Chapter 100
He pushes me back up against the window gently resting an arm above my head. We start to kiss passionately. He strokes my cheek with his thumb still holding me in place.
I cup his face, with my legs wrapped tightly around his waist. We pull hesitantly apart, our lips still on each other and I whisper to him, “I love you too” making his eyes snap open and stare hard into my eyes.
Our heads are resting on each other. The emotion that I couldn’t figure out and now I have. It’s love. It’s always been love.
“Really?” He sounds like he doesn’t believe me.
I smile at him while nodding. “I love you Knox Carter. I’m in love with you, so in love with you,” we kiss each other once more, not holding ourselves back.
We’re both trying to get what we’re feeling into a kiss and it’s proving difficult to do. He lifts me up more and rests both hands under my butt. I wrap my arms around his neck and continue to lock our lips together.
I could stay like this forever. We finally pulled apart from each other after a heavy make-out, that was long overdue. Smiling uncontrollably at each other, he’s the first to speak.
“We should get back to everyone baby doll” he pecks me once more but I don’t want to let go of him. He carries me back down the steps and says to me before he opens the door
“Just so you know, there’s paparazzi outside. I’m not sure if you want me to carry you like this or?”
“I’m staying like this Carter” he smiles reaching for the handle but stops to look back over to me. “I forgot to ask..... it’s kind of important... Will you be my girlfriend?”
Throwing my head back laughing at him and his timing.
“Yeah, I’ll be your girlfriend Knox” I smile like I’m on weird medication making my cheeks hurt. Kissing me once more he opens the door to see flashes of cameras and some TV cameras in our faces.
“Alex! Do you love him back?”
“Knox are you official now?” “Did you propose to her Carter?”
“Is there a wedding on the way?”
Nuzzling my head into the crook of his neck to hide myself. I feel the hands brush off my arms and legs as I tighten my grip on him. Continuing to walk through the sea of flashes to get us to the car he brought here safely.
I lean my head back to see his serious look soften when we see each other. Opening the car door he sets me inside on the seat and kisses my forehead. Closing over the door behind me.
I pull my seatbelt until I hear a click while watching him move around the car to get to his door. He ignores the flying questions and keeps his head down.
I hear the muffled screams from the paparazzi outside, wanting any kind of information from us.
Slipping into the car he ignites it and reverses out of the eye line of the cameras that were circling us.
His hands resting on my thigh stroking it, he takes my hand and kisses my knuckles whispering “I love you” to me.
I smile lovingly at him. Seeing the twinkle in his eyes makes me happy that I’m with him right now. He rests our hands back down on my thigh and continues to drive back to my house.
I stare at him the rest of the way home, while he tries to focus back on the road ahead making sure we’re not going off track.
I’m with him. I’m dating Knox Carter. I’m his first and only girlfriend and he loves me; in love with me. Me. Alex Thompson.
I’m definitely dreaming. This can’t be real.
He’s my boyfriend. How did that happen?
Reaching my house, we see bodies run through the front door to greet us. We slide out of the car and get hugged by our families.
“About damn time you admitted it son! I thought I was going to have to confess it for you. All these years and you finally said it. But you said it to everyone else too.”
Delilah gushes over her son’s brave heart to admit it to not only me but the entire world.
Making her way over to me and my mom hugging each other, she joins in with us and whispers to me.
“I’m so glad he finally told you, sweetie.
You both deserve happiness” I thank her but I see Wes standing crossing his arms at Knox.
It looks like a showdown.
He steps closer and holds out his hand for Knox to shake it. “You hurt her Carter, I’ll come after you. Treat her well, you’re one lucky bastard. If you don’t, I will. Mark my words.”
Loosening his grip. He walks over to me and kisses my cheek, “He’s one lucky guy sweetheart. You’re one of a kind Alex. You deserve some happiness, even if it is with him”
Smiling at me I kiss his cheek back and reply with, “Thanks for understanding Wes. You’ll find the perfect girl for you. I know you will. Then you’ll be the lucky bastard” making him chuckle.
He smiles and backs away from me. Seeing his eyes grow a darker shade, I feel the guilt that he has gone through this. But I love Knox. I feel like I always have.
Seeing my two brothers they hug me tighter than ever and shake Knox’s hand patting his back telling him good luck. “I’ll protect her” he assures them.
I see Kyle standing at the door with his arms folded and a deep frown on his face. He looks pissed. I need to talk to him. I head up to meet him, seeing Andy by his side.
I hug her and smile. Getting the message she runs over to hug Knox. I turn on my heel to see my brother’s frown furrow deeper into a hard line.
“Can we talk?” I ask him as he shifts to the side to allow me to pass him. Sending Knox a hard look to show he’s not happy with him.
We walk back into the kitchen and sit at the table facing one another. Kyle starts to look around the room resting his finger on his lips like he’s trying to control his emotions.
I reach across the table to try and take his arm only for him to back it away from me. That hurt.
“Kyle.... please. We didn’t mean to hurt you....” he scoffs at me and leans forward on his elbows. He scratches the table with his nail like he used to do as a child.
“How long?” His tone is cutting and uninviting. When I don’t answer immediately he repeats the question raising his voice, “How! Long?!” I flinched at his roar, making me sit back.
“We only went on one date,” I whisper out feeling scared like a little mouse. I feel like I’m in trouble and getting scolded for it.
“When?” He grits out through the gaps in his white teeth. “When we were in New York together...” he cuts me off mid-sentence.
“Jesus Christ Alex! What did I say to you about staying away from my friends! I’ve seen the way some of them have looked at you over the years. I thought I could trust you not to go there with any of them.
Especially Carter. My fucking best friend! Alex what the hell were you thinking?! My best friend! And I know about you and Wes too! You just had to go there with both of them didn’t you?”
I start to feel the sadness in my body pulse around. I stay silent trying not to cry.
“Did you guys.... have... sex?” He asks scared of my answer but I’m afraid to answer it. I place my hands on my head leaning my elbows on the table in front of me.
I’m terrified to answer this question. It’s too private to answer. Intimate even.
“Did you?” He grits out slamming both hands down on the table making me jump, but my hesitation only confirms that we did have sex.
I shake my head and look up at him through the tears brewing in my eyes, “We made love to each other.”
He freezes at my words. Rising to his feet he sees me about to cry. Pacing back and forth with his hands on his hips.
“Alex, do you love Knox?” I nod feeling the first teardrop from my eye and I look up to see him staring down at me over his shoulder.
“I love him, Kyle, I don’t see what the problem is? You’re in love with my best friend, I have no problem with it. But you have a problem with us loving each other?” I sniffle, grabbing a tissue to dab my eyes.
Stepping around the table he comes and sits down in the seat next to me. Sighing out loud, his hand curls through his hair in frustration.
“Please don’t cry Alex, I just... I never even saw it coming. I guess I’m pissed because he never told me.
All the years we’ve been best friends and never once did he say anything about liking you, never mind being in love with you.
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I always knew he had strong feelings for someone, that’s why he played around a lot. But I never thought it would be you, sis.
I never thought you’d be the one he fell for” I see the sadness in his eyes and I kiss my brother’s forehead showing him I know how he feels.
“Kyle, I didn’t think he had such strong feelings for me either. Until today. So I’m in the same boat as you. But being alone with my own thoughts I figured out that I need him.
I always want to be around him. I never guessed that I would be the one he would fall in love with. Never in a million years would I have guessed that he would be the one I’d fall in love with. Kyle-”
I rest my hand on top of his staring at him, “I love him. I’m so in love with your best friend. And he’s in love with me. We’re together. I’m sorry if you find it weird, but our feelings are our feelings.
We can’t control how we feel for each other” rubbing my thumb on his skin to comfort him as best I can.
“I never thought you’d be the girl Alex. He’s my best friend and you’re my sister. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t weird because it’s so strange. You both hated each other and now you’re in love with each other?
Why did you both keep it from me? How did everyone else know but me?”
I hear the sadness in his tone causing my tears to come back around and drop down my face. I feel so bad. I feel bad that we kept it from him, and only him. He had a right to know despite the outcome.
“I’m sorry Kyle. We just thought that you would go nuts at us. Plus we wanted to make sure that it was the real deal before telling people officially. It was nothing against you.
People figured it out, we didn’t tell them. I guess you were so sure that we would never like each other so you blocked it out of your mind as a worry. But it’s real. I’m in a relationship with him, and I couldn’t be happier”