Chapter 01: Brad Confesses
(I promise if you allow me to finish this story you will be happy with the outcome for all parties involved. I love this story and it seems to take on a life of itself when I start to write. It is my hope that you enjoy it, vote for it, and continue reading.
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"Hang on just a sec." I said to Brad as I grabbed some clean underwear and a pair of dress pants and put them on. Walking to the door I was dreading this conversation. Knowing that this was going about the great news he had. When I opened the door he almost knocked me down to get in.
"We need to talk little brother." He said with a severe look on his face.
Trying to think back I knew that Jen and I had been quiet and that he did not hear us. At least I didn't think so. "What's up Brad?" Dreading the answer.
"I asked Jen to marry me last night and she said yes." He said looking at his shoes. What am I supposed to say to that?
"Well isn't that what you wanted?"
"If you had asked me that 6 months ago I would have said yes, but not now."
Now he had my full attention. "What do you mean? I heard you two last night and this morning. Didn't sound like you had any doubts then bro." Brads' face actually turned red.
"I didn't say that I had doubts about fucking her. I just don't know if I still love her in the same way."
Holy shit....Is he serious. "What brought this on? Have you met someone else?" I said laughing, but Brad did not laugh. "Are you serious? When? Where? You have been in Iraq for fifteen months."
"Shut up Seth." Brad said running his hand over his head.
"She is the medic in my unit and..... I love her. I love her in a way that I have never felt for Jennifer. Don't get me wrong. I love Jen but not in the same way. Man we were kids when we got together and she was all that I had known until I met Jami."
Brad was blowing my mind, how am I going to handle this. "Why in the hell did you ask her to marry you then stupid?"
"I got caught up in the moment and I didn't want to hurt her. She was so happy to see me and my god Seth I forgot what it was like to fuck her." I wanted to punch him in the mouth, but didn't think that would help my cause any.
"Brad you have to tell her. You can't let her tell everyone and then dump her!" I said a little too excited, but not only was this the best news I had heard I didn't want Jen to be embarrassed.
"Let me ask you something. Something that might make this easier for the both of you." Not knowing how to tell him about me and Jen I thought I might try this first. "What if Jen has met someone else?" Brad looked at me like I had just shot him. Maybe this was not the way to go with this.
"Then why in the hell would she say yes Seth? Why would she fuck me all night, like she hadn't had any since I left?"
"I am just asking, what if?"
Brad sat on the edge of the bed for what seemed hours but was only a few seconds. "That would make me feel a lot better. That I hadn't hurt. I do care about her. What am I going to do? I need to stop her before she goes down stairs. Mom and dad are already up."
"Brad I need to tell you something..."
"Hey guys you ready to go down?" Jen asked through the bathroom door.
"Just a minute Jen, will you wait in your room a sec and I'll be right there." Brad said through the door.
"What did you want to say Seth, hurry up I need to talk to Jen." Brad started to walk towards the door.
"Just wait a minute Brad, let me get Jen. We all need to talk."
Walking through the bathroom to get Jen was the longest walk I had ever taken. I opened her door without knocking and there she sat on her bed trying not to cry. "Hey Jen, come on we need to talk to Brad, he is in my room." I could see the fear on her face. As she came closer to my side she whispered, "Does he know?"