"I want you to come back today. It's important." The dad said.
"What is that? I'm planning to come back tomorrow." Stacey answered.
"No, you need to come now. Tomorrow will be late. Start coming now." The dad replied.
"Okay, Dad, I will be on my way." She said and hung up.
"My dad said I should come back home today." Stacey said to Anabel.
"It's alright. You have already taken a bath from the swimming. You can just wear your clothes and leave." Anabel said, and Stacey stared at her suspiciously. "Are you chasing me away?" Stacey asked, and Anabel smiled. "It's not that I'm chasing you. I'm protecting you. I just don't want you to get pregnant for my brother. Not out of wedlock."
"What do you mean?"
"With what I saw in that pool, if you spend the night here, you might wake up in his room, tired and filled up with his fertile sperm. You know what I mean." Anabel teased. "You guys need to give yourselves space."
"It's not possible. How can I wake up in his room?"
"Anything can happen between two young people living in the same house who are drunk in love. You can sneak into his room in the middle of the night, and he will welcome you. Remember you said you would control yourself if he made any dirty moves in the pool. What later happened? You were kissing him as if your life depended on him, and he was responding like the lover boy he was. If he hadn't broken off, I wonder what would have happened. Maybe you guys would end up doing it right there."
"You may be right." Stacey said. "Anyway, I won't be bad. It will make everything easy." Stacey said.
"That's what you think, until it happens. Don't be so sure. Don't get pregnant for any man out of wedlock, even though I wasn't lucky." Anabel said.
"I will keep that in mind." Stacey said and headed to the wardrobe. She changed her wet underwear to a clean one and wore her clothes.
As she was parking, she was reliving the kiss, replaying it in her head, and wondering what the future held for her and Jethro. Will he break up with his girlfriend because of her?
When she was done, she went to inform Jethro. She took a deep breath, her heart pounding as she approached Jethro's door. She knocked softly on the door, and when he opened it, his eyes lit up with a smile that made her heart flutter.
"Hey, Jethro. I just got a call from my dad. He needs me to come back home for something important." She said.
Jethro's smile faded slightly and was replaced by a concerned look. "Oh, that's urgent. But is everything okay?" He asked, and Stacey nodded, trying to reassure him. "Yeah, I think so. He didn't give me details, but it sounded urgent."
Jethro stepped closer and held her hands. "It's alright. I will miss having you around."
"I'll miss being here too," she replied, looking into his eyes.
Without another word, Jethro pulled her into a tight hug. Stacey melted into his arms, feeling the steady beat of his heart against her own. They held each other for a long moment. Neither of them wanted to let go.
"Take care, Stacey," Jethro finally said when he released her.
"You too, Jethro," she replied.
"Can I have your number?" Jethro asked.
"Why not?" She called her number for him, and he texted her immediately.
"We will be talking on the phone. I have your number now." Stacey said.
"I will miss you." He hugged her for the last time.
They helped her with her bags, and she stepped into her car. As she drove off, she couldn't help but smile. She knew that she would never forget this day. She would never forget the kiss. It was as if it was her first kiss. It was like the beginning of something special in her life, something that would change her life forever.