My Sister's Boyfriend

Chapter twenty-eight

It was christmas day, I haven't seen Danny in 2 days. I couldn't stop thinking about that night. I still couldn't believe it happened. It was snowing again today, the weather was so inconsistent. I was wearing a white sweater and some leggings. Every year on Christmas, the Lorene's would come over and eat christmas dinner and exchange gifts. Carol would always bring a big charcuterie board with cheese and salami and stuff. It was time for them to come in the door, they always came around 5:00. I was halfway down the stairs when I heard my mom say,
"They're here." I froze, I ran all the way back to my room and I quickly shut the door. I quickly fixed my hair and put some tinted chapstick on. I took a deep breath and then finally, I went downstairs. I stopped when I saw Danny, he was wearing light green shirt and some jeans. He stopped and looked at me he smiled and then suddenly my mom gave him a big hug. I walked all the way down and hugged Carol.
"Merry Christmas baby," she says kissing my forehead. Julianne hugged me too and signed Merry Christmas. Kaley walked down the stairs right after me in her black skirt and green christmas shirt. Her hair was striaght which was uncommon.
"Merry Christmas Carol," kaley says giving her a tight hug.
"Merry Christmas sweetie," she says handing her the charcuterie board. I catch Kaley on my peripheral vision walking to Danny. She goes in for a hug and she then pulls away,
"Merry Christmas Danny," she says. He makes eye contact with me and I walk away with an awkward expression. We all congaraminated in the kitchen eating and laughing. I went to go use the bathroom and suddenly I felt a pull on my arm. It was Danny,
"Hey," he says his hand still on my arm. I look around me hoping that no one was around.
"Hey," I answer back with a parenoid face. He goes in his pocket and pulls out a little box. I squint my eyes at it wondering what it was. He hands it to me. I open it and its a bracelet with a bunch of different charms on it. I smile at it and then look up at him,
"Thank you, this is so pretty," I say with a meaningful tone. He smiles knowing that I like it and then grabs it. He pulls it out of the box and takes my arm.
"You know, we can forget what happened two days ago if you want, I know our situation and how difficult it could be," he says while attatching the bracelet to my wrist. I look up at him with a sad look. I wanted to be his, I wanted to be his so bad, I wanted the label, when people looked at me I wanted them to know that we were together.
"Danny-" I say with an exhale.
"But again that doesn't change what I said," he says. I nod, I was greatful that he gave me that option but at the same time I didn't want to forget, it wasn't fair.
"I just think that it's not appropriate right now...considering..." I say quietly.
"I know..." Danny says. He grabs both of my hands and then says,
"Then we wont," he smiles again,
"But I will wait for you," he says then let's my hands go. He walks back and I felt like my heart was breaking. I wanted to go in there right now, in front of everyone and kiss him, hold him, claim him to be mine. No one was on my side, I should've known that it'd always be like this. The dinner was as good as always, Carol always prays before dinner, she always calls dibs. She usually aways prays for 5 minutes, I could hear my stomach growling. After the day was over we would usually chill in the living room with the fireplace. I would play MarioKart on the t.v with Julianne and Danny. Kaley would usually crochet on dad's old rocking chair. My mom and Carol would be sitting down chatting or watching us play. I remember Danny always winning MarioKart, I would get so upset only because I was so competitive. Danny and I kept glancing at each other, we couldn't help it. When they went home I couldn't stop thinking about him, I thought about what he told me and I thought about him and us. I wanted to see him. I went downstairs and I go into the kitchen. My mom was cleaning up.
"Hey mom I'm going to Carol's house for a minute okay?" I ask. My mom looks up and she says,
"Okay that's fine." Then I go out of the door and leave. I get to their door and I go inside quietly. Their house was a little bit smaller than ours. The living room had jade green walls and the couches were worn. The staircase was connected just like ours. I head upstairs and I hear Carol in her room humming her Christmas carols. I knock on Danny's door and he comes to answer it. His eyes lit up when he saw me. He pulls me inside and I laugh.
"What are you doing in here?" he asks with a smile. I shrug,
"I guess I just wanted to see you again," I say. He looks at me for a second and then he pats his bed to imply me sitting down. I go to sit down and I eyeball his guitar,
"Do you still play?" I ask. He looks over to the guitar and goes to grab it off of his wall.
"I haven't in a long time," he says sitting down in his rolly chair in front of me. I take off my shoes and pull up my knees to my chest. He starts strumming and then starts to play a song, which makes me fall in love even more. I couldn't stop smiling. The way he felt the music, it was like he was lost in the air. He looked up and saw me staring,
"Sorry..." he chuckles. I shake my head,
"No that was amazing, you should really play more," I say. He smiles proudly and then looks at his guitar,
"You want me to teach you a few strums?" he asks.
"Sure why not," I say as he get's up. He sits on his bed behind me and places his guitar in my hands. I place my hands randomly and he resets them.
"This hand here, and place these two fingers..." he manuevers my fingers to where they needed to go.
"And then this hand right here, perfect you're a natural," he says as I move my hand.
"I just moved my hand to the right place, how am I a natural?" I ask with a laugh. He laughs too. I start strumming and it sounds really bad.
"Ooh oh no," I say with embarrassment.
"That's okay, that happened only because this finger is supposed to hold this one down," he says while moving my finger to the right place. I felt him against my back and I feel the blush appear again but I try and shake it off.
"Okay now strum" he says letting off my hands. I strum it and it sounded so much better I was proud of myself. I start laughing and Danny says,
"See I told you you were a natural..." I stare into his eyes with a smile and then I drop my smile the look at his lips. We are just inches away from each other. He bucks his head towards my lips, but I pull away a little bit. It's  so hard to resist him, I think to myself. Suddenly I crave his kiss, I couldn't bare it anymore. I push my head up to his and he bucks down again, our lips meeting once again. I pull away slightly and we just gaze into each other's eyes with the biggest feeling I have ever had. We hear knocks and the door opening which makes us jump apart. It's Carol...She just stares at us with a blank expression, looking at both of us slowly. She puts a smile on and then asks,
"Kara, what are you doing here?" I stutter, I was never a good liar.
"I-uh-um I forgot to bring Danny something, he left his shirt at my house," I say while getting up from the bed. Danny nods with me and holds up a random crumpled shirt.
"Oh okay, well you know you're always welcome here," she says with a wink and before she closes the door she gives Danny a confused look. I sigh and then turn towards him.
"If we do this, no one can know, I'll be doomed for life, and you..." i say slowly while looking down.
"I know, we have to be careful but I'm willing to do it, for you," he says while grabbing my hand.
"This is crazy," I say while putting my hands on my head with frustration.
"What?" he asks.
"I never even thought that this would be possible. You belonged to Kaley and I was just your friend, and I hate to admit it but I have been crushing on you for the longest time," I rant.
"Kaley has nothing on you, Kara I can't help what my heart feels and neither can you, yes it might be very..meticulous and sneaky but I can't fake it," he says. I do a deep sigh and put my head down, I felt defeated.
"Hey, hey," he says as I picks my chin up.
"We can make this work, I want to make this work, do you?" he asks. I smile and then pull him down to my level to kiss him.
"Of course I do," and then we kiss again. I was his and he was mine, it was final. 9 years of crushing on him and my dreams finally come true.