Chp 10
Kieran's POV

I dusted off my shirt and pants as I checked that I looked fine in he he mirror. My two aunts and uncles, my grandparents and my brother were coming to the Christmas dinner. Even better - Kirsten was coming. And I hope you felt the sarcasm in that.

I went downstairs and past my dad's office where he was looking at some work. They had flown me home for Christmas as they were super religious people. I wasn't always a big fan for going with my 'perfect' family to the church with 'perfect' people, and return to my 'perfect' house and wear 'perfect' brands and all that 'perfect 'crap.

Well the perfectness will be broken when Henry shows up with Kirsten, as we never have had anything like that in our family. No one spoke of divorces or even cheating - if they were about affairs between married couple they go all gossipy and say how bad they've sinned and all that stuff.

If mom knew what age and the amount of girls Henry had been with, he would be disowned. I didn't even know what to think she might do or say when he arrived with Kirsten on his arm. So, if you haven't guessed yet, I am not looking completely forward to the evening - only to Henry getting tongue lashed by mom in front of everyone.

I went to the kitchen and greeted my mom. She smiled and, as always, tried to fix my already fine hair and fine clothes. I gave her a small smile and pried her off my clothes. She chuckled and left me to getting a glass of champagne.

My dad joined us and smiled. "Can you pour for your mom and I?" He asked. I nodded and poured two more glasses and we all went to where the dining table was set out nicely. We all looked to the front door as it opened.

I felt my heart seize as Henry and Kirsten came in and hung up their coats. He was dressed similar to me - fancy shirt, nice pants and fancy shoes. She was wearing a red long sleeve top with her hair down and black jeans with high heels.

They both looked to me and I ignored them, taking a sip of my drink. "Oh, Kirsten! Lovely to see you again!" Mom said, going forward and hugging her. She hugged her back and said, "You to Wendy." She hugged Henry and, as she had done to me, fixed his hair and clothes which were already fine.

Mom and dad waited expectantly for me to go hug the life out of Kirsten as I always used to do when we were together. "Kieran." My dad said, nudging me he thought I was day dreaming.

I nodded at her to acknowledge she was there to 'please' him. My parents were very confused by this. She swallowed and wouldn't meet my eyes. "So, uh. Can we get you guys something to drink?" Dad asked. He lead Henry and Kirsten off to the kitchen, pouring them some champagne.

My turned to me while they were getting their drinks. "Kieran, that was very rude. She is your girlfriend for crying out loud. Why are you being so rude?" She asked, not bothering to lower her voice at all. "I don't know, ask her new boyfriend." I said.

I knew I was being bitter despite having settled things with Henry, but seeing her in person spiked anger and hurt in me again. Recognition went over her face and she looked to the three as they returned. She noticed Henry's hand on the small of her back and looked at him, hoping it wasn't true.

"Henry, is it true you and Kirsten are dating?" She asked, and I had a mental party, knowing it was coming. He put a protective arm around her waist and said, "I wanted to talk to you about that, actually."

Dad joined mom and they both waited. "Kirsten and I are now dating." He said, expecting moms outrage to come. We all heard the sound of cars arriving and car doors. She did what I hadn't even thought of.

She nodded and swallowed. "Oh, okay." She said. I stared at her as if she was mad. "I'm very happy for you both." I furrowed my eyebrows and said, "What bullshit." As she walked to the front door to go open up for the family.

She didn't hear but my dad did, and he hit my side. He was much more lenient than my mom - when she want around. We wouldn't have gotten away with three quarters of the things we did if dad hadn't told mom.

So mom greeted everyone and let them in. They all seemed to notice Henry's arm around Kirsten. They didn't say anything and acted as if they hadn't noticed. So we ate dinner per usual and all chatted over drinks and what not.

I was in the kitchen, staring out the window as I finished my drink. "Kieran?" Someone asked. I turned to see Kirsten. "Can we talk?" She asked. I shrugged. "Please, surely you have something to say." She said.

I sighed and lead her to my dad's office. I closed the door and leaned against the door. "Kieran, can I start by saying -" she started. "You know when I first saw you?" I interrupted, walking to where my dad had a tray of his favorite scotch whiskey and two glasses.

She stayed quiet. "I was in ninth grade, and you just arrived at this school. And I saw you from a distance and I thought to myself 'wow, she is so beautiful'." I said, pouring myself a glass. "I admired you from a distance for two years." I said.

I turned and looked at her. "So then we got in the same base class, and I introduced myself. And you smiled and told me your name and I had never felt happier that you actually knew my name after I knew yours long before."

She sighed. "Point is, I asked you to be my girlfriend because I fell so absolutely insane for you that I couldn't imagine another guy owning your heart." I said. She rubbed her eyes. "And you took what I gave you and you used it up and then you found someone else to have on your arm."

She rubbed her eyes. "I swear it wasn't like that." She pleaded. I shook my head and took a sip of my drink. "If you just let me tell you instead of cutting off anything I have to say, I would actually be getting here and you wouldn't be making me feel so small right now." She said, looking at me and getting in a huff as she couldn't put a word in. I decided to rather let her talk and not be stubborn.

"Okay." She started. "I knew Henry before I even met you." I furrowed my eyebrows, not having known that. "I went to visit my friend who was at the university and I met him there. I saw him many times before we decided to start going out." I rubbed my eyes.

"We were together when I was about fifteen, but we decided to stay as friends as he was older and I had school work." She said. "I swear, when I first met you, I didn't even know you two were related till we started dating and I came over the one Christmas and you introduced me to him and I realized that you were his brother."

I processed it as fast as possible, which was actually pretty slow because I was so shocked. "I promise nothing was going on when we were dating." She said, looking at me. "So when did you decided to change from being friends to being lovers?" I asked.

We looked up as the door was opened and Henry came in and closed the door behind him, looking a little confused. "Kirsty, I need to know this." I asked, not caring if he was here. She sighed.

"I found out that I was pregnant." She said, pacing slowly. "I got scared and I need someone to be there for me." She said. "He was here," she said, pointing to Henry. "And in didn't think about him being your brother or any of that - I thought about him being the only other trusting person there for me that wouldn't freak out and get everything messed around."

"I was always there for you." I protested, frowning. "I was there all the time." She shook her head. "But you were not here. I was there for you when you always needed me, even when you didn't want me to be, and this time, the only time I've ever needed you, you were all the way across the country." She said.

Now I looked like the bad guy. "You could have at least told me, and I would have asked Henry myself to just go with and make sure everything was fine. I still should have been apart of the discussion." I said.

"What discussion?" She asked furrowing her eyebrows with a confused look. "Whether or not I had the baby?" She asked. I rubbed my eyes. "I don't know, but-" I started. "There were no buts to it. You didn't have to even know." She said.

"I would have wanted to know." I said, defending myself that I would have been there for her. "Are you really so selfish?" She asked. "Did you want me to call you up, break that I was pregnant but not to worry because I would get your dear brother to go with me to get an abortion?"

She was getting slightly angry. "It was my body that went through everything, not yours. It was the girls I shared an apartment with's judging looks, not your friends. If you had come down, it would have ruined everything. We all know for a fact your mother would rather leave me to have the baby then kill a living, unborn baby."

She ran a hand through her hair and walked up to me. "I was not being off to not telling you, I was saving you from a nightmare of being the university drop out. I saw it happen to my aunt, and I did not want to go down that road. My parents didn't leave me in her arms to let me fall down the same path."

Her eyes were sad, and I finally understood the pain she was going through. "So Henry was there for me when I needed someone. And I'm sorry that I hurt you, I really am because I never wanted to. But I'm in love with Henry. I did those things because I love you, and I care for you."

I swallowed hard. "You don't get how hard this has been, and you've been making it worse by ignoring me and Henry and I've just needed you to head it from my side. So don't be mad at us. Please." She said. I watched as I stream rolled down her cheek. I pulled her into my arms and hugged her.

She breathed shakily. "Thank you." She whispered into my shoulder. Henry gave me a sad smile. I needed that confirmation to properly close the end if our relationship, sew up my wounds and hurt in my heart. I could set her free, knowing she would still be there.

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