You’re on!” said Meg. Grabbing her briefcase, she headed for the door. All the other offices were dark and quiet. They hadn’t noticed Kevin or Ginny leaving for the day. Once in the car, they headed for the Mandarin Coin. Chinese fast food sounded too good to pass up. Their order was ready in ten minutes and they headed down the highway with delightful smells filling Meg’s little Neon.
Pulling up in the driveway, they noticed a car parked on the side of the house. Traffic was usually too busy to park there, but someone had.
“Luc, whose car is that?” Meg asked.
“I don’t recognize it,” he said and got out of the car cautiously. He sniffed the air, but didn’t recognize anything out of place. “Let’s get in the house,” he said and headed for the door. He went to put the key in the lock and realized that it was open.
“Meg, go back to the car,” he said quietly.
Meg nodded and backed up. After the other day, she didn’t want to risk anything. Luc quietly opened the door and slid in. She heard some noise and then the houselights came on. Luc motioned to her from the door and she went inside.
Once she got inside, she saw Bitty and a young man sitting naked except for some bedding wrapped around them sitting on the couch. The two of them looked very chagrined.
“I take it that you’ve called Ginny,” said Meg.
“I was just about to,” said Luc. He walked off to the kitchen to make the call. Meg sat the food down. They’d have to reheat it by the time this situation was over.
Luc walked back into the living room. He sat down with a heavy sigh. Bitty and the young man fidgeted.
“Bitty, I know you just turned eighteen, but what the hell were you thinking?” Luc asked. “And I hope young man that you’re eighteen,” he growled sub-vocally.
“Yes sir!” the young man squeaked.
“Um, Unky,… you know,…” Bitty started to stammer.
Luc just gave her a look that stopped her cold. “Ginny will be here in a few minutes. She’s going to chew your asses, so I don’t have to. We’ll just wait,” he growled again. Looking over at Meg, he gestured to the bag with food.
“You want to eat now?” she asked.
“Yes. By the time Ginny gets done with these two, our food will be cold and I probably won’t feel like eating,” Luc said.
“Okay, but could you tone down the sub-vocals?” Meg asked as she handed him his food.
“Sorry,” he said and took the container and chopsticks. He looked at them and went to the kitchen and returned with a fork. “Paws, not fingers,” he said as he sat down to eat.
They ate in silence while the two teenagers sat waiting for Ginny’s arrival. Luc finished first and sat back just watching the two of them. Meg ate what she could and then took the leftovers and garbage to the kitchen. She put on a pot of coffee, because she had the feeling it was going to be a long evening. The coffee had just started to brew when the door opened and Ginny walked in the house. She looked at Bitty and the young man and then sat on the couch.
“Are you stupid?” she asked directing the question towards the teens.
“Aunt Ginny, we…” Bitty started.
“Don’t Aunt Ginny me. I want to know why you two thought it was okay to break into a person’s house, have sex on their beds and in general disregard my requests to be open and honest about relationships,” she said. The sub-vocals nearly rumbled the floor.
“Ma’am, I’m sorry about all of this, but it was my idea to go have sex,” said the young man.
“Don’t lie to me. I can smell it. What is your name?” growled Ginny.
“Mark Sampson, ma’am. I go to college with Bitty and we really like each other,” he said.
“I don’t care how much you like her, the rules were explained to her and she broke them. What’s your parent’s phone number?” demanded Ginny. She was on a roll and neither Luc or Meg were getting in her way.
“Um… Its 354-4004,” said Mark.
Luc dialed the number into his phone and walked out of the room. Meg sat a cup of coffee next to Ginny and then retreated to her corner of the room.
“Bitty, you know the rules. You broke them. More seriously, you broke into your uncle’s house. Now, we are just going to sit here and wait until Mark’s parents get here,” she said and sat back with her coffee.
“Can we go get dressed Aunt Ginny?” asked Bitty.
“No. You just sit right there,” Ginny said.
Luc walked back into the room and took a sip of the coffee Meg had set on the table. “Your parents will be here in about twenty minutes,” he said. “By then, I hope that the two of you have something to say worth hearing.”
The five of them sat in the living room in silence. Bitty started to cry, but stopped when Ginny cleared her throat. Bitty wrapped the sheet around herself a bit tighter.
Mark just sat there, wondering what kind of a family this was, and how he got mixed up in this. “Geeze, all I wanted was to get laid, and now I have all this shit to deal with. Damn!” he thought to himself.
A knock on the door broke the silence. Luc answered it and brought Mark’s Dad into the room. Both men sat down. Mark’s Dad just shook his head at the sight of the two nearly naked teens.
“Hi, I’m David, Mark’s dad,” the man said and waited for someone to explain what was going on.
“Hello, I’m Ginny, Bitty’s aunt and this is her Uncle Luc and his wife Meg,” said Ginny. Everyone nodded hellos and waited for someone to speak.
“So, what do you have to say for yourselves?” asked Ginny.
“Ma’am, I’m sorry. We shouldn’t have broken into Bitty’s uncle’s house. I wasn’t thinking,” said Mark.