Afterwards

I trembled as I lay there after
With my head on your bare chest,
Your arm around my shoulders
I listen to your slow, steady breathing
Wondering what you're thinking about
As you lay by my side
Trying to think of what I was going to do.
Dad kicked me out. Mom's not talking to me.
Why won't they just understand that we're teenagers
and people make mistakes?
They made the same mistake
When they were in high school.
They don't get it.
Just because they decided to get married
And have a horrible life of arguing and finally getting divorced
Doesn't mean that I want to end up having five husbands
And getting divorced so many times.
I can't take it.
They don't understand that
Maybe I don't want to get married to him.
Maybe I think that we could have a nice life
Without having to get married.
People have children out of wedlock all the time
And they turn out just fine.

"Hey" he said as he woke up. "You okay?"
I looked up into his beautiful blue eyes.
"Yeah" I said not wanting to tell him the truth. "I'll be fine."