Chapter Twenty: Birthday Sex

"Isn't your birthday coming up?" Reed asks

brushing a few stray hairs out of my eyes. I blush slightly.

"Two days."

He grins. "I can't wait until you open your

gift from me."

Reed got me a present? When was that? The

only time I could think was the other day after getting the new air mattress at

the store. I still feel bad about lying to mom, air mattresses are not cheap

and we have a perfectly good one laying in the trash. Life goes on I guess.

"When did you get me a present?" I roll onto

my stomach and use my arms as a pillow. The hot sun beats down on my back. Reed

was smart to just go shirtless. Plus the view is nice too.

He taps his chin then his eyes light up like

a light bulb. "I got it when we were at the fair! It's just a little something,

so don't be expecting really nice." The big smile on his face told me

otherwise.

Leaning over, I brush my lips over his then

quickly part. "Thank you, I know I'll love it."

"I-I need to go to the bathroom." Reed chokes,

getting to his feet. I frown, something doesn't seem right. He actually looked

guilty or something. Maybe the gift is something really cheesy? I don't mind

cheesy.

Deciding to be a ninja, I sneakily follow

Reed into the house, hiding behind every tree between the willow to the house.

It was difficult getting into the house without him hearing; luckily my parents

always keep their bedroom window open. I sneak though it and land on their

perfectly made bed- well it was perfect.

Sure enough the hall bathroom was empty and

the sound of Reed's voice was coming through our door. I hide in the closet,

closing the door softly. I can hear in here, everything is just muffled.

He's

on the phone.

"Listen Freddie I can't..."Who's this

Freddie guy? One of his friends?

"...know if can." I push my slightly sweaty

head against the cool wall. I didn't realize how cool it is in here until now.

A shiver causes my whole body to shake.

"Freddie!" Reed yells then he groans. "It's

just-" I wonder why Reed lied to me. Maybe Freddie called him and he's just

pushing off going to the bathroom.

Y-yeah.

"Alright, fine. Yeah I will." Feeling like

he was almost done, I come out of the closet (yeah, yeah I know) and sneak back

out my parent's bedroom. Instead of going back to the tree I walk through the

front door as loudly as I can.

"Reed! I'm making lunch!" I yell making my

way to the kitchen. Now he won't be suspicious and I get to eat! Looking in the

refrigerator I see only leftovers. Oh

nice! Stake! "We're having stake."

"Really?" He asks, joining me in the kitchen.

"When did we even have stake?" Now that

he mentioned it I can't seem to remember. So I shrug and pop them into the

microwave. I usually would just eat it

cold but I want things to be nice for him and I. We still haven't gone on a

date so this is as close as we will get probably.

"You want macaroni too?" I ask, knowing I'd

make it either way. I love cheese.

"Mmh," he leans again the counter next to

the stove as I get the box of pasta.

"Will you get me a pan?" I ask him, pointing

to the cabinet he's leaning against. Reed nods and does so, giving me quite a

nice view of his ass. The ass I get to tap. Maybe that's part of my birthday

present? Birthday sex, that sounds nice.

"So why don't you ever talk about your home

life?" I ask, popping a piece of stake into my mouth.

He finishes chewing before answering. "Because

it's honestly really boring, I have like no friends and my parents are almost

always gone."

I frown a little. Reed seems like he has

such a lonely life. But if he has not friends then who is Freddie? It's not

like a can just ask him, he'll know I listened in and might get mad. I really

don't want him mad after I put all this effort into a nice lunch just for him.

"No friends at all?" I push, sipping on my

coke- it's the nasty diet kind but it's all mom will keep in the house.

Reed bites on his lip. "Well I do have one."

Now we're getting somewhere...

"Who is that?" I smile at him. Hopefully

this will answer my question about the mysterious 'Freddie'.

"His name is Freddie."

Ah-ha!

"Are you two close?" It's now that I notice

he's no longer eating, just pushing his food around his plate. Weird.

He nods, not looking from his meal. I sigh and set my fork down. All I wanted was a nice date! This is hardly even a date, it's just like another normal lunch.

"What's wrong?" I ask him, feeling like a failure. I guess I'm not very good at setting up dates. That or Reed doesn't do dates.

Huh.

"I don't want to talk about Freddie." He says bluntly. "Not now, not never."

"Sorry for being curious," I mutter, standing up. I grab my palate and push the rest of my food into the trash can. I've lost my appetite.

However when I go to put my plate into the sink, Reed comes up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist. "Princess," he sighs into my eat, laying his head on my shoulder.

"What?" I stiffen up as he pulls me closer to his warm chest. I'll admit it feels good being in his arm, but I'm still upset.

Reed cuddles up to me and kisses my neck softly. "I've never felt like this before." He tells me.

"Neither have I." I say truthfully. All I've ever had was small little crushes on girls I knew would never like me. Reed is different. He gave me a chance.

"Princess I think I may love you."