Destined for Love

Twenty two

"Don't smile at me like that" I coo. Corbin accidentally woke me up a little over an hour ago when he got up to pee. We've sat in the same position since his return. Sleeping in his arms made me feel like a butterfly in a cocoon.

"Like this?" His smile returns as he twiddles with my hair. "Yes like that" I reply while admiring his perfect smile. "You know we still have to go out there" he reminds me. I'm not stalling the inevitable I'm simply wasting time until I'm forced to.

"I know and we will just not yet" I stall further. I grab at his sides trapping him in. "That's not fair" he says groaning. I squeeze harder. "Life's not fair, get used to it" I respond with a fake attitude.

We sit here for another hour before I finally stop stalling. "I think I'm ready now" I stammer. "Are you sure?" He hums under me. "No" I'm not ready for the shit show that will be happening when they see us walk down together.

I pry myself from him and jump off the bed. "You coming?" I turn to him as he's still sitting in bed.

He doesn't respond but rolls over to my side and stands beside me. I look up to him with a smile and a nod. "Here goes" he says grabbing my hand and sending me his best smile.

Walking down the long staircase I hear everyone in the kitchen talking and laughing. My heart stops. I pull him closer and squeeze his hand a little tighter. "It's ok" he says under his breath as we reach the end of the stairs.

As we walk through the archway of the kitchen Mel's eyes land on our hands. "No fucking way" her eyes grow wide and everyone else around the counter looks at us. "Good morning" I force out.

"Yeah, good morning Katherine" Raven's voice ridden with sarcasm. I look up to Corbin to see if he's reacting to any of this, his face is straight but blood has rushed to his cheeks.

"Whys is everyone so quiet" Vincent walks out of the downstairs bathroom oblivious to the bomb we just dropped. "Have a look for yourself" Draven sounds beside Mel whose eyes are still fixed on us.

Vincent looks dead on us and his lips turn into an unexpected smile. "I knew it. Good job buddy" he says walking up to Corbin and patting him on the back. My hand is freed from Corbin's as he walks to the fridge for water.

I sit down next to Raven. "So are either of you going to explain or not?" Mel pushes. I look to Corbin being I have no idea what to say. "There's nothing to explain what is, is, and what's going to be will be" he states perfectly explaining.

Mel looks to me for reassurance to his words I send her a nod and a smile. The room finally feels lighter when she returns the same gesture.

"Okay now that we've settled that where are we going to breakfast?" A hungry-looking Vincent says from the fridge.

"Actually I can help with that" Corbin says and I instantly know exactly where we are going. The diner. Yum.

"Car leaves in 30" Draven chimes in before walking up to his room. Everyone else follows suit except him and I.

Corbin's eyes meet mine. He walks toward me. "Told you it would be just dandy" he says grabbing my chin and pulling me into a quick kiss.

Did he just use the word dandy? Weird. "We're going to the diner?" I ask hoping I already know the answer.

"Duh" he rolls his eyes sarcastically and brings me to my feet. "We have 30 minutes to catch our ride I have to get dressed" I state pushing his chest.

"We can take my car I'll send them the address, take your time". Thank god I don't have to rush I'm hungover and tired. I move up the stairs to Raven's room.

I open the door and it's quiet. Too quiet. "What?" Their silence is weird they always have something to say. "So you're dating him?" Mel boldly asks. "I don't know yet, we're just hanging out right now"

I still haven't thought about my feelings for him at least not in depth I know I have feelings. But the label of a relationship is too much to think about right now.

"Okay. What are we wearing?" Mel changes the subject giving me peace of mind that she is trying to accept my new "friend".

"I was thinking about wearing that knitted blue sweater with the hearts from Raven's closet and my white spandex shorts."

"Cute, I'm going to wear that one white dress of Raven's" she says walking right into the closet and throwing me the sweater. What a saint.

"Raiding my closet I see" Raven states walking out of her bathroom. "Let's remember most of those clothes are our clothes" I laugh.

I get dressed in the guest room putting on my white sneakers. In walks Corbin.

"You're already dressed. That must be a record of sorts" he remarks. "At least one of us is dressed you don't even have a shirt on" I retort gesturing to his naked chest.

He slips into Dravens bedroom before quickly coming back fully dressed in a white shirt and blue shorts. The opposite of me. "You're matching me?" I question if he did it purposely.

"This was all I could find" he lies. "Right, are you ready?" I'm starving and in need of Margot's food. "Yes ma'am" he grabs his keys and tilts his head towards the door beckoning for me to follow him. And I do.

He opens the door for me like a gentleman. I sit in my seat and immediately plug my phone into the aux starting my playlist. Keeping it on low volume.

"What do you think was going through their heads when we came down?" I want to know if the boys said anything but I don't know how to ask. The girls didn't seem very blown away by the situation I mean initially Mel was but it's Mel.

"They were definitely surprised, but who wouldn't be? Don't take this the wrong way but I used to go from girl to girl and now I'm holding your hand in the kitchen and giddy and smiley all the time. It's not like me" he explains reaching his hand over the center console and placing it on my leg.

"Are you saying I make you giddy?" I poke. "Kat you do way more than make me giddy, you make my heart race, my face red and my feet feel weak beneath me." His words make my body melt into liquid.