(This part 2 of Lily's story and is told by Lily.)
It was a Saturday morning, and I was in the kitchen with my thousands of nieces/nephews/brothers, and sisters. I was about to to pour some cheerios into a bowl when Mom came into the room.
"Ross is here, he's taking you to breakfast," she said.
My older siblings all started making dumb oooh noises which made the children laugh. Rolling my eyes, I got up from my seat and left the room.
Seeing my oldest brother standing just inside the door, made me blush and my heart skipped a beat. We hadn't really talked about us being a couple since the wedding a week ago, but maybe this was a start. I didn't want to push, so when he only offered me a friendly brotherly hug instead of a kiss, I accepted it and followed him into his car.
"This doesn't mean anything yet," he said straight off. "I don't want getting your hopes up, I'm still not sure I'll ever be open to dating you."
"I know."
"Okay, good. I figured, I'd start spending more time with you. That's all it is for now, just us spending more time together as siblings."
"I understand. Where are the kids?" I asked, noticing how quiet the car was, which could only mean Victoria and Ethan weren't in the backseat.
"Victoria went on a sleepover last night, I'm picking her up after breakfast. I just dropped Ethan off at an early soccer practice."
We arrived at a cafe, ordered our food and decided to sit outside to enjoy it. We found a table a safe distance from the others and took our seats. I could tell Ross was nervous, and he kept looking around as if he didn't want anyone to see us together.
"Ross," I said.
He looked at me.
"It doesn't matter if we're seen. All they're going to think is that we're two siblings having breakfast together... which you said yourself is the truth."
"Right," he said. But he still glanced around one last time.
"So, how's school?" Ross asked.
"Fine. We're starting to prep for finals. I can't wait to graduate."
"Yeah, sometimes I forget how young you still are," Ross said.
"I'm eighteen," I reminded him.
"I know. I meant, how young you are compared to the rest of us. Millie is the second youngest and she's 25."
"Well, I'm technically not the youngest anymore," I pointed out. "Dylan's only four, Sam's three, and Hannah is just a baby."