Every End is a New Beginning

chapter 12: BOO-YAH

We walked all the way to my street. The whole time we just talked. Ethan told me all about his grandma. He says she is the only reason he comes home everyday. And he has 2 younger sisters and one older brother. His sisters are 16 and 5. And his brother is 18.

"Hey do you mind if we stop at my house real quick?" He asked.

"Ethan.. We just got here!" I said.

"I live down the block I need to check in on my little sisters." He said.

"Oh okay let's go."

We walked the rest of the way in silence. Then we stopped in front of this huge house.

"Dang it's huge."  I said.

"Yeah. I mean with all us siblings plus my mom, dad, and grandma so." He explained.

"Oh true true." I admired his house.

"Come on in." He said.

"Oh are you sure? I could just wait out here." I said.

"Oh no it's fine. It's just my grandma and Abigail." He said.

"Abigail..?" I questioned.

"My 5 year old sister. We call her ab or Abby." He said. Then we walked in.

"ETAN!!!!!!!!!" I heard the cutest little girl call. She was so cute. She looked nothing like Ethan.. She had lighter hair with lighter eyes.

"Hi princess!!!!" He yelled picking her up.

"Who the lady?" She asked.

"This is Emma. She is my friend from school." Ethan told her.

"Oh she's verrrrry pretty. I have friends from school too Emma!" She said.

"Oh really? What are there names?" I smiled at her.

"Presley, Katie, and Colby! They are my bestis friends in the whole entire world." She told me.

"Who's this Colby yor are talking about?" Ethan said poking her belly "I'm gonna have to beat this boy up to protect my little sis" he said jokingly.

"Hahah can I show Emma my room?" She asked.

"Sure I'll be checking on grandma."

The little girl climb down and grabbed my hand. We went upstairs into her huge room. She had a swing hanging from her ceiling! Goals!

"My room." She said.

"Wow I love it!" I sounded fascinated.

"My brother Ethan always try's to sit on my swing and I have to kick him out!! Because he will break my swing cuz he weights like 932 pounds!!!!" She said.

"Haha that's funny." I told her.

"Are you my brothers boyfriend?" She asked

"Um no we are just friends." I said.

"Because if you were," she said and then Ethan came in the door behind her "i would approve of you. My brother needs a gurlfriend"

"Eh hem" Ethan cleared his throat.

"Oh purfect timing! Brotha I was just telling Emma about your old gurlfriend" she said in her 5 year old voice.

"Let's not. Abby let me turn on cartoons. I'm going over to Emmas for a little." He said picking her up again.

"NOOOOOO don't leave me!!!!" She said and clung onto him.

"You'll be fine ab" he said chuckling.

"You too love birds have fun." She said giggling.

"I'm sorry" Ethan whispered to me laughing a little

"Bye big brother love you." She gave him a kiss on the cheek and climbed down.

We walked out the front door.

"You too are very close aren't you?" I asked.

"Very. She is very clingy to me for some reason." He said puffing out his cheeks.

"Awh." I said. We arrived to my house.

"So what ya wanna do?" I asked.

"I was actually wondering if you wanted to go to the state fair? Like the carnival. I grabbed tickets from my house." He said.

"Sure I'll let my brother know." I said. Heading towards my brothers room. When I came down stairs Ethan was admiring our family pictures.

"This you?" He asked.

"Yep sure is.." I said heavily dropping my hands to my sides.

"Who's this?" He asked.

"My father." I said.

"Oh he looks just like you." He said.

"He DID." I snapped.

"He's still in your heart Em." He said giving me a weird grin.

"Let's get going." I changed the subject. He looked at the picture one more time then at me again and walked out the door with me. "We can take my car." I said.

"Oh nice truck I love it." He said gazing at my Chevy truck.

"Yeah I'll drive your not touching the stirring wheel the way you drive." I laughed. We arrived to the fair. The whole time we basically rode the roller coasters and played to carnival games. It was a really fun night.

"Hey lets play this carnival game." He said.

I just laughed.

"What?" He said grinning.

"I can't throw to save my life." I laughed.

"Here I have a little game. If you hit one of the bottles down you have to give me a hug." He smirked.

"A hug? Really? What are you 5?" I said in a sarcastic tone.

"Well u won't even lay a finger on me ever so why not." He questioned.

"Okay fine." I said taking a ball. I missed the first one and the second. Okay time for the final one. I was hoping to miss. But I hit it.

"BOO-YAH!" he cheered.

"Ethan... NO one says "boo-yah" anymore" I said face palming.

"Sorry can't contain my excitement." He chuckled.

"Okay whatever."

"Time for our first hug." He smirked. I walked towards him and hug him. He smelt so good. And his hugs were great. I felt safe. Comfortable. Secure. Which was weird because I've never felt like that besides when I was with Matthew. Matthew. Oh the thought of him made me shiver. I miss him so much and I still can't believe he's dead.

I pulled away from Ethan looking up at him. His eyes met mine. We kinda just stared at eachother for 5 seconds then I went back and gave him a huge hug.

"Thank you." I whispered.

"For what?" He whispered as well.

"Being here with me"

"No one else I'd rather be with Emma." I looked up at him once again. Then hugged him again. At that very moment I realized something. I liked Ethan.

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Thanks for reading! Hope your enjoying the book! Who will it be Ethan or Carter? Or no one?