"New Love Found"
Disclaimer: See chapter 1. Everything else I own unless stated otherwise. I don't own Eric McKnight.
A/N: Thoughts are in italic. Takes place day after previous chapter. All phone voices besides Conner's are in bold and italics. Mel's age is 18. Please R&R! No flames please!
Chapter 13 – Meeting Eric and Melanie
Conner and Kira were watching TV. Kira was lying across Conner's lap when the phone rang. Conner answered it as he was the closest.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jerkface."
"Hey Assmunch. How are you?"
"Fine Bro, just fine. How are you?"
"I'm good."
Kira leaned over and whispered to Conner, "Baby, who is it?"
Conner whispered back, "It's Eric. My twin brother."
Kira nodded and went back to watching the TV and Conner returned to his conversation.
"Jerkface? You still there?"
"Sorry, Bro. I was miles away. Anyway, what's up?"
"What? Can't I phone my big brother without there being a reason?"
Conner laughed. "Sure you can, but whenever you do call me, there's always a reason."
Conner heard laughter on the other end of the phone.
"True. Anyway, there is a reason."
"Which is?"
"I need to introduce you to Melanie. You have not met her yet."
"OK. When do you wanna come over to Mum's?"
"Well, I'm half an hour away from Mum's at the moment as Mel and I were at the pictures, so if it's OK, in half an hour."
"Sure Bro. You driving or is Melanie?"
"Melanie is."
"OK, Bro. See you soon."
"Bye Jerkface."
"Bye Assmunch."
Conner hung up the phone and turned to Kira and said, "My brother Eric is coming over. He's bringing his girlfriend, Melanie."
"Cool, so I get to meet the infamous twin. Just remember not to ogle his girlfriend."
"Babe, why would I want to ogle another girl, when the one I want is right here."
"That's so sweet Baby."
"Too right it is." Conner laughed and leaned in for a kiss.
x
Half an hour later, Conner heard a pulling up in the drive. He looked out of the window and saw Eric and a girl get out of the car. They headed up the driveway and entered the house and headed towards the living room.
"Hey Conner. This is my girlfriend, Melanie Watson. Mel, this is my twin brother Conner McKnight."
"Hi Melanie."
"Hi Conner."
"Who is this beautiful girl, Bro?"
"Back off Eric. You're girlfriend is standing beside you, this is mine."
"Whoa, Bro. She's hot!"
Melanie nudged Eric in the side for that comment and he turned to her and said, "You're still my girl, Mel"
"I better be."
"You are." And to prove that he was only interested in her, he kissed her on the lips.
When he pulled back, he turned to Conner and said, "Well, Jerkface, aren't you going to introduce us to your girlfriend?"
"Sure. Kira, this is my twin brother, Eric and you have just been introduced to his girlfriend Melanie. Eric, Melanie, this beautiful girl is my fiancée, Kira McBride."
"Fiancée?"
"Yes Eric. Fiancée."
"Wow."
"Well, sit down then, Bro. I'll get some drinks for us."
"OK."
Conner headed through to the kitchen and Eric and Melanie sat down on the other couch.
Eric turned to Kira and said, "Hi Kira. It's nice to meet you."
"Likewise Eric, I have heard so much about you from Conner and couldn't wait to meet you."
Kira turned to Melanie and said, "Hi there Melanie."
"Hi Kira."
"So, Mel, can I call you Mel?"
"Yeah, you can. Eric calls me that all the time instead of calling me by my full name and I prefer getting called Mel anyway."
"OK. As I was saying, Mel, how long have you been going out with Eric?"
"Five years. Kira, can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"What is like being the fiancée of the other infamous McKnight twin?" Mel laughed.
Kira laughed. "Actually pretty good."
x
A few minutes later, Conner came back through and handed his brother and Melanie their drinks and handed Kira hers and sat back down beside Kira on the couch with his drink.
Melanie snuggled up to Eric and asked Conner and Kira, "So when did the two of you start going out more or less get engaged?"
"Well Melanie, I've always fancied Kira, but she was unavailable for a few years, so when she finished with her ex for reasons that I'm not getting into, and told me how she felt about me, I decided that I would ask her out as she felt the same way about me as I did her, and she said yes."
"Yeah, we've been together for 10 months now and we got engaged a few days ago.
"Yeah, I proposed to her at her Mum and adopted Dad's wedding reception."
"Cool. Oh, and Conner?"
"Yeah Melanie?"
"Call me Mel. Eric does and Kira has asked me if she can call me that and I said that she could and I prefer getting called Mel."
"OK."
Just then they heard the front door opening and Pam entered the house.
"Conner, I'm home."
"In the living room Mum."
Pam came into the living room and gasped in shock.
"Eric?"
"Hi Mum."
Eric stood up and went over to his mother and hugged her. A few minutes later, he pulled out of the hug and went over to Melanie and pulled her up from the couch. He stood next to her with his arm around her waist and said to Pam, "Mum, I'd you to meet Melanie Watson, my girlfriend. Mel, this is my Mum, Pam McKnight."
"Hello Melanie. It's nice to finally meet you."
"Likewise Mrs. McKnight. Eric has told me so much about you."
"All good I hope, Melanie, and please, call me Pam."
"All good, Pam and please call me Mel."
"OK."
Eric and Melanie sat back down on the couch and Pam turned round to look at Conner and Kira on the other couch, and that was when she noticed that Kira's leg was in plaster, before she could say anything however, Conner turned to her and said, "I forgot you told me at the weekend at Amanda and Kyle's wedding reception that you were going to see Aunt Sharon. How is she?"
"She's fine. She's asking for you."
"Cool."
Pam then turned to Kira and asked, "Kira, what happened to your leg?"
"I broke it."
"How did you manage that?"
"I tripped over the carpet whilst carrying one of my boxes down to David's van yesterday."
"Nasty. Well, you just rest up and try to take it easy."
"I will."
Pam went through to the kitchen to make herself a cup of tea and when she came back through a few minutes later, she sat down on the chair.
Eric turned to his mum and said, "Hey Mum, did you know that Conner and Kira are engaged?"
"Of course I did, Eric. I was there when Conner asked her to marry him."
At that moment, there was a knock on the door. Conner turned to see Kira struggle to get up from the couch using her crutches.
"Just where do you think you are going Babe?"
"To answer the door. You have Eric and Mel here and it would seem rude of you to answer the door when your brother and his girlfriend came to visit you and your Mum."
Melanie looked at Conner and said, "Conner, Kira's right."
Conner sighed. "OK, but let me help you up."
"Thanks Baby."
"You're welcome Babe." Conner helped her up off the couch and kissed her on the lips and sat back down on the couch and let Kira answer the door.
Kira headed out to the hallway to answer the door. When she opened the door and saw her twin brother and her friends standing there.
"Hey Sis."
"Hey Kir."
"Neil! Jade! Come on in."
"Have you forgotten the rest of us, Kir?"
"Sorry Tommy. Come in all of you."
Kira let them in the house and showed them into the living room and went back to sit on the couch.
"Hey guys."
"Hey Con." They all replied in unison.
"Guys, I'd like you to meet my twin brother Eric and his girlfriend Melanie, but just call her Mel. Eric, Mel, these are my friends; Tommy; Hayley; Ethan; Leanne who gets called Lea, Samantha who gets called Sam, Gary who gets called Gaz, Jade and last but not least, Neil, Jade's fiancé and my soon to be brother-in-law."
Eric spoke for both himself and Melanie and said, "It's nice to meet all of you."
"Likewise." Replied Neil for all of Conner and Kira's friends.
Neil turned to Kira and said, "Sis, can we talk? Alone?"
"Sure. We'll use the kitchen. Just give me a hand up though."
Neil helped Kira up of the couch and they went through to the kitchen.
Meanwhile, everyone else sat down on the floor and began chatting to Conner, Melanie, Eric and Pam.
x
Meanwhile in the kitchen, Kira shut the door and her and Neil sat down on the chairs at the table.
"What's up Bro?"
"Why did you answer the door when we knocked?"
"Eric and Mel came to visit Conner and Pam and it would seem rude of him if he went to answer the door when his brother and brother's girlfriend came to see him and Pam and he left."
"You broke your leg yesterday and then you got a cast on it."
"I was using my crutches."
"You're supposed to rest!"
"Neil, I'll be fine. I already explained about Conner not answering the door."
At this point, Neil was getting angry at Kira and shouted at her.
"Kira! You must rest your leg! It's the only way that you'll get better!"
"FOR FUCK'S SAKE NEIL! I'm 17 years old and I CANNOT sit down all the time! I move about all the time! Do you expect me to stay in the house 24/7?"
x
Meanwhile, in the living room, the others heard the commotion in the kitchen. Eric turned to Conner and asked, "Are they always like this?"
"No. I've heard them argue once, but never this bad."
x
Back in the kitchen, things were getting worse.
"KIRA! YOU'RE IRRESPONSIBLE! You should NOT move about except to go to the bathroom! You could do more damage to your leg!
"NEIL! HOW DARE YOU CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE!?"
"I DO DARE BECAUSE IT'S TRUE!"
Kira sat frozen with shock at what Neil had just said to her.
x
Back in the living room, everyone was shocked at what they had just heard.
"I'LL KILL HIM! Friend or not, I'll kill him for saying that about Kira!"
"Conner, calm down. Kira and Neil will work it out."
Conner took a deep breath and sighed. "You're right, Sam. They should be able to work it out." "I hope." He thought.
Jade saw how shocked everyone was and she too was shocked as in the four years that she had been going out with Neil, she had never heard him say anything like that to Kira, whom he adored.
x
Back in the kitchen, Kira was still in shock, then she happened to look at Neil's face and she was surprised to see tears roiling down his cheeks and then it dawned on her.
"Oh Neil. Come here."
Neil got out of his seat and knelt in front of her. She took both his hands in one of her hands and used the other to pull up his chin so she could look into his eyes.
"Neil, will you please stop feeling guilty about it? I know that's the reason for you acting like this."
"Kira, I could have lost you yesterday. Mum could have lost you and so could have Dad. You were unconscious when I reached you at the bottom of the stairs. You could have seriously damaged your head and slipped into a coma and not come out of it. It would break my heart if I lost you. You are my twin sister. We've been there for each other through thick and thin, we're the best of friends and two halves of a whole."
"I know Neil. You are my best friend besides the others. I hate to think of what would have happened to you if I had seriously damaged my head and slipped into a coma and not come out of it and what it would have done to the family, Conner and all of our friends."
"It would kill Mum as you are the spitting image of our real dad. She lost him when we were only two years old, and you help her to keep going everyday."
"So do you Neil, and Dad."
"Yes, I do and so does Dad, but when she looks at you, she sees our real Dad in you. You have the same hair and eye color. It would hurt Dad because just when he was granted adoption of us, you were taken away from him. It would devastate Conner as he is your fiancé and loves you more than anything and he would also be heart-broken. Our friends would be devastated as well as you mean a lot to all of us."
Kira sighed. "You're right Neil. Come here."
She pulled him into a hug and said, "We'll always be together, even when we are married, we'll always be close."
"Good, because I don't ever want to lose you."
"You won't Neil. Not if I can help it."
They hugged for a few minutes longer, then Neil stood up and helped Kira up off the chair and helped her get her crutches and they both headed back through to the living room.
Conner was the first to catch sight of her. He got up off the couch and went to her side. He put his arm around her and led her back to the couch so she could sit comfortably. He then took her hand and asked, "Babe, are you OK?"
"I'm fine Baby."
Conner looked at Neil and said, "Why did you say to her what you said?"
"Con, Kira and I have discussed it. I was feeling extremely guilty about her leg being in a cast and she told me not to feel guilty about it."
"She's right Neil."
"Thanks Hayley."
"Honey, come here. Jade stood up and took Neil in her arms and hugged him.
x
They sat back down and everyone watched movies for a while, then Melanie and Eric stood up.
"Hey Bro. We have to go, it's getting late."
Pam turned to them and said, "Eric, Mel, why don't the two of you sleep here tonight? I'm sure the two of you will be able to share Eric's room."
"Are you sure, Mum?"
"Yes, Son. I'm sure."
"What about Kira, Pam? Where will she sleep?"
"I sleep in the same room as Conner, Mel."
"Cool."
"OK Mum, we'd love to stay overnight. Thank you."
"You're welcome Eric."
Eric and Melanie sat back down, and then the rest of the gang stood up.
"Conner, Kira, we have to go. It's getting late."
"OK Tommy."
"Shall we see you tomorrow?"
"Count on it Con."
Hayley hugged Kira and said, "See ya Kir."
"See ya Hayls."
The rest all said goodnight as well and then Neil hugged Kira and whispered in her ear, "See ya Sis. Remember, I'm only a phone call away."
"See ya Bro."
Neil turned to Eric and Melanie and said, "On behalf of all of us, it was a pleasure to meet you both. We will see you again soon."
Melanie answered for both herself and Eric. "It was a pleasure meeting you as well. We look forward to when we see you again."
Then everyone except Eric and Melanie left to go to their respective houses and Pam turned round to the rest and said, "Well, everyone, let's get to bed."
"OK Mum."
Conner got up off the couch and helped Kira up and helped her upstairs to their bedroom.
A few minutes later, Melanie came in and asked, "Hey Kira, do you want some help getting ready for bed?"
"Please Mel. I could have done with you last night as it was a struggle to get ready for bed last night."
Melanie laughed and shooed Conner out of the room and helped Kira get her pajamas on. When she was finished, she left the room to find Conner. She found him in Eric's bedroom.
"Hey Conner, your fiancée is in bed now."
"Thanks Mel."
"You're welcome Conner."
"Anyway, goodnight, both of you."
"Night Conner."
"Night Jerkface."
Conner went into his room and got himself ready for bed and climbed into bed beside Kira.
"Night Babe." He whispered in her ear as he leant down to kiss her.
"Night Baby." Kira replied before returning the kiss and settling down into his arms.
