Chapter 11

Penny and I made love after school on Tuesday, as has become our custom. We practiced our '69' again. I did better this time, holding my climax until Penny was ready too. We made love in the female superior position that Penny was coming to love. I understood exactly where I stood when she rode me. I loved it too. We took a quick shower to clean up before my Mom and sister got home.

Andy stopped by my room after Penny left. He asked, "Do you know how frustrating it is listening to you and your girlfriend fuck every Tuesday?"

"I prefer to call it making love, Andy."

"Whatever! You two are driving me crazy. Can't you find somewhere else to do this? Please?"

"Sorry, brother. Penny's mom gets home from work around 4 pm. We don't have enough time if we are at her house. You're out of luck."

"Please, Kyle. My cock is getting sore," Andy pleaded desperately. "I jerk off so often."

"Let me get this straight. You want Penny to give up one of the few chances we have to make love on Tuesday afternoons so you don't have to jerk off so often. What do you think is going to happen?"

"Um, I guess I'm going to jerk off a lot."

"You bet. Use some hand lotion on your cock. It will help it from getting so sore. Believe me, I know from last year."

"Thanks for advice, Kyle." Andy said as he left my room.

--oooOooo--

After Andy, Jeremy, Eddie and I finished our run in the evening, Eddie and I went down to the basement to hang out a little and talk.

Eddie asked, "Kyle, can you have sex more than the first time without getting a girl pregnant?"

"What!?!"

"You know how a girl can't get pregnant the first time she has sex. If it isn't too long after the first time, is it safe a second time?"

"Jesus Christ, are you serious, Eddie?"

"Huh, what do you mean?"

"Don't tell me you and Stef didn't use protection on Saturday night."

"We didn't need to. It was Stef's first time."

"You CAN get a girl pregnant any time you have unprotected sex. Where did you hear the story about the first time being safe?"

"A bunch of guys have said it. You mean it isn't true?"

"No. Those guys are either idiots or lying to you." All color in Eddie's face drained away. He sat down on the couch and stared forward blankly. "Eddie?"

He didn't answer. I sat down on the couch beside him. "Eddie?" I rubbed his shoulder.

After about thirty seconds, he finally looked at me. "What am I going to do?"

"I don't know, Eddie. Do you have anyone you can talk to?"

"I don't know. My parents will kill me, absolutely kill me."

"How about your brother?"

"I haven't talked to Pete since last summer. He didn't come home from UCLA for the holidays. He graduates in three weeks. He isn't moving back to Pennsylvania. He found a job in LA. I hardly know him anymore."

"I'll call, Will. Maybe he can help." After a pause I asked, "Why did you think Stef couldn't get pregnant the first time she had sex?"

"Like I said before, some of the guys at school said that. Also, you remember on the way home from the ski trip when Justin and Sherry talked about their first time. They said it was safe their first time."

"Oh man, Eddie. Justin meant that he and Sherry got lucky that Sherry didn't get pregnant. Any time you put sperm in a girl's vagina she can get pregnant."

"Man, I'm screwed, aren't I?"

"Not necessarily. Why don't you and Stef meet with Penny and me at lunch tomorrow? We'll talk some more and figure out how bad things are. Hang in there until we talk, OK?"

"OK. I'm going to go home. I have a lot to think about."

"Don't panic, Eddie. This will work out in the end. You have a lot of friends."

"Thanks, Kyle. Good night."

--oooOooo--

I explained to Penny what had happened on Saturday evening. As I expected, she agreed to help Eddie and Stef. We met with Eddie and Stef at an out-of-the-way table in the back of the cafeteria. We had just sat down when Jeremy, Kathy and Hal appeared.

Jeremy said cheerily, "Hey guys, what's up?"

I answered, "I'm sorry, Jeremy. Penny and I need some private time with Eddie and Stef. Do you mind sitting at another table?"

Our three friends gave us funny looks, but went over to sit with Zack Hayes and our football friends.

I cleared my throat. "Stef, did Eddie tell you what we wanted to talk to you about?"

"Yes. I can't believe it is possible though," Stef answered. "I'm sure I'm not pregnant."

"Penny and I would like to help the two of you as best we can," I said. "When do you expect your next period?"

"Um, May 8th, I think," Stef answered.

I mentally counted backwards fourteen days while I asked, "Are your periods regular?"

"They were erratic when they started 2 1/2 years ago. In the last year, they have gotten to be pretty predictable. It should be May 8th, give or take two days."

I took a deep breath. "You probably ovulated, uh produced an egg, on Sunday. Eddie's sperm can last up to six days inside you, so it is possible that you are pregnant."

Stef stared straight ahead for a few seconds and started to sob. Penny held Stef's head on her shoulder and rubbed her back, trying to comfort her. Eddie stared straight ahead, seeing nothing.

I insisted, "It's not as bad as it sounds."

Eddie said, "It sounds pretty bad, Kyle. We're too young to be having a kid."

"Stop and listen. You are getting ahead of yourselves. We don't know that Stef is pregnant yet. You need to wait until Stef is supposed to have her period before you start to worry. It actually is pretty hard to get a woman pregnant."

"Listen to Kyle," Penny said. "He knows what he is talking about."

"When a husband and wife want a child, it can take from three to six months or more for the lady to get pregnant. One of the web sites I looked at says that only one in four women get pregnant when they try on any given month," I explained.

"See Stef?" Penny added. "We don't know anything yet. It's probably not as bad as it sounds."

Eddie asked, "How do you know so much about how a woman gets pregnant, Kyle?"

I looked at Penny and asked, "Should we tell them our secret? I think it would help." Penny nodded her head yes.

Stef and Eddie stared at the two of us, their faces displaying utter shock.

Stef stuttered, "You're not pregnant are you, Penny?"

I smiled. My lover answered the question. "No, I'm not pregnant."

I continued, "The secret is that we thought she was pregnant for a couple weeks at the beginning of the month. We messed up at a party and had sex without a condom. Without knowing it, we did everything possible to make sure that Penny got pregnant, but she didn't."

Stef stared at Penny, "Really?" Penny nodded yes.

Eddie said, "The beginning of the month? Jeez, no wonder you were so out of it at then."

"Um, yeah," I said. "I guess I was, wasn't I?"

Eddie asked, "What do we do now?"

"Just wait," I said. "When Stef's period is due, if she gets it, you are safe. If she doesn't, you will need to wait another ten days to take one of the home pregnancy tests. If it is positive, then you need to go to a doctor or clinic to get tested."

Stef asked, "This is going to take awhile, isn't it?"

"Yes, it will. Penny and I will do everything we can to help you, but we're only ninth graders like you. There is a limit to how much help we can be. You two need to get an adult or two to help too."

Stef panicked, "I can't tell my parents. They'll kill us!"

"My parents are out too," Eddie added. "We can't go to them."

"Penny and I asked Justin and Sherry Baer to help us," I explained. "I'm sure they would help or I could ask my brother Will and his girlfriend Abby to help. They will be home from college in three weeks. They will be around to help. What do you think?"

Eddie and Stef conferred for a minute. Eddie asked, "Would you talk to Will for us, Kyle? See if he will help us."

I answered, "I will call him tonight. I'll let you know what he says."

Eddie said, "Thanks for being such good friends, Kyle and Penny."

"Yes, thank you," Stef added.

--oooOooo--

I called Will that evening. First I gave him the good news that Penny wasn't pregnant. We hadn't talked since we found out. Will was very happy for us. Then I explained what Eddie and Stefany had done. Will agreed to help out if he was needed when he got home from college on May 17th. I gave Eddie the news when we met to train that night.

At lunch on Thursday, Eddie, Hal, Jeremy and I made a date for a Sunday afternoon of poker. The game would be fun. We also planned to turn on ESPN and listen to the second day of the NFL draft. We figured Zack would be right. If Sam Hayes got drafted, it would be on the second day.