Forbidden, Caught, and Running... With my Brothers Best Friend

Remembering Back

*Mitch's P.O.V.*

        Maybe I had been a little bit harsh on her, but she was my baby sister. My parents were gone, so I was the one who had to watch over her and protect her. I have also known Zach all of my life. When he started junior high he was an innocent kid who loved to get into trouble; but by the time high school rolled around, he was the ultimate 'man slut' as Jhana liked to call him. He slept around with almost every girl in our year, and half of the girls in the year below us. He was ruthless; he would pretend to love them, and then when he finally got what he want, he would dump them. I did not want the same fate for my sister. I know he has changed since he became infatuated with her, but his old self still scared me.

*Zach's P.O.V.*

        I had to find a way to see her again. I missed her so much. It has been almost a week since I last snuck into her room. I want to see her smile that lights up a room and her gorgeous eyes that stop my heart every time I look into them. I want to hold her tightly in my arms, her head against my chest, and tell her how much I love her. I want to be with her forever.

        I shook off the thoughts, grimacing to myself; I was becoming way too much of a softie. Jhana called me her own personal teddy bear last time I had seen her. I don't know what she sees in me. She knows of my past, she knows what I was like.

        I am not proud of who I once was. I was ruthless, manipulative, and barbaric. I was a 'hump and dump' guy. I admit that I found pleasure in dating the underlings, taking their virginity, and then throwing them away like trash. I would spread rumors about them, making them seem so disgusting that nobody would dare touch them with a ten-foot pole. I am ashamed of who I was. Jhana knew me before; to her I was a 'man slut.' She never failed to let me forget that. Yet here I am in her life, with her permission. 

*Jhana's P.O.V.*

        As I was heading over to the X-ray lab, I glanced into the waiting room that I had left Mitch in, relief washing over me as I saw him sitting there, head in his hands.

        "Mitch," I begin, "I am so incredibly sorry. I am glad that you stayed. I love you, and I promise to obey your wishes. I know you're just looking out for me."

        Mitch's head flew up, "Oh Jhana, I am sorry as well. I know that you aren't a little girl anymore, and that scares me. Mom and Dad left me in charge of you, and I have been ruling your life. The only reason I am trying to keep you away from him is because of his past. I don't want you to end up like the other girls-vulnerable!"

        He pulled me into his embrace; I burrowed my head into his chest, inhaling the familiar scent of my brother. I felt safe and protected.