Unconventional by J J Hebert

Author:J J Hebert [Hebert, J J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780981964805
Publisher: Mindstir Media
Published: 2009-07-09T22:00:00+00:00

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On yet another hopeless night, as I’m in bed listening to Brad berate me, I hear a knock at the door. Dad’s home, for once, so I rush to the door to quiet down whoever is out there; don’t want to wake Dad. I open the door, wary, squinting into the darkness. Leigh emerges, arms outstretched, teary.

“What are you doing here?” I don’t ask this in a stern manner but in a tone of jubilation.

She dives into my arms. “I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry! You were right. You’ve always been right. They’ve controlled me my whole life.”

I walk her into my bedroom, an arm over her shoulder the entire way, and say, “I’m so glad you’re here. So glad you’re here.” I close the door behind us and we sit on my bed.

She continues: “They want me to be with Tim so badly. They push me and push me and push me and push me. I can’t take it anymore. Every night, Mom calls me to make sure I haven’t seen you or spoken to you.”

“She does what?” I take Leigh’s soft hand into mine.

She sobs. “I’ve been so confused. Ever since I can remember, they get inside my head. I’m fed up with it! Every aspect of my life. I was only allowed to go to the high school they wanted me to go to. I was only allowed to go to the college they wanted me to go to. And friends—my parents dictated who I had as friends. Now they’re trying to tell me who I should and shouldn’t date. Who I should and shouldn’t love. I don’t want to be confused anymore. I don’t want to be controlled. I want to make my own choices and live with them!”

She looks on me, wet-eyed. “I choose you, James! Tim is everything they want but not anything I want. I was never attracted to him for myself; only for them.”

My eyes well up with tears. “Oh, thank you, Jesus.” I glance at the ceiling. “Oh, thank God Almighty.”

“It took being away from you and spending time with Tim to see how special you are, James. He was superficial in every sense. When we talked, it was about his car and his job and all the things that don’t matter in life. He never complimented me. Never made me feel like you do: alive and free. I’m so sorry. James, I’m so sorry. Please forgive me.”

I take her into my arms and we roll over on the bed; I’m on top, she’s on bottom. “I love you,” I say. “I love you so much. So much.”

She smiles and initiates a kiss, the warmest, most amazing kiss I’ve ever experienced, even beyond our earliest lip-lock. I feel love radiating through our lips, through our bodies as they connect, through our hands as they touch, and for the first time, as she pulls away from the kiss, I hear her say the three magical syllables: “I love you.”

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