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Chapter Eight
Later that night, after school, after her music lessons and after dinner, Allie sat alone in the living room, curled up on the couch listening to Tommy Dorsey on the radio and holding an open copy of a Nancy Drew mystery in her lap. Except for Lorraine, who was upstairs with Missy Vance, she was alone. Her parents had gone into town to visit friends and Rafe had gone out, having left with Danny only an hour before.
Danny…
Ever since that afternoon over a week ago, Allie had done just what she had promised and avoided Danny, and it was one of the hardest things that she had ever done. She saw him everywhere, including at school. Today in Mr. McCormick's class, she felt his eyes on her nearly the whole time. She was angry with him, but at the same time, she longed to talk with him and be able to be on friendly terms again.
Allie's chin rested on her hand, supported by her elbow as she thought about Danny, wishing that things were different, that maybe he would be jealous of Dean for being with her, instead of what he was really jealous of. The sound of a door opening upstairs interrupted her thoughts and was quickly followed by a round of giggles and quick footsteps.
Lorraine and Missy emerged from the staircase a few moments later and looked in on Allie in the living room,
"We're getting something to eat." Lorraine told her.
"Stay out of the cookies!" Allie ordered, saying exactly what her mother had said before she had left that evening, but her voice fell on deaf ears as the girls disappeared into the kitchen. They came back a few moments later, biting into granny smiths. Lorraine threw one to Allie, who barely caught it before it would have hit the ground. That is when someone decided to knock on the door.
"I'll get it!" Lorraine yelled making a beeline for the door and reaching it before Allie could even rise from her seat.
"Oh, hi!" she said in dreamy voice.
Allie was up from her seat now and came towards the door to see Dean standing there. Both Lorraine and Missy were looking at Dean as if he was mythical God, with silly grins plastered to their faces.
Dean looked over at Allie, wanting to say something to her, but couldn't seem to ignore the fact that he was being gazed at as if he were a zoo animal.
"Lori!" Allie hissed, "Don't you think you should go back upstairs?"
"And miss this? Have you gone off your rocker?" she moved closer to Dean and smiled, "You know Dean, my sister has quite a thing for you."
"LORRAINE!"
"What, it's true. I saw you making those kissy faces in the mirror, puckering your lips and-"
"Dean would you like to go for a walk?" Allie asked, desperate to get out the house and away from her little sister's big mouth.
He nodded, looking relieved at her suggestion and opened the door back up so that the two of them could walk out onto the porch.
The cold air hit Allie as soon as she placed one foot on the porch and Dean was quick to take off his letterman sweater and put it around her shoulders. She thanked him and immediately apologized for what Lorraine had said,
"I'm so sorry about that."
Dean laughed, "It's all right. She's a cute kid."
"I don't think cute is the word I would use to describe her." Allie said, still embarrassed, "What are you doing here?" she then asked.
"I was worried about you." He replied, his crystal eyes dancing in the moonlight.
Allie could feel herself falling under their hypnotic spell as she answered, "Worried?"
He moved closer to her, smiling, "Yeah, worried, you haven't been yourself lately, Doll."
He was standing directly in front of her now, close enough to where she could breathe in the smell of the shaving cream he had used that morning. It was such a nice smell and it drew Allie's gaze up into his eyes and saw that his were all ready there waiting for her,
"You want to clue me in?" he asked in a low voice.
Her eyes immediately went back down and she shook her head.
He sighed, rolling his eyes, "I know there's something going on. Every since you and Danny had that fight you've-"he paused and Allie could feel herself flinch at the thought of him discovering her secret,
"Did he do something to you?" he demanded, his voice harsh.
Allie quickly looked up, not wanting him to get the wrong impression. The last thing she needed was Dean thinking the worst,
"No, it's nothing like that."
A satisfied smile appeared on his lips, "Good, because you're my girl, not his."
Allie frowned up at him, "Why would you say that? Danny is only my friend…well, he was…I mean he is…never mind."
Dean lifted a lock of Allie's long hair and brought the soft strand to his lips, "Well, whatever he is, you make sure that it stays that way."
The sudden closeness caused Allie's heartbeats to come faster and closer together and she nearly keeled over when he moved in closer to her and lifted her face up to his. A small smile spread across his lips and Allie could feel her own lips mimic in response as he lowered his head and kissed the very tip of her nose. Then he slowly made his way to her mouth, where he pressed his lips firmly against hers.
Her head began to swim as she realized that this was really happening. It was no dream; it was real, oh so very real, though she had imagined something quite different, it still was wonderful. She felt herself becoming more and more lost in the kiss that now actually started to feel like a dream. Dean expertly tilted her head up as he cupped her face into his hand adding more intensity into the kiss, throwing Allie completely off the ledge that she had been teetering on since their lips had first touched. She was so lost, so lost in his lips, the wonder, and the intensity, that she failed to notice Rafe and Danny pulling up into the driveway. Neither did she notice when Rafe got out of the truck and came around the front with his mouth agape at her and Dean,
"What in the hell is going on here?" Rafe nearly shouted.
Allie and Dean jumped apart, separating quickly as if they had been burned. Guilt suddenly finding her she stepped back on the porch as Rafe came bounding up it, with Danny close behind him. It was too dark to see either one of their faces, but Allie was willing to bet she wasn't missing any pleasant expressions.
She was embarrassed and looked to Dean for help, but he merely stepped back, hands in pockets as if this was old hat to him. She looked back at Rafe,
"Rafe, what are you doing home so early?"
Rafe's face came into view now and was contorted in anger, "I'm the one asking the questions here! Do Mom and Dad know that you're out here?" he demanded.
Allie knew Rafe was screaming at her, she knew that Dean was standing on the outskirts of the conversation, but all she saw was Danny's face. He looked like he had been knocked senseless by Kid Berg and how no idea who she was. It hurt her more than Rafe's harsh words or Dean's semi abandonment ever could.
As if he could read her thoughts, Dean suddenly came up next to Allie and took her hand into his own, pulling Allie out of the eye lock that she had with Danny,
"Rafe, I'm sorry about this. I should have been more respectful and as much as you are doubting it right now, I do care about your sister and have no intention of hurting-"
"I think you should leave now, Dean." Rafe interrupted, his glare not leaving his sister.
Dean looked over to Allie and then back at Rafe, "All right, I'll go." Allie could feel him near her to kiss her on the cheek, but Rafe stopped him by clearing his throat loudly. Dean noticed and pulled away quickly, but not before whispering to her,
"I'll see you tomorrow."
Allie nodded and gave Dean a small smile as he stepped off the porch and headed to his car. Rafe had the decency to wait until he had pulled out of the driveway before he returned to his attack on his sister.
"What were you thinking doin' a thing like that?"
"That's none of your business!" Allie fired back, her anger and embarrassment taking over, "He's my boyfriend and I can do whatever I like when I with him, besides…I thought you liked him?"
"Me liking him has nothing to do with it! What if Mom or Dad had seen you? They'd skin you alive for behaving like that!"
"I've seen you do worse!" she screamed. Rafe was very well liked among the girls at school and had been caught several times by several of the girl's fathers out on their porches after the sun had gone down.
"That's different!" he roared back.
Allie didn't see any difference though, what he was doing to her was grossly unfair and hypocritical. He had embarrassed her and ruined what was supposed to be one of the most important moments in her young life. She couldn't bear to look at him anymore and turned around starting for the front door, but Rafe was too quick for her, grabbed her roughly by the arm, and pulled her back.
"Let me go!"
"No, not until you've realized what you did!"
Allie hated that he was so much stronger than she was, and she struggled to break free of his grasp, but in the end it was Danny, who had been standing idly by watching the siblings fight, who stepped up and pried Rafe's fingers off Allie's arm,
"Rafe let her go in. Yelling isn't going to solve anything." He said in a subdued voice that caused both Allie and Rafe to turn to him with confounded expressions.
Rafe turned to Danny, a look slight betrayal mixed in with confusion on his face,
"She's only 15, Danny." Rafe pointed out the obvious. "She's not ready for this."
The words enraged Alllie even more and she turned back to Rafe and replied through gritted teeth,
"You don't know what I'm ready for. You're my brother not my father."
Rafe opened his mouth to speak, but Danny quickly cut him off,
"Rafe, don't waste your breath. She's heard this all before, haven't you, Allie?" Danny replied, his eyes fixed on Allie reminding her of the fight they had had over the same matter only a week ago.
She glared back at him, lifting her head stiffly, "Both of you can just leave me alone. I'm not a little girl and I don't need you telling me how to live my life. Just stay out of it!" and with that said, she whirled on her heel and stalked across the porch and then to the door, nearly slamming after she had entered the house.
"Allie!" Lorraine called, running in from the living room, Missy close at her heels "What-" she stopped when she saw the look on her sister's face, "What happened?"
"Our brother is a lunkhead!" she screamed, more at the door than at Lorraine, making sure that Rafe heard her.
"Well, I knew that. But why are you so mad?" Lorraine asked impishly.
Missy giggled, but Allie fumed, "We'll see if you still feel that way when he starts to sabotage moments in your life that could have been special!" she turned around quickly, practically whipping her hair in her sisters face and ran up the stairs to her room.
Lorraine turned to Missy as her sisters footsteps faded, "Teenagers" she replied, shaking her head.
Please R/R I need all the encouragement I can get lately LOL
