Sunday morning I woke to the feeling of little kisses on my neck and collar bone.My hands were still wrapped around Christine's waist. I slid them down to her cute little butt and squeezed.
"OOH! Your finally awake." She cooed.
"What do you want for breakfast babe?"
"Since we have a choice of pop tarts or pop tarts. I'll say pop tarts."
She giggled "I love it when you're silly like this."
"I almost can't remember why we always fought."
"Because I was stupid and selfish and narcissistic and and all around bitch."
"There's that, but I still loved even thought you pulled all that shit over the years."
She pinched me and laughed. "You didn't have to agree so readily. I love you too Pete."
We got up and polished off a box of pop tarts each. We're young we can handle a little indulgence like that. Besides we had to recharge after yesterday.
"Would you like to get a tour of the property? Just in case we can get the relatives to cede it to us instead of selling it off like they plan."
"Sure."
We both got dressed in jeans, shirt and shoes. I led Christine out the door and explained "We own everything from the main road to here and back this way for a bit. We walked toward the creek and I helped her across. In a few minutes we were at the property line. "Now side to side we don't have nearly as much but if you follow me I'll show you."
We crossed the creek again by the barn and we walked just a few yards past the lane and there was a fence.
"This is the western edge of the property here." I turned and we walked past the barn and into the woods there. "The eastern edge is here." We could still see the barn through the trees but the place seemed fairly secluded. Christine was coming around to wanting to move out here.
"So, if we get the place, what do you think it will take to make it livable?"
"I know it's going to cost a lot. We're both going to have to get jobs to pay for whatever work I can't do myself. But in the end we can have the house of our dreams out here. I can do the drawings and you can give me some ideas of what you want in the floor plan."
We walked inside and I showed Christine the potential of the space just by describing what room could go where. She was soon as involved and making a few suggestions which I had not considered. She even made a few suggestions about outside. I was really liking the new and improved Christine.
We ate lunch and made a few more plans. Including coming out here by ourselves as often as we could. We kidded a few times and around four we decided it was time to go face the music with dad. After loading the car we held hands and looked at the barn. Already envisioning it as we had been talking about.
We pulled into the driveway a few minutes before five. Mom met us at the door and hugged us both.
"How are you guys? Get everything worked out?"
Christine answered. "Mostly. We still have one or two things to iron out but we are definitely going to be much nicer to each other now."
She kissed me on the cheek as emphasis. Mom started to tear up.
"So where's dad? I need to apologize to him. One of the things Chris and I talked about this weekend was pretty intimate and I learned I was completely off base."
"Your father made a confession to me after you drove off Friday night. You were only partially right Pete." Christine and I looked at mom like someone had just told us that grass was orange and the sky was chartreuse.
"Your father has been having an affair. He swore that he never laid a hand on Christine, but he wanted to. He is however sleeping with Christine's best friend Ashley. Ashley might even be pregnant right now. They have an appointment tomorrow to verify. But Ashley has missed two periods now, so the odds are pretty good you two are going to have a half brother or sister. Your father is no longer welcome in this house. Pete, I'm going to need your help in getting some of his things ready for him to take."
I nodded. Christine and I were in total shock. We looked at each other and she shook her head. She read my mind. I was wondering if she knew about the affair.
"Mom, I hope you know I had no idea about dad and Ashley. I can't believe that slut seduced my dad. She's no longer one of my friends."
Mom started crying and Christine and I both hugged her. After a few minutes mom kissed us both not the cheek. "You kids are so good. So where were you this weekend?"
"Do you remember the old farm great grandpa owned?"
"The one north of town?"
"That's the one. We camped out in the old barn. I've actually been going out there for a few years. It's where I go to blow off steam. Christine and I kind of fell in love with the place while we were out there."
"It is nice and secluded. I'll bet it was peaceful out there."
Christine nodded. "Pete and I were wondering if we could get the family to give it to us. We want to convert the barn to a house."
"Just the two of you out there living alone?"