My Best Friend's Brother

Chapter 9

I was lying in Grace's bed next to the 'sleeping beauty' herself. Her hair was tousled, her mouth open, slightly drooling, and her body was splayed across her side of the bed. The bed was huge with room for 2 or more. The bedding was handmade, that was obvious. There were at least 7 pillows on her bed. I was lost in my thoughts when I heard the door slowly open to reveal Ethan. He was half dressed with only a baggy pair of sweatpants hung around his hips. His upper body contained defined abs that looked even better with his olive skin. I let my eyes linger over his abs for a minute before looking up to meet his eyes. Obviously, he caught me looking at him, because when I looked at him his face was plastered with a smirk. I looked away and my face blushed deeply.

Ethan and I had walked to the living room, as to not wake a clearly sleeping Grace. When he walked in the room, he gave me a look I knew all to well. A look that said, "We need to talk." I sat down and released a deep sigh that I didn't know I was holding. He locked his baby blue eyes with my hazel ones; I couldn't break the gaze until he started speaking.

"Ali, I'm sorry for being such an idiot and not being there for you. I guess I just hadn't gotten used to being a father yet."

I was pondering his apology in my head while a random thought popped in my head.... Well, two random thoughts popped in my head.

"As you know, we missed the doctor's appointment today" I looked up and realized that the time had changed and was after midnight. "Well, I guess it's really yesterday, but they can squeeze us in tonight at five, if you want to come.

He looked at me and lightly chuckled. I loved his laugh. It made my heart melt when I heard it. "Ali, of course I will still come with you."

I blushed again at his response. "The other thing I wanted to ask you as why, of all people to sleep with, why did you choose me?"

"I dunno. I thought you were kinda hot so I thought why not?" He smirked and snuggled in closer. I knew what he was doing, and he knew that he could get to me, so it surprised both of us when I shoved him back. Even though he didn't flinch, I had surprised myself.

"Kinda?" I scoffed.

Before I could pull away, he grabbed my wrists and pulled me into his chest that radiated heat as soon as I leaned against it. I purposefully avoided his gaze, because I knew my face had turned a deep shade of red.

We stayed in that position for a few minutes before Ethan pulled back. I wished he hadn't gone away. Now, I was starting to become cold. The cold feeling didn't last more than five seconds before Ethan pulled my chin up and gently pressed his lips against mine. I swear I felt fireworks go off in my body. As we deepened the kiss, I wrapped my arms around his neck as his hands slid down to the small of my back. He gently bit my bottom lip asking for permission to which I accepted. We fought for dominance for a few minutes before I gave in and let him win. I smiled against him mouth as we broke for air knowing something in my life had finally gone right.

"I knew it!" A new voice whispered excitedly.

Unwillingly I pulled back from Ethan. As he gave me a slight pout, I knew he wasn't happy at being interrupted, and we would probably continue this later. When the thought crept into my mind, I smiled. I focused my attention back at the person, who interrupted us, and gave her a glare for what she did. If she saw my glare, she didn't show it because she was grinning ear to ear as she sauntered down the stairs. My ears burned with embarrassment at being caught. When I turned back towards Ethan, I thought I saw his face turn a shade of red darker. Was Ethan blushing? The thought of making him blush made my insides tingle; I bit my now hot and swollen lips, while I tried to hold a burst of giggles that was threatening to escape.

Apparently, Ethan caught the look in the dim light and smirked as he said, "Why the sudden smiles, Sunshine?"

I was both delighted and confused at the nickname he gave me. I smiled and asked, "Sunshine?"

He shrugged but didn't answer. Instead he changed the subject completely.

"Hmm," he started. "I forgot what a good kisser you were." He smirked as I blushed for what seemed like the millionth time today.

Grace cleared her throat as we both snapped our heads towards her. She still had a smile on her face as she jumped in between Ethan and me.

I groaned as the warmth left me, and I saw Ethan was just as disappointed as I was. He reached over grabbed my hand as a shot of electricity jolted up my arm.

After approximately half an hour of babbling, Grace finally fell asleep. Ethan swiftly carried Grace back to her room and walked down to sit beside me. We sat there for a few moments in silence before either one of us made a move to speak.

"Can we please go back to what we were doing?" Come on, Sunshine." Ethan asked in between laying sweet kisses on my neck trailing all the way to my collarbone, my sensitive spot. I bit back a moan as he traced the lines of my collarbone with his fingers. The way he kissed me left me feeling breathless. The effect he had on me was enough to make me go crazy. He stopped kissing my collarbone and looked me in the eyes. It took me a second to snap out of my haze when I noticed he had laid down on the couch and motioned for me to do the same. I laid down next to him with my body turned towards him and laid my head down on his bare chest. My heart soared at the skin to skin contact. He pulled me closer and we laid there for a minute, embracing each other. It was around 2:30am when we finally drifted off to sleep, but I didn't care because for once in a long time I was happy, content and I felt loved. That was until I woke up the next morning.

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