Misfortune by L.Bann (christmas read aloud TXT) 📖

rain stopped we kept on talking. It wasn’t until we heard someone shout my name that we realised how long we were there.
“Daisy!” He shouted. He came running up to the tree carrying a dog lead.
“Hey Harry” I mumbled. Ben nodded. I could tell he was irritated about his arrival.
“Can I talk to you for a second, please” he asked, looking hopeful. I didn’t know if he wanted to talk to me or if he was trying to get me down away from Ben. I wasn’t going to budge no matter what he said.
“Um, I’m kinda busy at the moment” I replied, gesturing to Ben.
“That’s OK, I‘ll tell you at school. So what have you two been up to?” he asked. He directed the question to both of us but was staring at me. When he wasn’t looking at me he was trying to give a glare to Ben, but with his hard shoulders, Ben obviously had more aggression in him that Harry would never have.
“Well, we’ve basically been here all day” Ben said, lifting up his left hand gesturing the tree and then placing it on my thigh. I looked up at him and he looked at me in the eyes and grinned. Harry had noticed and tried again to get me down but this time he wanted me to play with his dog but I decided to stay on the tree with Ben. Eventually, Harry went, without his long goodbye to me that is, and left Ben and I in peace.
“I thought he’d never leave” Ben smiled, resting his arm against the tree trunk and above my head. This move made him closer to me; his face was closer to mine.
“Ben, I…” I started, but Ben’s strong but tender lips met mine and I joined the movement of his. It only lasted for a few seconds, and then Ben put his hand on my cheekbone and stroked it, then he stroked my lips with his thumb; I smiled at him then raised my hand to stroke his cheekbone, and then his lips. I then leant in to kiss him; he reacted by grabbing my waist, pulling himself closer to me and my body.
He put his hands on my waist, then he slowly felt down my waist to my hips were he gripped them. Then to my thighs, rubbing up to my waist and down my thighs continuously while I put my thighs over his, propping myself up. I reached for his neck and stroked his hair. His jet, black hair felt unbelievably smooth under my fingertips. My hands then reached down his chest to feel his stomach muscles. They felt amazing I had to stop kissing him to feel them properly.
“What do you think?” he breathed, grabbing my hand and he started to put it around his neck.
I drew back, “Apparently, you have a six pack” I whispered, smiling. He gave a smirk. He then sat up straight and pulled up his shirt to reveal the amazing display of his, correction, eight pack. I didn’t obviously look that subtle with my reaction, because he gave a soft laugh and put his top down. I blushed and smiled.
“Shall we leave?” He asked.
“We could go back to mine and hang out” I offered.
He smiled and carefully removed my thighs from his and jumped down, even thought it was like 10 feet.
“Um, a little help” I shouted from the branch. How could Ben of left me up here? Was he trying to embarrass me? I was starting to doubt his manners.
“I hoped this would have happened” he grinned. I looked at him confused. If he was in my position, I would be laughing so hard at him. “Just hold onto the branch to your left and step onto the one down a bit further”
I grabbed the branch like he said and made it to the other designated branch, “I’m still not jumping, and it’s still quite high”
“OK, jump into my arms” he smiled, reaching his arms up.
“You know, I’m not as light as you might think” I hesitated.
“Just jump” he shouted. I put my arms out and jump, and what do you know, he caught me!
“You OK?” he asked, clearly not aware he was the one who should be in pain right now.
“Yeah, but just to be clear, this doesn’t make me a wimp, it makes me sensible about my own safety” I said, my eyebrows raised.
He nodded and we started walking. He put his hand into my butt pocket and practically felt up my bum, so I did the same. It was probably one of the best days of my life.
We didn’t say much on the way back, but I couldn’t help but smile. I just couldn’t believe that someone like Ben would like someone like me.
When we turned into my drive, I saw another car there, my aunt’s. We walked inside and my aunt Julie was putting things into the dishwasher while my dad was on his laptop. They both looked up at us.
“Hey” I said to both of them.
“Hello, Jason and …” he trailed.
“Oh, I’m Daisy’s aunt Julie” she said, shaking his hand. “You’re Ben, right?”
“Yeah, nice to meet you” he said, with a smile.
“Hello, Daisy, Ben. You were gone for quite some time” dad said, checking his watch and looking back at us.
“Yeah, we got … side-tracked” I grinned, and looked up at Ben, and he smiled back. ”We’re going to go to my room”
My dad and aunt just looked up as Ben and I walked to my room.
As I opened my bedroom door, Ben grabbed my waist with one hand. As I closed my bedroom door he gripped my waist with both hands and pulled me closer and started to kiss me just as vigorously as before.
He pushed me with his body to get to my bed and I sat down, Ben still attached by the lips, he sat down too. Then he started to reach above my waist, under my top. Just before he reached my bra I pulled away.
“Ben, stop” I moaned. Ben dropped his hands and I pulled down my top.
“Daisy, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t of even …” He started, with regret in his voice.
“No, its fine, well, I’m just confused. Are we together?” I asked. “I just don’t want to have one of ‘those’ relationships, based on sex”
“That wasn’t what I had in mind at all” he exclaimed. “And, only if you want to be together, I think we could make a good couple” he grinned.
I grinned back “I think so to”. I went to hug him and he kissed my forehead.
“Don’t know what Harry would think of this” Ben laughed.
“Yeah, what did he need to talk to me about, do you know, it’s just I saw you two talking as I left last night”
“Well, he asked me ‘Do you think that was my fault’. And I said ‘Probably not, she’s having a hard time at home with her family right now, I shouldn’t worry about it’ but my best guess is that he is worried and will badger you until he finds out why you did start crying, even if it has nothing to do with him”
I just buried myself into his chest as he hugged me tightly. I was right, his hugs were warm but his russet skin made me look like a ghost.


5

We decided for the rest of the evening we would stay out in the living room where my dad could see us and not get in his dad state and worry. We just sat closely on the couch and watch Two and a Half Men. He had his arm around me and I cuddled into him.
Instead of cooking, my aunt ordered a Chinese take-away instead, so it was a pretty good evening. My aunt took him home around 10 since his house was on her way home. My dad started grilling me about what happened while we were out and what happened in my bedroom.
“So where did you guys go?” he asked.
“We went to the park and when it started raining we climbed a willow tree and spent our day there”
“And how were you situated whilst on this willow tree” he asked, trying to sound smart but coming off nosey.
“Well, I sat with my back against the tree trunk and he was in front of me”
“And…” he said, trying to get me to spill the beans.
“Harry Mullins turned up and Ben touched my thigh on purpose!” I said sarcastically. My dad gasped, again in sarcasm.
“And what did poor little Harry do about some guy touching his lady?” he asked, adding dramatic gestures and actions. I laughed so much.
“Well, he saw it and tried to get me to come down and play with his dog, but I wasn’t having none of that” I screwed up my nose disgust. My dad smiled.
“He eventually left … and well …” I stopped.
“Well what?” he asked, looking more curious. I started to walk to my bedroom.
“I’m tired, I think I’ll go to bed” I fake yawned, my dad followed me.
“No, you can’t stop it there, tell me” he pleaded, putting his hands together.
I went into my bedroom and led on my bed, my dad joined me and I told him everything. There were a few ooo’s and aaa’s and a laugh, now and again. Once I had finished he asked me to come to his room.
When I walked in, he was fumbling around in a draw but pulled out what seemed to be a small red box.
“Since you and Ben seem like you’re getting serious, I want you to have this” he said and handed over the red box, which turned out to be a box full of condoms. I had never been so embarrassed in the whole of my life.
“Dad! I don’t need these!” I exclaimed, trying to hand them back to him but he declined.
“I want you to be safe, whatever you do, keep them. And just because you have these doesn’t mean you’re more ‘up for it’, it means that you are being the sensible young woman you turned into” he explained.
“OK, I’m going to bed now” I said with a blank expression on my face. I left his room and practically ran to mine. That was a weird moment I wanted to abort quickly.
I put the condoms on my bedside table and changed into my pyjamas. I got into bed and got out my iPod. Even thought it was like 11 I thought I would listen to a bit of music to make me sleepy.
Turns out, I was more tired than I thought since I woke up with an ear phone in, the another one was strewn across the pillow, I had obviously moved whilst asleep. I took it out of my ear and I checked the time on my iPod; 9:04. Crap! I’d been asleep for about 10 hours. I placed my iPod on my bedside table then I noticed the condoms.
I started to think to myself, ‘would Ben go all the way with me?’ He seemed pretty upset with himself when I stopped him touching my boob. To be honest, I think he was trying to more gentlemanly than anything. Bless him. He is so sweet, and charming. Dad was right. But he also gave me condoms so I have mixed feelings about my dad right now.
I walked out to the kitchen and found my aunt Julie wiping down the counter top.
“Hey, morning, or should I say afternoon” she smiled, continuing to wipe.
“Hi, and it’s only