We broke apart after a few minutes and I stared at him. “Chris….” I said. “Yes?” He replied, refusing to make eye contact. “What was that?” I whispered. “Yeah Chris, what the FUCK was that exactly?” We both jumped as Mike’s voice ripped through the air. Suddenly, there was a deadly silence. I was still stunned by the kiss and even more by the fact that we had been caught.
Chris calmly stood up and said, “Mike, I’m sorry that this happened and that you had to see me kissing your little sister. But you can’t deny the fact that you knew I had some feelings for her. I know you could tell. It was pretty obvious, no lie. But as your best friend, I know catching feelings for your little sister is the worst, possible thing that could happen. But I can’t help it. You can’t help who you like….but I’m sorry Mike. I’m so sorry. I don’t want this to mess up our friendship, you know what I’m sayin?”
Michael stared at him. He didn’t say anything, just stared. For a good 5 minutes, that’s all that happened. No one spoke. Suddenly, he started towards Chris, his eyes locked on him. Chris started to back up slightly. “Mike NO!” I yelled at him. But the thing is, he wasn’t going for Chris. He walked straight past him and grabbed my arm. “Mike what are you doing!?” I yelled. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me close. “We need to talk. Now.” He whispered in my ear.
I followed him up the steps and into his room. We sat down on his bed, his face in his hands. He took a deep breath and sighed, finally looking up at me. “You caught feelings for my nigga?” He asked, his voice hoarse, so I knew he was on the verge of tears. “I-I don’t know Mike. I’m confused right now….I definitely have some feelings for him…but if you don’t want me to pursue those feelings, I won’t. Out of respect for you, I won’t, Mike.” I said quietly. “Nah man, that’s not right. I can’t cut off a good potential relationship because I’m selfish. You do what you wanna do. Honestly. It’s your call.” He said. I smiled slightly and hugged him. He hugged me back and we just sat there. “Go on down there and talk to Chris, I’m going to bed.”
I walked down the stairs to see Chris, still sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. I sat down next to him, putting a slight distance between us. He looked up slowly. “What’d he say?” He questioned. I told him the details of the entire conversation, not leaving anything out. He smiled slightly, “You have feelings for me?” I laughed. “I mean, shit, I’ve always sorta had feelings for you….I just never acted on them….” I said. “You wanna act on ‘em now?” He said, winking. “Depends. Whatcha got in mind, Christopher?” He scooted closer, grabbing my hands. “Nicole, I’ve liked you for a while, I’m not gonna lie. And it’s taken me till now to grow the balls to ask you this but…..will you be my girlfriend?” He asked, nervously. “Yes, Chris” I smiled. He grinned at me and hugged me tight.
