Chapter 7: Heart to Heart

"I'm sorry for being an idiot," he tells me looking extremely guilty.

I look at him confused. "What are you talking about?"

He takes a deep breath. "The first time I saw you I knew I wanted to make you mine one day. I remember it like it was yesterday."

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"I can't wait to try the new COD game my parents just got me," Brian says with so much excitement.

"I know what you mean! I've been asking my parents to buy it for me but they said no. Said it was too violent," I tell him, rolling my eyes.

We walk into his living room and I see three girls laughing and hanging out. One girl, in particular, catches my eye.

"Get out losers, my new friend and I are about to try out my new game," Brian tells them.

"We're already in here dummy," a girl who looks similar to him says.

The other two girls turn around and when I see her face I'm mesmerized by how pretty she is. We stare at each other while Brian and his sister argue. Eventually, we stop our staring contest and look away from each other. I can feel how red my face is, but I try not to let it show.

"Just go up to your room," his sister, Beth, says.

"How about you and the other two musketeers go up to your room and play princesses or whatever it is girls do," he retorts.

They stare each other down before yelling, "Mom!"

While they go to find their mom, I walk over to the other girls.

"Hi, I'm Daniel, but you can call me Danny," I tell them with a smile.

"I'm Ariel and this is Mardrianna," the girl with pigtails says.

"Just call me Mar or Anna. I hate Mardrianna," the other girl says. Even her voice is pretty.

We look at each other with blushes on our faces. Bri and Beth finally come back and Bri and I end up having to go to his room because the girls had the livingroom first.

"It was nice to meet y'all," I tell the girls with a wave.

"You too," they say in unison, which freaks me out a little bit. Once they think we're far enough away I hear them squeal at one another about something.

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"It was at that moment that I knew you would be mine one day," he tells me.

"I knew then too that you were the one for me," I tell him honestly.

"I'm sorry it took me so long. I was scared you would reject me," he says, looking down at his hands.

"You never would have known if you never tried. But I know that's easier said than done since I was too scared to tell you too."

"I love you so much and I'm pretty certain I've loved you since that very moment."

"Me too."

He pulls me into his lap and kisses me like there's no tomorrow. He crawls backward until he's leaning back against the pillows, never breaking contact with me.

When his hands travel under my shirt and touch my bare stomach, I know that I have to stop him.

I pull away and say, "I can't. I'm not ready yet." I look down, trying not to meet his eyes.

He pulls my head up by my chin and tells me, "That's fine. We can wait as long as you want. I won't pressure you into something that you're not ready for."

"What did I do to deserve you," I ask him.

He pulls me down for another kiss and mumbles, "I ask myself that every day."

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When I wake up, I feel arms wrapped around my waist and I have a mini heart attack until I remember yesterday. I turn around to look at him very slowly so that I don't wake him and almost have another heart attack when I see that he's already looking at me.

"Good morning," he says in a sexy morning voice.

"Good morning," I reply in a very un-sexy morning voice.

He puts a strand of hair behind my ear and stares at me for a little longer until I ruin the moment.

"I have to pee."

He starts to crack up but lets me go. I run to the bathroom, stopping to grab my overnight bag on the way.

After I pee, brush my teeth and shower, I head back into the room to find that Danny had fallen back asleep. I leave him there to sleep and walk out to the common area. I find Beth and Ariel in there making breakfast.

"Need any help," I ask.

"Yeah if you want to cut up some fruit, that would be great," Ariel says with a smile.

We make small talk while we fix breakfast for everyone.

"So..." Beth starts.

"So..." I reply back.

"Did y'all do 'it'," she asks me while raising an eyebrow.

I start to choke on the water I just took a sip of. Once my coughing fit is over I say, "No, I am still very much a virgin. What about you guys?"

Beth looks down with a blush while Ariel shakes her head.

"Bethany Marie! Did you lose your V-card last night," I whisper yell.

"I might have," she says blushing a deep red.

Ariel and I squeal while Beth shushes us.

"Quiet before you wake up the whole place," she hisses.

"We need details like now," Ariel says, while I nod my head in agreement.

"Well after Anna and Danny went to their room the four of us stayed and play a few more games and then Jer and I decided to go to our room. When we walked in I saw that there were a bunch of rose petals all over the room. I had told him like a week ago that I was ready but he never made a move. I guess he wanted to wait for that special moment you know," she tells us, a dreamy look on her face by the end.

"I'm so happy for you. You guys have been together for so long," I tell her grabbing her hand and squeezing it.

"I know right. I just felt like I was ready to take that next step in our relationship. He was such a gentleman too. He made sure I was comfortable the whole time and we just went through it slowly," she says with a smile.

Brian and Danny walk in at that moment. Danny comes to stand behind me, putting his arms around me, while Brian walks over to Ariel to give her a kiss and he gives Beth a hug. I love when they have nice brother-sister moments like that.

We finish making breakfast and Jerrico comes out right as we are putting everything on the bar counter.

"Hey guys," he says with a yawn.

"Hey," we all say back.

He walks over to give Beth a kiss and Ariel and I smirk at each other.

We all sit down and eat together while laughing and joking around.