Ian is off playing darts whilst I, Dean, and Joseph are hanging back, watching the action unfold in front of us.
Or, for me, watching Lily.
“I caught them with their tongues so far down each other’s throats, I’m surprised they’re still breathing,” Joseph says, snickering, which makes Dean laugh as well.
“It wasn’t that bad, you idiot,” I say, but it probably was.
Now that we’ve crossed that line, I’m not that interested in holding back.
And to my defence, I thought we were alone.
Lily was more horrified than I.
I think it was the first time I’ve ever seen her blush.
She’s usually a happy-go-lucky type who doesn’t care what anyone has to say about her.
It’s one of the things I love about her.
But having Joseph interrupt us?
She was embarrassed, which I found adorable.
I should probably tell her about my family knowing about my crush on her for a long time, but it’s also fun watching her squirm a little.
She’s been making me feel unbalanced in her presence these past weeks—joking about seducing my coach, and asking me if I ever have sex with girls.
Therefore, she can handle blushing around my family.
“I’m happy for you, man, and you suit each other,” Dean says, looking over to where Lily is dancing.
She’s found herself a group of girls who are belting out the lyrics to “Club Can’t Handle Me.”
She’s stunning.
“Yeah, I’m just hoping her brother won’t kill me,” I say.
“Luke is a good guy. I don’t think he’ll be that angry. And are you sure he doesn’t already know? It’s been obvious for us at least—how you feel about her,” Joseph says.
Luke has mentioned Lily having a crush on me, but each time I’ve felt panicked, not knowing how to react.
He’s always said she had a crush on me, but he’s never suggested that he knew that I also liked her.
I’ve also not been seeing her regularly as I have in these last few weeks.
Those feelings and the crush have intensified massively by spending time with her.
Before I was able to push it to the back of my mind, not feeling the need to talk to Luke about it, as I wasn’t ever planning on doing anything about it.
Now, the situation is very different.
Joseph does have a point, though.
My whole family wasn’t all that surprised to see us cuddled up on the couch.
Maybe Luke will have a similar reaction.
At least I can hope.
