My Brother's Best Friend (Completed)

Chapter 16

"We need to tell him soon. I know he's going to be more upset the more we wait. I know you're worried about what he's going to say, but at this point I no longer care. I need to tell him. He is my brother, and I care about him. You are his best friend, and I hope you understand that we need to tell him. It has been a week and a half since we have discussed this. I have even given you an extra few days to think about things. But we need to tell him within the next few days."

Shaw looked at me, and sighed.

"Hadley, I have had the best week and a half of my life. I don't want to tell him. I am enjoying my life so much. Hanging out with him during the day, and coming to hang out with you at night. I don't want to hurt him. I know it will completely destroy him if I tell him. I wish we could just keep this a secret for the rest of our lives. Just me and you, forever."

"Yeah, but that's the thing we can't keep this a secret! Say we did, how would I explain me randomly getting married, or me randomly getting pregnant? How would that ever work out? And I wish you would just understand what I am going through. He is my brother, he may not have liked me for the past 15 or so years of my life, but he is still my brother. I still love and care about him. And I know he loves and cares about me."

"I know you wanna tell him, and somewhat so do I. But not right now. I don't think it's a good time. I say we just wait another month or so."

I got out of bed, and started pacing back-and-forth in the room. I was getting extremely stressed out, and I can no longer deal with the stress of not telling him. It was killing me. I turned back toward the bed, and shook my head. I was no longer going to wait. I was going to tell him tomorrow, that it would be final.

"I guess you don't wanna hurt him, but we need to tell him! I'm going to tell him that I wanna meet him for lunch. And you were going to join us. We are going to go to a public place, and speak about it. We are going to tell him whether you like it or not."

He didn't say anything, but he only nodded. He understood that I was finally done with hiding our relationship. We got totally closer over the past week and a half, and I could tell that I was destined to be with him. The small crush that I now consider small that I had had him with for the past five years with no longer a crash, I could tell that I was extremely in love with him.

I made you love sick girl, but clearly I have fallen for him already. He was amazing, and he treated me right. Yes I was upset because he didn't want to tell Levi, but I knew it wasn't because he didn't want to tell anybody about us, it was because he was worried how Levi would react.

But before we told Levi, I knew I wanted to discuss one more thing with him. The other week and a half I couldn't stop thinking about what Katrina had said to me. It boggles my mind completely. Yes it upset me, and I couldn't stop thinking about it. I didn't want it to drive a wedge between me and him. I also planned to speak to Katrina after I spoke to Shawabout it. I figured we could truly talk to each other and I wanted my best friend back.

"So, before we do anything tomorrow I want to talk to you about something that has been on my mind the past week and a half. I guess I should tell you what Katrina said to me, since I figured you deserve to know since it involves you. And I figured we shouldn't keep secrets between us. And I have missed my best friend and I want to speak to her again. But I know she doesn't support us, so I want her to. I want her to understand how much I love and care about you. I want her to be happy for us. So I need to discuss this with you. With her in me were in the room together, she told me that you used me for sex. But she damn well knew that you knew that Levi would hate you if you slept with me. But you didn't care, and that you were a shitty friend to him. I'll tell you what I think, I think that you were a shitty friend. You could've had any girl in the world, but you chose me. I still can't seem to understand and wrap my mind around why you chose me. But I'm happy that you did. She told me that you were an asshole, and that I was stupid for even liking you in the first place. I got upset, and I saw it. So I went after her. I deeply regret it, but I was just upset. I wanted to discuss this with you, and see how you felt about it."

"I guess I truly don't have any feelings toward if I'm being honest. I mean I'm not upset, but I do understand where she's coming from. It doesn't seem right, and I don't seem like a good friend. Yes I am a shitty friend for sleeping with my best friend's little sister. One he has heated his entire life. Except within the past few months. I hate myself for it, but I do not regret anything for a second. I can see your true connection with you, more than I've ever felt with anybody else. I'm so happy that I am with you, and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you. We've only been together for a short time, but I can tell that I have felt like I've known you for my entire life. Even though I have, I felt like we have been much closer than we truly have. My entire life I have known that I've always liked you. I never told you that, but it is true. I remember playing football, and I always remember looking into the stands waiting to see you. I love your little smile, and your little laugh. If I'm being totally honest I knew that you had a crush on me, but not extreme as I had one. My entire teenage years I have always used other girls because I could not get the one that I truly wanted. And I hate myself for liking you."

I never truly knew he felt that way, he never told me. I was glad that I finally knew. It was a shock to me but I was also extremely happy to know that he had felt the same way when we were younger. It didn't make me the happiest that I knew that he would use other girls because he couldn't get me, but at least I knew the truth. He made me happy to know that at least.

"I'll tell Levi that I want to speak to him tomorrow at a café. You will join us. I will not tell him that you were coming, but you will be there with me. And the following day I will speak to Katrina. All hoping that goes well."

Shaw nodded.

All I could do is sit and wait, I wasn't sure what was going to happen tomorrow. I was hoping that everything would work out, but I wasn't 100% sure. I wasn't sure how Levi would feel about this. I knew he would hate me, and resent me. I knew that. But I wasn't sure if he would make Shaw break up with me or not. I knew Shaw would, and I respect that. I only want Levi to be happy, but I also wanna be with the guy I love.





The Next Day

Luckily Levi had agreed to the lunch. I just told him that I wanted to hang out with him, and have a good lunch. I was now waiting in the café with Shaw.

"Oh my God, I'm losing my mind. I wish you would hurry up, I can't wait anymore. He kept asking me what I was doing today, but I only ignored him." Shaw said.

I could tell he was extremely nervous, as was I. I wasn't sure how this was going to go. I wasn't sure of how I was even going to tell him. Last night I was rehearsing everything, but I only sounded like a bitch, and a whore the entire time. So I decided to scrap all that, and speak from the heart. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but I was hoping for the best.

Just as he said that, Levi walked in.

He seemed shocked as he noticed both Shaw and I were there. But he only sat down, and had a smile on his face.

"So...What's going on here? I thought it was just me and you Hadley? And you told me that you were not doing anything today. What happened to that?" Levi asked us.

"Well, we wanted to tell you something. And please do not be pissed off, I guess you have every right to be there. We've been keeping this for me for a little while, and I hate myself for keeping it from you." I said.

Levi looked at me and sighed.

"Before you say anything, I'm pretty sure what's going on. But before I say anything about what I think is going on, do tell me."

If I was totally honest, I did hope that he knew what was going on. This would allow him more time to think. Maybe he wouldn't be as upset.

"Shaw and I are dating..."