*** Disclaimer: Everyone in this story is over 18 years of age. All characters in this story are fictional and any sexual behavior is consensual.
Emily's White Guilt
Written By: MostHated
She had come to hate watching the news, but found that she was somehow unable to stop. There was another story featured that questioned the validity of a Black man that had been shot by police after fleeing the scene of a robbery. The police officer had been placed on administrative leave while the shooting was investigated, but that seemed like too little.
"I wish we could take guns away from the police! I'm so sick of this kind of thing always happening." She sighed, and pushed herself more tightly against her boyfriend Kevin. He had a way of just always being there for her. She liked having physical contact with him as it made her feel like they were truly together, like they could face anything that came their way.
"Well, I wish there was a way to stop crime without having to use guns. Although if someone kidnapped you or something, I'd hope the police would have guns if they knew where to rescue you." Kevin said as he snuggled into Emily, she was his life and they had been together since their senior year of high school. While he hated that the police had shot someone, and again it seemed like it was another Black person that had been killed, he realized that taking away the guns from police was a terrible idea.
Emily let out a smaller sigh, she loved Kevin deeply but sometimes it felt like he wasn't really seeing the bigger picture. Maybe she'd develop a headache before he got too handsy. She huffed a bit, then pulled herself to her feet from her sofa and went to the bathroom.
Kevin had been looking for the right time to propose, but Emily had seemed distracted so often lately, the last thing he wanted to do was ask her to marry him and she answered one way or the other, without having a clear head. No, he'd wait for another day, maybe they'd make plans for a picnic this weekend.
As Emily returned to the sofa, she glanced at the framed painting of Gandhi on her wall with the beginning of one of his famous quotes below it 'Be the change...'
It was as if somehow her entire life had been tallied up, and she was found wanting. A flood of memories rushed into her brain, the friends that she'd had all of her life that had dwindled until none remained, there had only been Kevin, dependable Kevin. She had replaced the void left by the friends that had gotten on with their lives, found other friends, or simply gotten tired of Emily's constant crying about how unfair the world was, and simply stopped dealing with her.
Her new friends were all online now, and they loved her. The fact that Kevin grumbled a bit about her spending more time posting on forums, and replying to threads seemed childish to her, if he really loved her, he wouldn't want to monopolize all of her time, although she had to admit that her manager had caught her wildly tapping away on her phone at work on a few occasions and warned that the next time, she'd be given a written warning.
But there was something almost addicting about spending all of her hours online, posting and replying. Besides, she reasoned that this was much cheaper than shopping.
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"Kevin, I wanted to talk to you about something very important." Emily said as she sat on the colorful blanket she had spread on the ground. They were enjoying a picnic at a local park, and the weather was perfect. Emily had been consumed with that painting and the message, she had to stop simply standing on the sidelines, she had to make something of her life, and make a difference and if Kevin really loved her, he'd stand by her and this decision she had arrived at.
"Oh? That's interesting, I've also got something pretty important I'd like to discuss as well." He answered and imagined that whatever it was Emily needed to discuss would pale in comparison to the question he'd ask her today.
"Okay, well let me go first," She teased with a smile "you know how upset I've been while watching the news. I feel helpless just seeing the injustice in the world and I realized that I'm not doing anything to improve things. That painting on my living room wall gave me what I needed, the kick in the butt to actually work to make a change. So I'm going to volunteer at one of the inner-city outreach programs. I've chatted about it with my friends, and they all agreed it's a good idea, besides you wouldn't believe how many likes my post got!" She finished excitedly.
"Volunteering, like how?" Kevin asked. He imagined her boxing up donated food items, or playing with children in a day-care while their parents toiled away in some low-paying job and earned barely enough to survive. He didn't really mind as long as Emily was safe.
"I think I'm going to be working with another volunteer and we'll be doing welfare checks on the older people that live in those neighborhoods. We just want to make sure they're okay, and that they have food, things like that." She explained, she had almost a glow about her, she knew it wasn't much, but it was so much more than sitting on the sofa and getting mad at the news.
Kevin considered what she had said, and imagined that it must be safe, although he could easily picture some dangerous neighborhoods that he didn't want his girlfriend in, regardless of checking in on old people.
"I'm going to start Monday, after work. I told them I could work weeknights, that way I'd have the whole weekend to spend with you." She said, the smile she gave him hoped that he would understand. The couple had spent much more than just weekends together, but she knew Kevin, and she knew that he'd understand.
"Every night?" Kevin asked, counting down in his head to calm himself and not take an 'aggressive tone' with her. Surely she didn't intend to spend five nights a week checking in on old poor people.
"It will make our weekends even more special." She said sweetly. Kevin was upset, she could tell, but she knew he'd calm down. Besides, she reasoned that if he really loved her, he'd know this was important to her, and he'd support her decision.
"Well it sounds like you've made up your mind, I just want to make sure you're safe." He said, and as was his way, for the millionth time, he wondered if other women were like Emily.
"I really need this Kevin, and I knew you'd support me. Okay, what did you want to talk about?" She asked, and grabbed his hand and gave it a squeeze.
"Aw, nothing." he said and rolled his shoulders a bit. "It sure is a nice day."
They finished their picnic, and then went back to Emily's apartment. Kevin surprised her when he said that he had a headache, and wanted to go back to his own apartment, and that he'd call her the following day. Emily imagined it must have been a major headache, because Kevin had never turned down an opportunity to have sex, and they almost always had sex on the weekends.
Kevin returned home, and called one of his best friends. Unlike Emily, Kevin still had a good number of friends in his life that weren't just online handles and thumbs-up buttons.
"Dude, you already know what my advice is." Cal said as he sat across the table at the bar they were sharing a few beers at.
"I'm not breaking up with her Cal." Kevin said while shaking his head.
"You've been together for so long, you don't see how fucked up things are between the two of you." Cal answered, taking a final swig of his beer, and nodding to the pretty server for another round.
"Oh yeah? Who would be better for me?" Kevin asked semi-seriously as he too finished his beer in time for the server to return with two ice-cold replacements.
"Theoretical question, if my friend here asked you out, what would you say?" Cal asked the server, who raised her eyebrows, and then looked at Kevin with a 'not-fucking-around' expression.
"You're asking?" She said, and folded her arms in front of her very generous tits.
Kevin was caught off-guard, but decided to play along, just for fun.
"Yeah, I'm asking."