Te Adore (Book One)

Chapter Eighteen

He stared at me blankly for a second before bursting into laughter. I turned to face Two and he looked like he was blushing. Steve  steadied himself on his knees breathing with mild laughs. "Ok, no seriously what do you want." Steve  said, straightening himself up with a smile. I frowned, grabbing Two s hand. "Ch-Steve  I love him." I said looking up at him I felt flustered and like I was gonna cry for no reason. Steve's face straightened and he stopped smiling. "What." Steve  said, staring dead into Two s eyes. "I...I love her man." Two said looking over at me and then back up at Steve. "How long has this been going on." Steve  said in a monotone voice. "At Least a month, maybe less." I said pushing a strand of hair out of my face. He didn't respond but he looked pissed. "A month Catherine...a MONTH! You haven't told me for A MONTH!" He was really angry now. I felt a tear falling down my cheek. "Hey man, don't yell at her." Two said pushing a hand up defensively and wrapping his other arm around my chest and pulling me towards him. Steve  shot his arm up grabbing mine, "Catherine, a word." He said, pulling me away from Two s embrace and down the front steps. Two walked inside to avoid any other beration and to give us privacy. "Catherine, tell me right now are you messing with me." He said holding my arms to make me face him. "N-no." I said trying to regain my clear vision through the tears. "Catherine he's never gonna get anywhere, he's a stumbling drunk who can't get a job to save his life." he let out a nervous laugh but I could see it pained him to have to talk to me like this. "Th-that's not true Steve." I said through tears. "Really Catherine, really... I give you a week to get him a job that he can keep longer than a day and then AND ONLY THEN will I approve of this." He said angrily walking towards the door. "Steve," I said looking up at him. He angrily turned around to face me. "I'm gonna love him no matter what." I said staring at him with tears staining my cheeks. "Hah! Sure." He said sarcastically turning to and slamming the door behind him. I froze just standing there crying, my thoughts felt fuzzy and everything around me was spinning. I felt arms wrap around me in a warm embrace and I completely collapsed into them.
-5 Minutes later-
I regained consciousness after a while, I woke up on the Curtis  porch on Two s lap. He was holding me close with my head on his shoulder, while rocking me back and forth whispering to me. "Wh-what happened?" I questioned, still resting my head against his shoulder. "I have no clue Kitten, I walked over to you and you collapsed into my arms shaking and crying." he said I could tell by his voice he was worried. "I-I-I think I'm going to be ok." I said, pulling myself away from his shoulder. "You sure?" He said rubbing my back gently. "Y-ya." I said with a weak smile. He moved a strand of hair away from my face and wiped a tear off my cheek, he pulled me into a kiss and hugged me before helping me up. I felt weak, but I was able to walk. He opened the door helping me inside, "Hey kid you feeling any better?" Darry said, rushing to grab a cup of water. "Ya I'm feeling much better." I said with a fake smile as Two helped me sit on the couch sitting himself on the floor beside me. Darry handed me the water as I rest against the couch arm, Steve  was glaring at me from the corner but I could see he was worried behind the facade of anger.I could tell they all knew whether it was said by Two or Steve  or if they could tell from Two comforting me, but they were all watching me and Two . Two rubbed my hand and I gave him a faint smile, Conversations went back to normal until it got pretty late. Steve  decided to hang back while I went home. Two took the liberty of walking me home since I already had a long and stressful night. We were halfway there when I came across newspaper stands, I pulled Two over to them and took out any money I had to buy one of each. "Kitten what are you doing, all the papers have the same story?" He said, confused. "Yes, that's true but not all have the same job listings, Two ...please just let me look for options and i'll let you choose." I said, putting ¢7 into the newspaper stand. "What are you going on about Kitten?" He said as I handed him Two newspapers to hold. "Steve  said he would only let this happen If I could find you a job by the end of the week." I said grabbing another newspaper out. I took the stack of newspapers and he continued walking me home. "I'm sorry it wasn't my decision." I said looking down at my feet. "Hey, hey I'm willing to do anything for you." He said stopping me and pulling me close into a hug and then kissing my cheek. He walked me up to the door then waited till I was inside to leave. I sat down on my desk going through newspapers and circling everything I could find, I grabbed the recent phone book looking through every page. I heard Steve  come home after an hour but I had to have spent more than 3 more going through every letter of the alphabet for every job listing he seemed fit for. I fell asleep on the desk and I was still only at letter Q. I could care less how this affected me, I'd do anything to be with Two .