Chapter 1

“Martin!!! What are you doing here?” Justin shouted.

Our Dad put a finger up and said through gritted teeth, “Don’t Martin me. You two have a lot of explaining to do.” He looked at me with the scariest look on his face. I was scared. “What did I just hear? Did you say that you’re pregnant? Is the father Justin? Did he force you?”

I jumped out of bed and yelled, “Don’t you dare accuse Justin of something like that. I’ve loved him since I was 8. And I’m not sure but I think he loves me too. Everything we’ve done together in bed has been consensual. And if you’re against us doing what we love then I feel sorry for you. And why aren’t you looking at me, Martin?”

“Vanessa, look at your body,” Justin said in a hushed voice.

I looked down and realized that I was still naked. At first, the only thought that came to my mind was that I was glad Justin had been using protection, or else some of his seed would be leaking down my thigh. Then it hit me. The reason my Dad wasn’t looking at me was that I was naked. I ran back to the bed and covered up.

It was my turn to be unable to look at my Dad, “I’m so sorry for making you uncomfortable with me being naked.”

“I wasn’t uncomfortable seeing you naked. You have a beautiful body.” Dad went silent then looked at Justin, “We need to have a talk.”

Without saying anything else our Dad walked away leaving us alone. Justin and I laced there for about two minutes before saying anything.

“Would it be wrong if I liked it when Dad said I have a beautiful body?” I asked, breaking the silence.

At first, he looked surprised, then Justin, my lover smiled and said, not wrong at all. I guess that’s one thing Martin and I can agree on. You are beautiful.”

I felt warm inside. I haven’t been this happy in a long time. I leaned in, kissed him, and said keep talking like that and you won’t even have to ask for more sex. I’d likely jump you.”

He groaned, “As much as I’d love to continue this. We both need to get ready for school.”

“Today’s a holiday, remember,” I told him.

He rubbed my shoulder, “Nice try. But that’s tomorrow. Besides Martin will be wanting to have that talk with me. I really don’t think it’d be a good idea to delay that.”

“You’re right. Go talk to Dad. I’m just not looking forward to having even more of the football team asking me to have sex with them again. Then again I might just give in. They’re all really sad about losing their last game. I believe it’s Coach Dale’s turn or was it Jake’s?” I said.

“You’re free to have sex with anybody you want. But don’t tease me like that. It’s not funny,” he told me.

I hadn’t completely lied, the team had been asking me to have sex with them or to go out on dates even. But I’ve never felt tempted by them. I’ve only ever been tempted in recent history to have sex with two men. And I was in bed with one of them.

I gave Justin a quick kiss on the cheek and said, “I’m sorry little big brother. You’re right, we should get ready for school. And later we can talk about my pregnancy.”

His eyes flew wide, “Holy cow, how could I have forgotten about that? So you were serious about that?”

Dad called out from the living room, “Justin Marcus Travis hurry down here!”

Justin rolled his eyes, “I hate when he uses my middle name.”

I chuckled. I covered up and took a shower. Then I spent a long time looking at my belly imagining how it’ll change in the future months. One thing I worried about was if my parents would let me keep this baby. Even if they said no, I knew I’d do anything to keep my child. I walked slowly to the living room, dreading facing my parents. I ran into my Mom first.

She gave me a hug, a kiss on the forehead, and asked, “As your Father and Justin were leaving this morning I heard that you and your Father have plans today. What are you two up to today?”

He’s probably going to take me out to the middle of nowhere and yell at me and tell me how disappointed in me that he is.

I shrugged, “I have no idea. He probably wants it to be a surprise.”

She smiled, “He hasn’t done something that sweet with you for a long time. Maybe he’s planning on a Daddy-daughter date before his business trip.”

“What? Daddy’s going on a trip? For how long?” I asked.

Mom scratched her head, “No idea. I probably shouldn’t tell you this but he’s debating on an early retirement or expanding his business. I’d think the decision would be easy. He’s made enough money that he could retire today and live without a worry until you’re a great Grandma.”

That statement made me uneasy, but I chuckled, “Hopefully not for a long time now. Speaking of time, I need to get going. We have a big test today.” We actually didn’t but I felt that if I stayed there any longer I’d have a panic attack.

I was in the lunchroom eating my breakfast when one of the football players walked up to me and cleared his throat, “Is it okay if I sit down next to you?”

I looked around and everything was normal. This didn’t seem like it was a time the football players would gang up on me. But still, when he sat down I quietly said, “Listen Tim if this has anything to do with what happened between me and the team before the interview I’m not interested. You can just leave me alone.”

Tim looked serious, “I know. As much as I’d love to be with you like that again, just the two of us this time, I didn’t come here to ask for that. Not exactly. The Coach and the rest of the team have talked. We’ve decided not to pester you about that anymore. We noticed it was making you uncomfortable. We’re sorry about that. We all think you’re a great person and you should be free to choose. In fact, any woman should. Which is why in the future there’ll be no tricks to seduce a woman to sleep with us. It’ll be her decision entirely.”

I was stunned, “Uh, thank you. You haven’t talked to my brother, have you? He didn’t influence this sudden change of heart?”

“We haven’t seen much of him lately. Not since our final game. Why?” He said.

The innocent look on his face reminded me of my pre-interview exercise, and how he was actually the first player to let me have my orgasm. It had built up so much by that time I needed time to rest.

I shrugged, “No reason. Thanks for the talk. It looks like your sister is wanting to talk to you.”

Even though that talk with Tim helped my nerves a little I was still scared all day. I couldn’t help but wonder what my Dad had planned. When I got to my car I saw my Dad there.

“Hey, Angel. Can we talk?” My Mom got out of his car and into mine. He took me to our favorite fishing spot. We fished for maybe half an hour before he said anything, “Justin and I had a long conversation. He couldn’t tell me everything about your relationship, like how it started. And I didn’t ask, I’m not going to. There are some things that should stay between those who are in love. And I know for sure that your brother loves you. But is this what you want? And I don’t just mean what you have between you and Justin. But this?” He laid his gentle hand on my belly.

I placed my hand on his, “There have only ever been two men in my life that I’ve ever wanted to be with and call a lover. I’ve wanted that so much. But I want this baby so much. I want my brother’s child.”

“Are you sure you’re pregnant and that it’s his?” Dad asked.

“What? How could you ask that?” I cried.

He looked away. He looked ashamed, “You forget that I went to that school and I was on the team. The tradition of having sex with the female reporter started when I was in my Sophomore year. And that’s why I wasn’t going to ask how your relationship started. Is there a chance this baby is one of theirs?”

Like a silly coincidence in a story, a fish decided to bite on my line at that moment. Dad told me not to pull the fish out of the water. Apparently, it was illegal to pull that kind of fish fully out of the water. But I did laugh when my Dad fell into the river trying to unhook the fish. I was so glad I had that on camera.

As soon as he was back on dry land I looked at him, “To be sure I am actually pregnant I’d have to take a fifth test or go to a doctor. As far as knowing it’s Justin’s baby, yes I’m sure it’s his. I had my ... my period after being with the team ... wait a second. Wasn’t Aunt Felicity the reporter her Senior year when you were a Sophomore football player? Did you do it with her? Does Mom know?”

Dad nodded, “She was. And no, your mother doesn’t know about it. Is there anything else you’d like to know?”

That may have been a rhetorical question but I asked, “Was that the only time you slept with Mom’s sister?” He shook his head no. “Are you the father of her eldest?”

He let out a deep breath, “It’s a strong possibility. But we never did a DNA test or anything. Now it’s my turn to ask questions. Was that interview the ... were you a virgin before then?” I nodded yes. He thought for a moment and asked plenty of questions. But the one that stuck out to me was, “You said there were only two men you wanted to be with and call a lover, have you been with that other man.” I shook my head no. “Who is he? No, never mind, I shouldn’t have asked.”