Never Too Late by zzmbrashear (reading in the dark txt) 📕

him.
“Dani honey.” He said. “I’m a virgin too. I’m ready but if your not thats fine. We can do this and not have sex.” Then he touched my cheek and kissed my forehead. “Don’t ever feel like I’m rushing you. Tell me if I’m going over your boundaries.” He put his shirt back on and zipped up his pants. I buttoned my shirt on and put my belt back on. We both got out of the back seat and I wiped the steam off of my glasses. A couple who passed us gave us a dirty look. I didn’t care. That was amazing. The mixture of his warm, muscular body touching mine and the rain was so romantic. When I do have sex I hope it will be as magical as that. When we got to my house it was still raining. He walked me to my door.
“I had so much fun.” He said.
“I did too. I hope we can do it again.” I told him.
“Yea. Can I have your number?” He asked.
“Oh course. Can I see your cell?” I asked. He handed me his phone and I put me into his contacts and handed his phone back to him.
“I will call you.” He said. It was raining hard and we were soaking wet. He turned and started to go to his car.
“Jesse!” I yelled. He turned and I ran into his arms. We had the most powerful kiss. I finally had my kiss in the rain. I felt like time stopped. I could see us kissing, like I was watching it. Then I pulled away before I did something stupid. “Sorry.”
“For what?” He asked. He was breathless.
“Kissing you.” I told him.
“I think I kissed you back.” He said with a laugh.
“Nah.” I told him. “I will be expecting a call from you.” Then I turned and headed for the door. Then I heard him say my name. I turned around and he grabbed me and put two hands on my face and kissed me. I was so happy. He felt what I felt. I stood there speechless when he pulled away.
“Now that was me.” He said. We both laughed. We both turned and went in the opposite directions. When I got to my room I looked at my cell and I had a voice mail. When I checked it it was Jesse. “Hey girl. Its just me saying that I love spending time with you. I’m taking you out tomorrow because I cant stand to be away from you for more than a day. I will pick you up at 4 and by the way the kiss was amazing. Don’t change a thing about you Dani. Your amazing just the way you are.” Then he hung up. I couldn’t believe it. I called Jasmine the very next second and told her everything.
“Are you serious?” She said as I finished telling her everything from the football game to the message.
“Yes.” I told her. I was so happy.
“Danielle?” She said. I knew she was serious cause she always calls me Dani.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Have you forgotten?” She asked. She was sincere.
“About what?” I asked. I didn’t know what she meant.
“Braydon.” She said. I almost dropped the phone.
“Jasmine. He broke my heart, not the other way around. I will never forget him but I need to move on.” I told her. I could tell the phone was on speaker. I was wondering who was in the room with her. It was quiet for a while. “Jasmine? Are you there?” I asked. Then a voice came on the phone. It wasn’t Jasmines.
“Dani, how could you? How could you move and not say goodbye! Dani bear please come back!” Braydon said. I could tell he was crying. I started to cry. I couldn’t believe it. I was speechless so I hung up. Then one minute they called back but this time it was Jasmine.
“How could you put him on the phone! You know Jassy.” Then my voice got quieter and I wasn’t trying to hide the fact that I was crying.
“I’m sorry. He loves you. You have to know that. He didn’t know what he had till you were gone. Give him a chance. You two are my best friends, please you deserve to be happy. Together.” She said.
“I’m happy. Do you hear that? I’m finally happy. With out him. I’m happy with someone else. He blew his chance.” I told her. I could tell the phone was still on speaker and I heard him weep even more. Then they hung up. I was crying so much I had to catch my breath so I went for a walk. When I was walking I saw a sign that said free puppies. So I got one. He is a chocolate lab. He’s so tiny. I will name him Charlie. I walked for what must have been two hours. When I got back to the house I went to the living room to told my parents what I got. When I got through the front door I heard slamming and screaming. I have never heard my parents fight before.
“Hey Mom, I got a puppy!” I said so excited but she did listen, instead they were still fighting. My dad ran down the stairs with a suit case and my Mom was running after him screaming. They took it out side.
“How could you?” She said crying. “I thought we were happy. We have a daughter! How could you!”
“Claire, its not your fault. I just needed something new.” Then he got in his car and started rolling up the windows. I felt a tear go down my face. I put Charlie down and shut the door. I felt like I wasn’t even there.
“No! You can’t leave me! We have a family! You can’t leave me! Zachary! No!!!” She screamed while banging on his car as it drove away. She fell to her knees in the middle of the road. How could he see her in his rear view mirror and still keep going. I ran to her. She was crying so hard. I held her tight so she knew she wasn’t alone. She was still crying after an hour.
“Mom, its starting to get dark. We have to get inside.” I told her. She said no so I picked her up and put her inside on the couch. Charlie ran up and laid next to her. I was still in shock. How could he cheat on her. She doesn’t deserve it. She didn’t get up till seven days later. “Good to see you up.” I said when I saw her eating cereal at the breakfast table.
“Dani Bear, we need to talk about this.” She said and I agreed. “Your father cheated on me but we don’t need him. I want you to be totally honest with me from now on, okay?”
“Yea Mom always.” I told her. I had school today but I was scared of leaving her alone. I had every class with Jesse. He carried my books for me and always held me hand. The first day when he saw me walk through the front doors he ran to me and picked me up.
“Dani baby, its so good to see you!” Then he gave me a kiss. “I have some people I want you to meet.” He grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowd to a little group. “Dani these are my friends.” He said while pointing to everyone. “This is Kyle and Kailey. This is Heather, Mark, and Josh. Kailey and Heather are on the cheerleading team and Mark Josh and myself are on the football team.” Then he pointed to me and said, “Everyone this is Dani. My girlfriend.” Then he put his arm around my waist. They all said hi. Mark and Josh and Jesse had to go to the locker room so I stayed with Kailey and Heather.
“So Dani right?” Kailey asked.
“Yes.” I said.
“Jesse is one of the good ones. Don’t take him for granted.” Heather said. Then I looked at him and he saw me then blew me a kiss.
“I wouldn’t dream of it.” I replied. “So which one are you with?” I asked Heather.
“Mark.” She said.
“So, Josh is the odd one out.” I said joking around.
“Yea, I guess you could say that.” Kailey said. They all seemed so nice. Then Jesse and the rest of the guys came our way running. Josh was leading them.
“What are they doing?” I asked Heather.
“You’ll see.” She told me. Then Mark came and picked up Heather and then Kyle picked up Kailey and Jesse picked up me. We were all screaming but in the good way. They ran all the way to the football field outside. Then they sat us on the bleacher and ran to the field. I think it was a pep rally or something. The guys started playing a game of football while us girls sat on the bleachers.
“Why can’t we play with them on the field?” I asked all of them.
“Because its a guy sport.” Kailey said.
“Well, I’m gonna change that.” I told them then walked to the field. I talked with the guys and they allowed me to play. Mark threw a horrible spiral to me and I looked for an open but there was no one open so I ran. I was just about to throw the ball into the goal then I got tackled. Jesse fell right on top of me. He looked me in the eye and then kissed me. Then I rolled over on top of him.
“Cheap shot.” I said then chuckled. When I got up the guys looked at there girls and winked. Then the girls came to play. They were really good. The game lasted about an hour before I was totally dirty. I climbed into Jesse’s truck. We sang songs together in the car. I tried to make small talk.
“So how many girlfriends have you had?” I asked. He laughed and glanced at me. Then he picked up my hand and kissed it and said,
“Just you.” I was surprised. He seemed so experienced. He was sweet and everything nice. “How many have you had?”
“I have never had any girlfriends.” I said and chuckled. He gave me that look that says you know what I mean. “I have only really loved one but he didn’t feel the same way.” I looked down to avoid his face. We were quiet for most of the ride. “Where are we going?” I asked because nothing look familiar.
“My house.” He said with a smirk.
“What?” I said with a loud tone.
“Well, I can’t bring you home like that.” He said and pointed to the mud. I didn’t reply, I was someone irritated that he didn’t warn me. When I got out of his truck we walked into his house.
“I can’t meet your parents looking like this.” I told him in a serious voice.
“Its okay, relax. They’re not home.” He said with confidence. I hopped into the shower first. Then I heard a knock on the door and Jesse walked in.
“I have some of my sisters clothes that look like it will fit. Do you want company?” He asked, I wasn’t sure if he was joking or not. Then I opened the curtain and he dropped the clothes and his jaw.
“No, I’m done.” I said. Then I grabbed a towel and grabbed the clothes and walked out of the bathroom. His jaw was still dropped. I thought it was funny. When I got dress I came back into the bathroom. I dried my hair, then