Harlow slid her dress down and sat up looking at Antonio, worried she did something wrong. "I'm sorry, I got a little carried away."

"What are you sorry for? Did you not like it?"

She covered her face with her hands, feeling embarrassed. "I did like it," she said quietly. "You must think differently of me now."

"Why would I think that?" he asked, removing her hands away from her face.

"You just said you've never done that on a first date and to be honest, I haven't either and I'm a little embarrassed by it."

He got up from the floor and sat next to her. He placed his hand on her thigh and began rubbing it up and down. "I never have, no. But I didn't mean that in a bad way... what I was trying to get at is, I may not know you all that well, but I feel different with you, like I've known you forever, almost as if we're meant to be."

She knew what he was saying and felt the same way as he and turned her head, cupped the side of his face and kissed him. He parted his lips from hers and helped her onto his lap, having her straddle him. She smiled and leaned forward, crashing her lips hard against his.

"What is it about you?" she asked softly, squinting her eyes as she pulled away from him.

He smiled, shaking his head. "I have no clue what you're talking about, but what I do know is, you're driving me wild." His hand went up through her hair and up the back of her head grabbing a fist full of hair, he gently pulled her head back and began devouring her neck, love biting her as his lips made its way back up to her mouth.

It was beginning to get hot in the room and he pulled away. He felt if he didn't stop what they were doing, they would end up doing something he wasn't ready for and wanted to wait until the time was right, wanting it to be special.

He looked at her smiling, caressing the side of her face. "I like you a lot and this is wonderful what we're doing and all, but we can't do anything more than this. I hope you understand that."

"I'm okay with that," she grinned, happy he said that and was thinking the same thing. She leaned forward, kissing him. "Let me stay the night, I don't feel like dealing with my brother."

She was still straddling him as he stood and held her tighter as her legs wrapped tighter around him and walked her to his room, laying her on the bed. He walked over to his closet and looked through his clothes, finding a shirt for her to wear and handing it to her. "Here, you can wear this if you'd like."

He stripped down to his boxers and climbed into bed while she changed into his shirt. She crawled in under the covers and scooted next to him, lying her head onto his chest. Feeling comfortable, relaxed and secure lying in his arms, with her head on his chest, it caused her to close her eyes and fall asleep.

The next morning, Antonio awoke to Harlow still in his arms and smiled while looking at her. He held her tighter and kissed the top of her head before closing his eyes again, enjoying the moment of waking next to her and with her in his arms.

He could feel her moving around and opened his eyes. His heart skipped a beat when he saw a pair of green eyes looking at him and curled his finger underneath her chin, tilting her head up further to give her a kiss. "Good morning," he said quietly.

"Morning," she hummed.

"It's a good morning waking up to you in my arms," he said, smiling.

"It is."

He laid there staring at her, caressing her arm and debating with himself about kissing her again. His hand slowly slid up her arm and up to her chin, kissing her softly. Feeling sparks being lit off, he rolled on top of her and kissed her passionately. The kiss was turning heated and the two began rolling back and forth, switching who was on top while kissing, until he felt himself getting hard and knew he was poking her below.

She felt his hardness pressing against her and moaned when it pressed against her swollen, throbbing clit. He parted from her lips and quickly rolled onto his back, while holding his hand against his chest, taking in some breaths of air through his nostrils. "Sorry, now I'm the one getting carried away," he said quietly, rolling his head to the side to see what kind of expression she had on her face.

She giggled. "You're fine. I could use some coffee; do you have any?"

He sat up and turned away from her, then leaned down to grab his sweats that were lying on the floor next to the bed and put them on. "I'll go make us some, I could use a cup myself."

He walked into the kitchen and began making coffee, thinking about what he was doing and how close he kept coming to going the next step with her. It wasn't like him to be doing what he was doing and wondered what it was about her that was making him wanting to cross that line.

She walked into the dining room and sat down on the bar stool at the breakfast bar, watching him and staring at his shirtless body. After the coffee was done brewing, he poured them each a cup and set her cup down in front of her.

"Thank you," she said, picking up the cup and taking a sip.

He walked around the counter, over to her and leaned down to her lips, kissing her. "You're welcome."

"I should get going after I finish with this coffee. I have to get home before my parents get back from their trip and make sure Ethan didn't trash the place."

"Oh, where were they?"

"They were out doing missionary work down in Africa." She looked at him and smiled. "I grew up in a pretty religious household, my parents have big hearts and are always going somewhere, helping the world however they can. Teaching English, helping kids learn in school and helping with the homeless, things like that."

"That's pretty cool."

"Once a month, they find a place and set up a meal drive around here, feeding the homeless and the less fortunate. They're always somewhere volunteering."

"Sounds like you have some wonderful parents."

"They are, strict, but they're full of love. That's why I wonder what happened to Ethan sometimes, he's always finding himself in trouble somewhere," she giggled.

"Ethan's good shit, I like him," he chuckled.

"He's always out trying to be funny, wanting to make people laugh. Even doing stupid shit that gets him in trouble, every time."

"He's young."

Harlow's phone rang and didn't recognize the number. She answered it hesitantly and looked at Antonio shaking her head after listening to the person on the other end of the line. She hung up the phone and set it on the counter staring at it. "What did I just get done saying?" she asked, sounding disappointed.

"Everything alright?"

"That was Ethan looking for help," she sighed. "He and his friends got arrested last night and needs to be bailed out."

Antonio set his coffee down and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Well, let's go get him, I'll bail him out."

"I should leave him there and let my parents deal with him when they get back."

"I'll get him out and will have a talk with him."

They left to bail out Ethan and along the way to the jail, Harlow was quiet, feeling frustrated. "His friends are trouble, he's a good kid, but whenever he's around them, he makes the wrong choices."

Antonio looked at her and could see how upset she was and remained quiet, not wanting to say the wrong thing to upset her more than she already was. They pulled up to the police station and parked. The second Antonio placed the car into park, Harlow quickly exited the car and started walking fast to the doors.

"Hey!" Antonio called out, running towards her. "Let me handle this, I'll talk to them and will get him out of here. You're obviously upset and might say the wrong thing that would possibly keep him in there longer."

They walked in and Harlow took a seat while Antonio talked with the officers. Antonio let them know who he was and asked to speak to Ethan. They brought him into a room, then left to bring Ethan into the room.

"Antonio." Ethan said, happy to see him instead of Harlow as the cops brought him into the room.

"Ethan, what are you doing?"

"It was a rough night."

"Explain to me what happened so I can help you get out of here, otherwise you'll be going to jail and will have to be seen by a judge before you get released."

Ethan sighed and leaned back in his chair. "Well... my friends and I were drinking and we got hungry. First, we went to one fast food joint and ordered a bunch of burgers, when we got our burgers, we opened them and saw it was all vegetables, so, I yelled, where's the meat? They got upset and kicked us out. So, we went to a different fast food place. I was then dared to run inside the joint, naked. I did and ran through the restaurant yelling; I have the meat! Next thing I know, I'm being arrested... bad idea, I know."

Antonio laughed, then covered his mouth knowing he shouldn't be laughing about it. "Hmm... well, I'll go talk to them and will see what I can do, then we're going to have a talk about this, sound good?"

"Is Harlow here?" he asked, sounding worried.

"Yes, she's out in the waiting room. I told her to let me handle this after seeing the look in her eyes, the look where she wants to kill you."

Antonio stood and began walking to the door, then stopped when he heard Ethan speak.

"Antonio, I know I was drunk, but I was only trying to be funny."

"I know."

Antonio left the room and talked with a couple officers. They agreed to let him out and informed him, that if it were to happen again, he wouldn't be getting another break. Antonio then walked into the waiting room and sat down next to Harlow, waiting for Ethan to come out.

"I got him off the hook, but there won't be a next time. I was told, the only reason why they didn't bring him straight to jail, was because of your parents and how well liked they are around here."

Harlow smiled, giving him a hug and thanking him. "Of course, there won't be a next time, he'll have to answer to me first."

Ethan walked out and nervously over to Harlow and Antonio; he knew by the look on Harlow's face, he was in trouble. "Cheer up sissy, I'm still alive," he says nudging her, trying to get her to smile.

Antonio placed his hand on Ethan's shoulder, shaking his head at him, letting him know now isn't the time to be funny. On the way to dropping Harlow and Ethan off, Harlow turned around and began giving Ethan the riot act. "You're lucky mom and dad weren't around, I was going to let you sit in there, until Antonio offered to get you out."

"Don't worry, I was thinking about not drinking for like a month or so, but then I figured, I would think about it more while having a couple drinks later on tonight."

Harlow turned around and huffed while crossing her arms. "You're impossible," she groaned.

Ethan laughed. "Damn girl, I was only joking. I already know what I did was wrong and promised Antonio it wouldn't happen again." He leaned forward towards Antonio and gave him a nudge. "Maybe, you might want to think twice about dating my sister, she's so damn bossy and feisty," he chuckled, while looking at Harlow.

"She's alright," Antonio said turning to look at her, giving her a wink.

She then looked away from Antonio and over to Ethan, giving him the stink eye. "If it weren't for me getting you out of trouble every time, just think of what mom and dad would have done to you had they been the ones picking your sorry ass up."

"Would you like a lollipop?" Ethan asked, smirking.

"No, why?" she asked, turning around and looking at him confused.

"It will keep your mouth closed for a while."

Antonio sat there trying to refrain from laughing while listening to the two bicker back and forth. It made him sit and wonder what it would be like if he were to have had any siblings and if he did, he wondered if it would be anything like the way these two were.

"Sorry that we're arguing in front of you, this is quite normal between us," Harlow said as she turned to look at Antonio.

"I'm actually enjoying it," he chuckled.

"Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Ethan asked.

"Nope, none. It was quite lonely growing up and always said to my parents, that someday, I would love to have a big family, one with lots of kids."

"Me too, as much as we fight, I have always wanted a bigger family. He may be an ass at times, but I still love him. He's just lucky I do love him, otherwise I'd be ratting him out each and every time he gets his ass in trouble."

"You're finally admitting that you love me," he says leaning forward with a smile, kissing her cheek. "I love you too sis, thanks for being there for me all these years."

"Yea, yea... don't let it go to your head."

Antonio couldn't help but laugh and remained quiet until he pulled into their driveway. "Thanks Antonio, I owe you one," Ethan said as he opened the door.

"No problem."

Harlow looked at Antonio biting on her bottom lip, thinking. "Would you like to come in?"

"Sure, I'd like to talk with Ethan anyway, maybe, I can help him in some way. He's too good of a kid to wreck his life over a stupid stunt, like the one he pulled last night."

Antonio walked Harlow to the door and as they approached the door, he stopped and pulled her close to him, giving her a passionate kiss.

"Thanks, I needed that."

"More like, I needed that," she said, opening the door. As she stepped inside, she was surprised to see the house wasn't trashed. She was sure she would have to hurry and clean the house before their parents got home.

"If you're going to talk to him, I'm going to go take a shower," she said, walking away.

Antonio walked into the dining room and sat at the table across from Ethan. "I suppose I'm fired?" Ethan asked.

"No," he chuckled. "Why would I fire you? You haven't done anything wrong at work to be fired for."

"I will tell you; I know what I did was wrong and the more I think about what I did, I'm a little embarrassed by it. Although it was fun at the time," he chuckled.

Antonio laughed. "We were all there at one point, but when you drink, you know you can still have fun without doing stupid things, like what you pulled last night."

"So, you really dig my sister, don't you?"

"I do," he smiled, thinking about their date last night and her spending the night in his arms.

"She's a good person, I enjoy messing with her. I've been teasing and picking on her since we were little. She's easy to get riled up."

"To be honest with you, I've never had a feeling with any of the women I've ever dated before, the way I do with her. The sparks I feel with her are amazing, ones I've never ever any woman before."

Harlow came down the stairs and could hear the two talking and stood around the corner listening in on their conversation. Hearing Antonio speak about her, made her feel good, which then made her smile. She walked around the corner and over to them. "Mom and dad should be here any minute, thanks for not destroying the house," she said as she sat down.

"Antonio, are you going to stay so you can meet our parents?" Ethan curiously asked.

He smiled, and looked at Harlow, figuring why not? "I'd love to meet them."

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