My Younger Sister's Boyfriend

Chapter 6

It's been two months of living with Arabella and Jessi. I know I shouldn't be complaining about living with them, since I am living here rent free, but it's been absolute hell. Arabella flaunts her relationship with Jessi every chance she gets. I should feel guilty that I've been stealing her boyfriend from right under her nose but I don't. The spoiled brat doesn't deserve someone as wonderful as him, she treats him like shit and only uses him as a trophy.

"Hello? Earth to Steph?" Jessi's voice pierces my thoughts, I turn on my side to face him.

"Sorry, I'm here." I say to him with a small smile, he smiles at me and tucks my hair behind my ear. It's such a small but sweet gesture, I can't help but to swoon over it. 

"God, you're so beautiful Stephanie."

"When are you going to break up with Arabella, Jess? I'm tired of helping you cheat on my only sister."

Jessi sighs and sits up, getting out of my bed.

"It's not that simple Steph, we both live with her. If she were to find out we're sleeping together under her roof it wouldn't end well. You know that."

"Then why don't we move out. Get our own place?"

He looks at me for a moment and then shakes his head as he pulls his jeans up his legs.

"We're not even together Stephanie."

"Right, we're not together. You just use me as a booty call."

He turns to look at me, I can't identify the emotion that he's trying to hide from me. I don't understand why he hides things from me. I know he's afraid of the situation and the consequences behind it but we're in this together. Why can't he understand that he can trust me as much as he trusts Arabella?

"You know you mean more to me than just some booty call Steph."

"Do I Jessi? Do I really? Because every time I suggest you breaking up with Arabella to be with me or to make this situation a lot less shittier you lash out at me and remind me that we're not together. I'm tired of being your back up plan Jessi, I'm not an option I'm a fucking human being."

Jessi just looks at me in awe, I can tell he's trying to think of something to say without offending me or ruining... whatever this is. I know I won't stay mad at him for long but I just need him to understand how he's making me feel.

"Stephanie I..."

"Just get out Jessi. I have to get ready for work."

"No, I'm not leaving until we're on good terms," He sits in front of me and rests his hands on my thighs, rubbing his thumb up and down one tiny spot on my leg. I sit up, making sure the blanket is still covering my naked body and look at him.

"Good terms? Why do you care if we're on good terms? We're not even together, remember?"

"You're being childish, aren't you supposed to be the older one here?" He gives me a playful smirk, I roll my eyes.

"Seriously Jessi, just get out. You're going to make me late for work." I get out of bed and find my work uniform. I look back over to my bed as Jessi gets up.

"Fine, I'll let you get ready for work. But we're talking about this when you get home."

"No we're not because Arabella will be back from God knows where she goes off to during the day."

He looks at me and speaks to me in a stern tone, "We're talking about this when you get home. End of discussion."

"What are you? My dad?"

"Wouldn't be the first time you called me daddy," He winks at me as I blush furiously. I grab the rest of his clothes and chuck it at him as he laughs.

"Get out!"

 ***

"Thank you for coming to Sears, see you next time." 

I smile at the customers I just rung up as they take the plastic bag from my hands, not really paying attention to me at all. This job honestly sucks the life out of me, customers treat me like dirt and see me only as the girl who's there to serve them. They don't acknowledge that I have feelings or that I have better things to do than hear them rant about how our products are shit and how we should have a better refund policy because apparently, everything is our fault.

This shift has truly been unbearable, not because of this customers but because of Jessi. I don't know what he's done to make me so into him but I am. I feel like Sandy from Grease, how she's hopelessly devoted to Danny even though he treats her like shit. No matter what I try to do, my mind just drifts back to Jessi and our argument today. We're not even a real couple and we still fight on a regular basis. 

I look up from the registers to see Rachel standing right in front of me, I jump and do a little yelp putting my hand over my heart.

"Jesus Rachel, you scared the shit out of me!"

"Sorry! I thought you saw me coming?"

I sigh, "I probably did, sorry. I'm just a bit out of it."

"Trouble in paradise?"

"Something like that... Jessi and I had another fight about our... situation today."

"What did he say this time?"

"He just threw the fact that we're not together in my face."

Rachel sighs and rests her elbows on the counter, looking at me with pity.

"I don't see why you even try to get him to dump her, you know he's not."

"Let's talk about something else... How's Jacob from accounting?"

Rachel perks up and looks at me with the biggest grin I've ever seen.

"Wonderful. Just wonderful. We're going on another date tonight, I really think tonight is the night that he'll ask me to be his girlfriend. I'm so excited Steph! I've been dating this guy for like a month now, this is my longest relationship yet."

I look at her and laugh, "That's kind of sad."

"Like you can judge, you're fucking your sister's boyfriend."

It takes her a moment to register what she said, once she does, she places her hand over her mouth and looks at me.

"I'm so sorry Steph, that just came out."

I give her a small smile, "It's fine, really. It's only the truth."

Rachel sighs, and looks towards the door.

"Speaking of the devil."

I follow her gaze and see Jessi walk through the doors, looking for me like a lost puppy. 

"Jessi? What are you doing here?"

He looks at me and smiles, "I came to talk Steph," he looks at Rachel and then back at me, "alone."

"I can take a hint," she smiles at Jessi and then looks at me, "we can finish talking after our shift." Rachel walks off.

"That was rude."

"Well it isn't any of her business, I want to make things right between us Steph."

I raise my eyebrows at him, "You do?"

"Yes, I truly do."

"And why do you want to make things right between us so badly?"

"Because... I think I love you."