Yes, funeral. All in all, it was understandable that he felt this way. For goodness sake, his girlfriend had hung herself only minutes before he found her.
Minutes too late.
**********
There was a knock on the door.
"Hey, Ike?" came Babsie's voice.
"Yeah, come in." Isaac mumbled.
Babsie walked in to find Isaac slumped over his bed in nothing but his boxers. He had hardly come out of his room in days. She sat next to him.
"You know, you can't stay in here forever." She said at last.
"Try me."
She paused for a moment. Then, Babsie being Babsie, she straddled him and started giving him a massage.
"What the..." he began.
"Oh shut up." Babsie replied good-naturedly. "And don't you dare deny you feel a hard-on coming."
Isaac didn't reply. She was right after all...
And for the next little while they just started talking. Talking about nothing, meaningless topics. Everything from ingrown toenails to 60's rock 'n' roll to marriage.
"You don't want to get married because of the responsibility?" Isaac repeated. "Yeah, sure Babsie. Pull the other one it plays Jingle Bells."
Babsie laughed.
"So are you gonna tell me the real reason or not?" he asked.
"Only if you promise not to tell anyone else. It's kinda embarrassing." Babsie replied after a moments' pause. "I haven't even told Rita."
"Embarrassing? Oh this should be good. I was beginning to think nothing embarrasses you."
"Well, this is the only thing. See, ya, if I got married, I'd like to have heaps of kids right? I mean, I'm not gonna be able to do it forever so, why not? But uhh, I'm kinda scared of getting pregnant."
Isaac was quiet. Then he burst out laughing.
"Hey man, don't laugh! All sorts of things can go wrong you know. And not just to the kid either I might add."
"Yeah, I know, it's just..." Isaac stifled his giggles. "It's just weird that's all. But I guess I should learn to expect that from you."
"Oh shut up. And what are you afraid of? Hmm?"
**********
A half an hour or so later...
"What on earth?" asked Taylor as the front door slammed shut.
"Yeah! Run away! See if I care!" Isaac yelled from the stairs.
There was a stunned silence.
"Nice boxers Ike." Zac commented.