Michael or your sister?

"If you want me to stay here, you'll keep your mouth shut." you warned Michael and headed downstairs for the living room to find Courtney and Chad there. They looked strange. You didn't know why, there was just something different in their behaviour, some kind of uneasiness, nervousness, uncertainty, but let's not forget what you all went through hours ago. You decided to get rid of those thoughts, your mind was playing tricks on you again.

You walked over to Courtney and hugged her really tight.

"Are you ok, Courtney?" you asked as Michael came in the room. The look on his face wasn't nice at all. He wanted to tell her everything but you threatened to leave the house. He was helpless. You didn't want to put  him in this position but you had no choice. Courtney was most important to you, even more than your own feelings for Michael.
"Yes, I am, sis... the question is if you're ok? After all, I wasn't the one who was kidnapped and tortured by those creeps! And why didn't you tell me about those Bill?!"
"Wow wow, slow down Courtney! First of all, you're the one who should answer questions around here and secondly, how could I have told you when you DISAPPEARED!?" you looked at Chad and continued "WITH CHAD!" he blushed and felt uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry.." Chad said through his teeth.
"You better be! I think we need to have a serious talk but right now I'm j-" Chad cut you off.
"YN, actually, Courtney... me and Courtney, we wanna tell you something... to you and... Michael." he looked at Michael who was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed in anger.
"Wait Chad!" Courtney put her hand on his shoulder.
"No Courtney!" he said.
"Can't this wait? I'm so tired and I don't feel well! I wanna lay down!" you insisted.
"She's right, we'll talk later."
"But-" Courtney cut Chad off.
"She went through a lot Chad, she needs to rest. We don't have time for this. Michael's tired too and it's better to talk when we are all calm!" she gave him some kind of weird look you didn't quite understand and you didn't want to now. The only thing you wanted was to lock yourself up in your room, bury yourself under the sheets and cry your eyes out.
"I'm going to my room. Goodnight." you said and headed upstairs.

As you were taking the stairs up you heard Michael, Courtney and Chad talking about something but didn't care what. You knew he was not gonna tell her because he wanted you in the house.

You pushed the door of your room shut behind you.

It was dark outside, the night has fallen on the city. You looked at your bed and memories haunted you.

You saw yourself young again, very young... when your mom has just passed away. Every night after the accident and when the night falls, you'd put little Courtney to bed and then lock yourself up in your room, cover your body with the sheets and cry, cry, cry. Life seemed so unfair to you. Now the same feelings came back to haunt you.

You slept with you sister's boyfriend and not only did you sleep but you also loved him and enjoyed every second of his love making to you! Now that you think about it, you even wanted more. You wanted this man so badly! You needed his hands and his lips! You wanted to hear his sweet voice whisper in your ear...It was so unfair... Courtney was so young and her feelings for Michael might not be like yours, she wasn't serious about him, she was cheating with Chad! And you, you loved him like really loved him.

However, this love was impossible. You couldn't stab Courtney in the back. No way in hell! The only thing to do was leave things the way they were, avoid Michael and eventually convince him you should leave the house. You thought it was better to be away from him and not see his face. As for his feelings for you, even for a second you didn't question them. He was sincere and you saw it and felt it. Many things concerning Michael's behaviour became clear to you as if someone lifted a fog from your eyes.

All you had left was your love for Michael and guilt. You don't even remember how you managed to look your sister in the eyes after sleeping with her boyfriend. You uncovered your head and looked through the window, hoping the outside view would destract you. Thinking about your life was way too painful.

The sky was filled with shining stars and the trees were slowly swaying from the breeze. All of a sudden, everything became dark.

Few hours later

You felt your bed swaying up and down and your sheet being held up. Someone was getting into your bed. You rubbed your eyes and before turning your head to see who it was, that person was already behind your sheets, placing their hand on your waist. It was Michael, you could never mistake his touch.

"Michael, wh-"
"Shhh. Go back to sleep." he whispered while making himself comfortale in your bed behind you.
"Get off of me!" you tried to remove his hand from your waist but couldn't, he won't let you.
"Why can't you just stay still..."
"Where's Courtney?" you asked him wondering why weren't they in bed together.
"I don't know. I left her and Chad talking and went to bed. She never came to me so I figured they must be together."
"Why are you here?"
"I needed to be next to you, I couldn't control myself."
"Michael, you should leave."
"I don't think so." he wrapped himself around your body.
"No!" you tried to free yourself without success. You couldn't let him see how weak you were to him.
"YN, I won't leave so you better stop this and stay still. I just wanna hold you that's all."
"You ju-.. what if Courtney sees us?"
"Don't worry she won't."
"How can I not worry? Michael... sometimes I get the feeling you don't realize what's actually going on here!"
"I don't realize?!! No, you're the on who doesn't."
"That's not true!"
"It is! I've been doing nothing but thinking about you and me and Courtney and the whole situation... And-"
"There's no and! You don't understand! You and me doesn't exist and it never will! I can never stab Courtney in the back!" he sighed "You should know few things about backstabbing, should you not!?" you managed to get away from his grip and got up from the bed. You turned around to face him "What you did was terrible... all this time you've been lying to her so that you'll stay close to me! I hate you for doing it and I hate myself for not seeing the truth!" his face changed. He got up and
"You're right. I am terrible and deserve your hatred. Hate me, it's ok..." his throat became hoarse and you thought you saw tears in his eyes "I deserve it." he begun leaving but just as he opened the door he turned around to face you again "You can leave the house whenever you want, I don't wanna force you to stay here and don't worry about me telling Courtney 'cause I won't." he closed the door behind him. He left you speechless. You didn't expect him to say those things. This was what you wanted to hear from him  but now that you did, it didn't make you happy or put your conscience at ease. You just felt bad, your heart was hurting but you were gonna leave tomorrow. It was the best thing to do.

You woke up in the morning as if it was your last day on Earth. Today, you were gonna leave the house but before doing so you had to talk to Courtney. After Michael had left your room last night, you made a decision - to tell Courtney everything about Michael and you. You were gonna hurt her but better see her hurt than surrounding her with lies.

You entered the kitchen to find her there having breakfast with Chad. Why was he still here?

"Morning." they all greeted you back "Courtney, we need to talk now." she looked at Chad and nodded.
"Agree. I wanna talk to you too and I think we should go to my room." Chad nodded.
"Ok. And why is Chad still here?"
"You'll know soon."

You went inside her room and she closed the door.

"Courtney .. I-"
"Let me start first... Sis, I don't know how to tell you this so I'm just gonna show you...." she went in the bathroom and after few seconds came out holding something in her hands. "Here." she waited for you to take it.
"What? A pregnancy test?" she nodded "Why do you have a pregnancy test and why are you showin-" you looked at her "Oh noo... don't tell me you're pregnant!" she nodded again. "Lord! Oh God.. " you covered your face with your hands. Michael was gonna be a father and when you think about it... you were about to tell her that you slept with him! "Does Michael know?" you asked her.
"No."
"Tell him NOW!"
"No."
"What do you mean no?"
"YN, he's not the father."
"WHAT??"
"You heard me."
"Well who is the father than?" you calculated 1 plus 1 and came to the conclusion "Chad!"
"Yes."
"Does he know?"
"Yes, that's why he's here. He wanted me to tell you yesterday but I couldn't. YN, listen" she walked over "don't worry about it. Me and Chad we... we love each other and we want this baby!"
"You what? What about Michael, I thought you loved him??!!" you couldn't believe this.
"I did too but the truth is I love Chad. He's my first love and I've loved him all along I just didn't know and I made a terrible mistake! You were right about me and Michael... he's not for me and I'm not for him! You know.. I've been thinking that actually... Michael needs someone like... you know.. someone who's less me and more you." why would she say that, did she know about what happened? "Don't look like this, YN, see, I think Michael likes you and" you froze by her words "maybe you should give him a chance, he's a nice guy you know!"
"What?"
"You heard me. I've spent all this time with him and I saw it, he likes you! I'm not completely stupid you know I see those things." you decided to confess
"You're right, he likes me."
"So you saw it too?"
"No, he showed me."
"What do you mean?" you sighed getting ready to tell her.
"Courtney, there's something you don't know. Me and Michael we... yesterday when we got back and while you were at the police station, he confessed his feelings for me and we..... we slept together." her jaw dropped. "I'm really sorry... I am and I... I'm gonna leave the house and stay away from him and you and I just..." you started crying but then she hugged you. This surprised you. You thought she was gonna kill you.
"It's ok, don't be. I did stupid things with Chad too and like I told you I love Chad. Stop crying." she wiped away your tears "Listen, I have one question to you and I want you to be completely honest, can you do that?" you nodded "Do you love Michael?"
"Yes."
"Then go tell him."
"Are you serious? Are you not mad?"
"Yes and no. I love you and I want you to be happy like I'm happy with Chad. If Michael makes you happy then it's fine! And you know what, I think he's the perfect man for you!"
"But I, he cheated on you with me!"
"So what? I cheated too and he did it because he loves you. I'm not that blind and I guess I kinda knew about it... "
"You did?"
"Yes and I'm even happy! I want you to be with Michael! All this time you've been taking care of me now is my turn!"
"I can't belive how mature you sound!"
"Well, I'm gonna be a mother after all..."
"Oh God.. "
"Don't! Me and Chad are gonna get married and we're gonna raise this baby!"
"I thought you didn't like children?!"
"I do now! But that's not important, why are you still here and not in Michael's room?" she winked at you.
"Do you really mean this?"
"How should I explain this to your ass.. if you don't go tell him now, I'll do it!"
"Courtney"
"Yes?"
"Thank you so much!" you hugged her.
"The things I do for love!" she sighed. This made you giggle. "Why aren't you going!"
"I'm going! Oh and remind me to kill you later for not listening to me!"
"Listen what?"
"When I told you to use protection!" both of you laughed. Wow, the moment you had with your sister right now was undescribable! You haven't felt this close for years. You missed it so much. You couldn't believe how things turned around and now everything seemed like a fairytail.

'But is Michael going to forgive me?' you were thinking standing infront on his door getting ready to knock. You've been pretty harsh on him lately, always trying to push him away and now wanted to apologize, make up and tell him you want him. You finally knocked.

"Come in." you heard his sweet voice from inside. You opened the door and came in. He came out from his closet.
"YN!" he stopped when he saw you. His eyes were red, he must have cried.
"Not happy to see me?"
"No I thought you were packing to leave!"
"I was gonna pack but I changed my mind..."
"What do you mean? You're not leaving?" he asked with hope in his eyes.
"No. I'm staying here... with you." you walked over to him.
"Wi..with m-m-m" he was trying to talk. You giggled at how cute he was.
"Yes." you pressed your lips against his.
"YN" he said through the kisses.
"Michael... listen, I'm sorry! You were right about telling Courtney, you're always right about everything but I never listen to you!"
"Are you gonna tell her?" he didn't believe.
"I already told her..."
"REALLY?
"Yes but I wanna talk about it later... now I came here 'cause I wanted to tell you how much I love you and that I wanna be with you and-"
"You love me?"
"YES! I do!"
"YN you have no idea how much I've longed to hear those words from your mouth!" he hugged you really tight "You make me the happiest man on Earth but what about Courtney?"
"It's ok, she knows I'll tell you everything!"
"YN, don't let go of me please!"
"I won't ever do that!"

From this day on you and Michael became a unit, no one was capable of breaking. Courtney married Chad and they had a beatiful baby boy that Michael adored. Courtney even asked him to be the Godfather and he, of course, agreed. You helped them take care of the baby. Michael said it was your turn to have one and you promised him this would be the first thing to do after you got married which was in about a month.
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The End.