Summertime: Pt. 3

(Alex)

All I can do is shake my head at this point. That....that funny, incredibly intelligent, and outrageously cute woman has me completely speechless. Nothing about that conversation was really different from any other conversation with her, but just thinking about her in general makes me smile, laugh, and sigh...all at once. So naturally I have no words. But this situation is crazy. I'm torn between feeling guilty about having these feelings for my brother's girl, and wanting to just take her and run away from it all. Even Darrin. He's my brother, but we just met a few months ago. We get along as well as can be expected for two people who grew up never knowing the other existed. We laugh, perfect our Wii game, and play cards together. Darrin and I both love sports (baseball and basketball mostly), music (hip-hop, a lil' R&B, and some old school stuff), and our mamas. He just doesn't know about the other interest that we have in common: Robin. I swear, I never wanted it to be like this. In a way, I still don't. I met my brother that I never knew about, and a few months later I'm in love with his girl. Here I am trying to fit 21 years of life into as many conversations as I can with him during the day, and dreaming about the girl he loves at night. Robin is beyond smart, but she really doesn't have a clue about how much Darrin loves her. I mean, he and I talk. Not only about our histories, but about the present. And not a conversation goes by without her name popping out of his mouth in some form. I don't think he's noticed how I quickly steer the conversation from her. Or how I'm gone within five minutes when she walks in his room.....at least, I HOPE he hasn't......