to finally move forward.
“Alright,” I nodded my head. “Let’s give it a shot.”
“Are you sure?” She bit her lip with apprehension.
“You want me to change my mind?”
She smacked me in the arm. “No! But I don’t want you to feel like I’m coercing you into this.”
“It’s total coercion and I hold you completely responsible for whatever happens.”
She eyed me for a moment but then nodded resolutely. “Fine. I’ll take full responsibility for all of the awesome that will come from this.” She slid closer to me and wrapped her arms around my neck. “All joking aside, you’re not going to regret it,” she murmured against my lips before solidly claiming them.
I laid her back on the bed and continued to kiss her. “So you have time for a quickie, then.”
She laughed. “Yeah, yeah, quickie and then I’ll slip out the back door so you can enjoy the rest of the game with your friends.”
Shaking my head, I kissed down her neck. “Nah, that’s not necessary.” To be facetious, I added, “Because your car isn’t here and I’m not leaving the game to take you anywh—”
“You shit!” she laughed, giving me a good shove but allowing me to pin her hands to the bed. “Mmhmm, just give me that quickie already.”
***
Sunday morning consisted of me trying to convince Natalie to tell me where I could find her brother. She seemed to have changed her mind about letting me get involved, but it was a futile attempt. She’d been in my bed for almost ten hours straight, and I’d been right there with her. I never did go out to watch the rest of the game with the guys.
Now, as she sat there eating the bagel with cream cheese I brought her, she’d decided to be difficult.
“Just let me go with you,” she sighed. “He doesn’t know I went to bat for him yesterday. I’m his sister. I should talk to him first.”
I actually agreed with her. Maybe Davey needed to know there were people on his side, and maybe he especially needed to know he’d put his sister in danger.
“Okay, get dressed and we’ll go.”
Natalie had called her brother to see where he was for the day. I was glad he was at home. Made it easier than confronting him at work or somewhere else public. But his roommate was home with him; some dude who looked stoned as fuck right where he sat on the couch in his boxers. The entire apartment smelled like weed.
When Natalie made a comment about it, Davey blew it off. “That’s his deal, not mine.”
She gave him a look. “Mmhmm, which is what I want to talk to you about.” She grabbed him by the arm and pulled him into his bedroom. I followed, and after shutting the door behind us, listened to Natalie inform him that she knew he was running drugs for Zig.
He had no reply until she was completely done, demanding for him to explain himself. Even while Nat had been talking, I could tell Davey was either surprised or scared that she knew.
At last he said, “You got no right gettin’ in my business like that.”
“The hell I do!” she yelled at him. “You’re my little brother, Davey. I’m trying to look out for you!”
“Don’t need you to! Quit trippin’. Stay out of it, Nat.”
“David…”
She could probably rip him apart, but she looked to me for help. I gave her a silent command and she left the room, mumbling that she’d be in the car planning another brother’s funeral. When the door slammed behind her, I turned my attention back to Davey.
“She went to his house last night,” I informed him. “Zig’s.”
His expression turned from frustrated to flat out panic. “What? Naw, man…” He put his hands on his head and paced the room. When he stopped, he turned to face me. “Real talk, you gotta make her back off, Dane.”
“Back off? Davey, man, she’s your sister! She’s a fucking mama bear ready to shred some asses! Get the fuck out of that shit and you have nothing to worry about!”
He remained silent for several seconds before
“Alright,” I nodded my head. “Let’s give it a shot.”
“Are you sure?” She bit her lip with apprehension.
“You want me to change my mind?”
She smacked me in the arm. “No! But I don’t want you to feel like I’m coercing you into this.”
“It’s total coercion and I hold you completely responsible for whatever happens.”
She eyed me for a moment but then nodded resolutely. “Fine. I’ll take full responsibility for all of the awesome that will come from this.” She slid closer to me and wrapped her arms around my neck. “All joking aside, you’re not going to regret it,” she murmured against my lips before solidly claiming them.
I laid her back on the bed and continued to kiss her. “So you have time for a quickie, then.”
She laughed. “Yeah, yeah, quickie and then I’ll slip out the back door so you can enjoy the rest of the game with your friends.”
Shaking my head, I kissed down her neck. “Nah, that’s not necessary.” To be facetious, I added, “Because your car isn’t here and I’m not leaving the game to take you anywh—”
“You shit!” she laughed, giving me a good shove but allowing me to pin her hands to the bed. “Mmhmm, just give me that quickie already.”
***
Sunday morning consisted of me trying to convince Natalie to tell me where I could find her brother. She seemed to have changed her mind about letting me get involved, but it was a futile attempt. She’d been in my bed for almost ten hours straight, and I’d been right there with her. I never did go out to watch the rest of the game with the guys.
Now, as she sat there eating the bagel with cream cheese I brought her, she’d decided to be difficult.
“Just let me go with you,” she sighed. “He doesn’t know I went to bat for him yesterday. I’m his sister. I should talk to him first.”
I actually agreed with her. Maybe Davey needed to know there were people on his side, and maybe he especially needed to know he’d put his sister in danger.
“Okay, get dressed and we’ll go.”
Natalie had called her brother to see where he was for the day. I was glad he was at home. Made it easier than confronting him at work or somewhere else public. But his roommate was home with him; some dude who looked stoned as fuck right where he sat on the couch in his boxers. The entire apartment smelled like weed.
When Natalie made a comment about it, Davey blew it off. “That’s his deal, not mine.”
She gave him a look. “Mmhmm, which is what I want to talk to you about.” She grabbed him by the arm and pulled him into his bedroom. I followed, and after shutting the door behind us, listened to Natalie inform him that she knew he was running drugs for Zig.
He had no reply until she was completely done, demanding for him to explain himself. Even while Nat had been talking, I could tell Davey was either surprised or scared that she knew.
At last he said, “You got no right gettin’ in my business like that.”
“The hell I do!” she yelled at him. “You’re my little brother, Davey. I’m trying to look out for you!”
“Don’t need you to! Quit trippin’. Stay out of it, Nat.”
“David…”
She could probably rip him apart, but she looked to me for help. I gave her a silent command and she left the room, mumbling that she’d be in the car planning another brother’s funeral. When the door slammed behind her, I turned my attention back to Davey.
“She went to his house last night,” I informed him. “Zig’s.”
His expression turned from frustrated to flat out panic. “What? Naw, man…” He put his hands on his head and paced the room. When he stopped, he turned to face me. “Real talk, you gotta make her back off, Dane.”
“Back off? Davey, man, she’s your sister! She’s a fucking mama bear ready to shred some asses! Get the fuck out of that shit and you have nothing to worry about!”
He remained silent for several seconds before
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