Chapter 20

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He opened the door for me and I thanked him, walking in and he placed his hand on my waist. We were seated at a booth and sat across from eachother. 

"Are you sure you're okay?" Harry asked and after we ordered our drinks. "Positive." I couldn't help but let all the feelings from Cindy pour in and felt a little angry and hurt. That showed through my voice. 

"What's wrong?" "Nothing." "Baby." He looked at me and touched my hand which I scooted back. "I'm fine." "No, you're not. What's wrong." He was going to come over to my side but I sat on the edge. 

"I don't want to sit next to you." "What did I fucking do? You were fine in the car." "I didn't have to look at you in the car. You have no idea how horrible it feels to think that you like me and we were going somewhere but you're out here getting blow jobs from chicks." I threw my menu down and his jaw tensed. 

"Who told you?" 

"Why does it matter?" I could feel my heart break as I looked down at my lap. "It does to me." "Loyalty matters to me. I don't even want to have lunch anymore. My appetite is gone." 

"Leslie, baby. It was one time. I swear." "What about Michelle, Kyra, Kendra, Chloe? Shall I keep naming?" "How the fuck do you know about all that? Did the guys tell you?" "No, you're a fucking asshole! Cindy is Randall's sister. Gosh I don't even want to be here." I stood up and grabbed my things. 

"Leslie, wait." Harry said and had to stay to pay the bill but I kept walking out. I saw Derek here by himself.

"Hey Gracie, what's wrong?" "Can you take me home? Please?" I asked and he looked at me. "Are you okay?" "I'm fine, can you please just take me home?" I asked and he nodded confused. "Sure princess." He lead me to his car and opened the door for me. 

"Hey, Teresa. I just found Gracie and she doesn't look so good so can we call a reincheck on lunch?" "No, just drop me off here. I'll walk home." I said and he glared at me as he called his wife on Bluetooth. 

"You're fucking insane if you think I'm going to leave my baby sister on the side of the fucking road." He rolled his eyes and I looked to see Harry coming out, looking angry as fuck when he couldn't find me. 

"Just bring her by the house. We'll order pizza." Tere said and Derek drove off with me. I couldn't help but feel my heart crumble into pieces as I stared out the window, curled into a ball. 

We arrived at Derek's house and I walked in to see Teresa with my 9 month old niece, Cynthia and my 2 year old nephew Caleb. I smiled at her and broke into tears, crying in her arms. 

"Gracie? What happened?" She asked and Derek pulled me into a hug. "What happened?" He asked and I shook my head and held him tightly. "I fucked up. So bad D, I'm so fucking sorry." "For what? Baby I don't understand." He let Tere put the kids into the living room and come back in. 

"I lied to you guys. I was seeing Harry Styles and he just broke my heart and I'm so sorry." I sobbed and his chest tightened as I finished. "You did what?" "I'm sorry." "What did he do?" He growled and I shook my head. 

"Derek please, don't hurt him. I love him. Please, I've never felt this way about him and I'm just so sorry." I sobbed and choked. He looked at me as I poured my feelings out for Harry. I love him. I was in love with the man who just broke my heart. 

"What the fuck did he do to my little sister?" He growled, lowering his head to look into my eyes and pinned my back to the fridge. "We aren't even really dating. He's not my boyfriend I'm just so fucking mad Derek. He's sleeping with all these other women but I can't tell him no because he's not mine. I confronted him at lunch today and he just made me loose it." I explained and he punched the fridge by my head making me sob again. 

"Derek!" Teresa begged as his anger intensified. "Fuck! He hurt my baby sister Teresa! Don't tell me to fucking calm down!" He yelled and his wife just looked at him. "I'm as angry as you are! But we have kids here!" She said looking at the two kids who looked over at him. 

"Please don't tell nick. D, please. Don't hurt him. I'd never fucking forgive you if you hurt him or tell Nick." I begged and he looked at me crazily with his hands on either side of my head. 

"He hurt you." "Derek please. I'd never forgive you if you do that." I begged through sobs and he let out an angry line of profanity in the form of outbursts. "I won't but Grace! If he fucking hurts you in anyway again I'll kill him! I swear it on my fucking life.  Do you hear me?!" He yelled and I nodded. "Yes." "Good." He growled and pulled me into a hug. 

"Don't you ever fucking lie to me again. You can lie to Nick, you can lie to Josh but you can't lie to me. Don't you ever fucking regret that." He said and I nodded. "I'm sorry. I love you." I said and he sighed, calming down. "I love you too." 

"Order the pizza and wings. I'm taking her to get some ice cream from the store." He said to my sister-in-law who hugged me and nodded. 

Derek held my hand as we parked the car in my favorite part of town. It was by Harry's club but I didn't really care, I wanted Ice cream from my favorite parlor. 

We walked through the streets for a few minutes and he finally lead me to the parlor. "Can I have a tub of Mint Chip, Cookie dough and another of just pure vanilla. But that's for later and for now can we have two vanilla milkshakes." Derek ordered, pressing a kiss to my head and put an arm on my back to push me to where he could see me. 

The man took the order and Derek paid. We sat at a booth and waited for our shakes. 

"You feel better?" Derek asked as I wrapped my arms around his and hugged it. "Yes! Thank you." He pressed a kiss on my temple and laughed. 

"Let's play a game!" I said and he sighed, taking the card deck from the table and set up a game of speed. 

"Ready?" I asked, looking at my cards and he nodded. We played the game and were laughing our asses off at random shit. I could feel Harry staring at me when he walked in and heard me laughing. 

"You cheated!" I said drinking from the shake that was set infront of me. "Liar! I call Liar!" Derek teased and we chugged our shakes. 

"Ready? Don't pay attention to him." Derek said and I nodded, gripping his hand as we walked to the counter and were handed 3 tubs of ice cream in a bag. 

"Let's go princess." Derek lead me with a hand on my back, glaring at Harry who blocked the entrance. 

"Move the fuck out the way." Derek growled and Harry rolled his eyes and looked at me. "We need to talk." "No, you don't get to talk to my little fucking sister. Not after the stunt you just fucking pulled asshole, move the fuck out the goddamn way so I can feed her." Derek yelled and Harry's face fell, I looked to see the guys face fall as well. 

Derek pushed passed Harry and lead me to the car. "Thank you." I said and he smiled at me. "You're welcome baby. You really think after 22 years of protecting you I wasn't going to do it now? You're always going to be my little sister no matter what. We have the same  blood running through our veins. A boy isn't going to change that." He opened the door for me and handed me the ice cream before going to his side of the car. 

When we got home the pizza was just now getting here so we paid for it, by we I meant Derek who told me to shut up, he's taking care of me. We got in the house and Caleb ran over to me and hugged my legs. 

"Better?" Tere asked and I grinned with a nod. We ate while watching movies like Home, Grown ups 1 and 2, Tangled and of course one of my favorites, My sister's keeper which had me in tears by the end like always. 


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