Still don't own anything useful! Well, now that my life has calmed down, I am going to try and see where I can take this story.
That night Dad and I sat in the living room watching the stairs long after Delia had walked up to her room. Finally he broke the silence pondering the fact that something had turned on the light in her eyes again. But I saw something more than happiness in the way he spoke, he was worried. About what? And it wasn't until my dad actually verbalized his concern out loud that I ever knew I should worry.
"We'll lose her for good if he breaks her heart. How could he not break it? Bright is not the type to settle down and none of his relationships last very long."
And then I began to see what was before my very eyes. My sister had found the one person who she could love no matter what. She knew his past, it was so public how could she not. He knew her faults. And yet, she loved him. Most people would argue that it takes weeks, months, even years to really fall in love with someone. But I'm not most people. I fell in love with Amy the day I met her, not sometime two years later when she and I finally got together. My baby sister was in love.
I began to watch Bright carefully after that night looking for any signs that he shared my sister's feelings. And watching him reminded me of all the girls who came before her. The ones whose hearts he broke and all the one night stands. I almost confronted him the next time he walked in, playing the big brother role I was never very good at. But then I saw his eyes. You can lie absolutely convincingly, but you can never hide your true emotions in your eyes. And Bright looked at Delia in a way I have never seen him look at anyone or anything in the time I have known.him.
Amy was still in denial about what I knew I had seen in our siblings. She was convinced that he was just being the friend she needed. He needed a friend too in her eyes. Two people who knew what it was like to feel the blame for someone's death while everyone around you was celebrating that you lived. It took physical evidence to show Amy, physical evidence that we stumbled upon one night. I was going to play Amy the new song I was working on and so we returned to my house much earlier than planned. I guess they never heard the door since we came in through my studio, but when we walked out to get snacks, Amy gasped. There on the couch was Bright and Delia asleep but curled up into one another, hands intertwined.
After she woke them up, they knew we knew. After finally getting up the guts to tell parents, they were shocked to discover that everyone knew.
My dad gave up his worries when Delia announced her plans to go to nursing school. Although she could have gone to Everwood Community College, she was going away. I guess I never thought she and Bright would last past the first semester. She was still so young, still so wild at heart. I knew he would wait forever for him, but would she find someone new?
I know it's not very good, but I have lost my desire to finish this story so there will be one more chapter and then it will be over. Unless I one day get the urge to come back and make changes and that will be a long time from now.