Drawn to You (Lover to Stepbrother)(16)

“I’m glad you found someone who makes you happy.” She places her hand over mine and her smile fades.

“You know I will always love your father, he was literally one of a kind, but you will be going to college soon and I don’t want to be alone.”

I place my other hand over hers. “I know, Mom, and I don’t want you to be alone. We both miss daddy, we always will, but I know he would want us to be happy.” Tears form in both our eyes.

“He would love that you are continuing with your music.” I wipe the tears away and we both chuckle. “We’re just a pair of saps aren’t we?” I nod, chuckling again.

“So, come on, tell me more about your date.” I listen to her gush about where he took her and what they talked about until it was time for me to go to bed.

Lying in bed that night, my mind kept going to Colin. I have never been so excited for morning to come. I can’t wait to see him again.





Sasha


I wake up with a spring in my step. I grab a shower, scrubbing every inch of me. I look through my closet and decide I want to look nice for Colin. I don’t normally care what I wear, I just grab what’s comfortable, but today I want his mouth to drop.

I grab a pair of jean shorts that make my ass look amazing. I usually just wear these to gigs since bars and clubs get so hot and stuffy. I grab a tight, black tank and my ankle suede boots. I look in the mirror and can’t help but notice that my legs look amazing in these shoes. I blow-dry my hair and keep my makeup natural. I decide to keep my glasses off today and just bring them along.

Mom is already up, reading the newspaper in her robe with a cup of coffee in hand, when I walk into the kitchen.

“Having a lazy day?” I ask her. She looks up and I point to her attire.

“Xander is taking me to a spa day so I’m not getting dressed until I have to.”

“Lucky you, think I deserve a spa day, too.” I tease, pouring myself a glass of orange juice.

“I can ask him to get an extra place for you if you want to play hooky.” She winks at me. Even though I’m tempted to be pampered, I would hate not seeing Colin.

“Thank you, but I still got the talent show to work on. Rain check?”

“How’s that going? It’s not that far to go, right?”

I nod, then take a sip of my drink. “Yeah. We are basically ready, just need to set up some decorations and figure out the chairs on the day of, but lucky me, I have a few members of the football team helping out, remember?”

“So, tell me, how did they get roped into helping?”

I bite my lip. “One of the players got in trouble, so for him to not get kicked out of school, he and his friends need to help me out.” She sets the paper down and looks at me.

“I hope they don’t slack off, I know how much this show means to you.” I guess I get some of me from my mom as I thought the same thing when I found out.

“Mr. Atkins put me in charge of them. If they mess up, their star player doesn’t get to play an important game so don’t worry, I’ll keep him in line.” Naughty thoughts of Colin enter my head at my words.

Stupid head.

“Okay, but if they don’t listen to you, go straight to Mr. Atkins, I mean it.”

“I will, don’t worry.” I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket and see a message from a number I don’t recognize.

Unknown: On my way, can’t wait to see you x

I smile, knowing it's him.

Me: How did you get my number?

Unknown: No kisses? I have my ways. Have you been thinking about me? x

Me: Maybe x x

I add him to my contacts list and only have to wait a minute before he replies.

Colin: I guess I need to up my game then. I’m 2 minutes away beautiful x

Me: See you soon x x

I put my phone away and grab my things.

“Who was that?” Mom asks me.

“Just a friend.”

“Do you smile like that at all your friend's messages?”

“It’s a guy, but I don’t want to jinx it. It’s still new, so once I know it’s serious, I’ll tell you more, okay?” She’ll understand that since she didn’t tell me about Xander until after three months of dating.

“Just be careful.” I walk over and kiss her cheek.

“I’m a Bennett, no guy gets close to me unless I find him worthy. Don’t worry.”

“Was it the guy with the nice voice that you were in the arms of?” She smirks at me.

“Bye, Mom.” I chuckle. She hugs me and I run out the door, smiling when I see him pull up.

Colin gets out and jogs to me as I walk towards the car and when he is standing in front of me, his lips land on mine, making me breathless. I kiss him back with everything I have until he pulls back, looking down my body.

“Why are you dressed like that?” I look down and start to feel self-conscious.

“I wanted to look nice for you.” He places his forehead on mine and groans. “Do I not look nice?”

“You look hot, that’s the problem. When I saw you I had to touch you. I’m going to hate that every other guy is going to look at you.” I giggle at his worried expression.

“But, I am showing this off today.” I pull my tank down a little, I hadn’t wanted my mom to see, and reveal the hickey Colin left me and he groans again.