Pregnant by my best friends brother

Madilynn: “Shannon you know big events aren’t for me.” Hearing Shannon let out one of her huge sighs let’s me know that she is disappointed. “Mads look I know you aren’t up for big events but it’s not a big event, it’s a family thing and we’ve been best friends since we were in diapers! Just come for ten minutes?” I think for a quick second and for some crazy reason I agree to go. “Fine I will come but I’m not going to like it.” I practically can hear her smiling through the phone and I know she knows she won this. “Good morning Mads, what are your plans for today sweetheart?” My mom asks from the kitchen, I can smell the blueberry pancakes she made for breakfast as soon as I walk out of my room. “Shannon asked me to come over for a family thing, you know since we’ve been friends forever I told her I would.” My mom sits across from me with her coffee and stares at me like I have three heads, “you feeling okay? You never want to go to things like that.” I chuckle and smile at her, she definitely knows me best “yeah mom I feel fine, I guess since it’s senior year I agreed to try more things and a family event isn’t like a party in the woods with thousands of people.” She nods and I know what she’s thinking. Since my dad passed away freshman year it’s only been us. She doesn’t date, she has never even brought up dating, she goes to work, works her 12 hour days, then comes home. The only thing she does is read and watch crime shows which I’ve never complained, I enjoy it I guess. Staring in the mirror I second guess my outfit, the way my hair is, do I wear my glasses or contacts? Should I choose flats, sandals, or my converse? I finally pick out a nice black sundress, with sunflowers on it, my favorite dress because it has pockets and I need somewhere to put my hands when I’m nervous and fidgety. I decide on contacts, Shannon always compliments my huge green eyes, then my comfort shoes, converse. Walking back through the hallway my mom is leaving for work, of course we hug, say our love yous and see you later. Grabbing my keys I leave shortly after her. Heading up the driveway of Shannon’s house there are a lot of cars. I find a place to park finally and text her quick. She’s fast, getting out of the car she gives me a huge hug “Mads I’m so happy you came! Let’s go find a place to sit down!” I gulp hoping it wasn’t noticeable and follow. If I wanted to turn back, I couldn’t now. Shannon is holding my hand practically dragging me to the back yard. Her parents definitely make decent money, I swear they live on a 50 acre lot surrounded by trees. The in ground pool is open, there’s like 30 people in it already. The hot tub has 6 people in it and I’m wondering how her family is so big. Everyone is nice and polite. Waving at me and smiling I return the wave and smile. Finally we sit down and I breathe a breath of relief. “I figured you’d want to sit away from people so I grabbed this table before anyone got here. I don’t know how I’m related to half these people and hate talking to them about their memories of me when I was little or whatever.” I stare at her and smile “you, Shannon Lilith Korver, hate talking to these people?” She scrunches her face and giggles. “Let’s go swimming?” I hear come out of her next. I shrug and the suggestion but I soon realized she wasn’t suggesting, she was demanding. She grabs my arm and we head inside, I try to think of any reason I shouldn’t then it dawns on me.. “I don’t have a suit, I forgot it.” She has that scary smile and I know she has a response for it, “figures, it’s okay, you know I always have extras.” As we enter the hallway to her room on the second floor a smell hits my nose and I know that smell and I feel the heat rise in my body. “You never said HE was here!” I feel myself almost yelling. Shannon just laughs, she knows her brother has been my crush since I was able to figure out my curiosity. “It is a family event remember!? Of course he’s here” my body feels hot. Andrew. He left for college two years ago, went up north somewhere for architecture. He wanted to be some huge famous architect. I don’t even think he knows that I exist but I definitely know he exists, I’ve fantasized just a kiss, or a hug. He smells so amazing. Plus he’s handsome. “What about this one?” Shannon pulls out a two piece that I swear isn’t going to cover anything on me. “Uh, hah, yeah umm I guess I can try that.” Shannon quickly throws on her suit and I put on the one she gave me. I look in the mirror and once again I gulp because if I move wrong I swear everything is coming out of these tiny triangles. “You look hot!” I hear Shannon squeak and I throw a pillow at her to shut her up. We turn down the hallway to go back out to the pool and there he is. I try my best not to stare at him, don’t need any attention right now. “Hey Madilynn” his deep voice booms and I freeze, “we are going swimming in the pool” Shannon saves me and I watch him smirk and nod. As he walks off Shannon just giggles, and we walk for the pool. You’d think the water would be warm since it’s the middle of summer, but no, I find it to be cold, a small shiver and Shannon grabs my hand and we dive under the water. Popping out of the water we randomly bust out laughing. “Well, well, well, look who’s joining us Mads” following Shannon’s hand I see Andrew. I gulp and I swear all the air left my body and I forget to tread water. Dropping back into water I swim back to the surface just in time for Andrew to swim over to us. As he reaches us, Shannon comes up with an excuse to us the bathroom, “I will be right back! You two wait for me.” “I thought the water would be warmer” his voice squeaks and I find myself giggling “me too.” I try not to stare at him but it’s so hard not too. “You haven’t been around much this summer.” I try to avoid him but I feel his fingers brush my mid back and a small shiver leaves my body. “Uh yeah been busy” as his fingers leave my back my body feels cold. “Oh well I’m home for the whole summer, well actually I don’t have to return this year, everything is virtual for some reason.” I let a small smile appear on my face, “oh that’s awesome.” I find myself getting tired of just treading water, so I dunk under the water and start swimming around the pool. Finally Shannon comes back with her smart little smirk like she accomplished something. After we play around in the pool for what feels like hours when someone in the crowd of people yells that the food is ready. Shannon loves her food so of course she is jumping out to run, I follow close. After our plates we go to the table she picked out earlier. My brain keeps going back to Andrew’s fingers touching my back and how much my body desired that touch. Once we complete our food, we head inside to change. “Let’s watch a movie” I finally feel relieved that she is only doing this because of me. We’ve been best friends so long that it’s completely normal for us to cuddle up, “big spoon or little?” I ask and Shannon demands to be the big spoon. We are watching our movie when suddenly there is knocking on the door, Shannon tells them to come in and in walks none other than Andrew. “You two still cuddle like that?” He chuckles. Shannon groans in annoyance, “can we help you? You’re interrupting our movie.” I keep my eyes focused on the tv. “Can I watch the movie too?” He shows his best puppy dog face and Shannon ignores his question. I watch as he quickly plops down on the floor, leaning his body against the frame of the bed. Once the movie is over I figure I should head home. Shannon, being Shannon, walks me to my car. As we hug she reminds me that I should come over more, to which I reluctantly agree. Returning home, it’s quiet. My mom is still working of course. My mind again goes back to Andrew, the pool, his fingers. Maybe it was an accident? Maybe he really didn’t mean it. I wish it could mean something but I’m not that girl. I’m not the girl that guys like Andrew would pick.     Andrew: “I hate these stupid things! I’m literally in hell having to see these people I haven’t seen since I was like eight years old!” I find myself practically yelling at my parents. Having a family cookout is an understatement. My parent’s come from money. I swear the people they invite aren’t even really family. Just friends they’ve had for years. Two years ago, I left for college, this being my first summer home since I left and this morning being told about some crappy event that I don’t care about.              “Madilynn will be here!” I heard my sister yell while running down the hall. My parents are saying how wonderful, how they miss her, how she hasn’t been around much this summer and I finally find something to agree with. It’s very unlike her. Before I left for college, I swear she lived here. She was here for breakfast on the weekends and here for lunch and dinner almost every single day if she wasn’t doing school work. Hell, she did school work here and my parents would help her sometimes. My parents were close to her parents. When her dad died though, her mom shut a lot of people out. Madilynn was still Madilynn but she was constantly sad. I felt bad to a certain point, having both parents, enjoying time with them when hers were taken away in a second. Of course, her mom was alive but a huge part of her died when her husband died. Ugh, enough of that.              I head to my room, I don’t plan on showing up for this event, even if it is at my house. Getting everything just right for gaming. I figure gaming is safer than showing my face around here. Ugh, I can’t even enjoy my game over the noise coming from outside my room. I got up and decide to run. Living on a huge acre lot like we do, I figure I can run until I can’t anymore. In high school, I was the top player for football. That’s how I ended up in college, a full scholarship, the full ride.              I keep running, until my lungs hurt. The feeling that they might explode any minute. My legs burn, I feel the sweat running off my body. Turning around I decide to walk back to the house, taking up as much time as I can to avoid the crap back at the house. That’s when I see her, she’s beautiful. I guess I'd never realized how beautiful until now. She looks thinner and definitely more developed. I rub my hands together and take off into the house. I can’t be seen. After I change out of my sweaty clothes, I return to the hallway to go outside. That’s when I hear my sister and Madilynn. As they walked out of my sister’s bedroom I didn’t expect to see what I saw, but I liked how she looked, especially in that two piece. The top was a little small on her, but as a guy I don’t say a word, I just enjoyed the view. My sister informs me that they are going swimming. I smirk at the thought of surprising her in the pool. I go to my room and grab some swimming trunks and find myself rushing to the pool. I’ve never really liked Madilynn. She isn’t my type. Maybe I want to test the waters. See how far I can push it. Once in the water, I make my way over to my sister and Madilynn. I never understood her nickname, why everyone calls her “Mads”. It seems like the wrong name for her. I’ve never seen her mad. Ever.              Shannon finds a stupid excuse to leave the pool and I feel relieved she does. Madilynn looks hot as the sun makes the water glisten on her skin. The water is freezing, this pool is supposed to be heated. I try to make small talk, but I remember she’s never been one for small talk. I find my fingers touching her skin and wondering what the rest of her body feels like. I watch her and all of a sudden she’s gone, ducks under the water and swims away. My fingers miss her skin. I shake the image of touching her skin out of water, behind closed doors. I beat myself up internally. She has never been my type. She’s my sister’s best friend and we’ve all known each other since we were babies. I groaned at the disappointment. I watch her eat, and giggle with my sister. Someone starts to talk to me and I hate it. I turn around to watch her again but she’s gone. I go change out of my trunks when I hear them talking, they aren’t very quiet when they are together. I waited a few minutes to knock on the door, I don’t want to seem desperate. Shannon doesn’t answer me when I ask to join them for the movie but I plop down on the floor next to the bed where Madilynn is playing little spoon and I can’t help but feel a tad bit jealous of my sister who gets to play big spoon. They’ve done this their whole friendship. I remember when they cuddled taking naps growing up. After the movie I watch Madilynn leave. I head back to my room, lying on my bed. My mind drifts off to her. Maybe I just need to touch her skin again. Maybe that will help get her off my brain. She always has this hard exterior, but I know she has to have a soft interior. Maybe I will see the softer side. Maybe my feelings are wrong.. I, Andrew Korver, have never really doubted myself. However, maybe I did like Madilynn. A very little. Or a little more than I want to admit.