Queen For A Day

I spent the following day tutoring five students before I started packing up my stuff. There was a knock on the door just as I was locking the closet that contained my spare guitars.
I opened it slowly, unsure of who it could be.
“Vic, hi!” I didn’t know who I was expecting, but it definitely wasn’t him.
“Hi, I was just passing by and was wondering if you’d like to do something with me once you’re done here? You don’t have to if you don’t want to..” He gave me a half-hearted smile.
“Are you asking me out?” I raised my eyebrow at him playfully.
He reached up to scratch the back of his neck, “Well yeah.. If you don’t tell my girlfriend?”
His eyes refused to meet mine.
“Still haven’t broken up with her?” I was disappointed to say the least.
“Sorry, you know I would’ve if I had the chance.”
I sighed. I probably should just give him time and let him do it without making him feel worse.
“Whatever. Well I’m done here, can we maybe just get Chinese takeout and then go back to mine? I don’t really feel like going anywhere to be honest.” I smiled up at him.
His eyes visibly lit up and they finally met mine. “Sounds good.”
I turned and picked up my bag before switching off the lights and locking the door.
“Let’s go.” I followed Vic out to his car.
“Why don’t you drive here?” he questioned, glancing around the empty parking lot.
“I don’t think it’s necessary. There’s busses and taxis and I have people like you to drive me around. I’ve just never bothered getting my license.” I explained as I climbed into the passenger seat.
“Fair enough,” Vic chuckled.
We drove in silence for a while after that. For once it wasn’t an awkward silence though, we were both happy but just lost in thought.
“Stay here, I’ll go in and buy everything.” Vic said, parking in front of a Chinese take away.
“Get honey chicken! I’ve been craving it all day.” I smiled sweetly up at him.
“Alright,” He laughed, closing the car door.
I glanced down at my stomach and touched it lightly with my hand.
“Hey little one, your daddy is confusing me. He’s so sweet and I like him a lot, but he’s with someone else.” I sighed. That’s when I felt. It kind of felt like a muscle moving but I knew it wasn’t.
“Whoa shit,” I placed my other hand on my stomach and felt it again. The baby was moving.
“What are you doing in there little one?!” I asked my bump, tears starting to form in my eyes. Then it hit me like a train. There was a living human being in me. A tiny little person who could already move and probably already has a personality. I couldn’t help but start crying.
I barely noticed the sound of the car door opening, but I looked up when the car shifted from someone sitting down.
“Cali, Cali are you ok?!” Vic sounded super panicked. “What’s happened?!”
“N-nothing, I just,” I could barely speak, “our baby is alive. It’s living and it’s growing and it’s an actual person already.”
“Is that why you’re crying?” Vic asked gently, trying to be patient with me.
“It’s moving, it’s trying to kick me.” I told him, finally starting to calm down.
“The baby’s kicking?!” he yelled happily, “Since when?!”
“Like five minutes ago?” I looked at him. His face was filled with childlike happiness, the absolute pure glee was so adorable.
“Can I feel?”
“It’s stopped now..” I said awkwardly. The smile fell from his dark features and I felt bad. “I’ll tell you when it does it again. Where’s the food?”
“Oh right, I saw you crying from the window so I came out. The food should be ready soon.” He got back out of the car and jogged into the building again. He reappeared a few minutes later with a bag of containers.
“Mm smells good,” I moaned as he passed the bag to me so he could get in.
“Yep,” he pulled out of the parking lot and drove straight to my apartment block.
We made a bit of small talk until we walked through the door of my apartment.
“Let’s eat and watch something,” I suggested, putting the bag of food on the coffee table and quickly grabbing two forks from the kitchen. I was starving. Vic and I sat down on the couch and he handed me the honey chicken straight away.
“Oh man you’re amazing,” I grinned at him as I opened the container and the heavenly aroma filled the room. Vic chuckled and picked out the pork ribs. We ate in silence until all that was left was empty containers.
“I can’t believe how much you ate.” Vic uttered, observing the four empty containers in front of me.
I shrugged in response and patted my stomach. “This one’s been making me pretty hungry.”
“I can tell.” Vic stood up and started picking up the containers and bag. “I’ll clean that up Vic,”
“No, no you don’t, stay there.” He held a hand up to stop me. I watched as he shoved everything into the bag and threw them in the trash before washing the two forks and leaving them to dry. He came back to sit with me carrying a glass of water and a beer bottle.
“You don’t mind do you?” He asked, motioning to the bottle.
“No, that’s fine. Thanks for cleaning though,” I took the glass and downed it all in one shot. Vic sat back down on the couch and opened the bottle, taking a drink.
I stared at the blank TV screen as we sat in silence. “Should we watch something?”
Vic looked at me for a few seconds with a blank face before moving right up next to me and throwing his arm around my shoulder.
“I think there’s something else I’d rather do.” He glanced between my eyes and my lips as his face neared mine. Before hesitating further I pushed my lips up against his and let my arms wrap around his neck, holding him as close as possible. He grasped my lower back and kissed me back hard, but passionately. I couldn’t help but feel as if I was having déjà vu as we made out on my couch again. I was starting to hope it was becoming a regular thing. I could get used to kissing him like this. Vic pushed his weight against mine to get me to lay back down as he kept kissing me. I moaned as his lips left mine and started kissing my neck gently.
“Vic, wait.” I breathed. He was hovering above me awkwardly, trying not to put weight on my belly.
He pulled away and looked at me with lust in his eyes. “Sorry, I- I just couldn’t help myself.”
“Shh,” I sat up put pulled him in for another brief but rough kiss. As I let go of him I stood up, “Come on.” I tried not to think too much as I led him to my bedroom. We reached the foot of my bed and I glanced at the man in front of me.
“We are not going to fuck ok. Not while I’m pregnant. Sorry if I’ve lead you on at all.” He was listening intently, but he didn’t look disappointed.
“But can I kiss you?” He said softly, reaching over to put his hands on my hips again.
“Of course,” I took a final step towards him and let him kiss me again. This time it was soft and gentle as his hand came up to caress my cheek. “You’re so beautiful Cali,” he breathed, his brown eyes staring right into my green ones. I sat down on the edge of the bed and lay back, pulling him over me. He came back down and kissed me, his tongue finding its way into my mouth as the kiss deepened. We both lost track of time as we made out but I assume it was for a while as the sun had started to set when we found ourselves tucked under my covers just cuddling.
“Cali I think I’m starting to fall for you.” Vic murmured into my hair as I cuddled into the crook of his neck. Somehow he’d ended up topless, but he was so warm.
“Hmm, I know what you mean.” I’d been waiting for him to say that forever. Soon after that we both fell asleep, still in eachothers arms.

Notes

So i know I've been away for a little while, but I've pre-written so much story.
This site is blocked at my school and I never really have a chance to update at home.. sorry!

But i'm hopefully back for now, and i'll update as much as i can. Love you all!

Beth xx