Read Online Without You: Book 1 of the Changing Hearts Series by Yesenia Vargas - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Yesenia Vargas
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“Really?”
“Couldn’t you tell how crazy I was, am, over you?” Her hands were in his again. They were oblivious to the cars and people around them.
“I thought I was just imagining things,” she said. She couldn’t believe how much had happened with him in just a few weeks of knowing him.
Lucas laughed and took her face in his hands. No kiss, though. She couldn’t help but close her eyes for a couple seconds. She looked back at him.
“I have to tell you something,” she said.
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Ariana was home. She put her stuff in her room and came back to the kitchen. Her mom was in there. She had just gotten home and was defrosting some meat for dinner.
“How was school?”
“Good.” She tried not to smile too much from what had just happened at school, but it was hard. “Mom, I have to tell you something.”
Her mom stopped unwrapping the meat package and looked at her.
Ariana didn’t know how to begin. She took a deep breath.
“Oh, God. You’re not pregnant, are you?” Her mom’s eyes looked like they were about to pop.
“What? No!”
“Oh. Okay. Then what is it?” her mom asked, now more relaxed.
“This guy I know…” Her mom pursed her lips. “He’s in one of my classes. And he’s a really good guy. He asked me to be his girlfriend today.” Ariana was fidgeting with her hair. She looked at her mom, who was looking down at the meat package.
“I don’t want to do what I did last time. I want you guys to know what’s going on. I’m going to be eighteen in less than two months. You can’t tell me that by then I’m still not allowed to have a boyfriend. Or when I’m at college.” She waited. “Mom?”
“Your dad will be here soon. We can talk to him about it when he gets home.”
She nodded and went back to her room. She lay down and got out her phone.
She had a text from Lucas.
I miss you already. How did the talk with your parents go?
She replied.
Dad’s not home yet so no answer yet. But I’m almost 18. What are they going to say?
Good luck , he replied.
Twenty minutes later, her dad was home. She knew better than to talk to him before he had something to eat, so she waited a bit longer in her room, trying to focus on a paper that was due in a couple of days.
Finally, she walked into the living room where he was sitting.
She sat down next to him, and her mom joined them in the living room.
“I told your dad what you wanted to talk about.”
She turned to her dad, who was just staring straight ahead and grinding his teeth together.
“What do you think? Is it okay if I have a boyfriend? I’m almost eighteen, Dad.”
He exhaled loudly. There were several seconds of silence, but Ariana willed herself to wait for her dad to say something first.
“There will be rules,” he said finally. But she didn’t hear the rest of what he said because she was hugging him.
Her mom continued while her dad grunted. “You can’t go out with him by yourself. That would lead to all kinds of things. For example, sex, which can lead to pregnancy. And if you want to go to that college as much as you say you do, you don’t need to be risking anything.”
“I know. I’m not going to do anything dumb. He really is a great guy.” She tried not to scream or jump in excitement.
“You can go out with him only if Jimmy goes too,” her dad said.
She nodded. She could live with that. Or work her way around it.
“And we want to meet him,” her mom said.
That caught her off guard.
“Isn’t it a bit early for that?” She stared at them.
“No. We want to know from the start who you’re with,” her dad said.
Now that would be mortifying. But she was sure Lucas would do it for her. Carlos, probably never. But Lucas. He would do it. She nodded. “When?”
“Today. Tomorrow. The sooner the better,” her mom said.
“Okay. I’ll ask him.” She checked her phone. “I have to go get Jimmy from the school, but I’ll be back in about thirty
“Couldn’t you tell how crazy I was, am, over you?” Her hands were in his again. They were oblivious to the cars and people around them.
“I thought I was just imagining things,” she said. She couldn’t believe how much had happened with him in just a few weeks of knowing him.
Lucas laughed and took her face in his hands. No kiss, though. She couldn’t help but close her eyes for a couple seconds. She looked back at him.
“I have to tell you something,” she said.
###
Ariana was home. She put her stuff in her room and came back to the kitchen. Her mom was in there. She had just gotten home and was defrosting some meat for dinner.
“How was school?”
“Good.” She tried not to smile too much from what had just happened at school, but it was hard. “Mom, I have to tell you something.”
Her mom stopped unwrapping the meat package and looked at her.
Ariana didn’t know how to begin. She took a deep breath.
“Oh, God. You’re not pregnant, are you?” Her mom’s eyes looked like they were about to pop.
“What? No!”
“Oh. Okay. Then what is it?” her mom asked, now more relaxed.
“This guy I know…” Her mom pursed her lips. “He’s in one of my classes. And he’s a really good guy. He asked me to be his girlfriend today.” Ariana was fidgeting with her hair. She looked at her mom, who was looking down at the meat package.
“I don’t want to do what I did last time. I want you guys to know what’s going on. I’m going to be eighteen in less than two months. You can’t tell me that by then I’m still not allowed to have a boyfriend. Or when I’m at college.” She waited. “Mom?”
“Your dad will be here soon. We can talk to him about it when he gets home.”
She nodded and went back to her room. She lay down and got out her phone.
She had a text from Lucas.
I miss you already. How did the talk with your parents go?
She replied.
Dad’s not home yet so no answer yet. But I’m almost 18. What are they going to say?
Good luck , he replied.
Twenty minutes later, her dad was home. She knew better than to talk to him before he had something to eat, so she waited a bit longer in her room, trying to focus on a paper that was due in a couple of days.
Finally, she walked into the living room where he was sitting.
She sat down next to him, and her mom joined them in the living room.
“I told your dad what you wanted to talk about.”
She turned to her dad, who was just staring straight ahead and grinding his teeth together.
“What do you think? Is it okay if I have a boyfriend? I’m almost eighteen, Dad.”
He exhaled loudly. There were several seconds of silence, but Ariana willed herself to wait for her dad to say something first.
“There will be rules,” he said finally. But she didn’t hear the rest of what he said because she was hugging him.
Her mom continued while her dad grunted. “You can’t go out with him by yourself. That would lead to all kinds of things. For example, sex, which can lead to pregnancy. And if you want to go to that college as much as you say you do, you don’t need to be risking anything.”
“I know. I’m not going to do anything dumb. He really is a great guy.” She tried not to scream or jump in excitement.
“You can go out with him only if Jimmy goes too,” her dad said.
She nodded. She could live with that. Or work her way around it.
“And we want to meet him,” her mom said.
That caught her off guard.
“Isn’t it a bit early for that?” She stared at them.
“No. We want to know from the start who you’re with,” her dad said.
Now that would be mortifying. But she was sure Lucas would do it for her. Carlos, probably never. But Lucas. He would do it. She nodded. “When?”
“Today. Tomorrow. The sooner the better,” her mom said.
“Okay. I’ll ask him.” She checked her phone. “I have to go get Jimmy from the school, but I’ll be back in about thirty
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