Always And Forever

Chapter 11

A/N: I want to apologize to my readers, I ended up skipping a chapter while I was uploading it. This is the missing chapter and I'm glad I caught it sooner than later. I hope people don't get confused by the story.

A quick recap of the chapter before: Kiran confronts Roman about his drunken night and his feelings. He tells her the truth and asks her to be his girlfriend, she says yes.
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The guys came back a little later with our food. We drove to the hotel and ate together in Dean and Seth's room. I sat next to Dean, across from Roman, who had his legs entwined with mine under the table and would occasionally smile at me. The guys had gone through a few six-packs for the night, I stayed away from it, knowing it wouldn't do me any good the next day at work.

"I got some news for you guys... we're official." Roman grinned in my direction, wiping his face with a napkin.

"My brother! About damn time!" He reached over the table to dap him.

"Wow...congrats." Seth replied, trying to bring a degree of sincerity to his words.

Dean placed an arm around my shoulder, pulling me close to him. "You better take good care of her or else you'll be dealing with me." he teased.

I placed my hand on Dean's knee, "He will. He's a good guy."

After we finished eating, I cleared the table of all the wrappers and empty bottles. Dean went out for a while to smoke, and Roman went back to our room to shower. Seth started helping me clean up. It was hard to figure out his intentions behind his actions, but as long as he didn't act stupid with me, I didn't mind.

"Well, Roman is lucky to have found a girl like you. I'm happy for you two."

Awkward. "Thanks, but I'd consider myself to be the lucky one - for finding him and for having friends like you guys. Dean's alwaysbeen there for me." I couldn't think of anything good to say about Seth, so I tried moving off the subject, but he continued talking.

"I know we haven't gotten off to the best start. I let my emotions get the better of me, and it's affected my friendship with you and the guys."

I felt really sorry for Seth. Everyone isolated him after what he did to me, and when he hit Roman. "Yeah, well you can't really change what you've done. But you can try fixing things up with everyone."

"I don't even know if they want me traveling with them anymore, never mind trying to fix things." He slumped back into the chair and began toying with an empty bottle.

Taking a seat next to him, I put my hand on his arm, "Seth, I'm not sure about the other two, but I'll give you another chance. Maybe if the guys see us getting along better, they might change their view on you too."

"Kiran, you really are an angel, even after all that I - "

I stood up, cutting him off midsentence, "Listen, forget all that happened. Let's start over now, clean slate."

Giving me a genuine smile, he stood up and unexpectedly hugged me, "Thank you Kiran."

Still enclosed in Seth's hug, I heard the door opening from behind, with a hint of cigarette smell filling the air.

"Uh, did I miss something here?" Dean questioned with confusion.

Seth immediately let me go and looked at me to say something.

"Dean, it's okay. We talked things over with each other, that's all."

Dean slowly walked closer to me, creating a little separation between me and Seth. He was suspiciously eyeing Seth, trying to figure out what this guy was up to. I placed both my hands around his bicep, giving a gentle squeeze.