I Should've Listened

Chapter Nine

"It's about fucking time!" Erica exclaimed. We were in our room changing out of our Halloween costumes when I dropped the news that Grey had asked me to be his girlfriend during the party.

I would have told Erica sooner, but I had spent the rest of my time there making out with Grey and I had no regrets whatsoever. Grey was an amazing kisser...among other things.

Let's just say he knows exactly what to do with his hands.

Besides I'm pretty sure Erica would've called me an idiot for not choosing to spend some alone time with Grey.

Before I could remove my grass skirt, Erica grabbed my arm and pulled me onto her bed so I was sitting with her.

"Tell me everything," she said facing me with an excited look in her eyes.

I started with how we were on the dance-floor and went from there. Reliving the events of tonight with Erica still had me in disbelief.

I had no idea it was going to end this well. Yes, this is what I was hoping for when I took the initiative to tell Grey how I felt, but I didn't expect it to be reciprocated.

No matter how many times Erica told me that he was interested I just never truly saw it.

At the end of the night I was happy with my actions. If it weren't for Erica, I probably wouldn't have pushed myself to do what I did. I'm nowhere near being shy to let my feelings be known, but with Grey it was different for some reason.

Maybe it was the way he carried himself.

Everything about Grey from his icy blue eyes to his chill demeanor was perfection. He looked like he could be on the cover of a magazine.

It's no wonder that girls would be attracted to him, but just like me they were scared to approach him. Sure, he was good-looking, but something about him kept the girls away.

When I was first getting to know Grey, I had noticed that when girls tried to get close to him, he would respond kindly, but it was like he would politely turn them down.

Now I wondered what made me so different from those other girls.

Maybe Grey saw something special about me that I didn't see in myself, who knows. I certainly didn't.

None of it mattered right now though. We still had plenty to learn about each other.

"I'm glad you decided to listen to me for once," Erica said when I had finished telling her what happened.

I rolled my eyes. "I listen to you all the time."

She raised an eyebrow at me not agreeing with my statement. "Sure, you do," she replied sarcastically.

I stood up from her bed and continued to finish taking off my costume.

"So, are you gonna tell Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum?" Erica asked as she leaned back on her bed.

Oh yeah, them.

I walked over to my dresser and took out a pair of pajama shorts and a big t-shirt before answering her. "I honestly don't feel like I need to. They don't need to know everything."

I didn't believe my words any more than Erica did as she gave me a look that said "yeah, right".

"You really think you'll be able to keep this from them, especially Ben?"

She had a point.

Drew had been very good at giving me my space these last few months of me being in college. Ben on the other hand was a different story entirely. He hadn't liked Grey from the moment he saw him.

At the time I had assumed it was because a guy was in my room and Grey just so happened to be that guy, but when he told me that there was something about Grey that I didn't know of, my assumption went out of the window.

What did Grey do that had my brother giving me a subtle warning? Was it something bad? If so, how bad was it and why would Grey keep it hidden from me regardless of us dating or not?

Of course, he didn't owe me any explanation. Hell, he doesn't even have to tell me if he doesn't want to, but even he said himself that there's something about him that he's scared to tell me. Even though he thinks I deserve to know, just not right now.

I sighed and looked at Erica. "Probably not, but Ben has been trying not to be so overbearing."

He was still overbearing nonetheless, but I'd be a fool to think he would stop completely.

I put on my clothes and got under the covers of my bed. It was nearly three in the morning and the excitement of the party had worn me out.

Erica had gotten up to quickly change before following my lead.

"Whatever you say Cassie," she said as she lay down, throwing her blanket over her. "You know just as well as I do that when it comes to boys, your brothers are like lions and the boys are their prey. In this case, Grey is the gazelle. He may know your brothers are protective of you, but he doesn't know just how intense it can be."

I looked up at the ceiling, contemplating her words.

"All I'm saying is that you don't have to tell them right now, but be ready if they find out on their own. Drew might be open to it, but you know how Ben is."

With that Erica reached over to the lamp that sat on a nightstand between our beds and turned it off bathing us in darkness.

As tired as I was, I didn't fall asleep right away. I continued to stare at the ceiling because my brain wouldn't rest.

I wasn't too worried about what my brothers would do once they found out that Grey and I were dating. I wanted to be with him and nothing Drew or Ben could say would change my mind.

So, why did I feel uneasy? Do I really feel guilty for even thinking of hiding it from them? Damn, they had me so programmed it was ridiculous.

I put worrying about my brothers' opinion in the back of my mind for a second.

Instead I focused on the one question that was swimming around in my mind before I finally closed my eyes to go to sleep...what was Greyson Phillips hiding?

Author's Note
I just wanted to say another quick thank you for those who are reading. I deeply appreciate it! Also, apologies for the lack of chapters. I will do my best to get new chapters out quickly than I have been. Thank you again!
-Kiara