Sweet Caroline

Chapter 21(Caroline)

I wanted so badly to insult Rebecca, but I couldn't she looked so upset I just couldn't, if no one else was going to be nice to her tonight I might as well be the one that is. "oh come here" I said hugging her and Michael smiled at me and thanked me for being the only nice person "oh sweetie, lets go fix that make up" I said taking her upstairs to my old bathroom "listen, everyone is really on edge with the fact that we didn't even know you existed until this summer, you get that right" I said and she nodded "I tried so many times to make him let me meet you but he refused every single time" she said drying her tears "well, he's an idiot and ways has been" I said and she laughed a little "if you want to survive this night and gain some respect from them, you need to show some self confidence, and my grandma is extremely judgmental, she asked me why I brought a bear here, and then too me I needed to wear taller shoes to even out our heights" I said and she laughed once again "but I can't take back the first impression I already made" she said "true, but, were all looking for some flaws of yours to try and make Michael change his mind, but he's dead set on marrying you, when he told me and I was yelling at him, no offense, he honestly said he didn't care if we came to the wedding he just wanted us to know what was going on" I said "really?" she asked "yeah, Michael's the baby boy of the family, he's had two older brothers that got to do everything before him and he's always relied on them, him saying that he didn't care if we came or not was a huge thing. he cares about, and I think we're all mostly scared that he loves you enough to not talk to us again" I said and she hugged me "I'm not trying to take him away from you, not at all" she said "I believe you, honestly I do, but I have to leave to go meet Aidan's family and I'm completely scared to death and you need to walk down these stairs with total confidence but not arrogance, and if you do they will love you" I said opening the door and she walked out and back into the kitchen with me behind her. I said hello to a few more people and then we left and I started having a heart attack "I'm going to be like a Rebecca" I said freaking out as he parked on the street "no you aren't, Caroline, my brother already loves you and so does Janie" he said, and was right after I yelled at Patrick he went to a ring shop and he face timed me as he tried to choose one and he then proposed. Aidan leaned over and kissed me "I love you" he said "I love you too" that was the first time we had said to each other, and it was exactly what I needed and we walked up to the front door and he pulled me inside, it was complete chaos, as we walked into the family room his grandpa, I assume was in the recliner with a beer along side I assumed was his father and uncles also with beards and the next thing I knew someone had me in a head lock "hi Caroline" the familiar voice said "Hi Patrick" I said "Patrick, stop hurting the poor girl" I assume Janie said and he let go and she hugged me "I'm Janie, thank you so much, for knocking some common sense into this block head" she said "but I'm your block head" Patrick said and she rolled her eyes and I laughed "you two little boys run along and drink a beer, the ladies are going into the kitchen to do something useful" she said putting her arm around my neck guiding me into the kitchen "this is the oh so famous Caroline, Aidan can't stop talking to Patrick about which Patrick then tells all of us" she said and I'm assuming his mother came over to me with a hug "I am so glad that if my son had to choose a pageant girl it was you" she said smiling "and always remember that if he gets too cocky just slap him across the face" a woman I later learned was his aunt Evelyn, for most of the time they were telling all these embarrassing stories about Aidan and Patrick "wait, so Aidan seriously did that?" I asked laughing " I seriously did what?" he asked coming in "drank that disgusting concoction Patrick made after he convinced you that that after eating the blueberry muffins you weren't supposed to eat would turn your skin blue if you didn't drink that concoction" His aunt Evelyn said slapping his cheek "don't listen to a word these people say, its all lies" he said wrapping his arms around me "are you pregnant, because you two are all lovey dovey, and Aidan is not the lovey Dovey type" his cousin asked and I laughed a little bit "I am most certainly not pregnant" I said and then he left the room "then why are you like all lovey dovey?" Janie asked "because we haven't seen each other in four months" I said and they all gasped "did you guys fight or take a break?" his mom asked "no, no, I had to get back to Savannah to get ready for school to start again because I had neglected my class room all summer and then school started and there was always lessons to plan and papers to grade and crafts to set up, I was always busy and by the time either one of us would try and come to see the other one its a three and a half hour drive with good traffic and by the time we would see each other we would probably get maybe an hour, two hours tops to see each other before we had to turn right back and drive home for work" I said and they all sighed "I could never do a long distance relationship" Janie said "I swore I never would" I said laughing a little at the irony of the situation "didn't Aidan say you were hoping for a position at Saint Mary's?" his mom ask "yeah, if this one teacher that was actually my first grade teacher finally decided to retire I get the job no matter what" I said "why are you so sure you would get the job?" Aunt Evelyn asked "my family founded the school, and my Uncle is Headmaster, it's also alway been apart of the deal, I can go where ever I want and teach but as soon as a position I'm qualified for at Saint Mary's opens up I have to move back to Atlanta" I said "well that will be nice, wont it" his mom said smiling, we ate afterwards and more alcohol was brought out and like he said things did get crazy, he got drunk and his cousin and Patrick had to help him out to the car, where they shoved him into the back seat so he could do no harm. but as soon as we were back at his place I had to drag him inside "Keegan get down" I said petting him with one hand.... As I have said many times I'm 5' 2'' and a half and i weigh about 100 pounds, I dragged a 6' 7'' guy that weighs probably about 200 pounds up the stairs and pushed him onto his bed, taking his shoes and socks off and having to take his pants and shirt... it's not as sexy as it would sound when he's completely wasted and basically passed out... I some how managed to put sweatpants on him and move his head onto the pillow and tucked him in minutes later, I was next to him, I was pretty sure he didn't do anything stupid like hit his head, but every hour or so I had an alarm go off waking me up to check to make sure he was still alive, I know a bit dramatic right? in the morning he woke me up "can you turn off the sun?" he asked "no, but here" I said handing him my sleeping mask I wore sometimes I went down stairs after he fell asleep again making sure to keep it as dark as possible in the room, I made some soup as I had been told last night that his favorite was broccoli cheddar... ok so I didn't actually make it but there was a panera right down the street so I got him some along with Gatorade and other hangover stuff when I went to check on him again, he has rubbing his head "here" I whispered handing him medicine and Gatorade "thank you" he whispered back "there's also soup, if you want some" I said "maybe later" he whispered as he took my hand and pulled me closer back under the covers with him "thank you" he whispered "for what?" "for taking care of me" he said and I turned to face him "its kind of my job, besides you would do the same" I said and he smiled kissing me gently on the lips, for the rest of the day he had me lay there with him, he seemed just like a little kid that was sick and completely helpless, wow that sounded extremely perverted.....