OK - Brandon and Michelle Chapter for you today! Thanks for the reviews as always! :)

"That...was amazing." Brandon flopped down breathless as Michelle crawled off his legs and moved up to his face to nibble his ear.

"I have never been with anyone like you before." He stuttered through further breaths pulling her into an embrace by his side.

"Well, you're a lucky boy. Not half as lucky as me of course" She smiled. "I mean, that body...it just drives me crazy!" she traced a pattern out over his abs, glistening with sweat.

"This was so much better than a movie." He added kissing her head.

She laughed. "Well, I've always thought, 'why sit and watch when you can do?'." She licked her lips, her eyes glistening. He let out a laugh.

"Well...you can certainly do." He looked at her face almost forgetting how beautiful she was. Her dark eyelashes perfectly framing her cocoa coloured eyes. Her cheeks were tinged pink and her eyelids heavy still recovering from the work providing the ecstasy she had just given him.

"I'm really glad you're coming round tomorrow." He smiled. "I can't wait for you to get to know my family better...I mean I know it's never been easy."

She shuffled a bit but composed herself back into a smile. "I know your sister and I have never seen eye to eye...but it's just sometimes difficult to respond when she's always so...hostile." She said fluttering her eyes as if their feud was one sided. Brandon was lapping up every word.

"Yeah, well Kasey doesn't let go of grudges that easily...and whatever happened with you two back in freshman year..." Michelle slapped him slightly on the chest.

"I thought we agreed not to talk about that. It was just all so messy. I mean I never realised how much she liked him, he told me it was over between them. I feel so bad..." she said innocently, deliberately breaking her voice a little.

"Hey, hey, don't worry about it. It's just teenage girl stuff. Kasey will get over it. She just may be a little off for a bit. When she gets to know the real you she'll understand!" Brandon smiled kissing her head again. She beamed back at him, her eyes swirling dreamily.

"You're so insightful, Brandon. How can one man be so compassionate and caring...and hot!" She licked her lips.

He let out an embarrassed giggle. "Stop it!"

"I mean it, willing to take a chance on such a screw up like me." She said her voice dropping again. He held her a little tighter. "You're just too perfect."

"Really, stop it. You have no idea how perfect you are. So you've made some mistakes, who hasn't?"

"Well maybe we'll just agree to disagree!" She looked up at him squinting slightly.

"So where is your Dad tonight?" Brandon asked. "I mean not that I'm complaining...I just never see him all that much."

Michelle's face dropped with genuine discomfort. "I dunno, he'll be out with his friends or with some new...lady. I lose track. We don't talk all that much."

Brandon looked at her with a flicker of concern. "Really? I mean I guess you don't talk about him that much but I always figured that's just 'cause you know he's not that popular with the others at school."

"Brandon. You have a naked woman with you in bed...do you really want to talk about her father?" She smiled trying to divert attention.

He laughed. "OK, point taken. It's just you've never seemed that happy about our parents meeting...it seems I'm the only one who wants this. I just want to check you're OK with it?" Realising she wasn't going to be able to wriggle out of Brandon's affection for her she gave him the best smile she could.

"I think it's really sweet you want to try and smooth things over with our families - I'm thrilled. My Dad can be a bit of a bully sometimes, he does it as a defence mechanism - I know that - but I'll not pretend it won't be nice to have someone fighting my corner against Kasey's jibes." She squinted teasing him slightly.

"You've got me too - I'll protect you from her. But I do hope you try and play nice, your father too."

"Nice? I'm always nice..."

Brandon quivered slightly biting his tongue as she began to bite his ear.

"Surely it's your turn now?" Finding his strength he flipped their position over so he straddled her as she giggled with pleasure. He carefully worked his way down kissing her along her ear and down her neck tracing his own pattern with his tongue. As he moved down her body and freed her head her guise dropped slightly as she noticed the flickering light on her phone. A flash of vulnerability temporarily captured her, despite Brandon's remedy. Reaching out she turned it over so that the screen was facing down and she returned her attentions to Brandon, rubbing her fingers through his hair.

She wouldn't let her weaknesses distract her from their oncoming activity.

"It's quarter to one. I better head home!" He said afterwards as they lay exhausted on the bed.

She smiled deep into his eyes as he stood up and found his sprawled clothing. "Are you sure you'll be OK here? I expected your Dad to be home by now and that I'd have to go out the window." He joked.

"Well that would have made interesting dinner conversation!" She laughed. "I'll be fine, he'll be back before too long.

"OK - well let me know when he's home, I don't like the idea of you being here by yourself."

"Well you could stay the night..." She smiled kissing him once again.

He woke from the momentary dreamy lock as his sense took over. "Not tonight - Moms will be listening out and Kasey will probably delight in telling them I didn't come home. " He said before biting her lip through a smile. She pulled away.

"Oh I see, of course...I mean I'm hardly worth upsetting Mommy or Kasey for." She said turning away from him.

His expression dropped slightly. "Hey, hey!" He said grabbing her back. "I don't mean you're not worth it...I mean you are. Look I just don't want anything to get in the way. We need to play It carefully. Come on Chelle...I promise, I'll sneak out one night one day and we can spend the night together. You're totally worth it!" He said trying to pull her back from her strop.

She looked him up and down. "OK - but don't keep teasing me. I want to wake up next to you. I mean I'm risking stuff sneaking you round here...I don't want this to be a one way thing."

Brandon was slightly confused but scared of upsetting her further. He knew she was delicate.

"I know...I'm sorry..." he said, not really sure what he was apologising for. "Look I promise, we will wake up with the sun one of these days! Let's just get through dinner tomorrow first so we can get Kasey off my back." He smiled as she finally dropped her act.

"OK." She smiled kissing him. "Now hurry home...if I don't get you all night I don't want you throwing away ten minutes." He kissed her one more time and slipped out the door barely able to take his eyes off her as it closed.

He stood and took in the mid-night air for a little while. She was a handful but he still couldn't believe she was his to hold. All his.

Michelle similarly leaned back against the door biting her bottom lip. She stood for a few minutes processing the evening, her expression flickering from happiness to fear. Where was she with this? She looked across at he Dad's vacant coat hook and sighed. She could barely remember the last time she saw the coat there after dark, but they had their days together. He defended her, when he saw her struggling. Mostly. He put down all of those kids who looked down on her, and the ones that didn't. It was a skill she had inherited. No one could drag them down - they made sure they put the people down first before they thought they could even try.

She took a deep breath and returned to her room. Her phone buzzed again and she picked it up, flirting with pressing the answer key. Finally she did.

"OK - this is bordering on stalking. What do you want?" she began, harping at the other end.

"No I can't come tonight!" She sat down on the bed, a hollow voice protesting loudly on the other end.

"You know the agreement - you're capable of dealing with it!" She hung up still riled and flopped down on the bed her hand on her forehead.

Her phone buzzed and she flicked it the screen to reveal it.

"Don't you dare hang up on me! You're still mine." She shook her head and threw the phone down before it buzzed again. Ready for a fight she cursed a little but then dropped the attitude as she saw Brandon's name flash up. She exhaled with a hint of sorrow.

"Let me know when he's home. Thanks for tonight.x" She breathed again. and began to type.

"He got back just after you left. Don't worry about me. xox " she lied before throwing the phone down and clasping her closed eyes in her hands. No. She couldn't go down that road.

Chapter 4 Preview: The family prepare for the oncoming dinner

"I'm always on your side baby. Unless your Mom is right. Which is probably always...if she is in the room." Kasey slapped him again.

"I knew I liked him!" Stef smiled nudging Kasey as she passed.