Little DinoStar

Chapter 4 Together

Everyone still had their eyes on Brooklyn, and it was like Darius's were glued onto her. But he looked away when he felt a hand on his shoulder and saw Yaz standing next to him.

"Get over there papa," She pushed his shoulder and he stumbled forward a bit but his mind didn't really register the stumble as it did hearing the word, papa, which would soon bring a whole new meaning. Rubbing a hand on the nape of his neck, Darius walks over towards Brooklyn. Ben quietly moves away from Brooklyn and leaves the spot open for Darius. Sammy and Yaz give a small but warm smile towards the two and begin to leave with Ben in tow.

"Come on man," Ben calls out towards Kenji as he remains by Brooklyn side, but she didn't look in his direction when she noticed Darius sitting next to her which drew her attention to him. Kenji felt a tight pain in his chest when he saw them together and then looked down at the small growing life inside Brooklyn.

"Nah man...I-I think I'll stay here,"

"Come on Kenji, this is their baby, not ours," Yaz said, pulling him up the stairs by the ear. Respectively the statement got the two teens to turn a bright shade of red.

Sitting there for what felt like hours were really just a few seconds. Both teens fidgeted and were too shy to say a word about their...unique situation.

"You don't have to y'know," Brooklyn mumbled, the comment barely passed by Darius before he could register what she had meant by those words. And it made his chest tighten to even think about, but he still asked just to be sure that's what she had meant.

"What do you mean by that?" She fidgeted in place before responding.

"I mean that if you don't want to be involved then...you don't have to be. Besides, it might be better that way since we don't even know if we'll even be friends after we leave the island."

Hearing those few simple words had rocked Darius to the core and he couldn't help but feel hurt that she would think that. Although her reason was logical, the idea of leaving Brooklyn and his child had caused a new type of pain to rise in his chest that caused him more pain than anything before.

"Brooklyn...I will never leave you. I'll always try to be by your side, and I'm not saying it because of the baby but because I care about you Brooklyn...and maybe more than just a friend," Darius puffed out his chest a bit to make himself look confident, but his heart was pounding inside and he couldn't believe what he had just said. Turning his head around and covering his red face with his hands he groaned out of the embarrassment he was feeling. Darius just wanted to go to the kanoe caves and stay there till it was time to get off that stupid island. But his heart raced even higher when he heard a giggle come from Brooklyn. Moving his fingers to see from the corner of his eye he saw Brooklyn giggling, but he also saw a few tears run down her cheek. Almost out of impulse Darius leaped from his seat and stood in front of Brooklyn. Kneeling on one knee he placed his hands on her lap to lean on so he could get a closer look of her face and see if anything was hurting her.

"Brooklyn what's wrong?" His voice cried out in a bit of a panic, being a bit dramatic for the event at hand. Calming down Brooklyn wiped her cheek with the wrist of one of her hands.

"You're a dork, you know that dino nerd?" Brooklyn cheerfully says as she gives Darius a warm smile. The smile Darius saw just completely melted him and he couldn't help but at least give a few chuckles at the remark.

"I know...but what do you say super star? Would you...be my girlfriend?" Darius felt his face heat up again from embarrassment but that all melted away when she replied with a kiss on the lips. Closing their eyes they each push against each other as the kiss deepens for a few minutes. Pulling apart they both gasp for air as they lean against each other's forehead. Turning and pulling Darius from the floor to the couch they both face each other but when Darius tries to place his lips on Brooklyn's he is stopped by her index finger.