Rose sighed heavily looking inside her cluttered coat closet; she was not looking forward to cleaning it out especially on a beautiful Saturday. She was about to get started when her doorbell rang. "Bloody fantastic." She groaned stepping over some small boxes and walking to the door.
"Yeah?" She called out pulling up the sleeves of her favorite grey sweat shirt.
"It's David."
"David?" She muttered. Rose quickly opened the door.
"Hi." He smiled politely.
"Uh, hi, what brings you here?" Rose asked surprised. It took a minute to realize he was wearing blue jeans and a black graphic t-shirt and tennis shoes instead of his usual suit and tie.
David reached into his pocket pulling out a piece of paper. "Just wanted to give you next week's volunteering schedule."
"Thanks." She smiled slightly disappointed he wasn't staying longer. "No problem just let me know on Monday if you need to change any days." He replied. Rose glanced at it nodding. "I think it'll work."
"Brilliant." He smiled.
She tried hard not to stare at him. He looked really good and she had to admit it made her knees weak to see him dressed the way he used to.
"Something wrong?" He asked concerned.
Rose shook her head. "No, it's just I'm not used to seeing you dressed like that." He briefly glanced at his clothes and shrugged. "What, this? I always dress like this on my days off."
"Oh, it's your day off?" She asked. "Yeah, me and Amy are going rollerblading." He smiled. "Sounds nice," Rose nodded smiling. "Well, I won't keep you, then."
He scoffed. "Ah, it's okay, I'm actually waiting for her. She's out shopping with Rory, right now." Rose smiled slightly as she saw an opportunity to spend some time with him. "Well, would you like to wait in here?"
David arched his eyebrow.
Rose cleared her throat. "I mean if you want to, I'm doing some cleaning but you're welcome inside, if you like." She quickly added. David nodded. "Okay, sure." He said walking inside. "Oh, this is nice." He commented looking around.
"Yeah, now that I've finally gotten rid of the boxes," She sighed. "Now, I just have to deal with my coat closet." "Do you need any help?" David asked glancing at a glass horse figurine on the end table.
"Yeah, could you reach up the top shelf for me and get that shoe box for me?" Rose pointed upward in the crowded closet. David looked up and smirked. "How did you get it up there?"
Rose sighed. "I didn't. The moving man just happened to be taller than me and put it up there and now I can't reach it." "I think he did it to annoy me." She grunted. David smirked. "Hang on." He effortlessly reached up taking the box down for her.
"Show off." Rose teased. "Jealous, are we?" He dramatically sniffed stretching himself to appear taller. She lightly slapped his stomach prompting him to playfully stick his tongue out making her giggle. He suppressed a smile he had forgotten how pretty her eyes sparkled when she laughed, he had forgotten how pretty her eyes were, period.
He then quickly snapped himself out of his thoughts and glanced down at the small box. "So what's in that?" Rose shrugged. "Don't know but it's been driving me crazy."
David looked at her curious. "Why?" "Well, it's like when somebody puts a present up way high where you can see it but can't reach it, you know? I mean it drives ya' bonkers till ya' know what's inside." Rose replied leaning against the back of the couch.
She smirked sheepishly. "I sound silly don't I?" David shook his head. "No, I don't think so. I think that's very logical." She sighed. "So let's find out what's in here, yeah?" "I know I can't stand the suspense." He joked.
Rose smirked as he went beside her and watched her opened the box. Then her face turned pale as a bunch of sexy old Polaroids of her and David were staring at them.
Rose could feel David's eyes glaring at her. She wanted to hide.
The pictures were taken on a rainy afternoon in David's parents lavish screened porch. Originally they were just going to hang out there; he was going to study for a medical test while she worked on some bracelets but then she found his parents forgotten Polaroid camera. At first she was going to take pictures of the beautiful lakeside area as soon as the rain stopped but for whatever reason Rose thought it would be fun to take a racy photo of David.
But David expressed concerned about the photo being discovered so she promised if he agreed to just one picture she would immediately get rid of it but what started as a simple picture of him without his shirt quickly became several photos of both of them nearly naked. Rose promised to burn the pictures that night but instead here they were in her hands and David was looking at her very hurt.
"I thought you burned those." David swallowed. Rose was so ashamed and didn't know how to explain herself. "I-I guess I didn't."
He gave her a look. "Apparently." "I'm sorry. I completely forgot about them." She said closing the box. "How could you forget that?" He bit out gesturing at the box with his hands. "I only did that cause' you promised to get rid of them."
Rose groaned. "I know but I must have forgotten."
"Dear god, Rose how many people have seen those?" He said briefly covering his eyes completely mortified. "No one saw these, I swear." She insisted. David scoffed at her folding his arms. "Just like you always "swore" I had enough gas in my car when I took you out on Friday nights?"
His words stung. He didn't believe her. Rose glared at him. "Would it kill you to stop insulting me all the damn time? I'm sorry I still have these bloody photos but I swear nobody saw them," She protested looking at him hurt. "I had too much respect for you to ever let that happen and you know it!"
David lowered his eyes and sighed feeling guilty. "Alright, I'm sorry," "Maybe I have been unfair. It was probably just an accident, it's not uncommon for people to forget things and yes, you have always shown me respect and I should be showing you the same." He said sincerely.
"Thank you." She said softly. "And I promise to burn these right away." Rose said. David sighed heavily. "Don't worry about it, I know you will. I trust you." "Thanks." She muttered. Rose just stood there with her back turned feeling deflated. Once again she had blown it with David.
After a minute of awkward silence he saw no reason to stay there longer and checked his watch. "Well, I better go."
She nodded quietly and walked him to the door. "David?" She said. "Yeah?" He replied opening the door. "I'm sorry I forgot these pictures of us," She shook her head. "I'm sorry we even did it." She said regretfully.
He shrugged. "No need to apologize. We were just young and bold I guess." "Yeah, I suppose," Rose said softly then glanced at him. "Just so you know I never took those photos to embarrass you. They were special to me."
He sighed. "I know and I never said you were trying to embarrass me and I was never trying to embarrass you and it was special, I'll admit it but if you don't mind I'd like to forget this humiliating chapter of my life, okay?" David remarked still bothered by it.
She nodded. "Fair enough." David gave a small smile. "Well, I'll see ya' Monday." He said softly before walking away.
"Ha, I beat you!" Amy declared after they had roller-bladed down the park and stopping by a wood bench smiling and laughing. "Did not! I let you win." He jokingly whined.
She patted his shoulder giving a mock pout. "Of course you did." David rolled his eyes but smiled. He loved skating ever since he was a kid. It was one of the few things he and Amy could bond over but after becoming a doctor he didn't get many chances to do this.
Amy started re-tightening the straps on her skates when she noticed David looking distracted. "Something wrong?" She asked. He shrugged. "What makes you think something's wrong? I'm just waiting on you."
Amy gave him a sarcastic look. "Oh, it's only because you're my brother that's all." He smirked sitting down. "Clever clogs." "So what's up?" Amy asked sitting beside him. David sighed handing her a bottle of water before opening his. "I saw Rose, today."
"Oh?" She said slightly surprised. He took a sip of water. "Yeah, I was giving her the volunteering schedule and she needed some help getting a box from a high shelf." David explained.
"So what happened?" She asked. "It was a box of embarrassing photos." He muttered. Amy shrugged. "Okay, so?" He scoffed. "So they were racy photos of us that she promised to burn but forgot to."
"Eww!" Amy shuddered.
He rolled his eyes. "Ever the height of maturity, huh?" "Sorry," She remarked drinking some water then wondered if she had heard right cause' this didn't sound like David at all. "Hang on, you really took racy pictures?"
"Yes." He sighed exasperated. "Actual dirty sexy pictures?" She said trying to understand.
"Are you done?" David scowled embarrassed. "Sorry just clarifying," She briefly raised her hands. "But why did you do that? I mean that's so stupid."
"Gee, no kidding?" He grunted.
"Touchy." Amy sarcastically remarked. David ignored her sarcasm. "It's not so much she forgot to burn them, it's just…" His sentence trailed.
She saw the raw hurt in his eyes. "It's what?" Amy said softening her tone.
He sighed running his hand through his messy hair. "We were laughing and joking like old times. For a second I was forgetting that pain," He smiled slightly. "Everything was feeling like it used to until that bloody box was found...ruined everything." David lowered his gaze.
Amy hugged her big brother's arm like she did when they were kids. "I'm sorry, David." He could feel the worry in her embrace and squeezed her hand. "I'll be okay."
"I know, you always are, right?" She said simply.
David snickered. "Oh, you know me so well, huh?" Amy shrugged resting her head on his shoulder. "Well, it's a trait we little sisters possess," She glanced at him. "It's part of the little sister's manual, you know?" She lightly joked.
He smirked feeling very glad he had her around. He nodded. "Fair enough," Then a mischievous smile formed across his face. "By the way' race ya' to that tree!" David quickly tapped her knee before skating off.
Amy scoffed."No, fair!" She grinned racing after him.