Forbidden Love

Chapter 33

The next day Ethan cornered me on the stairs, "was Joe here?"

I started to panic, "when?" I asked trying to play it cool, "he's been here before, you know that." I wasn't looking Ethan in the eyes, he's too good at getting the truth out of me.

"Last night. Was Joe here last night."

"Umm no. Sure you were all at Tim's weren't you?" I looked at the wall behind Ethan's head.

"Olivia, I went to the toilet in the middle of the night and I heard you and him laughing in your room. Tell me the truth or I'll tell mum and dad."

I looked at him now. He looked mad. "Fine," I sighed, "he was here but don't tell mum and dad!"

"You can't sneak boys into your room! How often do you do this?"

"Hardly ever! And why do you even care! And it's not boys, it's not like I have loads of different boys coming and going. It's Joe! You know Joe!"

"What are you two talking about?" Mum asked coming to see us on the stairs.

"Nothing!" I answer quickly shooting a warning look at Ethan.

Mum looks at Ethan now.

"I was just saying Olivia looks tired. Like she hasn't gotten a lot of sleep." He said cruelly.

Mum looked at me, "you do look at bit tired love." She said, "what are you two doing with your day, then?"

"Going out." I answered quickly. I dragged Ethan to the front door.

Once we were outside we could talk more freely.

"Are you sleeping with him? Under my roof?" Ethan demanded as we walked down the street.

I stopped walking in shock. He was taking this over protective brother thing far, "you sound like you're trying to be my father!"

"Well maybe I should tell dad! That idiot doesn't look like he knows how to stop you getting pregnant!"

"Stop it Ethan!" I continued walking now, he followed me, "Joe's smarter than you are. He's probably the smartest guy in school and you know it."

"So you are sleeping with him!"

"No I'm not! But if I was it wouldn't be any of your business!"

I admitted to myself that Joe and I had gotten pretty close to having sex quite a few times but had never actually done 'it' yet. Not that I was going to tell Ethan that.

"It is my business! I'm your brother. It's my job to protect you!"

"I don't need protecting from Joe! My boyfriend!"

"You do if he's going to be sneaking into your bedroom at all hours of the night for god knows what!"

"He just wanted to talk to me last night!"

We had reached the youth centre now but neither of us wanted to go inside fighting so we stood down the road and leaned against a wall so we could finish our argument.

"Talk?" Ethan laughed, "good one."

"What's so funny about that?" I demand, "tell me. It's it so unreasonable that he would ever want to talk to his girlfriend."

"That he would sneak out of his house in the middle of the night and over to his girlfriends house. His girlfriend who he is not allowed to see at all and who his dad hit him for being with. He would risk being caught out of his bed and found in an Irish home just for a chat that could happen any time? Yeah Olivia, sorry if I don't believe you totally."