My Best Friend's Sister

Chapter 8

"Matt, I don't see why you're getting so angry with me. I just don't want you to be with my sister."

I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. That comment made me want to roll my eyes and laugh in Liam's face. Seriously? I may have the hots for Hannah, and maybe she feels the same way, but it's not like we're together. We're just friends, and that's ok. So why isn't it ok with Liam?

I placed my hand on Liam's shoulder. "Liam, you need to trust me when I say this. Ok?"

He looked at me skeptically.

I gulped, choosing my words carefully. I didn't want to tell him that I like Hannah, and I didn't want to tell him that we were never going to happen, because honestly I wasn't sure if we were going to happen but hey stranger things have happened.

"Liam, I would never hurt Hannah. She's your sister, and you're my best friend. Do you really think that I would do something like that to you, or to her?" I asked. Liam looked up at me and smiled sadly.

He sighed and scratched his neck. "I'm sorry Matt, it's just growing up, I never got to be the big brother Hannah deserved. And now that she's here, and our parents aren't, I just want to look out for her. I don't want to see Hannah hurt. And as much as I love you, I can't overlook anything. She's my baby sister, you know."

I nodded in understanding. Of course Liam would be that overprotective big brother now, because he never got to be when they were growing up. Liam only ever got to see his sister on special occasions. Otherwise, he was with his dad and she was with her mom. He just wanted to be close to her, but now that they're grown up, the only thing he can really do is watch out for her so she doesn't get hurt. How were they supposed to bond now that they were grown up? She's a girl, he's a guy, and they have different interests. I knew what Liam meant, and I respected him for that. I may have a strong attraction towards Hannah, but Liam has been my best friend since we were in diapers. I couldn't hurt him like that.

But I really did like Hannah...

And she might even like me. Who knows? I did overhear her and AJ's conversation the other night. Sure, I'm not sure who was doing the talking, but a big part of me was hoping it was Hannah. And an even bigger part of me was hoping she was talking about me.

But where would that leave Liam and I? He made it pretty clear that he didn't want any of us guys dating Hannah for fear that she would get hurt. But I wouldn't hurt her. I couldn't hurt her. Besides, I never really said I wasn't going to date her. He told us not to persue her, but what if she persues me? And also, I just said I wouldn't hurt her. I never said I wouldn't date her.

Oh, who am I kidding? A girl like that, with a guy like me? Only in my wildest dreams. Even if she asked me out, most of me wanted to say yes, but then the little voice in my head would scream no, because of Liam.

After Liam and I talked, we went back to the living room where the rest of the gang was. We had our conversation in the basement. I'm not going to go through all the details of Liam and I's conversation, but let's say the first few minutes it wasn't pretty. There was a lot of yelling. Most of it was from Liam, but I did throw some pretty choice words his way as well.

"Hey guys, welcome back," Randy said. "Party's just begun. Let's hit the Demand button and see what movies are in."

Liam and I both took a seat. Liam had calmed down a bit, but still he made a bee-line to the empty spot by Hannah before I could, glaring at me as he did so because he knew I was headed there. Instead I took the only empty seat left by Paul. Paul handed me a can of Pepsi and Randy pulled up the movies on Demand.

After a few minutes of arguing over what movie to watch, we all came to the decision of watching Identity Theif. The girls had wanted to watch Warm Bodies and the guys had wanted to watch some horror movie that I can't think of the name of because I wasn't paying attention.