"It's okay."
"He finds any little thing o-or reason to show criticism towards me in some way." She was getting a little stressed and tossed the trash bag she had on the floor and she looked at her watch and turned to him she said "You want to go see a movie before I have to go to work it's...we can catch the 6:30pm one if we hurry."
"Yeah"
"Let's go I will clean this place later, you would think she had a real party with the kids and everything."
She lead the way out the door and locked it and they began to walk to his car and he was just thinking when he asked "What do you do like you know to pay for college or whatever you know"
"I work at a bar at night, serving drinks and stuff like that." She shallowed hard telling this lie but she could not tell him here or now this was just not the time or place. He opened the door for her and she climbed in and him on the other as he started the car and said "And you go to school in the day"
"Yeah I go to school from 8:00am to about 5:00pm then I go home and spend time with Nancy from about 3 hours and then I work from 8:00pm until 4 or 5am in the morning get 3 or 4 hours of sleep start over again, crappy life huh."
"It doesn't sound to bad I mean it's not the best but it could be worst you know"
"Actually you have no idea."
At the movies she barely made it through the opening credits before she fell asleep in the comfort of his warm arms. He hated to wake her but had too. She fell asleep in the car on the way home but he felt he understood her situation. He walked her to her door and she still very sleeply invited him in and she yawned as she spoke "I know I have to get ready for work but I want to ask you something." she grabbed both his hands "What would make you or drive you or things you'd break up with a girl over?"
He had no idea why she was asking this or even where this question came from but he wasn't expecting it and really wasn't thinking about something like that at that time so he said "I don't know, but let's not talk about that, let's finish that kiss you started earlier."
"Okay"
And for the first time they kissed each other a moment she never wanted to end ever, at first it seemed it never would which would have been fine with her but it did and he said "Same time, Same place tomorrow"
She kissed him quickly ask she opened the door and she waved goodbye to him as he walked out.
*****
She was thinking about that kiss 4am that morning as she walked up the stairs that lead to her apartment when she heard a guy voice call her by her stage name and she turned shocked quickly growing nervous and scared "What are you doing here at my home?? Did you follow me??
"I just had to see you"
"You have no right to be here, leave now before I call the police" she yelled.
"Debra that's not....Don't"
She was really scared now "H-H-How do you know my name?
"I-"
"Leave Tim now leave"
"I can't every night I give you all my money." He began walking towards her. "I think I deserve a little-"
He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw her pull the small silver pistol out her bag and pointed it at him with much confidence she chocked out"I won't miss I swear."
"You're bluffing you little tramp." He began walking towards her and she fired the gun grazing his upper arm on purpose to get a mere scratch still pointing the gun at him she said "Do not play with me."
On that note the guy left she was still very nervous and scared as he turned and walked off, she went up and grab her books and things for the next day she didn't think it was safe to stay there that night so she grabbed her things and left. She was so happy her mother answered, she helped her inside. She helped her clean her face up and she placed her in bed next to her daughter who sleep but still must have known it was her cause she laid her head on her chest and fell asleep to the sound of her mother's now calm heart beat. The next morning Debra showered and went downstairs for breakfast, her father and daughter already gone, she sat at the breakfast bar and her mother stood before her and she said what Debra knew was coming "You need to stop dating that guy." her mother said as she sat her breakfast before her.
"Mom I-"
Her mother looked qucikly at her as she said "You are a stripper Debra with a 3 year old daughter and he's in one of the biggest singing groups in the world it won't work out." she said turning back to clean the breakfast dishes.
"It's not like I'm going to strip forever as soon as I graduate and find a job I will stop." she said trying to make the situation sound not so bad.
"You think that boy wants his reputation ruin by being the guy with stripper girlfriend." she said as she carried the other left over dishes to the sink.
"He's different from other guys, he's understanding and he's sweet and he's-"
Her mother cut her off as she added with her back turned to Debra "And rich and famous and you're a stripper he's going to dump you so fast."
"No he will not" she said trying more to convince herself more than her mother.
Her mother walked over and grabbed the last of the dishes from the table as she said "Just don't fall in love and don't let Nancy fall in live cause I don't want to see you both hurt."
All of a sudden she did not feel like eating. She grabbed her bag and walked over to her mother who was washing the dishes "I have to go I'll see you later" she kissed her mother cheek, then left thinking about what she had said but that evening when she saw him, she wanted to tell him but when she looked in his eyes and the thought of losing him entered, she pushed it away and decided she was going to wait she didn't know when but not now but she soon would come to learn she wouldn't have to tell him.