Derrick stood in front of her apartment door and hit the bell. He had ordered the pizza and stopped along the way to grab it. His heart was beating a million miles an hour, was he doing the right thing?
He didn’t know. But he didn’t want to be without her. After todays practice he thought he could have both. He was more than willing to make a go of it with her.
Derrick was smart enough to know that life would throw special people at you sometimes. If you didn’t grab that special someone the first time around, well you might miss your chance.
He could gladly share his life with her. He would buy her the biggest house, and set up an office that was fit for a queen. While he was practicing and playing she could be working on her books. Of course, he would want her to come to all the games too.
Derrick wondered if this type of arrangement would work well for her. He loved her; that would add to the whole package, and he wanted her.
She opened the door, her hair still wet from the shower. He could smell the lilac coming off of her. It smelled like pure heaven to him.
He wanted to sweep her up into his arms and kiss her deeply. He also wanted to ask her to be his girlfriend, and possibly wife. Derrick was nervous about what her answer would be, it was so quick. But he knew what he wanted in the long run, and she was definitely part of it.
Derrick set the pizza down and pulled her into his arms. He kissed her deeply and then pulled away. “I couldn’t stop thinking about you all day long.” He whispered into her ear.
She smiled, “I was thinking about you too.”
“Look I have something really important to talk to you about.” He said and pulled her down on the couch.
Christy was sitting on his lap, though she felt subconscious and tried to move. He pulled her back, “I want you sitting here.”
“But I might crush you.” She stated.
“You didn’t last night when you were on top, you won’t today.” He smiled as her face went a bright beet red color.
She settled down though and stopped trying to move off of him.
“I’ve been thinking and well I made a decision. I really do like you a lot; I told you I had a crush on you. Well I think that’s not the case now. I really have strong feelings for you, and would love to. Oh crap, I’m not sure how to say this. Christy Simmons, eventually I want to marry you, but we can date for now.” He finally said.
He saw the shock on her face at his words. “But what about your career, won’t I interfere with that?” She asked.
“Why would you? Many guys who go into the NFL are married, why can’t I?” He said.
“I have something to tell you first though, and you may change your mind about this whole proposal.” She said softly.
“Okay what is it?” He asked.
“Well I’m pregnant.” She paused; she wasn’t sure how to really explain it all so she started at the beginning. “I’ve always wanted a baby, wanted to prove that I could love and be loved. But I never found a guy who I really liked before. So I set up an appointment at the donor center. I went a couple of weeks ago and had the procedure done. I found out that I was pregnant just a few days ago.”
He tried to not be jealous of the guy who had impregnated her. After all, it wasn’t like she had sex with the guy. “Okay, so we can raise the child as our own.” He finally said. “I’m okay with that, it’s not like you had sex with him, right.”
She looked down; he didn’t like that and was about ready to push her off of him. “Well, not to get pregnant I didn’t. But there was a mess up at the center, and well, you’re the father of this child inside of me.” She looked at him worried how he might react.
Derrick took a moment to think, did she just say he was the father? “I’m the father?”
“Yeah it seems they gave me a vial of your sperm, and it took. Now the baby growing inside of me is yours.” She said.
He shook his head, still unsure. He had given a few donations to the center when he had been a junior at the college. The extra money he had used to pay off his parents mortgage. So it was possible that she could have been given his donation, or one of them.
“Well this makes sense now, why you so readily agreed to sleep with me.” Derrick wondered if she had bewitched him.
“No that was purely because of how I felt about you.” She admitted.
He studied her closely; he had felt that same feeling with her, why was he lying to himself. “I guess this makes it even more important that we get married. So what do you say?”
She stared at him shocked, “Yes I will marry you.”
Derrick kissed her deeply and carried her to the bedroom to celebrate. The pizza could wait until later, it would just be cold. But the heat he felt for her couldn’t wait any longer.
He undressed her slowly and commented on how beautiful she was. “You are ravishing Christy.”
She blushed at his comment and looked down. He grabbed her and kissed her deeply. They made love slowly, no condom needed. He was already a daddy, and he was with the woman he loved. How could life be any better?
After they were done, he held her close to him. “You know what baby; we’re both going to live our dreams together. I have a great feeling that your book is going to be bought by the publisher.” He said to her.
“I can only hope you are right.”
“So tell me what city would you like to live in?” He asked.
“Oh somewhere warm. Where do you want to go?” She asked.
“Somewhere in Florida maybe, I don’t know about California. I’m used to Florida now, and I love the weather.” He answered.
They talked about their future together, hoping for great things to come for them both. Then he changed the topic, “So when do you think you’ll hear back from the publisher?” He asked.
“Well I sent the manuscript to them around 2 months ago now, so any day. At least if you believe their web page response time.” She commented.
“Maybe it will come tomorrow.” He smiled at her and pulled her into his arms.
He was tempted to take her again, but his stomach growled loudly. It reminded him that he hadn’t eaten yet. “Hey let’s eat a bit.” He pulled her up out of bed and they went to eat.