“I think we should go over early and talk to mom and dad,” Gina said when they woke up.
“I do too.” He replied with a smile.
“You do?” she asked, surprised.
“You have to realize, sweetheart, your parents are my friends. Now I have made their daughter, you, mine. I have to go and talk to them and make sure everything is cool with them.” He said.
“What if they don’t like it, Maleek?” she asked with a little fear in her voice.
“Then we will have to make them realize that we are good together, sweetheart. I really don’t think they will mind.” He said.
“You don’t?” she asked.
“No, my princess. We will be fine even if they are a little mad about us for a bit.” He replied. “I love you, and not even your parents can stop that.”
“Ma
Calista Akechi sat in the main room in her parent's house as she listened to the chaos going on around her. The third oldest of the Akechi clan, she was the oldest still in the house. At nineteen, she was already ahead of her sisters Reena and Gina in college at the same age. Calista was going to graduate three years early in the field of astrophysics. She was the only one who took advantage of the high school program to get college credits while still enrolled in high school. She only had to do a few classes at the college to finalize her good fortune. She knew she would have to go to graduate school but wondered about the when of that.“Mom, how the hell do you think with all this noise?” Calista called out as she looked at her mother, Krissy, in her office.“I learned to block them all out because of you four.” Krissy laughed as she turned back to her computer. Krissy was the county pathologist reviewer, and she still held her p
Calista was surprised but did not let it show until after the kiss was done. She started to analyze it and break it down. What could this possibly mean? She watched him for any clues that he might give off, but his face was the same as it always was. It wasn't until she looked into his deep forest floor-colored eyes that she saw the storm within them. It was her only clue.She remembered that he always had a stoic look on his face. It had been one of the things she thought about him was almost perfect. It wasn't that he wouldn’t smile; it was he couldn’t. He was always cracking some sort of lame dad joke, which would make her smile and often laugh too hard and to the point of choking. He was the only one in her life that could do that.“What?” she asked as she looked up to him.“I am sorry.” He said as he tried to look anywhere but at her. “I really should not have done that.”&ld
“I often wonder if this was what the other two felt, but they could act on it much sooner,” Steven said softly.“I don’t think it is,” Calista said as she tilted her head. “My sisters have the ability to turn heads and knew it at the time.”“And you think you don’t?” Steven asked with a laugh, “Calista, you are the one most like Krissy. You do realize your mother is gorgeous, and your dad is a lucky man, right?”“I never saw it other than the science aspect. She loves science, and I took after that way. I mean, Reena did too, but not as much.” Calista said softly.“Reena is Reena, and Gina is Gina. Calista, you are special in your own way, as well.” Steven said as he looked her over.“And you have to be the one to tell me that?” She chuckled.“Yes, I believe I do have to be the one to tell you that. “He replie
The pair in the living room of the small house feel into a comfortable silence. All you could hear was the click-clacking of Calista’s keyboard as she hammered out the report she was actually there for. Every once in a while, she would steal a glance at the person on the other couch and wonder how this happened. She knew how she had felt about the man before and pretty much all of her life with him in it. He was just always there. It seemed in the forefront of her mind. Now he was really there. She was looking over her repot and wondered how much of it would make sense as she wasn’t putting her normal effort in.She did have a choice to make. She knew it was not a decision she could take lightly either. This was everything she had strived for, but not it was not as it was supposed to happen. She now had to make a choice, here or somewhere else. He was here. Here was where she knew. Here was not a top-rated university either.Ever
“And what do you mean by that statement?” Steven asked. Calista noticed that his voice seemed deeper and was laced with a desire that he normally did not show. He normally did not show any emotion at all, so it was almost comical to her to hear it in his voice at all.“I meant I trust you,” Calista said.“You shouldn’t trust any man, sweetheart.” He said as he looked at her, snuggled up next to him. He pulled her closer, and he smiled into her hair as he kissed her gently.“Any other man and I wouldn’t. You have earned my trust, Steven.” Calista said, and he groaned softly.“Then let’s have a drink. One or two only otherwise, I may do something I would regret.” Steven said.“Like what?” Calista prompted, and he pulled away from her.“Well, I would prefer to be able to remember anything I do actually do.” Steven sa
Morning came, and the light of the new day was filling the room and spilling light into their eyes as they lay on the floor of the living room covered in a blanket and each other. Steven woke up first and just looked at the woman next to him. Though he remembered the night before well, he wished it had been slightly different. They both had things they needed to do and say before something like the night before happened. Steven knew he was asking her to give up her dream in a way. He had watched her sisters years before rearranging their lives to stay with Yuri and Maleek, and he didn’t ever want to be that guy to her. He wanted to be the one who gave her those dreams, not steal them away. He brushed the hair off her face softly as she slept and just wanted to hold her there close to him, if only for that night and this morning. A feeling took hold, and he didn’t want to let it go.Calista opened her eyes slightly as the l
Steven walked into the house, smelling like food. He wandered around for a few minutes and found her in the Kitchen cooking something on the stove. He walked up behind her, “you know, I thought this would never happen.” He whispered in her ear.“I know you did,” she said as she turned in his arms to face him. “But it did. the laws of simple motion are the reason.”“Of course, they are.” He laughed as he smiled at her with an open fondness that warmed her heart. “So, how long exactly are you not going to live here?”“Steven!” Calista said as she looked at him.“Well, who could blame me for asking that?” Steven asked. “I mean, your sisters changed their lives when they realized how they felt for the others. Could I be as hopeful?”“Steven, I tell you what,” Calista said with a look. “We will spend
Two weeks went by, and Steven settled into the idea of sharing his life and house with Calista. He had made room for her in the office and had got her a desk. He was on the phone when she walked in the door.“Yes, dad.” He said as he looked slightly mad. “I know.”He was walking around as she placed her things down in the living room and went to the Kitchen. She heard him again, “ Dad, she is the best thing to ever have happened to me. No, she didn’t know about the money. She isn’t like your girlfriends.”“Steven.” She said softly, and he turned to her. He had explained that his family wouldn’t be as accepting as hers was.“Dad, No, I want you to listen to me. I have known her for years. I do not care that she is so much younger than I am. I love her dad. There is something you won’t hear me say again with anyone else. Now, if you have a problem with