I am the worst person ever! This is about to be a very short chapter, but I needed to get one out. I have been so busy, but it isn't an excuse!

Sofi POV

Oh shit. I'm dead. Ash is dead. We are all dead.

"Big brother, calm down. This is my friend Ash. He works here!" I tried to calm down Rj.

"Friend? Yeah fucking right. Give me a break, I'm not stupid."

"Seriously Rj! He is, and you need to knock it off. I'm allowed to hang out with guys. Dad gave me permission." I explained.

All this time Ash was quietly standing beside me, if not a little in front of me so he could protect me of something went wrong. How cute? Ash just walked up to my brother. Lord help us!

"Hi, my name is Ash. I just wanted to tell you that there is nothing going on between your sister and I. I wouldn't play her along and I respect her too much to do anything. You never have to worry about me hurting her." He was being so sincere it almost brought tears to my eyes. I could see Rj calculating him.

"I'm Rj, her brother. She is my baby sister and I will kill you if you hurt her. You will wish you got dropped off in a Stan. Do you hear me?" He threatened.

"Loud and clear."

The gym started to clear out and I walked up to Ash.

"Hey."

"Hi Sofi."

"Look, I just wanted to say I really appreciated that. Not to mention you stood up for yourself when you stood up for me, and that made my brother have to like you just a little bit. I'm sorry I never told you about him, it just never got brought up." His eyes softened and he pulled me into a hug.

"Sofia, you are an amazing woman and I meant every word. You should have a man who tells you just how amazing and wonderful you are. You're the most beautiful girl I know. Don't you ever forget it, and everyone has secrets. Honestly we don't know each other that well and I think we need to really talk and hang out so we can get to know each other. I say that today you spend time with your brother and we will go on a date later. Sound okay?" He whispered into my hair. I pulled away.

"Thank you so much Ash. I can't wait for our date." I kissed him on his cheek and walked upstairs to Seven. When I walked in I saw Rj sitting in the kitchen. I hopped on the counter and started to talk.

"Rj, I missed you so much. We were inseparable and now I hardly see you. I'm so proud that you are in the army but I miss my big brother. You even missed me graduating!"

"I'm sorry sis. You know if I could have been there I would have! I missed you too, so much. You were my partner in crime, and always took the blame for me. Now I want to talk. What is with you and that guy, and be honest."

"Big Brother, he is so amazing. There isn't anything between us, yet. I really hope there is though. He is completely gorgeous and has a wonderful personality, but most importantly he treats me well. He actually saved me from a very bad situation with Garrett. He gets so protective and would literally do anything for me. We are actually going on a date, but he told me to spend my day with you. He is respectful and everything I want in a guy. Dad approved and I really want you too as well." I gave him a hopeful look.

"I just don't like that the baby is growing up. I don't like to think of you being all adult like. Good god lets not even talk about the fact that you are old enough to have sex. I WILL kill a man if he gets you pregnant, but if dad approves and you like him this much of course I will approve too. He seemed to really care for you and he stuck up for himself. I respect that."

Rj and I talked for a goof three hours. He told me all about the army, or as much as he could. There were a couple girls he persuaded into having sex with him, which I gave him crap for! They were probably little sisters too, that threw him for a loop. He said he became really close with a group of guys and he really wanted me to meet them. Mom and Dad got homed and mom cried her eyes out. We made a huge family dinner and spent all night catching up with one another.

All through the night I couldn't help but think, I wonder what Ash is doing?