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Nathan POV

I got up and walked up to her room. I knocked and she opened the door. She let me in without a word and I walked inside, she closed the door behind me. We were both quiet for a moment and then I decided to stop being so scared and just talk to her.

"Mercedes... I wanna explain what happened between us." She turned herself to face me and she looked me in the eyes. "I was afraid Mercedes. I didn't wanna let myself feel again, and when I met you... a whole rush of old feeling came back to me. Feelings that I thought I would never feel again, and a lot of feelings that I had never felt before. That's why I pushed you away, I guess I didn't know how to handle it all. And when you told me that you had feelings for me... I pushed you away. I didn't want to let you in. I didn't want to get hurt again. That's why I acted the way I did, but... I don't feel that way anymore. I know I hurt you and I hope you can give me another chance."

She looked at me for a second and then hugged me. I remembered how good it felt to hold her in my arms again. She pulled away and grabbed my hand in hers. She took me to her bed and we both sat down.

"Nathan... you aren't the only one who is afraid of the situation. I know what it feels like to be hurt by someone, and I felt the same way when I found out you had feelings for me. But I had decided to give my heart another chance and let you in."

"And you don't feel that way anymore?"

"No... it's not that. I like you a lot Nathan, you know I do. But... I think we may be moving to fast. I wanna get to know you better. I wanna know you better Nathan, and I want you to know who I am before we decide to get into anything serious. Do you understand where I'm coming from?"

I knew she was right. I wanted to know everything about her, and it would be better to know each other before rushing into a relationship.

"Yeah, I do. I wanna know everything about you."

"There's a lot to know."

"I have time."

"Ok, let me change out of this." She got up and headed to her closet. "Hey... you wanna go talk in the Jacuzzi?"

Her question kinda startled me.

"Umm... I don't have any swim trunks."

"You have boxers right?" I looked at her and slanted my eyebrow. "You look like a boxer kinda guy." She said smiling.

"Yeah."

"Ok, use those then. If you don't have pajamas you can use some of my brothers."

I shook my head and she went back into her closet.

Mercedes POV

Ok, ok,ok, what am I gonna wear? Suddenly everything in my bathing suit drawers didn't look good enough. Especially because I knew that Nathan was outside sitting on my bed. I'm so happy that he had finally let me in. I know he wanted to be with me, and I wanna be with him but... I don't want to rush things. There is to much he doesn't know about me. Oh, I know! The pink and black one. This one will drive him crazy. I changed and walked outside. I could feel Nathan tense up when I walked out. I smiled at him and walked over to my towel rack I grabbed one and wrapped it around me. I grabbed another and handed it to Nathan. We walked out of my room and started walking down the stairs.

"Mercedes Anne Davis!"

It was Q yelling out my name and he sounded pissed, Nathan could tell too.

"Oh, oh." I said turning to look at Nathan

"Maybe I should just meet you out there."

"No! Please come with me, please." I said grabbing his hand as he was turning to the door.

"Mercedes, get in here now!" Q yelled out again.

"Please!" I begged Nathan

He agreed and followed me into Q's room. When we walked in I found both my brothers waiting for me. Nathan could tell Q was pissed and decided he was going to try and get out of it.

"I'll be outside." Nathan said turning towards the door.

I turned and looked at him. Good thing I was still holding his hand.

"No, no,no, don't leave." I whispered as he looked at me.

"Mercedes...let go of the boy." Darrel said making what I had to do crystal clear. I let go of Nathan's hand and he walked to the door and grabbed the doorknob. He was about to close the door when Darrel called Nathan's name.

"Nathan... leave the door open. So you can hear Mercedes scream for her life."

Nathan left the room and left the door open just asDarrelhad asked.

"I'll start." Q said sitting up. "What the hell were you thinking Mercedes! You could have been killed!"

"What! You think I was gonna let him get away with it!"

"No. But going on their side! What were you thinking!"

"I had to do what I had to do. What else do you want me to say?"

"Oh, cut the shit Z! This isn't about Q! This is about your goddamn pride! You have such a huge ego you can't just let shit go!"

"You are not one to talk about ego D! And I have nothing to say to you! Why do you even care! Shouldn't you be with your skank of a girlfriend? 'Cause from what I've noticed you'd rather be with her than with us."

"Z, stop. D explained why he wasn't here, and Sandy has nothing to do with what you did, so stop trying to change the subject. I just don't want you to get hurt Z, neither of us do. You're our baby sister and we love you. And you risked your life tonight, you know better than that."

"I know, but... I wasn't about to let them think they could just walk all over you. Besides... you don't know why he did it... I do."

"So do I. D told me"

"How do you know?" I asked looking at D.

"We followed you. We heard and saw everything."

"We? Who's we?"

"I took Nathan and Lucas with me."

I looked at Q. It was my turn to be pissed.

"Ok, how come you're yelling at me! Have you yelled at him yet! He risked all three of their lives! I knew Jose wasn't gonna do shit to me but what if he found out D was there! Something could have happened to Nathan or Lucas! They don't even know what this is about! You had no right to drag them into it! You know that taking them with you is just like dragging them into the middle of the battlefield! What were you thinking! What if someone got hurt! What am I supposed to tell their parents when I take them home tomorrow! I bet you didn't even think of that, did you? 'Case your not the one who had to deal with the consequences if something happens."

"They asked to come, and we were hidden. Nothing would have happened."

"Mercedes the point is... I don't want you to do this again, ever! Do you understand me?"

Q said stopping the fight between D and I. I nodded my head. "Good, come here." I walked over to him and sat on his bed. He hugged me for a minute. "I love you baby sister and I don't even wanna imagine you getting hurt."

"I love you to big brother." I said pulling away and sitting up.

"Ok, now... tell me about this boy."

"Who? Nathan?" He shook his head. "What about him? We're just friends."

"Just friends? I don't think so. I know you Z, and you don't wear the pink and black bathing suit for just anyone. Maybe we should bring him in here."

Before I could protest Q had already called him in. Nathan walked in a little hesitant. I could tell he was really intimidated. I got up and walked over to him. I grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the room, saying goodbye to my brothers as we exited the room. I could hear them laughing as we left. I let go of his hand and opened the door to the backyard. We walked out and into the jacuzzi. I took my towel off and he took off everything but his boxers. God he has a great body!

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