Kevin walked down the hall of his high school. It’s been over ten years since he graduated. He stood in the doorway of one of the classrooms and saw his wife, Brizee, sitting at her desk writing some notes. He knew she loved teaching and he knew she wouldn’t give it up for anything. He leaned against the doorway and watched her.
“Mrs. Richardson, could I have a word with you?” a guy asked as he came in. Kevin ducked out.
“Yes, Ryan?” Brizee said.
“About the assignment today, I know this is sex education and all, but find a girl who would be a partner in bed, but not literally, just a visual outlook,” Ryan said.
“Yeah, you find the girl who you think would be good with you in bed, not actually taking her to bed but just think in your head,” Brizee said.
“I’m having trouble,” Ryan said.
“Why is that, Ryan,” Brizee said.
“Because the girl I’m thinking about is you, Mrs. Richardson,” Ryan said.
“Ryan, that is not good, I may have to rethink this assignment,” Brizee said.
“I think I’m in love with you, Mrs. Richardson, I know you are married and happy, but I can’t help it,” Ryan said.
“Ryan, I’m the teacher, you are a student, nothing can happen, I love my husband with all my heart and I would lose my job if something were to happen, I think you need to rethink all of this, because it is wrong,” Brizee said.
“Yes ma’am,” Ryan said. He went out the door and saw Kevin standing there. Kevin raised his eyebrow. Ryan took off down the hall. Kevin smiled and went in and closed the door.
“Hi baby,” Kevin said. Brizee slowly looked up and saw him.
“Hey, how long have you been here?” Brizee asked.
“I heard everything,” Kevin said.
“I don’t like teaching sex education,” Brizee said.
“I like it when you teach me,” Kevin said.
“I didn’t expect students falling in love with me,” Brizee said. Kevin went over and pulled her up and pulled her close.
“I’m your student, and I’m in love with you,” Kevin said kissing her deeply. He lifted her onto her desk and pulled her close.
“I love you so much, Kev,” Brizee said.
“I love you, too, baby,” Kevin said kissing her neck. Someone cleared their throat. Kevin and Brizee broke apart and saw the principal of the high school, Mark Webber.
“Mark, hi,” Brizee said.
“Brizee, it is against the law to make out with your students,” Mark said as two cops came in behind him.
“Excuse me, this is my husband, Mark,” Brizee said.
“I’m talking about Ryan Garrison, he came to me confessing that you made out with him today after school,” Mark said.
“I never made out with any of my students, Mark,” Brizee said.
“I came here after school, Mark, I listened to everything, Ryan is in love with my wife, she told him it was wrong and told him to leave and rethink his feelings because nothing could happen, I heard everything, Mark, you know I never lie,” Kevin said.
“Let’s go talk to Mr. Garrison again,” Mark said. They left. Brizee rested her forehead against him.
“I can’t believe this,” Brizee said.
“I know you wouldn’t do anything like that, baby,” Kevin said. She hugged him tight.
“I would never do anything to jeopardize my marriage or my job,” Brizee said. Mark came back in.
“You were right, Brizee, he admitted that he was lying, he was hurt because you rejected him, we got him to understand that it was wrong to fall for a teacher,” Mark said.
“Thank you,” Brizee said. Mark left the room.
“Let’s go home, baby,” Kevin said. She got her stuff and locked up her classroom and held his hand as they walked down the hall and out to his car and went home. They went inside and he locked the door and he picked her up and carried her up to their room and put her down.
“I want you, baby,” Kevin said.
“Honey, I’ve been out of birth control pills and I remember someone saying not to bother getting more,” Brizee said unbuttoning his shirt and she ran her hands over his chest.
“I want to have a baby,” Kevin said. Brizee looked up at him.
“I want to have your baby, Kev,” Brizee said.
“Let’s get to work,” Kevin said picking her up and laying her on the bed and he laid on top of her and pulled her clothes off and she pulled his pants and underwear off.
“I love you so much, Kev,” Brizee said.
“I love you, too, and I want to show you how much,” Kevin said as he laid between her legs and she moaned as he pushed inside her and she wrapped her legs around him and pushed him deeper inside her. They moved together and she cried out as she came and he came behind her and spilled himself inside her. He collapsed on top of her and buried his face in her neck.
“I never want to lose you,” Brizee said.
“You never will,” Kevin said. The doorbell rang. Kevin groaned and got up and got dressed. Brizee got dressed and they went downstairs and Kevin opened the door. Two cops stood there with Mark.
“What now,” Kevin said.
“Ryan is claiming that he was sexually assaulted by your wife,” Mark said.
“What!” Brizee said coming to the door.
“Mrs. Richardson, could you please come down the station,” one cop said.
“My wife ain’t going anywhere, this is all a lie, my wife didn’t do
anything wrong, she is innocent, he’s mad because she rejected him,” Kevin said.
“Kevin,” Brizee said.
“Is it true,” Kevin said.
“No, it isn’t true, I would never do anything with my students,” Brizee said.
“She isn’t going,” Kevin said.
“We have a video of them two in her classroom, doing it on her desk,” the other cop said.
“I would not do anything to jeopardize my marriage or my job, I do not have sex with my students,” Brizee said sternly.
“I walked in on you and Ryan one time, Brizee, I know what I saw,” Mark said.
“I didn’t do anything wrong!” Brizee cried.
“My wife is innocent,” Kevin said.
“I’m sorry, but we have to go by evidence,” the cop said.
“It’s wrong and stupid!” Kevin said.
“Mrs. Richardson, please come with us,” the other cop said.
“I did not do anything wrong!” Brizee cried.
“Mrs. Richardson,” the cop said. She looked at Kevin and stepped out and left with the cops. Mark looked at Kevin.
“We just need her to look at the video and prove it ain’t her in front of Ryan, I know it ain’t her, we just need to prove it,” Mark said. Kevin looked at him.
“My wife loves me, Mark, she would never do anything to hurt me,” Kevin said. He slammed the door.

Chapter 2

Kevin went down to the police station to see about his wife and saw Ryan sitting there. He walked over.
“So you lied about everything,” the officer said.
“Yes, I wanted her to pay for rejecting me,” Ryan said.
“You know why she did,” Kevin said. Ryan looked up at him.
“Who are you,” Ryan said.
“Mr. Richardson, as in her husband,” Kevin said. Ryan’s eyes widened.
“Uh, look, I’m sorry for what I did, but I couldn’t help it that I fell for your wife,” Ryan said.
“But did you have to press phony charges against her, accuse her of something she didn’t do, she knows the boundary of teacher/student relationships, she loves her job and she wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize that, and she would never do anything to hurt me or our marriage,” Kevin said.
“I know, I’m sorry,” Ryan said. Brizee came out and saw Kevin and ran to him. Kevin hugged her tight as Ryan watched.
“I love you so much,” Brizee said.
“I love you, too, baby,” Kevin said burying his face in her neck. Brizee hugged him tight and buried her face in his shoulder.
“I want to go home,” Brizee said.
“Come on,” Kevin said leading her out. They went home. Once in the door, he picked her up and carried her upstairs to their room and laid her on the bed and they pulled each other’s clothes off and made love. She rested her head on his chest as he held her close afterwards. The next day, Brizee went back to school and was sitting at her desk when Ryan came in.
“Mrs. Richardson, I want to apologize for everything, I realized that my feelings for you weren’t actually real feelings, the truth is, I’m in love with Bethany,” Ryan said.
“Bethany Mitchell, the girl in your class?” Brizee asked.
“Yes, I asked her out and she said yes, we are going out tonight,” Ryan said.
“Mr. Garrison,” Mark said coming in.
“Mr. Harris,” Ryan said.
“I told you that you can’t date your teacher,” Mark said.
“Mark, it’s okay, he was talking about a girl in his class,” Brizee said.
“Bethany Mitchell and I have a date tonight, I’m in love with her, not Mrs. Richardson, my feelings for her aren’t real, she is a cool teacher, and I know the boundaries of student/teacher relationships,” Ryan said.
“Good,” Mark said. He left the room.
“Better go get your books for class, Ryan,” Brizee said.
“Okay!” Ryan said as he went out the door. Brizee started writing on the board. She heard voices and she looked and saw Nick and AJ come in.
“Hey sis!” Nick said kissing her cheek. AJ hugged her.
“Hey guys, what’s up,” Brizee said.
“We came to take you shopping!” Nick said.
“Guys, I have classes to teach today,” Brizee said. Ryan came in and took his seat. AJ looked at him.
“Who is that?” AJ asked.
“That’s one of my students, Ryan Garrison,” Brizee said.
“Is that the one who pressed those phony charges,” Nick whispered.
“Yeah, but it’s all good now, he’s got a date with another student in this class,” Brizee whispered.
“Did you actually do anything with him?” Nick whispered.
“Nickolas,” Brizee said.
“Okay, okay, I know you didn’t,” Nick said. All the students started filing in and went to their seats.
“Guys, you have to go, I have a class to teach,” Brizee said.
“Mrs. Richardson, are we going to have class today,” Bethany said. The class giggled. Brizee looked at Nick and AJ.
“Class, this is Nick Carter and AJ McLean, they are here to teach you all about sex education as a celebrity,” Brizee said.
“What about yesterday’s assignment?” Bethany asked.
“If you did the assignment, throw it away,” Brizee said.
“Briz, we should go,” Nick said.
“Oh no, you can’t leave now, you have a class to teach,” Brizee said.
“Why,” Nick said.
“Because you two want to take me shopping when I’m trying to work, so you can be the teachers,” Brizee said.
“Let’s do it, Kaos,” AJ said. They sat her down in her chair and stood in front of the class. Brizee started giggling.
“Mrs. Richardson, are you okay?” a student asked.
“Yeah, just looking at JB,” Brizee said. Nick glared at her.
“JB?” the student asked.
“It’s Nick’s butt!” Bethany said. The whole class laughed. Nick walked out the door. AJ looked at Brizee and walked out after him. Brizee turned around and faced away from the class.
“Mrs. Richardson?” Bethany asked. Brizee stood up and wrote on the board and sat down. Bethany read it.
“Write about safe sex,” Bethany read aloud. They got out their notebooks and started writing. Mark came in and saw Brizee sitting in her chair facing away from the class. He went over to her and leaned down.
“Hey, you okay?” Mark whispered. Brizee shook her head.
“No, two of Kevin’s friends were here, I think I lost them as friends,” Brizee whispered.
“I’ll take over from here, you go on home, see you tomorrow,” Mark said.
Brizee got her bag and went out the door. Mark faced the class.
“Class, I’ll be taking over for Mrs. Richardson for the rest of the day, she’ll be back tomorrow,” Mark said.
Brizee went home and ran up to the bedroom and collapsed on the bed and cried softly.
“Baby?” Kevin said coming in and sitting on the bed.
“Nick and AJ hate me,” Brizee said looking at him.
“Why, what happened?” Kevin asked stroking her back. She told him what happened.
“I lost my two best friends,” Brizee cried.
“Shh, baby, they will get over it,” Kevin said.
“I feel so horrible,” Brizee said crying.
“Shh,” Kevin said pulling her up and hugged her.
The next morning, Kevin woke her up. She groaned and laid there.
“Hey, gotta go to work, baby, get up,” Kevin said.
“I don’t wanna go,”
“Baby, come on, it’s your job,”
“Then you go!” Brizee said. Kevin sighed and got dressed and went out the door and went to school. He went to Mark’s office and told him the story.

Chapter 3

Kevin was sitting at Brizee’s desk while the class wrote about unsafe sex when Brian came in.

       “Hey cuz,” Brian said quietly.

       “Hey,” Kevin said.

       “Where’s Briz?” Brian asked.

       “Home, in bed, she is feeling down,” Kevin said. Kevin told him what happened.

       “I’ll talk to Nick,” Brian said. He left.

Brian went to Nick’s house and went in and looked around.

       “Frack, ya here!” Brian called.

       “In the living room!” Nick called back. Brian walked in and sat down.

       “Hey buddy,” Brian said.

       “Hey,” Nick said.

       “What’s up,” Brian said.

       “Not much,” Nick said.

       “Is there a reason you are mad at Brizee?” Brian asked.

       “She made fun of me in front of her class,” Nick said.

       “Well, she is so upset that she didn’t go to work, Kevin is teaching her class while she lays in bed and mopes around,” Brian said. Nick looked at him.

       “I can’t be near her right now,” Nick said.

       “Why not?” Brian asked.

       “Because I’m in love with her, I fell hard for her, I don’t know how or why, but I did, I can’t be near her right now, I’m scared that I will screw up her and Kevin’s marriage and that’s the last thing I want to do, so I think it’s best if I stay away until my feelings for her go away,” Nick said.

       “Damn, Nick, that’s the real reason,” Brian said.

       “Yeah, I don’t know what to think, she was staring at my butt, I think she wants me, too, but I don’t want to hurt Kevin,” Nick said. Brian sighed.

       “You need to talk to her about this, staying away won’t make the feelings go away,” Brian said.

       “I can’t, man, I’m scared that I will do something that will screw up her marriage to Kevin,” Nick said.

       “Frack, you need to face her sometime and talk with her,” Brian said.

       “God, fine, but if they head to divorce court, it will be your fault!” Nick said as he left. He went to Kevin’s house and knocked on the door. The door opened and Brizee stood there.

       “Hey,” Nick said.

       “Hi,” Brizee said.

       “We need to talk,” Nick said.

       “Look, I’m sorry for making fun of you, it was wrong and stupid,” Brizee said.

       “Yeah, well, we need to talk about something else, can I come in,” Nick said. Brizee stepped aside. He went in and she closed the door. He sat down. She sat down.

       “So, talk,” Brizee said.

       “Brizee, I know you are married to Kevin and everything, I’m in love with you, I have been for awhile, I wanted to stay away so I could get over my feelings for you, but Brian insisted that I talk to you about them,” Nick said.

       “Nick, I love my husband with everything in me and I don’t have those type of feelings for you, I’m sorry,” Brizee said.

       “I know that, Briz, I don’t want to do anything that will screw up your marriage to him,” Nick said.

       “Nick, I think of you as a brother, and I love you as a brother, but that’s all it is,” Brizee said.

       “I just want you to be happy, Briz, and Kevin makes you happy, and you make him happy,” Nick said. Brizee smiled and hugged him.

       “Thanks, Nicky,” Brizee said.

       “I better go, now you cheer up and go back to work,” Nick said. Brizee laughed.

       “I’ll try,” Brizee said. Nick hugged her and kissed her cheek and left. Brizee sat down and smiled. Now she needed to talk to AJ. She picked up the phone and dialed AJ’s number. He answered and they started talking. AJ told her that if she and Nick are friends again, then so are they. They made plans to shop in the near future and hung up. Brizee started cleaning the house.  She was dusting when she accidentally knocked off Kevin’s favorite vase and it shattered into pieces. She stared at it and ran out of the house and ran to Nick’s house.

Chapter 4

Brizee pounded on Nick’s door. Nick opened it and she ran in. Nick closed the door. He went and saw her curled up on the couch crying. Nick sat down.

       “Briz, what’s wrong,” Nick asked.

       “I did something bad,” Brizee said.

       “What did you do,” Nick said.

       “Well, you know that vase that Kevin loves, the one he adores and never wants anyone to touch it,” Brizee said.

       “Yeah, it was the one his dad gave him before he died, it used to be his dad’s grandmother’s vase,” Nick said.

       “That one, well, it’s in a million pieces on the floor by the stand it was on,” Brizee said.

       “How did it happen?” Nick asked.

       “I was dusting and accidentally bumped into the stand and it fell off, I ran out of there before he would come home and see it, god, Nicky, I’m so scared, he’ll think I did it on purpose!” Brizee said crying. Nick hugged her.

       “Shh, I know you didn’t mean to do it, it was an accident, I’ll see if anyone can fix it,” Nick said.

       “I don’t think anyone could fix it, Nicky, if someone glues it back together, he’ll know, god, he’ll leave me for sure, I can’t lose him, Nicky, I love him so much!” Brizee said crying. Nick hugged her tight.

       “I’m going over there and see what I can do, you stay here, okay,” Nick said. AJ and Brian came in. Nick told them the story. Nick and Brian left for Kevin and Brizee’s house while AJ stayed with Brizee and held her as she cried.

       “Baby, it was just an accident,” AJ said.

       “You know how much that vase meant to him,” Brizee said.

       “It’s just a vase,” AJ said.

       “His father gave him that vase before he died, he was his dad’s grandmother’s vase, you know how much he loved that vase,” Brizee said crying.

       “Baby, it’s nothing worth ending your marriage over, he loves you to death and would never want to be without you, he told me that, he said no matter what happened, he would never let you go,” AJ said. Brizee cried softly.

Meanwhile…at Kevin and Brizee’s house…

Nick and Brian stood there staring at the broken vase. Brian looked at Nick.

       “Oh man, this is bad,’ Nick said.

       “What is?” Kevin asked. He saw the vase.

       “Kev,” Brian said.

       “Who did this?” Kevin asked.

       “Well…” Nick started to say.

       “Who did this, tell me the truth!” Kevin said angrily.

       “Briz did, man, it was an accident, she didn’t mean to,” Nick said. Kevin closed his eyes and opened them.

       “Where is she?” Kevin asked.

       “My house, AJ’s with her, she’s really upset,” Nick said.

       “I have to talk to her,” Kevin said.

       “Kev, wait,” Nick said. Kevin looked at him.

       “What,” Kevin said.

       “She’s scared that this will be the end of your marriage, she thinks you will end the marriage because of this,” Nick said.

       “She thinks I would blame her,” Kevin said.

       “Yeah, man, but it was an accident,” Nick said. Kevin nodded and left and went to Nick’s house.

Chapter 5

Brizee went out back and sat down and looked out at the ocean. She always loved coming to Nick’s house because he lived by the ocean and it was so peaceful. She heard someone come out and she knew who it was.

       “I’m sorry,” Brizee said softly as she stared out at the ocean.

       “How did it happen?” Kevin asked.

       “I was dusting and bumped into the stand and it fell,” Brizee said. He sat down next to her.

       “And you think I would end our marriage because of it,” Kevin said.

       “It was your favorite vase, you would throw a fit if anyone touched it,” Brizee said.

       “Briz, I know you didn’t mean to do it, it was an accident, don’t even think I blame you because I don’t, it was an accident,” Kevin said.

       “I know how much you love that vase,” Brizee said.

       “You know how much I love you, it was just a vase, you are my wife, I told you that no matter what happened, you wouldn’t lose me,” Kevin said.

       “You loved that vase because your dad gave it to you before he died, it was his grandmother’s vase, it meant a lot to you,” Brizee said.

       “Not as much as you mean to me, baby, I meant when I said I never want to lose you, I never want to lose you, baby, come home,” Kevin said.

       “You don’t hate me?” Brizee asked.

       “No, I don’t, I love you, baby, more than life itself,” Kevin said. Brizee smiled. They went home and saw Nick and Brian sweeping up the vase.

       “Everything ok?” Brian asked.

       “Yeah,” Kevin said holding Brizee close.

       “Good,” Nick said. He put the pieces in a small bag.

       “What should we do with this?” Brian asked.

       “I’ll get it, just put it down by the wall,” Kevin said. Nick set the bag down by the wall. Nick hugged Brizee and left. Brian hugged them and followed Nick out the door. Once the door closed, Kevin pulled Brizee close and kissed her deeply.

       “I want to show you how much I love you,” Kevin said picking her up and carrying her upstairs to their room and laid her on the bed and laid on top of her. He got up and closed the door and locked it and got back on top of her. They pulled each other’s clothes off and he made slow passionate love to her. Afterwards, he laid beside her and held her close.

       “Wow,” Brizee said.

       “I love you so much,” Kevin said.

       “I love you, too,” Brizee said. They fell asleep holding each other and smiling.

Chapter 6

Kevin put the last of his bags in the car and shut the trunk. Brizee stood there watching him.

       “I wish you could go with me,” Kevin said.

       “I know, but your mother wants to spend time with you and I have to work,” Brizee said.

       “I know you two don’t get along very well, I just don’t understand it, you are always nice to her and she doesn’t care,” Kevin said.

       “She never wanted me to marry you, she wanted me to call it off and never see you again,” Brizee said.

       “Did you want to?” Kevin asked.

       “I married you, didn’t I,” Brizee said.

       “Yes, you did, but did you want to,” Kevin said.

       “Of course I did, I love you so much, I couldn’t imagine my life without you,” Brizee said.

       “I’ll have to tell her about the vase,” Kevin said.

       “Another reason for her to hate me, she’ll blame me,” Brizee said. Kevin sighed.

       “I know it was an accident,” Kevin said.

       “You better go before you miss your flight,” Brizee said.

       “I’ll miss you, baby,” Kevin said hugging her.

       “I’ll miss you, too,” Brizee said. They kissed and Kevin got into his car and drove off. Brizee went inside and sat down.

The next day, she went shopping with Nick and AJ. AJ went off to one store while Nick and Brizee played around in the toy store. Nick’s bodyguard, Billy, stood there watching them. That night, they went to Howie’s club, Tabu, and ordered drinks.

The next morning, Brizee woke up and sat up holding her head. She looked around and saw that she wasn’t in her bedroom. She heard a groan and looked and saw Nick lying in bed next to her and he was shirtless. She looked down and saw that she was naked. She quietly got up and got dressed and snuck out the door and went home and went into the house and saw Brian sitting there.

       “Brian,” Brizee said.

       “There you are,” Brian said.

       “What are you doing here?” Brizee asked.

       “Kevin has been trying to get ahold of you, he called me to go look for you, where have you been,” Brian said.

       “Out,” Brizee said as she went upstairs. Brian followed.

       “Briz, what happened,” Brian said.

       “Well, I went shopping with Nick and AJ, then we went to Howie’s club, and I spent the night at Nick’s house,” Brizee said.

       “Briz, what happened at Nick’s house,” Brian said.

       “I’m not sure, I was drunk, I guess,” Brizee said.

       “Briz,” Brian said.

       “I woke up naked, last thing I remembered was ordering drinks last night, lots of drinks,” Brizee said.

       “Was Nick naked?” Brian asked.

       “I guess so, I mean, I woke up in bed next to him and he was shirtless,” Brizee said going into the bathroom.

       “Omg,” Brian said.

       “I know!” Brizee said leaning on the counter in the bathroom.

       “I can’t believe this, Briz, why did you get drunk in the first place,” Brian said.

       “I don’t know, I guess I was feeling sorry for myself, Kevin went to Kentucky to see his mom, he was going to tell her about the vase, you know she doesn’t like me,” Brizee said.

       “So you get drunk and sleep with Nick,” Brian said.

       “I don’t remember any of it!” Brizee said.

       “Well, Kevin won’t care, if he finds out, he’ll leave you,” Brian said.

       “That is why he can’t know, I love him, Brian, he is my life and if he leaves me, I will have no reason to live,” Brizee said. The phone rang. Brizee picked it up.

       “Hello, yes, this is she, hi Dr. Kelly, what, are you sure, yeah, thank you for calling,” Brizee said. She hung up and sat down on the bed. Brian looked at her.

       “Briz?” Brian asked.

       “Um, I’m pregnant, three weeks along,” Brizee said.

       “You should call Kevin,” Brian said. Brizee burst out crying.

       “Briz,” Brian said.

       “What if I have a miscarriage, I mean, I’m pregnant, and I drank alcohol,” Brizee said.

       “Briz, you didn’t know,” Brian said.

       “Kevin really wants to have a baby, if I lose it, it will be my fault,” Brizee said.

       “Call him and tell him you are pregnant,” Brian said. She called Kevin’s mother’s house.

       “Hello,” Ann said.

       “Can I speak to Kevin please,” Brizee said.

       “Who’s calling,” Ann said.

       “Ann, this is Brizee,” Brizee said.

       “He’s busy,” Ann said. Brian took the phone.

       “Aunt Ann, it’s Brian, can you put Kevin on the phone,” Brian said. Brizee stared at her hands.

       “All right,” Ann said.

       “Brian, what’s going on,” Kevin said.

       “Talk to your wife,” Brian said as he handed Brizee the phone.

       “Kev?” Brizee said.

       “Baby, where were you last night,” Kevin said.

       “Hanging out with Nick and AJ, lost track of time, I crashed at Nick’s house, no biggie,” Brizee said.

       “I was worried about you, are you okay,” Kevin said.

       “Well, define okay,” Brizee said.

       “Briz?” Kevin asked.

       “Dr. Kelly just called, I’m three weeks pregnant, Kev,” Brizee said. She heard Kevin cheer.

       “I’m going to be a father!” Kevin said.

       “Yeah, you are,” Brizee said.

       “Aren’t you happy?” Kevin asked.

       “Yeah, I’m fine,” Brizee said.

       “Can I talk to Brian?” Kevin asked. Brizee handed the phone to Brian and laid down on the bed.

       “Hey cuz,” Brian said.

       “What is going on,” Kevin said.

       “She’s scared that she’ll lose the baby,” Brian said.

       “Why,” Kevin said.

       “She was drinking last night, Kev, she, Nick, and AJ, went to Tabu, while AJ was talking to Howie, Nick and Briz were drinking,” Brian said.

       “So she got drunk and crashed at Nick’s,” Kevin said.

       “Yeah, he drove so I guess he was sober enough to drive, I guess since he lived closer, it would be easier that way then have to drive her home and then go back,” Brian said.

       “Yeah,” Kevin said.

       “Anyways, she’s scared that she’ll lose the baby because of the alcohol,” Brian said.

       “If she does, we can always try again, it’s not the end,” Kevin said. Brian looked at Brizee who was asleep.

       “I know, man, anyways, she’s asleep,” Brian said softly.

       “Let her sleep, she needs the rest, I’ll be home in a week so take care of her for me, will you?” Kevin asked.

       “Yeah, I will, cuz,” Brian said.

       “Bye man,” Kevin said.

       “Bye,” Brian said. He hung up and looked at Brizee and went downstairs.

Chapter 7

Brian sat on the couch and watched TV while Brizee slept. The doorbell rang. He got up and opened the door and saw Nick standing there.

       “Hey, where’s Briz?” Nick asked.

       “Upstairs asleep,” Brian said.

       “Oh, well, I’ll come back later,” Nick said.

       “Hold it, Nick, what do you remember from last night?” Brian asked. He knew Nick wouldn’t lie to him.

       “Ordering drinks with Briz, and waking up alone in my bed, naked, something must have happened because I never sleep naked,” Nick said.

       “Is that the truth?” Brian asked.

       “Brian, you know I couldn’t lie to you, you always know when I’m lying,” Nick said.

       “You know what I think,” Brian said.

       “What,” Nick said.

       “You and Briz had sex, that’s what I think, she never came home last night and when she did, she said she was at your house and she woke up in bed with you and she was naked,” Brian said.

       “Oh god, where’s Kevin,” Nick said.

       “He’s in Kentucky, he’ll be back in a week, she told him she crashed at your house, but her memory of what really happened last night is blurry, so all he knows is that she crashed at your place because your place was closer and that you didn’t want to drive far while drunk,” Brian said.

       “I don’t know what exactly happened last night,” Nick said.

       “You two slept together, I know, I was at your house last night, Briz doesn’t know I was there, I watched you two come into the house all over each other and you two went up to your room and pulled each other’s clothes off and had sex, I heard the moans and cries and the banging of your bed,” Brian said.

       “Oh shit!” Nick said holding his head.

       “Yeah, I’m very close to telling Kevin everything,” Brian said.

       “Oh god, don’t,” Nick said.

       “I can’t now, Brizee’s three weeks pregnant, she’s in an emotional state right now, she’s scared that she’ll lose the baby,” Brian said.

       “Kevin can’t know, he’ll get after her and she’ll get upset,” Nick said.

       “I’m not going to tell him,” Brian said.

       “Good, he’ll kill me,” Nick said.

       “You two were drunk, she called you Kevin,” Brian said.

       “What,” Nick said.

       “She called out Kevin’s name,” Brian said.

       “Oh,” Nick said. The phone rang and heard it picked up. A few minutes later, Brizee came downstairs and saw Nick and froze.

       “Briz, who was that?” Brian asked.

       “That was Dr. Kelly, there was a mistake, I’m not pregnant,” Brizee said. Brian hugged her.

       “Oh Briz, I’m sorry, better call Kev,” Brian said. Brizee sat down and called Kevin’s mother’s house.

       “Kev, it’s me, I’m fine, Dr. Kelly just called, yeah, there was a mistake, I’m not pregnant, yeah, I know, I miss you, okay, bye,” Brizee said. She hung up the phone.

       “Okay, we need to talk about last night, Briz, I was there at Nick’s house, because Kevin was worried and I was waiting for Nick to come home so I could find out where you were,” Brian said. Brizee looked at Brian.

       “Brian?” Brizee asked.

       “You two had sex,” Brian said.

       “Oh god!” Brizee said covering her face.

       “You need to tell Kevin everything,” Brian said.

       “No, he’ll leave me, I can’t bear that!” Brizee cried.

       “Briz, it’s better you tell him than him find out the hard way,” Brian said.

       “He’ll think I did it and won’t care if I was drunk,” Brizee said. Brian looked at Nick.

       “He’ll hate me,” Nick said.

       “He’ll hate both of us, Nick,” Brizee said.

       “You two were drunk and didn’t know what you were doing, Briz,” Brian asked.

       “I love him so much,” Brizee said crying.

A week later, Brizee sat in her house. The door opened and Kevin came in with his bags.  She ran to him and jumped into his arms.

       “I missed you so much, baby,” Kevin said burying his face in her neck.

       “I missed you, too!” Brizee said. Kevin pulled back and looked at her.

       “Baby, something’s wrong,” Kevin said.

       “I did something bad, Kev,” Brizee said. She sat him down and told him everything. After she was done, she just stared at her hands in her lap.

       “Baby, you were drunk,” Kevin said.

       “I shouldn’t have gotten drunk, I should have known better, god, Kev, I slept with Nick, okay, I cheated, drunk or not, I cheated!” Brizee cried. Kevin took his young wife in his arms and held her as she cried.

Chapter 8

Three months went by. Kevin held Brizee after the doctor called. She was three months pregnant, and he knew it was Nick’s child.

       “We will have to talk to Nick, see if he’ll let us raise the baby as our own,” Kevin said.

       “Are you sure you want that,” Brizee said.

       “I love you, and the child is a part of you,” Kevin said.

They went over to Nick’s house. Kevin rang the doorbell. The door opened and Nick stood there.

       “Hey guys, come on in,” Nick said stepping aside. They went in and sat down. Nick sat down.

       “Nick, we have some news,” Kevin said.

       “What is it,” Nick said.

       “Briz is pregnant, it’s yours, and we came over to ask you to let me and Briz raise the child as ours, that means you will have to give up your rights to the child,” Kevin said.

       “You can’t be serious, you think I would do that,” Nick said.

       “Nick, she is my wife,” Kevin said.

       “Yeah, well, she is carrying my child, I want to be a father, Kevin,” Nick said.

       “Kevin, it should be his choice, if he doesn’t want to, that’s fine,” Brizee said gently.

       “I’m not giving up rights to my child, Kevin, you can be there for my child when I’m not there, but I’m not going to abandon my child,” Nick said.

       “Let’s go, Brizee,” Kevin said. They went home. Kevin walked in.

       “Kev, are you mad at me,” Brizee said.

       “No, I’m not, I want to be the father to this baby, Brizee, but Nick won’t let me,” Kevin said.

       “You are a father, Kev, you will be the baby’s stepfather,” Brizee said.

       “I just want this baby to be yours and mine together, I don’t want to share with Nick,” Kevin said.

       “Kev, this is his baby,” Brizee said.

       “I know that, Brizee, but you are my wife,” Kevin said.

       “I have to go to school for a teacher’s meeting,” Brizee said.

       “Be careful,” Kevin said. She kissed him and left.

Chapter 9

Brizee sat in the conference room at the school with the other teachers, waiting for the meeting to start. Mark and superintendent came in.

       “Thank you all for coming into the meeting, well, another school year is about the start,” Mark said.

       “Mark, can I make an announcement?” Brizee asked.

       “Sure, Brizee,” Mark said sitting down. Brizee stood up.

       “I just want to announce that I’m expecting my first child in March,” Brizee said.

       “Congratulations, Brizee!” everyone said hugging her.

They continued the meeting and after it was over, she went to her room to get it ready for classes. She heard a noise and looked up and saw Nick. He closed the door and locked it.

       “We need to talk,” Nick said.

       “Okay,” Brizee said.

Kevin arrived at school to see his wife. Mark saw him and came over and held out his hand. Kevin shook it.

       “Congratulations, Kevin, Brizee told us the news,” Mark said.

       “What news?” Kevin asked.

       “That she is expecting, aren’t you happy, you are going to be a father!” Mark said.

       “Yeah, I am happy, I just got confused on what you meant, yeah, I’m happy, very happy,” Kevin said smiling.

       “Brizee went to her room to get it ready for classes,” Mark said. Kevin went to her classroom and saw the door shut. He tried to doorknob and found it locked. He knocked.

       “Briz, it’s Kev, you okay?” Kevin called.

       “I’m fine, Kev!” Brizee called back.

       “I’ll meet you out at your car, okay,” Kevin said.

       “Okay, honey,” Brizee said. Kevin walked off and went out Brizee’s car and leaned against it. Ten minutes later, Brizee came out and saw him.

       “Hi honey,” Brizee said.

       “You okay, baby,” Kevin said hugging her.

       “Yeah, I’m fine,” Brizee said.

       “Why did you lock your door to the classroom?” Kevin asked.

       “So I could get stuff done without anyone bothering me,” Brizee said.  Kevin kissed her softly.

       “I love you, baby, so much,” Kevin said.

       “I love you, too, can we go home?” Brizee asked.

       “Yeah, I’ll meet you there,” Kevin said. He helped her into her car and she drove off. He got into his car and followed her home.

Chapter 10

The next day, Kevin went to hang out with Howie and AJ. Brizee went to Nick’s house. She rang the doorbell. The door opened and Nick stood there.

       “We need to talk,” Brizee said going in. Nick closed the door and locked it.

       “I thought we did enough talking?” Nick said. He came up behind her.

       “You started it,” Brizee said. Nick pulled her close.

       “Want an encore?” Nick asked kissing her neck.

       “Look, I may be having your baby, but I’m not going to be your lover, okay, I’m married to Kevin, remember him, your bandmate and older “brother”, I love him with everything in me and I will not leave him for you, okay,” Brizee said. He pushed her against the wall.

       “You liked it, admit it, you liked it, I heard you moaning, you were begging me to come inside you,” Nick said.

       “Let me go, Nickolas,” Brizee said.

       “I know you, Brizee, you can’t deny it, you want it, you want me inside you, just like I was when we were on your desk,” Nick said. Brizee struggled to pull away.

       “Let go!” Brizee said. He kissed her hard. She tried to pull away. He held her hands above her head.

       “Tell me you want it, Brizee, tell me you want me to make love to you,” Nick said kissing her lips and moving to her neck.

       “Oh god,” Brizee said. Nick smiled knowing he had her. He picked her up and carried her upstairs to his room and laid her on the bed and laid gently on top of her. He removed her clothes and removed his and he slowly and gently made love to her, not knowing that Kevin was pulling into his driveway.

Chapter 11

Kevin walked up to Nick’s door and tried the doorknob. It was locked. He took out the key that Nick gave him and unlocked the door and went in.

       “Nick! Are you here!” Kevin called. He didn’t get an answer. He searched the house. He walked to Nick’s bedroom and walked in and saw his wife and Nick in bed, naked and making love. He felt his heart drop and he backed out and leaned against the wall. He quietly went downstairs and went out the door and went out to his car and drove off. He wiped his eyes and crossed the intersection and there was a crash and everything went black.

Brizee and Nick were kissing. His hands were all over her body and rested on her stomach.

       “Our baby, Briz, I can’t believe it,” Nick said smiling as he leaned down and kissed her stomach. Brizee’s cell phone rang. She reached down and picked it up and answered it.

       “Hello, yes, this is Mrs. Richardson, what, what happened, oh my god, I’ll be right there,” Brizee said. She hung up and got up and got dressed.

       “What is it,” Nick said getting up and getting dressed.

       “Kevin was in a car accident,” Brizee said. She ran out the door and got into her car and drove to the hospital. Nick followed her in his car. She parked and went into the hospital and up to the VIP floor. She went to the nurses station.

       “Hi, I’m Brizee Richardson, my husband was brought in,” Brizee said as Nick came in.

       “Yes, Mrs. Richardson, your husband is currently in ICU,” the nurse said.

       “What happened?” Brizee asked.

       “He was crossing an intersection and a drunk driver ran into him, the drunk driver was killed instantly,” the nurse said.

       “What is my husband’s condition?” Brizee asked.

       “Brizee,” Dr. Kelly said.

       “Dr. Kelly, how is he?” Brizee asked.

       “Kevin is in stable condition,” Dr. Kelly said.

       “Is he awake?” Nick asked.

       “He’s asleep right now, Brizee, you can go in,” Dr. Kelly said. Brizee looked at Nick.

       “Go, I’ll call Brian, Howie, and AJ,” Nick said. Brizee went to Kevin’s room and walked in and saw him lying there. She sat down beside his bed and just looked at him.

       “Kevin?” Brizee said softly. Kevin opened his eyes and looked at her.

       “What are you doing here,” Kevin said coldly.

       “The hospital called and said you were in a car accident,” Brizee said.

       “I don’t want you here,” Kevin said.

       “Why not,” Brizee said.

       “Because I want a divorce, that’s why,” Kevin said.

Chapter 12

       “Kevin, did you say divorce?” Brizee asked.

       “Yes, I did,” Kevin said.

       “Why?” Brizee asked.

       “I saw you and Nick in bed, I left and got into the car accident,” Kevin said.

       “What?!” Brizee said.

       “I saw you and Nick in his bed, making love!” Kevin said.

       “Oh god,” Brizee said.

       “Yeah, I walked in and saw my wife in bed with one of my bandmates, my little ‘brother’!” Kevin yelled.

       “But I love you!” Brizee said.

       “Yeah, right!” Kevin said.

       “I do! Kevin, you have my heart, he seduced me!” Brizee said.

       “You could have left!” Kevin said.

       “I was trying to, but he wouldn’t give up!” Brizee cried.

       “I don’t care anymore, I want a divorce, we are over,” Kevin said. Brizee looked at him.

       “No, I refuse to let you have a divorce, you are going to be stuck with me, Kevin, I will not let you go, never!” Brizee cried. She walked out of the room and saw Brian, AJ, and Howie standing in the waiting room with Nick.

       “Hey, you okay,” Brian said.

       “He wants a divorce!” Brizee cried.

       “Why?” Brian asked. She just sobbed and he held her.

       “Because we slept together,” Nick said.

       “What,” Brian said.

       “Briz came over to talk about me signing my rights away so she and Kevin can raise the baby, and I seduced her, she wanted to go but I wouldn’t let her, it’s all my fault,” Nick said.

       “Good going, Nick, you just ruined their marriage,” Brian said as he held Brizee close.

       “I know, I know!” Nick said. Brizee collapsed and Brian held her as they fell to the floor.

       “Brizee, Brizee,” Brian said.

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Author’s note: Okay, I’m going to let this be a dream and goes back to before Nick and Brizee had that drunken one nighter.

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Brizee woke up and looked around and saw that she was in her and Kevin’s bedroom. She looked down and saw her stomach looking normal.

       “Okay, it was a dream,” Brizee said. She got up and went downstairs and saw Nick and AJ watching TV.

       “Hey girl, why aren’t you ready to go!” AJ said.

       “Where’s Kevin?” Brizee asked.

       “He’s at his mother’s, remember,” Nick said.

       “Oh, right,” Brizee said. Nick came over to her.

       “Hey, you okay?” Nick asked.

       “I just had a weird dream, that’s all, it seemed so real,” Brizee said. AJ came over.

       “Do you want to talk about it?” AJ asked.

       “No, it’s okay, I’ll go change,” Brizee said. She went upstairs. AJ and Nick looked at each other.

       “Kevin isn’t even gone for a day and she seems lost without him,” AJ said.

       “I know, why didn’t she go with him?” Nick asked.

       “Because of work and the fact that his mother doesn’t like her, you didn’t know that, man, Ann didn’t want Kevin to marry Brizee,” AJ said.

       “What is wrong with Ann, she can’t realize that her son is happy with Briz, I mean, Briz has always been like a sister to me, and nothing would change that,” Nick said.

       “I know, man, same here,” AJ said. Brizee came downstairs.

       “I’m ready,” Brizee said. They went to the mall.

Chapter 13

Nick and AJ watched Brizee as she browsed through the store.

       “I wish Kevin would hurry home, she needs him, bad,” Nick said. AJ nodded.

       “Yeah, I know,” AJ said.

       “I need to talk to you, man,” Nick said.

       “What’s up,” AJ said. Nick looked at Brizee.

       “I had a dream about Briz last night,” Nick said.

       “What was it about?” AJ asked.

       “I dreamt that I was making love to her, that she and I are married and happy,” Nick said.

       “Oh boy,” AJ said.

       “What,” Nick said.

       “You have got it bad for Kevin’s wife,” AJ said.

       “I don’t know what to do, man, I can’t do anything, if I make a move, it will hurt her and Kevin’s marriage,” Nick said.

       “I know, man,” AJ said. Brizee came back over and they went to the food court and ate. Nick decided to go play in the play area. Brizee went to get him out. He pulled her in and she laid on top of him and they stared at each other. She got up and got out and ran out of the food court and ran out and got a cab home. She ran into the house and locked the door and leaned against it. She went to the phone and called Kevin.

       “Hello,” Ann said.

       “Can I talk to Kevin, please,” Brizee said.

       “Is this Brizee?” Ann asked.

       “Yes, Ann, it is, can I talk to my husband, please,” Brizee said. She heard laughter.

       “I’m sorry, he’s not available, don’t call here again, consider your marriage to my son over,” Ann said. She hung up and sat there. She heard the doorbell ring. She got up and opened the door and saw Nick standing there.

       “Hey, can we talk?” Nick asked. She stepped aside and he went in. She closed the door and locked it and went into the living room where Nick sat on the couch. She stood there.

Chapter 14

Brizee went over and sat down on Nick’s lap and curled up in his lap. He wrapped his arms around her.

       “You okay?” Nick asked.

       “No,” Brizee said.

       “Do you want to talk about it?” Nick asked.

       “I called Kevin’s mother’s house, Ann told me that my marriage to Kevin is over and to never call there again,” Brizee said. She rested her head on Nick’s shoulder.

       “I’ll call,” Nick said picking up to the phone and dialing the number.

       “Ann, this is Nick, how are you, can I talk to Kevin?” Nick asked.

       “Hey Nick, everything okay?” Kevin asked getting on the phone.

       “No, it isn’t, is what your mother said true?” Nick asked.

       “What,” Kevin said.

       “Brizee called up there, your mother told her never to call there again and that your marriage to her is over, is that true?” Nick asked.

       “No, I never said that,” Kevin said looking at his mother.

       “Well, your mother told Brizee that and now Briz is upset,” Nick said as he watched tears roll down Brizee’s cheeks.

       “Dammit, okay, tell Briz I’m on my way home, and that I love her and that the marriage isn’t over,” Kevin said.

       “All right, bye,” Nick said. He hung up.

       “Well?” Brizee asked.

       “Kevin never said anything about the marriage being over, he’s on his way home,” Nick said.

       “Thank you for calling him,” Brizee said.

       “It’s no problem, Briz,” Nick said.

       “About today, Nick,” Brizee said.

       “Yeah, I had a dream last night, that you and I were making love and that we were married and happy,” Nick said. Brizee told him about her dream.

       “Nick, what does this mean?” Brizee asked.

       “That we are attracted to each other,” Nick said.

       “Nothing can happen, we can’t hurt Kevin,” Brizee said.

       “I know,” Nick said. Brizee grabbed his face and kissed him. She pulled back.

       “Sorry, I just had to do that,” Brizee said.

       “Don’t apologize, Briz,” Nick said. He cupped her chin and kissed her softly. The kiss deepened and she straddled his lap as they began making out. His tongue explored her mouth. She moaned as he grabbed her rear end and pulled her closer to him and she felt his hardness. She pulled back and got up and ran upstairs and shut the door to her room and locked in and leaned against the door. She picked up the phone and heard Nick’s voice.

       “Yeah, AJ, god, we are making out, I came so close to taking her to bed, but she locked herself in her bedroom, I ain’t going to do anything that she doesn’t want to do, I’m not going to force her, I want her so bad, but she is Kevin’s wife, yeah, I have to find a way to get over this, I am not going to mess up her marriage to Kevin, she loves him, not me,” Nick said.

       “I know, man, no one wants to, but Nick, you can’t deny that you want to make love to her,” AJ said.

       “I know, man, if only I could tell her that I’m in love with her, but I can’t, I don’t want to mess up her marriage to Kevin, he loves her a lot, you know,” Nick said.

       “I know, I gotta go, man, just don’t do anything stupid,” AJ said.

       “I already did, man, I almost gave into my desire for her,” Nick said.

       “Just don’t mess up her marriage to Kevin, okay, he can’t be without her,” AJ said.

       “I know that, I’m not stupid,” Nick said.

       “I know you aren’t, bye,” AJ said. Nick hung up. AJ hung up. Brizee slowly hung up. She picked it up again and dialed Kevin’s cell phone.

       “Yeah,” Kevin said.

       “Kev,” Brizee said.

       “Hey, baby, I’m at the airport, I’m getting ready to board on a flight back home,” Kevin said.

       “I love you so much,” Brizee said.

       “I love you, too, baby, so much, and when I get home, I’ll prove it,” Kevin said.

       “I’ll be waiting,” Brizee said. She said bye and hung up. She laid on the bed. There was a knock at the door.

       “Briz, it’s me, I’m going to leave, I think it’s a good idea that we stay clear of each other, we can’t give into our attraction,” Nick said.

       “I know, thanks, bye,” Brizee said. She heard him leave. She curled up on the bed and fell asleep.

Chapter 15

(**means dream)

**Brizee opened the door and saw Nick standing there. She pulled him in and closed the door and locked it and pushed Nick on the bed and got on top of him.

       “I want you, Nick, so bad, it hurts, make love to me, I need you inside me,” Brizee said. 

       “Are you sure,” Nick said.

       “Yes, Nick, I’m sure, I want this, so much,” Brizee said kissing his neck. They removed each other’s clothes. He rolled them over so he was on top.

       “You have no idea how much I’ve wanted this,” Nick said.

       “Same here, hurry, please,” Brizee said. He kissed her as he laid between her legs and pushed inside her. She moaned as they moved together. He leaned down and took a nipple into his mouth and sucked. He moved up and took her mouth in a passionate kiss. She wrapped her legs around his waist and pushed him deep inside her. He pulled out and teased her with the head of his length.

       “Oh god, please!” Brizee cried. He pushed back inside her. She held onto him as he went fast and hard. She tightened around him and cried out in pleasure. That sent him over the edge as he came spilling his hot seed deep inside her. He collapsed on top of her and held her close.

       “Oh, god, that was like a dream,” Nick said.

       “I know, god, so amazing,” Brizee said.

       “I can’t stop, Briz, we have to keep doing this, I can’t let this stop now,” Nick said.

       “I know, we have to sneak around,” Brizee said.

       “Yes, we will have to,” Nick said kissing her. They made love again. **

Brizee woke up and sat up and looked around and saw that she was in her and Kevin’s bedroom. She heard someone knocking. She got up and opened the door and saw Kevin.

       “Baby, why did you lock the door,” Kevin said.

       “I don’t know,” Brizee said.

       “You okay, baby?” Kevin asked.

       “I’m fine, I just missed you so much,” Brizee said. He hugged her close.

       “No one is going to tear us apart, baby, not even my mother, I really got after her for what she did, don’t believe anything she says, okay,” Kevin said.

       “I won’t,” Brizee said. He kissed her deeply.

       “I want to make love to my wife,” Kevin said kissing her neck. She held him close.

       “I need you to make love to me,” Brizee said. He picked her up and laid her on the bed and got on top of her. He removed her clothes and pulled off his clothes and he slowly made love to her. Afterwards, they laid there holding each other.

Chapter 16

Brizee sat in the living room. Kevin came in and sat down next to her. She looked at him and smiled.

       “I love you,” Kevin said.

       “I love you, too,” Brizee said.

       “You okay,” Kevin said.

       “Yeah, I’m fine, just happy to have you home,” Brizee said.

Three months went by. Brizee avoided Nick and she and Kevin were hardly apart. Brizee was in her classroom teaching when Mark came into the room. He handed Brizee a letter and left the room. The class was working on assignment. She read the letter. It was from her doctor. She was three months pregnant. She smiled. She put the letter in her purse and looked at her class. She looked at her stomach and put her hand on it and smiled. After school was over, she went straight home and walked in and saw Nick sitting there with Kevin and Brian.

       “Hey baby!” Kevin said.

       “Hey, hi guys,” Brizee said.

       “Hey Briz,” Nick said.

       “Hey Briz,” Brian said. She went upstairs and put her purse down and her briefcase. Kevin came in and put his arms around her and hugged her from behind.

       “I love you,” Kevin said.

       “I love you, too, daddy,” Brizee said.

       “What,” Kevin said.

       “I got the news today at school, I’m three months pregnant, Kev,” Brizee said. He grinned and picked her up and swung her around. He kissed her deeply.

       “I’m going to tell the guys,” Kevin said. He went downstairs. Brizee went into the bathroom and saw a note for her. She opened it and read it.

Meet me at the beach tonight. We need to talk. Nick

She folded the door and put it in her special box that Kevin didn’t know about.

That night, Brizee told Kevin she was going for a walk and she’ll be back. She kissed him and left and went to the beach. She walked until she saw Nick at a secluded part of the beach. She walked up to him.

       “Nick, what do we need to talk about?” Brizee asked.

       “Our attraction to each other,” Nick said.

       “Nick, we can’t do anything but be friends,” Brizee said.

       “I know that, Briz, but I can’t help it, I dream about you all the time, I dream of making love to you, kissing you, holding you, and I wish it would come true,” Nick said.

       “It can’t, Nick,” Brizee said. He moved close and pulled her close and looked into her eyes.

       “Kiss me,” Nick said.

       “No,” Brizee said trying to pull away.

       “I know you want to, Brizee,” Nick said.

       “Nick, I can’t hurt my husband, I love him and I’m having his child, okay, I can’t ruin my marriage,” Brizee said pulling away. She faced away from him.

       “Briz,” Nick said.

       “When Kevin was coming home from Kentucky, after you and I made out on the couch, when I locked myself in the bedroom, I went to sleep and I had a dream, I dreamt that you and I made love, and that we were going to sneak around, for the last three months, I had the same dream,” Brizee said. She felt his arms around her.

       “You want that dream to come true?” Nick asked kissing her neck. She pulled away.

       “No, I don’t, I am not going to cheat on my husband, okay, so forget it, I’m going home, I suggest you leave me alone, Nick, I can not hurt my husband!” Brizee said. He pulled her close to him and kissed her hard. She struggled to get away but soon gave into the kiss. She moaned as he grinded his hips against hers. She felt his hardness.

       “I want you, Briz, I need you,” Nick said kissing her neck. She closed her eyes and relaxed against him. He removed his clothes and removed hers and laid her on the blanket that he had laid out and laid on top of her gently and he made love to her. Afterwards, she looked at him and got up and got dressed.

       “This won’t happen again, Nickolas, never again,” Brizee said. She went home and went in and saw Kevin sitting there with Kristin.

Chapter 17

Kevin looked up and saw her and got up and came over to her. She looked at him.

       “We need to talk,” Kevin said. She looked at Kristin and back at Kevin.

       “What is it,” Brizee said. He led her upstairs and she saw his stuff packed.

       “I’m leaving you, Briz,” Kevin said.

       “Why,” Brizee said.

       “Kristin just told me that she is still my wife, I called and it’s the truth, the divorce never went through, I’m still married to her,” Kevin said.

       “So our marriage is invalid,” Brizee said.

       “Yeah, and I’m leaving because I’m still in love with her,” Kevin said.

       “So you never loved me,” Brizee said.

       “Briz, I have always loved you, and I know I will never stop loving you, she has a baby, Briz, my baby, she was scared to tell me because she didn’t want to mess up our lives,” Kevin said.

       “But I’m having your child, Kevin,” Brizee said.

       “I know, and I will be there for you,” Kevin said.

       “You know what, don’t bother, you leaving is proof that I don’t mean anything to you,” Brizee said.

       “You do mean everything to me, Briz,” Kevin said.

       “If I do, don’t go,” Brizee said.

       “I have to,” Kevin said.

       “Then go, and don’t bother coming back,” Brizee said.

       “But our baby,” Kevin said.

       “My baby is not your concern anymore, you have a baby, with her, go, go to your wife!” Brizee yelled. She went into the bathroom and closed the door and locked it. She put the toilet lid down and sat down and cried softly.

Chapter 18

The next day, Brizee sat in the house alone. Brian and Howie came over after Kevin called them but she sent them away. AJ came over and saw her sitting there and sat down and held her as she fell apart in his arms.

       “Why would he do this, I thought he loved me!” Brizee cried.

       “Briz, he does, but he needed to be with her and their son,” AJ said. Brizee rested against him.

       “I love him so much, AJ, I feel so lost,” Brizee said. AJ looked up and saw Nick standing there.

       “Hey, you have a little one inside you, Briz,” AJ said.

       “I know, but god, I was so happy, Kevin and I having a family, now, that is gone, I’m having a baby, and the father and I aren’t married, never were,” Brizee said. She looked up and saw Nick. She looked away.

       “Bone, can I talk to Briz?” Nick asked.

       “Yeah,” AJ said getting up and he left. Nick sat down.

       “Kevin told us everything this morning, I can’t believe it,” Nick said.

       “This isn’t a sign that you can have me, Nick,” Brizee said.

       “We can be happy, we can take it slow,” Nick said.

       “Did you have something to do with this,” Brizee said.

       “No, I didn’t, I swear,” Nick said.

       “He didn’t have anything to do with it, I did,” Kristin said standing at the doorway.

       “What,” Nick said.

       “I came and told Kevin that I didn’t sign the divorce papers, I lied to him saying that I did,” Kristin said.

       “You ruined my life,” Brizee said.

       “You and Kevin were never legally married, I couldn’t keep quiet anymore,” Kristin said.

       “I’m having his baby, Kristin, we were happy, and you had to come and ruin it,” Brizee said.

       “He’ll be there for the baby, Brizee, I will not let him not be there for you and the baby, but he is my husband, and the father of my son,” Kristin said.

       “Just go,” Brizee said. Kristin left. Brizee looked at Nick.

       “I want to be alone,” Brizee said.

       “Call if you need anything,” Nick said. He left. Brizee laid down on the couch and closed her eyes.

Chapter 19

The next day, she arrived at her classroom late. She walked in and saw Nick sitting on her desk talking with the class.

       “Good morning, Mrs. Richardson,” the class said. Nick looked at her and smiled.

       “Um, class, as of now, no more calling me Mrs. Richardson, call me Ms. Hardin,” Brizee said putting her purse in the drawer of her desk.

       “Why?” Ryan asked. Brizee looked at Nick.

       “Well, she found out the day before yesterday that she and Kevin were never married, his ex never signed the divorce papers and decided to come forward now, so Kevin and Brizee weren’t legally married so she’s back as Ms. Hardin now,” Nick said.

       “Thanks, Nick, I can’t really talk about it,” Brizee whispered. He smiled at her. Her cell phone rang. She looked at Nick. She went out and answered it.

       “Mr. Carter, are you helping her teach the class?” Bethany asked.

       “Call me Nick, please, and I’ll help if she wants me to,” Nick said. Brizee came back in and sat down. Nick looked at her.

       “Write an essay about what not to do when having sex,” Brizee said. Nick went over to her and leaned down.

       “You okay?” Nick asked quietly. She shook her head.

       “I’m not pregnant,” Brizee said quietly.

       “Oh,” Nick said quietly.

       “Ms. Hardin,” Bethany said raising her hand.

       “Yes, Bethany,” Brizee said.

       “I think you and Nick should be together, you two look like you would make a cute couple,” Bethany said. Mark came in.

       “Brizee, can I have a word with you?” Mark asked. Brizee went out into the hallway.

       “Yes,” Brizee said.

       “Nick told me about you and Kevin, I’m sorry,” Mark said.

“Yeah, now my class wants me to get together with Nick,” Brizee said.
“That is your decision, how do you feel about him,” Mark said. Brizee pulled him down the hall.
“Mark, I want him so bad, I want to be with him, right now, he is all I think about,” Brizee said.
“Then go for it,” Mark said.
“Maybe,” Brizee said. She went back to her classroom and saw her students gone. She saw Nick sitting on her desk.
“Hey, where is everybody?” Brizee asked.
“Class was over, didn’t you hear the bell?” Nick asked.
“Oh, no, I was talking to Mark,” Brizee said sitting down in her chair. He turned and faced her.
“What about?” Nick asked.
“He said you told him about Kevin,” Brizee said.
“Yeah, he asked where you were and why you were late,” Nick said. She stood up and stood between his legs.
“I had another dream last night, that you and I were together,” Brizee said. He pulled her close.
“Yeah, want it to come true?” Nick asked kissing her neck.
“God yes,” Brizee said. She got her things and went home with him behind her. She unlocked the door and went in and saw Kevin sitting in the living room.

Chapter 20

Nick came in behind her and saw him sitting there. Brizee looked at Kevin and back at Nick.
“What are you doing here?” Brizee asked.
“I came to see how you were doing,” Kevin said.
“I’m fine, moving on,” Brizee said.
“How’s the baby?” Kevin asked.
“There is no baby, Dr. Kelly called me on my cell, there was a mistake and I’m not pregnant,” Brizee said.
“Oh, thanks for calling me,” Kevin said.
“Well, I was working,” Brizee said.
“Nick, why are you here,” Kevin said.
“Hanging out with Briz,” Nick said.
“Oh,” Kevin said.
“Please go home to your WIFE,” Brizee said. Kevin looked at her and left. Nick locked and bolted the door and picked her up and carried her upstairs to her bedroom and closed the door and locked it and laid her on the bed and laid on top of her. He pulled her clothes off and pulled his off and they made love. He collapsed on top of her and buried his face in her neck.
“I’m yours now, Nick,” Brizee said.
“Be my girl?” Nick asked.
“Always,” Brizee said. He kissed her lips and her neck and laid beside her and pulled her close. She rested her head on his chest and smiled.
“I have dreamed about this, Briz, you and me together,” Nick said kissing her forehead.
“Well, it came true,” Brizee said.
“Your dream did, too,” Nick said.
“Yes, it did,” Brizee said.
“God, I can’t believe this, I have wanted you from the first moment I saw you, but you were with Kevin and I didn’t want to screw that up,” Nick said.
“You should have, I wouldn’t have even been with him, I would have been with you,” Brizee said. He leaned down and kissed her softly.
“I should have, but I didn’t,” Nick said. She leaned up and kissed him tenderly. She moved to lay on top of him and they kissed deeply. He rolled them over and they made love again. He held her close as she fell asleep in his arms. He followed behind her and drifted off.

Chapter 21

Nick woke up and saw Brizee still sleeping. He heard knocking at the front door and the doorbell ringing. He woke Brizee up. She looked at him.
“Someone’s at the front door,” Nick said. Brizee got up and got dressed and went downstairs and opened the door and saw Kevin standing there. He grabbed her and pushed her against the wall and kissed her deeply. She pulled back and looked at him.
“What are you doing here,” Brizee said.
“Kissing my wife, Kristin made up the whole thing, a friend of hers works at the courthouse and it was all a set up to get me back with Kristin, the baby isn’t mine, and you and I are still married,” Kevin said.
“Oh god,” Brizee said pulling away. Kevin looked at her and he saw movement at the top of the stairs and he saw Nick standing there in his pants but was shirtless. Kevin looked at Brizee.
“What is going on,” Kevin said.
“Well, Nick and I got together,” Brizee said as Nick came downstairs fully dressed.
“And we had mind blowing sex,” Nick said.
“I can’t believe you,” Kevin said.
“Hey, I had to move on, you were with Kristin,” Brizee said.
“We are still married, Nick, me and Brizee are,” Kevin said.
“What,” Nick said.
“Kristin had set up to make it real, she even has a friend at the
courthouse,” Kevin said.
“So, this means you two are still married,” Nick said.
“Yes, and that means you two are no more,” Kevin said. Nick looked at Brizee and shook his head and walked out the door.

Chapter 22

Brizee stood there looking at Kevin. He looked at her and got his bags inside.
“What makes you think I want you back,” Brizee said.
“We are married, Brizee,” Kevin said.
“You left,” Brizee said.
“I thought we weren’t married,’ Kevin said.
“Still, you left, like you never even loved me,” Brizee said.
“God, Brizee, I love you more than life itself, I thought I was married to her, and that her baby was mine, I had to do the right thing,” Kevin said.
“I know, I’m sorry, I think I just broke Nick’s heart,” Brizee said. Kevin hugged her.
“It’ll be okay, baby, he’ll move on,” Kevin said.
“I hate this,” Brizee said.
“I know, baby,” Kevin said.
The next day, she went to her classroom and sat down. The class came in and sat down.
“Good morning, Ms. Hardin,” the class said. Brizee stood up and went around and leaned against her desk.
“It’s Mrs. Richardson again, apparently Kevin’s ex set up the whole thing so she could get him back, and her son isn’t his, so he’s back home with me,” Brizee said.
“What about Nick?” Bethany asked.
“I’m still married so I can’t be with him,” Brizee said.
“How did he take it?” Bethany asked.
“Not good,” Brizee said sitting on the desk. AJ came in.
“Good morning, AJ,” the class said. He waved and came over to her.
“Nick’s missing,” AJ whispered.
“What?” Brizee whispered.
“No one can find him, he was suppose to meet Aaron today but never showed, and he’s not home, his boat is at the dock so he’s not on it,” AJ whispered.
“AJ, I can’t do anything, I’m in the middle of a class and I’m still
married to Kevin,” Brizee whispered.
“I’ll take care of the class, you find him,” AJ whispered.
“I don’t know where he is,” Brizee whispered. He handed her a letter.
“I found this in my mailbox and it said to give to you,” AJ whispered. She opened it and it was a note from Nick.
Meet me at the beach, you know where. Nick
Brizee looked at AJ and got up and got her purse. She looked at her class.
“Class, I have to leave, listen to AJ, okay,” Brizee said. She left and went to the beach.

Chapter 23

Brizee walked down the beach to the secluded area where she and Nick were before and saw no one there. She looked around and didn’t see him. She saw a note. She picked it up.
Thanks for nothing, don’t bother talking to me ever again! Nick
She went back to school and saw her classroom empty and she sat down at her desk and rested her head in her hands.
“Brizee?” Mark asked coming in.
“Mark, I’m sorry for leaving during class,” Brizee said.
“AJ told me it was a family emergency, it’s okay,” Mark said. She stared at her desk.
“Yeah,” Brizee said.
“You okay, sweetie,” Mark said kneeling down beside her.
“My life couldn’t get more perfect, I mean, I got my husband back, but lost a friend,” Brizee said.
“You mean Nick?” Mark asked.
“Yeah, he and I got together, but then Kevin came back saying that he and I are still married, god, Mark, I know it broke Nick’s heart, I got a note from Nick through AJ, that’s where I went, I went to the beach and found another note,” Brizee said. She handed him the note. He read it.
“Brizee, you have to follow your heart,” Mark said.
“I don’t know what my heart wants,” Brizee said.
“I think you do, you just have to find it,” Mark said.
“Kevin has my heart, I love him, but a part of my heart is with Nick,” Brizee said.
“Who has the bigger piece?” Mark asked.
“Kevin does,” Brizee said.
“There you go, go for the guy with the bigger piece,” Mark said. Brizee nodded.
“I’ll have to, Nick doesn’t want me talking to him ever again,” Brizee said.
“Go on home, Brizee,” Mark said. He left. She went home and saw Kevin sitting on the couch. She went upstairs and laid down on the bed.

Chapter 24

Kevin came upstairs and into the bedroom and saw her lying there.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” Kevin asked.
“Nick doesn’t want me talking to him ever again,” Brizee said.
“Because of yesterday?” Kevin asked.
“Yeah, I hurt him, Kev, I hurt Nick,” Brizee said.
“He’ll get over it and realize that you can’t be with him while you are married to me,” Kevin said. Brizee handed him the note she found at the beach. Kevin read it and went out the door and went to Nick’s house. He pounded on the door. Nick opened it and saw him. Kevin went inside and Nick closed the door.
“What do you want,” Nick said.
“I want you to be friends with my wife again, she is over there crying her eyes out because you won’t talk to her, she knows she hurt you, okay, but you shouldn’t let her hurt!” Kevin said.
“You shouldn’t have come back, I was in love with her from the first time I saw her, but I couldn’t do anything because she was with you! I love her more than anything and I will not let myself go down that road again,” Nick said.
“So you are just going to avoid her and think you hate her!” Kevin said.
“If that what it takes!” Nick said.
“She went to the beach to meet you and all she gets is a note, that hurt her, man, she feels worse than you do!” Kevin said.
“I don’t care, okay, I wanted to be with her, I was with her and you had to come back!” Nick said.
“Well, I’m sorry, but she is my wife, not yours,” Kevin said.
“Just get out,” Nick said. Kevin shook his head and left.
Three weeks later, Brizee found out that she was pregnant. She knew it was Nick’s because she and Kevin haven’t made love since he came back. She went to Nick’s house and rang the doorbell. The door opened and a girl stood there in a robe.
“Can I help you?” the girl asked.
“Uh, is Nick here?” Brizee asked.
“He’s asleep right now, come back some other time,” the girl said closing the door. Brizee went to the beach and sat there. She got up and went to the secluded spot where she and Nick was before and sat there. She laid down on the sand and closed her eyes. She opened her eyes and saw Nick standing over her. She sat up and brushed the sand off of her. She looked at him.
“Who’s the new girl?” Brizee asked.
“That was Mandy,” Nick said.
“Having fun?” Brizee asked.
“I’d rather be with you, we could be together right now,” Nick said. Brizee looked away.
“Yeah, well, I wanted that too, but I’m married and Kevin won’t let me go, and I still love him,” Brizee said.
“Yeah, well, it was good while it lasted,” Nick said.
“Nick, I don’t want to lose you as a friend,” Brizee said.
“I can’t be your friend, not now, maybe not ever,” Nick said.
“Nick, please!” Brizee said.
“I’m sorry,” Nick said. He started to walk off.
“I’m pregnant with your child!” Brizee called after him. He stopped and turned and looked at her.
“What?” Nick asked coming back towards her.
“I’m pregnant with your child, Nick, I know it’s yours because Kevin and I haven’t made love or anything since before he left to go with Kristin, I’m three weeks along, I conceived the last time we were together,” Brizee said.
“What does Kevin think?” Nick asked.
“He wanted you to know about the baby, he wants you to be the father and be there for me,” Brizee said.
“The only way I’ll be there for you and the baby is if you be my wife,” Nick said. Brizee looked at him.

Chapter 25

“Nick, I can’t leave him,” Brizee said.
“Then good luck with the baby,” Nick said. He walked off. Brizee stood there.
Three months later, Brizee was four months along and alone. Kevin decided to file for a divorce to let her have the chance to be with Nick and have a family. But Nick wouldn’t return her calls and was never home. She called AJ and asked him to come over. He came over.
“Hey girl,” AJ said.
“AJ, where is Nick?” Brizee asked.
“I don’t know, honestly, I don’t know,” AJ said.
“I want to be with him, AJ, I guess it’s too late,” Brizee said.
“If I hear from him, I’ll talk to him and let you know, okay,” AJ said.
“Thanks, AJ,” Brizee said. He hugged her and left. She sat there rubbing her stomach. AJ came back.
“He’s with Mandy, they are a couple and he is over you, he said good luck with the baby and wishes you the best, but he can’t talk or see you again,” AJ said.
“Did you tell him about Kevin divorcing me so I could be with him?” Brizee asked.
“Yeah, he said it was too late, he has moved on,” AJ said.
“Thanks, AJ,” Brizee said. AJ hugged her and left. She laid down on the couch and started to cry. Brian came in.
“Hey, AJ told me what happened,” Brian said.
“Why am I a bad person,” Brizee said.
“You aren’t, Briz,” Brian said.
“I am, I lost Nick, Kevin left me, I’m alone,” Brizee said.
“Hey, I’m here for you, and AJ, and Howie, hey, I met a girl, her name is Michelle, we are going out tonight, but if you need anything, just call, okay,” Brian said.
“Thanks,” Brizee said. Brian hugged her and left. She got up and went out to the beach and sat down in the sand and stared at the ocean. Tears fell down her cheeks.
“Excuse me, are you okay?” a voice asked. She looked up and saw Aaron.
“Hi Aaron,” Brizee said.
“Hi Brizee, how are you,” Aaron said.
“I’m okay, I guess,” Brizee said.
“Are you pregnant?” Aaron asked.
“Yeah, with your niece or nephew,” Brizee said.
“It’s Nick’s baby?” Aaron asked.
“Yeah, he didn’t tell you?” Brizee said.
“No, he didn’t, I know he’s dating a girl named Mandy and they are happy,” Aaron said.
“Yeah, well, it’s a long story and I don’t want to talk about it, but I’m having his baby,” Brizee said.
“Leave my brother alone,” Nick said coming up to them.
“He came up to me, Nick,” Brizee said getting up
“She’s nice, Nick, how could you let her go, pregnant with your baby,” Aaron said.
“She’s married to Kevin,” Nick said.
“Not anymore, Nick, he filed for a divorce, so you can be with Brizee and be a family,” Brian said coming up to them with AJ, Kevin, and Howie behind him.
“Yeah, Nick, this baby deserves to have its father and mother together,” Kevin said.
“But you walked away from it, it was like you didn’t want it,” AJ said.
“We are here to tell you what you need to do,” Howie said.
“You need to be there for your child, and Briz, she wants to be with you,” Brian said.
“It’s too late, guys,” Nick said.
“Nick, you always told me that if I got someone pregnant, to never abandon her or the child, now here you are, you are doing what you told me not to do, you are abandoning your child, and Brizee,” Aaron said.
“And you know Aaron looks up to you,” AJ said.
“Leave me alone, all of you!” Nick yelled. He ran down the beach.

Chapter 26

Brizee stood there watching Nick run down the beach. She looked at the guys.
“Screw him, I don’t need him,” Brizee said walking to her house and she went in. Kevin followed her.
“Are you sure you are okay?” Kevin asked. She stood there at the counter in the kitchen. She broke down and he took her in his arms and held her as she cried.
“Why doesn’t he want me!” Brizee cried.
“I don’t know, baby, I don’t know,” Kevin said.
“He doesn’t even want his baby,” Brizee said crying.
“If he doesn’t come around and take responsibility for the child, the guys and I will take care of him,” Kevin said.
“I wish this was your baby, Kev,” Brizee said.
“I know, but it’s not, baby,” Kevin said. Brizee cried and grabbed her stomach.
“Something’s wrong!” Brizee cried. He took her to the hospital. He called Nick while the doctor was examining her.
“Brizee, I’m sorry, I can’t find a heartbeat,” Dr. Kelly said.
“What,” Brizee said crying.
“The baby is gone, I’m sorry,” Dr. Kelly said. Brizee started sobbing. Kevin left the room and went to the waiting room and waited for Nick to show up. Nick came in with Mandy.
“What is the reason I’m here,” Nick said.
“Brizee, Nick, she lost your baby,” Kevin said.
“What,” Nick said sitting down.
“Didn’t think it would happen, did you, she was so upset that you walked away that she broke down crying and had pains and I brought her here and Dr. Kelly couldn’t find a heartbeat, the baby is gone, Nick, she lost your baby!” Kevin said. Nick looked at him.
“I didn’t want that,” Nick said.
“I know you didn’t, Nick, but you shouldn’t have walked off,” Kevin said.
“So this is my fault!” Nick said.
“You should have been there for her, Nick, it was your child, you should have been there for her instead of walking off and abandoning her, whatever problems you have with Brizee, you should have at least been there for the baby, but now the baby is gone, Brizee will never recover from this,” Kevin said. Nick looked at Mandy. She nodded and left. Nick sat there.
“Where is she?” Nick asked.
“They are removing what’s left of the baby,” Kevin said.
“Why am I so stupid,” Nick said.
“I divorced her to let her be with you, but you didn’t want to be with her, you moved on,” Kevin said.
“Kevin,” Dr. Kelly said.
“Yeah,” Kevin said.
“She’s resting now if you want to go in with her,” Dr. Kelly said. Kevin looked at Nick.
“Can I go?” Nick asked.
“Go,” Kevin said. Nick went to Brizee’s room and saw her asleep. He went in and sat down and took her hand.

Chapter 27

Brizee woke up and looked around and saw that she was in a hospital room. She felt someone holding her hand and she looked and saw Nick sitting there. He saw her awake and stroked her hand. She pulled her hand away and turned and faced away from him. He just sat there.
“What are you doing here,” Brizee said coldly.
“Kevin called me, he told me that you were here, he told me you lost the baby,” Nick said.
“Why should you care, you never cared that I was having your baby, you didn’t want anything to do with me,” Brizee said.
“I’m sorry, I just wasn’t thinking straight, I was so hurt from you going back to Kevin, Briz, I loved you so much, I still do, if you give the chance, I will make it up to you,” Nick said.
“Why should I, I wanted to be with you, but you didn’t want me,” Brizee said.
“I have always wanted you, Brizee, it was the hurt making me stay away from you, it really hurt me when you went back to him, I wanted to be with you so badly, I had the chance, but then Kevin comes back and everything is ruined, I knew you wouldn’t leave him because of your love for him, so I turned away and said anything to stay away from you, but now I realize what I lost, I
know it’s my fault that you lost our baby, I don’t want to lose you, Brizee, I love you, I always have,” Nick said. Brizee gently turned and faced him.
“I love you, too, it was you I have always loved,” Brizee said.
“Can we be together, I don’t want to be without you another minute,” Nick said.
“Yes,” Brizee said. He leaned forward and kissed her softly.
“I’m never letting you go again, no matter what,” Nick said.
“Good,” Brizee said smiling. Kevin came in.
“Are you two back together?” Kevin asked.
“Yeah,” Nick said.
“Good,” Kevin said
“Thank you, Kevin, for everything,” Brizee said.
“You deserve to be happy, I know Nick will make you happy,” Kevin said.
“I know,” Brizee said stroking Nick’s cheek.

Chapter 28

(Well, I did it again, once again, a dream! From the very beginning!)
Kevin stood at the doorway watching Brizee as she wrote notes for her classes. He went in and closed the door and he looked around and locked it.
“Hey baby,” Kevin said.
“Hey honey, I’ll be done in a sec and we can go,” Brizee said.
“I need help with something,” Kevin said.
“In a minute,” Brizee said.
“I’m in pain, baby,” Kevin said. She looked up at him. He pulled her up and picked her up and sat her on her desk.
“Kev, honey, we should wait until we get home to do this!” Brizee said as he started unbuttoning her blouse.
“This can’t wait,” Kevin said kissing her neck.
“Kev, please, baby, I know you want me, but not here, I want to be home, in our big huge bed,” Brizee said.
“Take care of this first,” Kevin said pulling his pants down. She looked down and saw his erection and she took it in her hands. She leaned down and took him into her mouth and sucked. He closed his eyes and moaned softly. She licked the tip and took him deep in her mouth. Her fingers slid around and she caressed his butt and held his hips. He came shooting in her mouth. She swallowed every drop and she looked at him.
“God, baby, I have to be inside you,” Kevin said kissing her neck.
“Let’s go home,” Brizee said. She buttoned her blouse and got her stuff together. They went home and he locked the door and carried her upstairs to their room and closed the door and locked the door and they laid on the bed removing their clothes. He pushed inside her and they moved together. They came together crying each other’s name. He collapsed on top of her.
“I love you so much, baby,” Kevin said burying his face in her neck.
“I love you, too,” Brizee said. The doorbell rang. Kevin groaned. Brizee got up and got dressed and went downstairs and opened the door and saw Nick standing there.
“Hey Briz,” Nick said. She smiled and hugged him.
“Hi Nicky, how are you,” Brizee said letting him come in.
“I’m good, how are you,” Nick said.
“Great,” Brizee said smiling.
“Did I come at a bad time?” Nick asked.
“No,” Brizee said.
“You and Kevin were in bed, weren’t you,” Nick said.
“Yeah,” Brizee said.
“I can come back later,” Nick said.
“Nick, it’s okay, what’s up,” Brizee said.
“We need to talk,” Nick said.
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What no one knew was that Nick and Brizee have been sneaking around and sleeping together.
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“Nick, not now,” Brizee said.
“Do you want to talk alone or in front of Kevin,” Nick said.
“What about me?” Kevin asked coming down the stairs.
“Kev, is it okay if I hang out with your wife for awhile,” Nick said.
“Sure,” Kevin said. Brizee and Nick left and went to the secluded part of the beach. Once out of sight from the rest of the beach, Nick pulled her close. Brizee pulled back.
“Nick, we have to stop,” Brizee said pulling away.
“I can’t stop, Brizee, I want you all the time,” Nick said pulling her
against him and kissing her neck.
“Nick, I can’t hurt Kevin,” Brizee said.
“You already have, Briz, we have been doing this for a year now,” Nick said.
“Nick, he is my husband, and your bandmate,” Brizee said.
“You always do this and we never stop,” Nick said running his hands down and pulling her shirt up.
“Maybe it’s for real this time,” Brizee said.
“That you say all the time, Briz,” Nick said removing her shirt and kissing her shoulder. She closed her eyes.
“Nick, we have to, Kevin wanted me to go off birth control because he wants a baby,” Brizee said.
“And now is the time?” Nick said.
“Yeah, it takes awhile before I can try to get pregnant without birth
control,” Brizee said.
“So that time is now,” Nick said.
“Yes, it is, and I can’t risk sleeping with you now and then getting
pregnant by you,” Brizee said.
“So what we had was nothing,” Nick said.
“I am married, Nick, I can’t get pregnant by you,” Brizee said.
“Yeah, whatever, have a good life,” Nick said.
“Nick, come on,” Brizee said.
“No, forget it, we are done, I never want to talk to you ever again, I
never want to see you, goodbye, Brizee,” Nick said. He walked off. Brizee stood there watching him go.

Chapter 29

Brizee ran after Nick and grabbed his arm and turned him around.

       “Nick, please, try to understand, I am married to Kevin, he wants a baby, if I sleep with you now, I could get pregnant by you and he’ll find out and leave me, I love him, Nick, if he left me, I don’t know what I would do,” Brizee said.

       “You could be with me, Brizee, we could have a family, god, Briz, we have been sleeping together for a year now, behind Kevin’s back, I have fallen deeply in love with you and I know you are in love with me, I want to be with you, so badly, you are all I think about, you are all I dream about,” Nick said.

       “He has my heart,” Brizee said sinking to the sand crying.

       “You have mine,” Nick said. She looked up at him.

       “I need time, Nick, time to think about everything, this isn’t easy for me, please, give me some time,” Brizee said standing up.

       “I’ll give you the time you need,” Nick said. She ran off and went home and packed a bag. She left a note for Kevin and went out to her car and left town.

Kevin arrived home from his jog and found Brizee’s car gone and found a note.

‘Dear Kevin, as you are reading this, I’m gone. I had to leave town to think about some things. I’m sorry to do this but I’m not perfect, a girl has secrets, I’m that girl. I love you, I will always love you, but I need time alone to think about everything I have done. I have hurt you. Although you don’t know how, I have hurt you deeply. I will return in time, goodbye, your wife, Brizee’ 

Kevin sat down and read it over and over again. He called her cell phone but no one answered. He called Nick.

       “Hello,” Nick said.

       “Where’s my wife?” Kevin asked.

       “I don’t know, why, she ain’t home?” Nick asked.

       “No, she isn’t,” Kevin said.

       “I don’t know where she is, she left for home before I did,” Nick said.

       “If you hear from her, let me know, please,” Kevin said.

       “I will,” Nick said. Kevin hung up and sat back.

Chapter 30

Kevin went to school and ran into Mark who informed him that Brizee called in and said she would be gone for awhile but didn’t say how long she would be gone. Kevin went home and went to their room and stared at everything. He sat down. He looked up and saw Nick standing there.

       “It’s time you knew the truth,” Nick said. He stood there and told Kevin everything about his affair with Brizee and how she stole his heart.

       “I’m sorry, Kev, she is your wife and she belongs with you, if she comes back to you, then I will not do anything with her but be her friend,” Nick said. He started to leave.

       “Nick,” Kevin said.

       “What,” Nick said.

       “I knew the whole time about you and her, I didn’t do anything or say anything because the truth is, she belongs with you,” Kevin said.

       “Kev, she’s your wife, she loves you, I know she does,” Nick said. Kevin looked at him.

       “I have been having an affair with Kristin, now she’s pregnant with my child,” Kevin said.

       “How long?” Nick asked.

       “Two years now,” Kevin said.

       “Only a year after you and Briz got married, god, Kevin, you are so stupid!” Nick said.

       “I know, it’s eating me up inside, I still am in love with Kristin,” Kevin said. Nick got out his cell phone.

       “I’m trying Brizee’s cell again,” Nick said.

       “What do you want, Nick,” Brizee said answering her cell.

       “I’m at your house with your husband, you better come home, there is something you have to know,” Nick said.

       “What is it,” Brizee said.

       “Just come home, Briz, okay, it’s about your husband,” Nick said. He hung up and looked at Kevin. He went downstairs and sat in the front room. Two hours later, the door opened and Brizee came in and saw him.

       “I’m here, so now what,” Brizee said.

       “Well, for two years, your husband, had an affair with Kristin and now she’s having his baby,” Nick said.

       “That can’t be possible,” Brizee said.

       “It’s true,” Kevin said coming downstairs.

       “What,” Brizee said.

       “It’s the truth, Briz, I have been sleeping with Kristin behind your back for two years, and I know about you and Nick, I have known for two months now, I just didn’t say anything because I was doing the same thing behind your back,” Kevin said. Brizee slapped Kevin.

       “I can’t believe you, here I was kicking myself for sleeping around behind your back when I had no reason to, you started this before me and Nick did, you bastard!” Brizee yelled.

       “I deserve it, Briz, I deserve anything you say or do, if you want a divorce, I will give you one,” Kevin said.

       “You bet I want a divorce, I want out of this marriage!” Brizee said angrily. Kevin nodded. Brizee went upstairs and started packing her stuff. Kevin went out back. Nick went upstairs and saw her packing.

       “Need help packing?” Nick asked.

       “Yeah,” Brizee said. Nick helped her pack.

       “Where are you going to go?” Nick asked.

       “Your house,” Brizee said. Nick looked at her.

       “Are you sure?” Nick asked. Brizee went to him and kissed him hungrily.

       “I want to be with you, Nicky, always have, just too blind to realize what I really wanted,” Brizee said. Nick smiled and kissed her deeply. They finished packing and took her stuff to Nick’s house and put it in Nick’s room. They collapsed on the bed kissing.

       “I never thought this would happen,” Nick said.

       “What,” Brizee said stroking his cheek.

       “I thought you would pick him,” Nick said.

       “I chose you, I picked you, I was coming back tomorrow to tell you that I want to be with you, it’s you I wanted, now I have you, and I never want to let go, I have fallen deeply in love with you,” Brizee said. Nick kissed her deeply. They removed each other’s clothes and he stopped.

       “Are you sure about this, I don’t have protection,” Nick said.

       “I want to have a baby, Nicky, your baby, I don’t care about protection, please, make love to me, make me yours forever,” Brizee said. He kissed her deeply and made love to her. He collapsed on top of her and rested his head on her chest. She held him close.

       “We are so good together, I never want this to end, I want to hold you every night, and make love to you, I never want to let you go,” Nick said.

       “That can happen, Nicky, because I am yours now,” Brizee said. He lifted his head and smiled and kissed her deeply.

       “And when you get divorced from him, then you will be all mine,” Nick said.

       “Yup, which reminds me, I need to call Steve,” Brizee said. She called her lawyer and talked to him about divorce papers. She hung up and smiled at Nick.

       “Kevin will be served with divorce papers tomorrow morning, Steve is going to get them ready today,” Brizee said.

       “Then you’ll be all mine,” Nick said smiling.

       “Yup,” Brizee said. He kissed her and they made love again and fell asleep in each other’s arms.

Chapter 31

The next day, Brizee was sitting in the living room when the doorbell rang. She got up and opened the door and saw Kevin standing there.

       "What do you want," Brizee said.

       "I don't want a divorce," Kevin said.

       "Too bad, I'm with Nick now, I chose him," Brizee said.

       "You are still my wife, I could announce that you are having an affair while still married to me," Kevin said.

       "Are you blackmailing me?" Brizee asked.

       "If you want to call it that, I will do anything to hold onto you," Kevin said.

       "Stop this, Kevin, we are over, okay, end of story, you cheated, you had an affair, Kristin is having your baby, accept the fact that I can't be with you after what you did, I could announce that you had an affair and got her pregnant," Brizee said.

       "Now who is blackmailing," Kevin said.

       "Hey, you do it, I can do it right back, you had an affair for TWO years, I had an affair for one, I filed for a divorce because you got her pregnant, I'm not pregnant and I can't get Nick pregnant, okay, live with it, Kevin, we are over, okay, face it, you lost me!" Brizee yelled.

       "I don't want that! I want you back, Briz, I love you! Kristin lied to me, the baby isn't mine," Kevin said.

       "So what, you still slept with her for two years behind my back!" Brizee yelled.

       "You slept with Nick behind my back for a year, he's my bandmate and one of my best friends," Kevin said.

       "He's not my ex, Kevin, Kristin is your ex-girlfriend!" Brizee yelled. Kevin pulled her close.

       "I'm not letting you go, Brizee, we are not getting a divorce," Kevin said. He kissed her hard as Nick walked in. Brizee pushed Kevin away and wiped her mouth.

       "Don't you ever do that again, you jerk, we are getting a divorce, get out!" Brizee yelled.

       "No, you are my wife!" Kevin yelled.

       "That will change, you and I are over, okay, now get out!" Brizee yelled. Kevin shook his head.

       "I'm not signing the papers so forget it, you are stuck with me!" Kevin yelled.

       "I don't think so," Nick said.

       "Nick," Kevin said.

       "If you love her, you'll let her go," Nick said.

       "She is my wife!" Kevin said.

       "She wants a divorce, if you love her, you will give it to her, show her that you care!" Nick said. Kevin looked at him. He nodded and walked out the door. Nick hugged Brizee close.