My Knight In Dark Armor

I can wish all I want

"Lina I'm so sorry, please don't tell mommy!!! We didn't mean it."

Henry and Johnny begin pleading with me but I don't hear much of it because they sound distant. I feel so dizzy on what ever I hit my head on that when I go to stand up I start to wobble. I was too dizzy to know what happened next, but I remember arms around my waist as I'm falling.

But it couldn't have been the boys? They wouldn't be able to handle my weight. In my dizziness the black spots surrounding my vision start to fade, I stand up properly.

Then I look up at whoever caught me and everything stopped. All I could think was holy mother of life.

A sea of obsidian hair down to his eyes, swept to the side of his face. The brightest blue eyes, like the ones you could stare at forever and never get lost. High cheek bones and a chiseled jaw; with a crooked nose probably broken from a long ago.

My mouth went dry as the Sahara desert. Sure there were hot guys at my school, but never had I seen a Greek God in my presents. I quickly snapped out of my haze after making a fool of myself.

"Oh my god, I am so sorry, the boys probably wanted to see who was at the door, and they just woke up from a nap so they have a lot of energy and they probably slid on the floor causing them not to stop and then run into me causing me to crash into you."

I kept on rambling till he spoke.

"Hey no big deal for me... I'm not the one with spaghetti covering all over me"

I give a confused look on my face and some strange embarrassing sound before looking down. If only I could I would hide.

He was right.

I looked down and found my shirt dripping with spaghetti down to the front porch steps was and. covering the entire section of the porch where my feet were.

"Well it could be worse."

I shyly admit, because I know for a fact that my devil little stepbrother had done worse. It's like he lives to torture me. One morning I woke up with my pillow being covered in honey and ants so they could stay still. It took me at least 2 weeks to stop itching and remove the honey from my sheets as well as the ants.

I hated it, and I got called poxy at school because I had "chicken pox." It was so embarrassing so having spaghetti poured on me isn't the worst I've been through. I looked back at him and smiled slightly.

"It's no big deal, I've gone through worse, and I'll live."

"Hey Michael!!" I yell in the entrance of the door.

"Ya Lina? Oh gosh what did Henry and Johnny do now?"

He replies with a frustrated groan. Smart kid. Probably thinking that he would get in trouble from his brothers behavior, but I will just say that it was my fault.

"Can you go to your moms closet and get me one of her t-shirts and a pair of her yoga pants in her workout clothing box please?"

Right now is one of those general moments when I'm grateful that my aunt is the same size in clothing as I am.

"Ya sure Lina, but after tell me what Henry and Johnny did please!"

He yelled back at me, and I could hear him shuffling through the boxes trying to find clothes for me. He is such a great kid, how did I get so lucky, to have a cousin as great as him? I turn back to the hot guy and sheepishly smiled at him before asking him questions.

"So what were you doing at my aunts house?"

"Umm well I'm the next door neighbor and my mom told me to bring over dinner, which is all over you now."

"OH ya my aunt told me about that, I guess it just slipped my mind being busy and all.

Umm tell your mom thanks for the dinner, but I think I will call delivery because I don't think the boys will want spaghetti ah la tee shirt."

He laughs at my failed joke and smiles.

"Are you sure? We have enough leftovers, and I can just bring you-"

"FOUND IT!!"

Michael yelled out interrupting the guy, and came running out to the front door.

"Thanks Mike, go up stairs and play with your brothers, tell them I will sort it out with Aunt Rena and that I will be up there in a few minutes."

Michael nods in understanding and walks back into the house after handing me the clothes with his brothers in tow.

"Umm do you want to come in? It will only take me a few minutes for me to change and put the clothes in the sink for now. The washers won't come until tomorrow."

"Umm sure, ya I guess, and my name is Ethan Reynolds."

He walks in the door following me and I stop to close and lock the door.

"Well Ethan Reynolds, my name is Evelina Roman."

I officially shook his hand before I told him I would be right back to change. I walked into the bathroom and striped out of my spaghetti-covered clothes and changed into the crush soda logo shirt and the yoga pants Michael had gotten for me.

I walked back out with my dirty clothes to the kitchen and Ethan followed me. He watched me put the clothes into the sink after I filled it with detergent. I drowned the clothes for a little bit before I just let it sit and walked out to the living room to talk with Ethan.

For about half an hour we talked. We talked about everything, including both of our likes, dislikes, hobbies and school activities/classes. And for half an hour more I was being put under the spell heavier and heavier. He was amazing and perfect, but not mine.

With my life I won't ever get a chance too.

"Mom" and "Dad" probably wouldn't allow me to see him again in fear of him finding out.

We talked about everything and anything we could. He gave me detail of what he liked most though. We discussed certain fantasy books, the latest movies, and siblings; he didn't have any, the world including politics in this age of economy, and anything about each other that we could.

He's funny, sarcastic, nice, kind of a nerd but it's covered up by the bad boy style he has. The only thing I really want is to get to know him better, but I can't do that to him. He would get hurt badly by my past and present that he would shun me.

My depressing train of thought was interrupted when he asked his last question in our 20 questions game. I found out that he would be going to the same high school as me, but that sucks because then he will find out what a loser I am.

"My last question is, if you would like to hang out with me again, but without the boys to babysit."

I had to think about the question. I wouldn't be able to answer it properly unless I wanted to give away some of my home life, so I just lied to him. I don't usually tell lies unless it's to protect someone, but this had to have been the lie I regretted most.

"Umm I'm sorry, the only time I come over here is to watch the boys, and my parents don't really let me out because they want me to get into a top university. Don't get me wrong I would love to, but I can't, and I think it's also time for me to go back to watching the boys too. Thanks for coming over with the spaghetti."

I nervously walked him to the door and said goodbye.

"Well then I will just have to convince you to go out with me at school."

He walked away with a smirk on his face after telling me eventually he would get me. I wish it were that simple but I won't let him screw up him life just to be involved in mine.

"Well I guess I will just have to avoid him in the halls."

I thought to myself, and decided to go with that plan. After all it's my like he would want to be seen hanging around me at school. I shook off my attitude and put a fake smile on my face to go play with the boys.

I guess I can wish all I want but I will never have my happy ending.