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Over the next few days, Chase and Bree didn't talk about their moment in the backyard that had been practically in front of their family. I mean they might have kissed, not that they would have minded kissing cause they had wanted to kiss for months now and with each sweet moment they had when it seemed that they would finally be able to kiss; life interferred once again leaving them feeling robbed of a magical moment.
The night it had happened, Chase sat on the steps watching Bree's every move like the lovesick fool he was turning out to be, no matter how much he tried not to be cause it meant that he would be like the other guys in his school who thought they were in love; letting a girl rule their life so that school, living their own life, friends and family become second nature because trying to "please" their girls by any means neccessary becomes their life goal cause if the girl is happy, then it is worth losing your identity.
So the guy loses his identity and follows the girl around like a puppy dog begging for scraps of affection and does whatever she wants to get it. Chase saw it everyday at school and especially with his friends which is why they always seemed to be either under lust spell or brokenhearted; they were pretty much the popular girls' slaves for the fake affection and praise they could get.
Chase knew that what he and Bree had was the real kind of love, the love that every girl dreams about having since the day they learn that boys don't have cooties that they will catch if they even touch the guy. With them, there were no pretenses & no acting required, they didn't have to hide their true selves from each other because they knew that they will be accepted 100% by the person they love.
Bree knew he had his moments when his ego seemed to take up most of his head, I mean he was engineered to be a super genius but sometimes he was a little bit over the top that made his siblings and classmates feel like they were dummies and want to hurt him as much as he tried not to be cause he never wanted to be one of those jerks that he despised.
But instead of shunning him or telling him off in a rude way with loads of attitude, she used the witty and snappy comebacks that he has grown to love cause it has been happening his entire childhood. Plus it gave them both an excuse, not that they neeeded one, to flirt\banter with each other which was always a highlight of both Chase and Bree's day. They sometimes even stayed up all night thinking of possible new comebacks for the next day's conversation.
The next few weeks before the fair seemed to fly by though the days always went by fast when Bree and Chase were together, whether on a mission with Adam or hanging around the house with Leo ( putting those two together always made life that much more interesting with lots of hilarious mishaps from trying to live a normal life as they could with three bionics. But that is what made life in the Davenport house and life in general that much more interesting; a boring life is no life at all)
It seemed that Bree and Chase had an unmentioned agreement never to mention their little moment in their backyard , it brought out feelings best hidden to the public cause it might stir up alot of disagreements with people who have time to fuss over other people's lives that they don't agree with.
So things got back to normal, as normal as they could be, between Chase and Bree which included more sweet and tender "non-sibling" moments that no one mentioned after it happened or the ackwardness and non-comfortity of the situation would come to light. Although there was nothing Bree or Chase could do to convince their brothers, Leo and Adam. that they were just "brother and sister", they had been there for pretty much all the sweet moments, looks and touches Bree and Chase had shared over the years.
They had video proof as well as seeing it with their own eyes which took lots of patience, not because the moments were few in between. They happened pretty much everytime Bree and Chase were in the same room but they came on with no warning,like while drying the dishes only to end up having a playful and flirty squirty water bottle-dishtowel fight (think of the scene in "Geek Charming") or Bree and Chase staying up all night chit-chatting about anything and everything under the sun and ending up falling asleep all cuddled up.
Adam and Leo had no idea how to breach the subject of Bree and Chase being something more then siblings, they knew that if they confronted their brother and sister, things might become tense and ackward between the course Bree and Chase would deny all and every evidence, no matter how undeniable they were, cause they weren't ready to admit their love for each other.
So for now until Bree and Chase felt ready to admit their obvious love for each other, Leo and Adam will have to keep dropping huge hints. They had been gathering their dollars for weeks in hopes that they could somehow persaude Chase that he might be able to use the excuse of helping the kiddies to get some kisses from the woman he loves, even if it's only on the check, it still was a kiss that will melt Bree and Chase to the core.
The day of the fair was sunny and the air was filled with laughter at Moira High School as the birds were singing. Every student, even if they didn't want to admit it to themselves or anyone else, were buzzying with excitement about spending a full day out of class being children playing games or just sitting on the grass gossiping with their friends.
The kissing booth was going pretty well, Bree was actually enjoying herself, believe it or not. The guys who dropped a dollar into the peanut butter made piggy bank were nice enough to extend a check for a little peck before happily walking away. They didn't ask for anything other then a peck on the check, even though contry to the money that would be raised if she allowed anyone to kiss her on the lips, that wasn't happening.
Bree wanted her very first kiss to be with someone special with whom she had immense, deep and true feelings for, like a certain brunette with big deep chocolate eyes and a name that rhymes with "Lase". If anyone other then that specific guy tried to kiss her, she would politely decline the offer and offer her check, Bree was not above being rude and openly saying that she didn't want to kiss them if it meant that she would be guaranteed to have the kiss of her dreams.
The entire fair Chase was trying his hardest to stay away from the booth or the green eyed monster that reared it's ugly head would appear or even worse "Spike" just like whenever he thought of the other guys in the entire school having the chance to lay a hand or lip on his girl.
Instead he tried his hand at the carnival games, even though he knew that the mathamatical probability of anyone doing good at these probably rigged games were like 1 in 5 but hey if it got his mind off the kissing booth, the booth he was regretting even suggesting in the first place, and possibly a small token for his girl to make her smile and even better a warm, soft hug from Bree, that always made him feel warm inside.
He was walking to the dunk tank to see what was happening over there since it was clearly the highest money maker at this fair, it seemed like everyone wanted their shot at some of the teachers who they thought made their lives in school even more miserable when he overheard something that made his blood boil, skin crawl and stop in mid-step wanting to hear more of what he hoped was a case of only hearing half the conversation.
"So Ethan when are you going to add Bree Davenport to your long list of conquests? I mean you have already dated most of the girls in the school and then dumped them in a public and humiliating way that is designed to make every girls' self esteem go crashing down to their feet and guarantee a show for everyone." Josh, one of Ethan's posse, commented in a pathetic attempt at getting his leader to spill some of his secrets at getting so many girls to fall in love with him.
Ethan popped his collar and answered in a cocky, bigger then life, big man on campus and "I'm so cool that I surprise myself how cool I am" attitude and tone he answered: "Oh yes I am, I am the man of getting chicks to fall for my sweet, sensitive and "nice guy" act and then using them for my selfish reasons. But hey this is why I was put on this Earth; to use people to better my own life then throw them away like the objects they are to me.
It has been a long journey to get little Bree to fall for me though not hard at all. She may think herself as tough but really she is just a small-minded weak girl who will believe anything anyone tells her because of some sick dream of finding true love. I think that today should be the day that I will add that little girl to my list of girls cause if I have to hear any more of that annoying and pathetic way she has the nerve to call flirting, I might scream. It makes me sad to have to use some of my best flirting on such a baby."
Of course his posse wholeheartedly agreed with him or risk his temper and the way he practicaly controls everyone's thoughts and actions in the schools so why risk losing any of their status in the school as some of the popular students. Chase thought he would be sick, he couldn't believe that this guy was playing his Bree and that he was bragging about going over to the kissing booth and breaking Bree's heart
If Chase had his way that would never ever happen cause when Bree is sad, he's sad and kind of desperate to get that beautiful smile back on her face. So he walked with purpose to the kissing booth, he wanted to tell Bree the truth before Ethan got a chance to embarass her in front of everyone, it might be the gentler way of breaking her heart if the bad news came from someone who loves and cares for her.
Unfortunatly Ethan got there first and turned on the charm as he leaned on the counter and gave Bree his sexiest eyes ever. It didn't even make her heart race, words leave her brain or make her go into a lovesick state like it usually happened when around Ethan though not as hard as when she and Chase were having a moment. What the heck? Why I am not a mindless zombie who runs away like a speeding bullet like usual when Ethan is around?"
"Hey Bree. I was thinking that since you aren't busy this weekend we should go to the movies and dinner at the most expensive restaurant. Unless you have something better like spending time with your pathetic little family which I don't doubt you will leave without any thought if you had a chance to be on the arm of the most popular guy at school." Ethan said with confidence and a stagger that Bree had never seen before and didn't appreciate.
Ethan might be cute and the most popular guy in school but that was no reason to totally diss her family, the only people with whom she felt 100% secure in being her slightly ackward, dorky and quirky self with and who she loved and cared for. Unlike what Ethan thought, she would pick her family over any guy. The only person whose cockiness,delivish charm and "I think I am so much smarter then you" attitude made her heart race and didn't totally drive her nuts and want to shake awake until they realize they weren't "all that" was Chase.
"Um no thanks. I appreciate the tempting offer but I am going to stick with spending my weekends and everynight with my family. Now if you don't have anything else important to say, can you please move along." Bree said with the lovable sass barely hiden in each word she spoke as it seemed like the entire school was watching to see her reaction to being asked out by Ethan Indigo.
"Are you seriously saying no to me?. No no that isn't happening. I am Ethan Indigo, no one says no to me. I have girls falling at my feet and fighting over who is going to be seen in public with me. You will be part of that group Bree Davenport..." Ethan said with hint of whining and pouting at his plan not going the way he wanted before he grabbed her and kissed her.
It wasn't what Bree expected at all; she might be a bit of a tomboy but even she thought about how she would feel when she kissed the man she loved; sparks would fly, the earth would move from under their feet, their hearts would beat faster and faster until they melted into one beat and with each movement of their lips every emotion that their hearts contained spilled out so that it was presented at the feet of the person who the true and deep emotions were for.
Kissing Ethan gave her none of that; I mean he tried to grope her mouth with his tongue which made her feel like she was being licked by a dog, he even had the breath of a dog, all gross,vial smelling and made her want to barf or at least break away from Ethan so she didn't have to taste his what seemed like garlic filled lunch. She also wanted to get away from those gripping, grabbing and groping hands that were holding her to this torture.
Ethan finally let go of her when he needed to breathe and gave her a cocky smile so sure of himself that she would be so breathless, putty in his hands and be gushing over how wrong she was on denying herself a chance to be seen with him after his best kiss that usually made girls melt into his arms and become his servant. What he got was Bree holding her hand over her mouth and rushing off but he just shrugged it off and focused on the next girl to win over.
Chase chased after her though; "Bree! Bree! Wait up!. Are you ok? Look I can agree that as for first kisses, that one was pretty lame that you didn't seem to enjoy. I can kind of see why you might not like it, I mean what girl wants to be groped and treated like a dog?. You deserve to be treated like an equal and someone to treasure and care for. I'm sorry you got a bad first kiss especially with a jerky, selfish womanizer like Ethan.
I know you probably wil hurt me for daring to badmouth someone you really care for but you deserve a guy who treats you as the only girl he will ever love, care for or want to be around, someone who actually will listen to everything you say and ask for your opinion and thoughts on anything and isn't afraid to be the chessy yet sweet and romantic but in a natural way kind of guy that you deserve. And to me Ethan Indigo isn't that guy. I am saying all this cause I love and care for you very much and I want you to be happy"
During Chase's speech, Bree was tearing up and her heart melted. Without warning, Bree grabbed Chase's shirt and planted a kiss, a sweet, tender, love filled and soft kiss that expressed her every emotion that she had tried to hide for years now. It was everything both Bree and Chase could have ever imagined. Both of their hands gravitated to the other's waist where they laid softly as they stood there kissing and it was even better then anything they could have dreamed about.
When the need to air overuled the longing to keep on kissing prevailed, Chase and Bree broke away gasping for air but with huge smiles at one of their major dreams actually coming true. They were both afraid to pinch themselves in case this was a dream but as they were gasping for breath words came out in gasps as well:
"Chase what you said about the guy I deserve was one of the sweetest and deepest things ever, good thing you met the qualifications of my perfect guy. This might be quite a shock to your system but I have been falling more in love with you at the same time of wanting to kill you for being cocky and for actually doing anything in your power to drive me up the wall. The day you,me and Adam found out we weren't biological siblings was one of the best days of my life,this one goes high into that list.
I don't know if anyone in our lives, ok mostly our family, will accept our relationship but I don't care what others say, ok so I care and am a little worried about what our family will say which is why I have held onto how I really truly felt for you all these years. Sorry I am rambling, the point to this drawn out speech is that I love you and if we have to keep our relationship a secret then at least I can finally express my love for you like I have wanted.
Ok if you could say anything to let me know that you heard me and feel the same way now would be the best time" Bree said in a nervous voice as she contemplated on what she just did that might have negitive effects on her life; the loss of someone she cares for and loves in her life when Chase says in the gentlest way as possible that he loved her as only a sister and breaks her heart into tiny pieces.
The two important questions were answered in an instant; Chase leaning over and kissing her pouring out his answer into every gentle stroke of his lips over hers. Just as Bree and Chase were getting into their 2nd first kiss, they heard some shuffling and excited whispers from behind them. Still in each other's arms, they turned around and saw Leo on Adam's back with his hand over his mouth as Adam cheered muffled. When they both saw Bree and Chase pretending not to laugh at their brothers' obvious attempt at hiding the fact they were spying on them they waved. Oh well at least we know Adam and Leo are on our team. Next we have to tell Davenport and Tasha which should be interesting.