My birthday meant Allison's birthday would be three months later. That was the big eighteenth for her too and we were anxiously awaiting it. There were many loving glances back and forth between us, knowing the time was coming to consummate our relationship. Our parents knew about our promise to each other and we could see that they had mixed opinions about it. On the one hand they knew we would get physical even if we weren't married, but on the other hand they knew that when we did we would both be adults and they had no say in the matter. We still had our parent talks about birth control and responsibilities, etc., which was to be expected