The Carter Family Screw Up [Carter Brothers - Book 2]

Fifteen - "Are you trying to flirt your way into getting what you want from me?"

Rory let out an almighty snore, making us both jump and completely destroying the moment between us. I resisted the urge to poke him in his bullet wound.

"We.. Should get some rest." Daniel suggested.

"Yeah." I reluctantly agreed.

I woke up to the sound of snoring from across the room and the feeling of a breeze on my hand. I opened my eyes to find myself lying face down on Daniel's sofa, with my arm over the the edge. I looked down to see him lying on the floor, facing me, and his head millimetres from my hand, breathing peacefully onto it.

I sat up and picked up my phone to look at the time: 7:16am. I texted my aunt last night and told her I was staying at Grace's, but I have no other clothes, and can't just walk into the house wearing Daniel's. Jake would murder me. But I can't wear my dress either with it being covered in Rory's blood.

Then I realised the solution: Our windows.

I lightly shook Daniel's arm to wake him

"Dan. Dan, wake up." I whispered gently. He started to stir and his eyes fluttered open.

"Hey Sweetpea." Jesus Lord in heaven his voice was sexy as hell in the morning. It was so low and gravely.

"Sorry to wake you, but I need to get some fresh clothes from mine but if I walk in wearing your clothes, Jake is going to have an aneurysm. Can I use your window?"

"Yeah." He said lifting the blanket from him. He was topless and wearing baggy blue plaid pajama bottoms and I had to restrain my mouth from grunting like a sex starved caveman.

He walked upstairs and I followed him into his room then he unlocked and opened the window and I climbed out; praying I had left mine unlocked. Thankfully I had.

"I'll be back in a few minutes." I told him. I grabbed a bag and put in some clean clothes, shoes, and my sketch pad and pencils. I figured I'd be spending the day at Daniel's to keep an eye on Rory so sketching would pass some of the time.

I climb out of my room, close the window and climbed back over to Daniel's room to see his confused face.

"I thought you were getting changed?" He asked.

"I need a shower first, and can't use ours because they think I'm at Grace's." I explained.

"Oh, well you can use mine if you want." He offered, pointing to his bathroom behind me.

"Thanks."

I quickly showered and dressed before walking back into Daniel's room to find him sitting on his bed.

"About last night.." He said.

I knew it. He regretted the almost kiss. Everything is going to be so awkward from now on and he's going to start avoiding me an-

"What I told you, about my brother… I've never told anyone about it and I just wanted to make sure that you won't tell anyone."

Oh.

"Of course." I said with a smile.

"Okay, well my turn for a shower." He said walking  to the bathroom.

"I'm going to check on Rory's wound and change his bandage, so I'll see you downstairs." I left his room and went downstairs to find Rory awake.

"Hey, how you feeling?"

"Like I got shot." He said with a chuckle, then winced when it caused him pain. I retrieved the backpack from the kitchen then sat down on the floor by Rory.