastian's phone both rang, and I noticed that Sebastian was slowing down. After he had driven away, he went to the restroom that Via had.The last time I checked my mail was just now.The telegram that Maximilian had sent stood before me:"I don't want to hear anyone talk about cars for a fucking month. Or ever again. I'm beyond pissed."I chuckled, turned off the phone, and placed it back on Via's nightstand.As I made my way over to Via, I gave her a kiss on the forehead and quickly snatched up her clothing. "You're worn out and sleepy, little star?" As I assisted her in putting on her shirt, I inquired. Then, she gave a little nod in response.The towe
ViaI walked into 5th period and instantly felt the difference."Sebastian alone makes every single one of his English classes have this sort of mood and vibe that actually makes me want to learn," I thought to myself. "That's probably because he could talk about the most boring crap and I'd still find it interesting—but that's on me."Unfortunately, since he wasn't here, that mood just wasn't present. The class felt dead."Good morning, class. My name is—" I tuned out the teacher. I really wasn't in the mood for anything right now.It was the midst of my period, and all I wanted to do was curl up into a ball with a book and vanish into thin air. My menstruation was a terrible time for me to attend class.I went to the seat that I often use and took out a book. My phone vibrated twice in my pocket as soon as I opened it, which was a quite unfortunate occurrence.I glanced up at the teacher, grateful he was too busy taking attendance to notice me.I grabbed my phone and checked the not