“Wake up, you two.”  Kyle’s mom nudged both Sera and him several times until they groggily rubbed the sleep from their eyes.  “Here, have a cup of hot chocolate.”  Holding out two steaming cups, she waited patiently until they both took one and were blowing on it.  “We need to have a serious talk for a bit,” Kyle’s mother said firmly.

“First, I want to know, and you’re going to be honest with me; have the two of you had sex already?”

“Mom!”  Kyle exclaimed, embarrassed.

“Don’t ‘mom’ me.”  Staring at both of them, she maintained her stern, unflinching gaze.  “Have you, or haven’t you?”

“We haven’t.” Sera confessed quietly.  “I just said that last night to get even with father.”

“Well good for you.”  Kyle’s mother nodded, as if she’d expected such an answer all along.  “Good for both of you.  I’m glad there’s no worry about a pregnancy for now.  Are you on birth control at all?” She asked Sera, not holding back any punches.

“I’ve been taking the pill every morning for a while now,” Sera confessed.  “It helps lighten my period and keeps me from getting bloated or moody as bad.”

“Good.   Good.”  Once again, Kyle’s mother simply nodded to herself a few times.  “You keep taking those then, but let me warn you; they’re not one hundred percent effective.  You can still get pregnant even if you’re on them.  Even if you use condoms too,” she stared directly at Kyle now, who was squirming uncomfortably and trying to hide in his hot chocolate.  “The only way to be completely safe is simply not to have vaginal intercourse.  Both of you remember that.”

“I’ll remember,” Sera promised.  Kyle simply grunted something and nodded his head slightly while trying not to turn crimson red.

“Good.  Then it’s all settled.”  Standing up, Kyle’s mom clapped her hands together to signify the topic was closed.  “Sera, you’ll be living with us from now on.  Fanny and I will pack your things and bring them over for you while you’re at school today, if that’s OK?”

“Wait!  What?”  Kyle almost spilled his chocolate he was so shocked.  “We’re not really married mom!”

“Don’t you think I know that?”  Quizzically, she arched one eyebrow and stared at Kyle while Sera was being completely silent on her feelings about the subject.

“But…  Wha?”  Kyle was baffled and confused.  “Mom?”

“It’s only until Fanny finishes whatever renovations she’s going to be doing over there, for Heaven’s sake!”  Kyle’s mom threw her arms up in the arm in frustration.  “It’s not a big deal, just like I told Franklin.  What is it with you men acting like every little thing is the end of the world?  She can still see them any time she wants; you both eat meals there more than you do here already; and nothing much is going to change except she’ll have a bed here to sleep in and a place to keep her stuff where she doesn’t have to worry about some perverted construction worker messing with it!

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“For Heaven’s Sake, grow up already Kyle!”  Annoyed, she turned and started to head into the kitchen.  “Should I cook something for breakfast for the two of you?”

“I’m fine,” Sera said as she slowly shook her head from side to side.

“I’m not hungry yet,” Kyle said.

“Well good.  I didn’t really feel like cooking either,” his mom admitted.  “And one last thing, you two..”

“Yes?”  Sera answered meekly.

“If the two of you do start having sex, be safe and use protection.  I’ll bring in condoms by the caseload if you need them; there’s a ton of them at the hospital which we give out freely.  I’m not foolish enough to think that it’s something that couldn’t happen; I see the results of youngster’s raging hormones every day almost.  All I expect is that IF it happens, you both make certain it happens safely.”  

Pausing for a moment at the door leading into the kitchen, Kyle’s mother never looked back to see if they were listening; she was trying to keep from making things as embarrassing as possible for them both.   “And, if something unexpected like a condom does break, be mature enough to let me know.  There is morning after pills which you can take to deal with accidents like that, and they’re a lot easier to get and deal with than an unplanned birth or an abortion.”

Going on into the kitchen, Sera and Kyle was left to awkwardly blow on their hot chocolate and stare wordlessly at each other for several long minutes as the sun slowly rose and the sky outside lightened up.  

“I’d… I’d better go home and get changed for school,” Sera said finally.  “It looks like it’s about that time.”

“Uhhh..  Yeah.”  Kyle agreed, still half dazed.  His mother certainly didn’t bother to pull any punches when she wanted to have a heart to heart talk!  “I better go upstairs and change too.  How about I meet you in about fifteen minutes and we walk to school together?”

“Sounds fine,” Sera answered as she slowly got up and stretched.  “I’ll see you in about fifteen minutes then,” she promised as she sat the mug of chocolate down and went on out the door.

Still embarrassed, Kyle slowly went upstairs and to his room to change and get ready for school.  Sera was going to be living with him for now and his mom was going to bring them cases of condoms!  

It was almost like one of his fantasies made reality, and Kyle kept waiting for his alarm to go off and wake him from a dream, but it never did.  When, in fact, the alarm did go off while he was changing clothes, it was simply because it was the time he normally woke up each morning.

Sera truly was going to be living at his home for a while!