Drawn to You (Lover to Stepbrother)(25)

“Welcome to my world. Now come on, let’s get these chairs done.” I watch his body slump while he helps me.

We get all the chairs in rows and place white sheets over them and start putting ribbons around them to keep the sheets in place. I’m sitting on the floor concentrating on what I’m doing when I feel a body sit on me and I smile when I see Sasha.

“Hello, stranger.” I sit up and wrap my arms around her. “Having fun?” She rolls her eyes, causing me to laugh.

“There are some divas in this school. Some are now complaining about where they’re placed in the show. I told them it’s the day before and its tough shit and the looks they gave me... trust me, if looks could kill, I would be six feet under.” I pull her close to me, I hate her talking about her dying even though I know she’s joking.

“If you get any hassle, just get me and I’ll sort them out.” She laughs.

“What will you do, beat them up?”

“What? No, I would just threaten to kick their ass.”

“I can do that.” I laugh and she hits my arm. “I can,” she says strongly.

“Okay, show me.” She stands until she shadows over me and her face forms into a scowl.

“Don’t fuck with me.” I look into her eyes and see anger there. Her body language is closed off and if I didn’t know she was acting, I would think she means it.

“Wow. I was wrong.” I clap and her face softens and she smiles again.

My girl is back.

“Told you. I loved drama as a kid. Me and my dad used to act out my storybooks.” Her eyes go sad and I sit on one of the seats and pull her to me so she’s sitting on my lap as I hold her.

“He would be so proud of you.”

“I know. I just miss him.” I hold onto her harder. She finally told me about her dad. How he had cancer, how she watched the man she looked up to slowly fade away. No one should see their loved ones like that. She told me happy stories about him and I wish he could be here to see how amazing his daughter turned out to be. I hope he would have approved me being with her.

“That’s normal to miss him. He’s your dad.” We both feel her phone vibrate in her pocket and she takes it out and I see her mom left her a text message.

“Mom says she’s going on another date.” She places her phone back in her pocket.

“Still haven’t met him yet?” She shakes her head. She filled me in that her mother is dating and that she’s happy. I just hope the guy isn’t a dick since it seems serious between them.

“Mom assures me I’ll be meeting him soon, he just has some work to finalize and then I’ll get to meet the mystery man. When I do, will you come with me? It would be a good chance for you to meet my mom, too.” I entwine our fingers.

“I would be honored to meet your mom. I would introduce you to my dad, but he’s never around. I’m lucky if he even comes to my games.” She kisses the side of my face.

“Your dad is a dick. Like, how can he not want to spend time with such an amazing man?” Just hearing her say the words fill me with something I can’t explain.

“I just wish he was more like what your dad was like. It’s just us two and ever since my mom left us, it’s like he can’t stand being in the same room as me for more than five minutes. He just thinks about work and money. I don’t think he has a loving bone in his body. I don’t even have a fun memory of him like you do.” I have never opened up completely about what I think of my dad. I’ve accepted how it is, but I guess deep down I wish things were different.

“It’s his loss. You have me. I’m your family now.” I look at her and see her eyes are all glassy. I place my hand on the back of her head and pull her to me and give her a soft kiss.

“I just need you.”

“You have me,” she whispers against my mouth. I kiss her hard and she lets me. I pull her closer to me and her body molds into mine. I grip her hair and she moans into my mouth when I hear shouting and break away. Looking up, I see Karen on the stage with her hands on her hips.

“If you guys are finished making out, Sasha, we have to go over our set.” Sasha sits up and wipes her mouth as she stands. She’s about to walk away but turns and kisses me one more time first.

“You will always have me,” she says before walking to the stage. I watch her grab her guitar, placing the strap over her shoulder, and they all test out their instruments and the microphone.

Once Sasha starts to sing, it’s like everyone in the room freezes. She has that aura about her that draws you in. You can’t look anywhere else but at her. I watch as her fingers work magically along the strings. They’ve been working on this song for a while from what Sasha has told me, and it's beautiful.

You broke down my walls, changing my path.

All I saw is what I thought I wanted,

but now I know what I want, and that’s you.

Until now I never knew what love was.

Don’t ever leave me or you will take a part of me I can never get back.

You own my heart,

you own my soul.

We both know what it’s like to go through loss,

but we have each other and it’s set stone.

You have me.

Don’t ever question it,

I am ruined for anyone else.