Song: Just the way you are by Bruno Mars

I go to his house to see him. The house is a mad house. The girls are fighting and Kia is having another melt down. His mom is trying to fold the laundry only to have to start all over because Kia dumps the laundry basket over and all the clothes fall out to the floor. Just being in this house is causing my nerves to race. I want to get out of here because its way too loud, sensory overload. Kodiak senses my reaction to the noise and he grabs my hand and pulls me down to his room. He turns on the radio but I tell him that he has to turn it down. My head is throbbing. The yelling and music all blends in together  and I feel like I am going to fall all apart myself.

"Is it like this a lot?" I ask him in a loud voice almost screaming.

He nods his head. "More days than not. I told you it's crazy up in here."

Kia burst into his room and sees me and screams again, "Go away...no girls allowed.

"Kia...I told you she is a friend of mine and this is my room so she can be in here."

"No...she is a girl...no girls allowed," he screams louder this time more demanding as he stomps his foot.

"It's ok...I will go." I go to stand up and Kodiak stops me from leaving.

"This is my room. Kia...get out," he tells him in a firm voice.

"I'm telling mom," he screams back at him and runs down the hallway. We hear him telling their mom and then she comes back with him. She stands in the doorway.

"Kodiak...Kia only wants to spend time with you...it's not going to hurt for him to be in the room with you."

"But it's not that...he told Ophelia that she had to get out."

"Kia...Ophelia is Kodiak's girlfriend...so you need to be nice to her."

"She is a girl...no girls allowed." He stomps again.

"Kia...you have two choices here...you can play in here with her here or you can play in your room."

He stomps his feet and folds his arms in front of him with the meanest look on his face. He gave me a death glare and I really feel like I should go even though Kodiak keeps telling me to stay.

He ends up staying in the room which means no time alone time for me and Kodiak.

Kodiak:

My family so gets on my nerves. The one time I can actually be alone with her and Kia has to start his shit. He knows how to play my mom. Yes he may be diagnosed with Autism...however he knows how to manipulate my mom. He takes over the remote and every time I try to say something he has to butt in putting in his two cents. He throws down the remote and looks at us.

Then out of nowhere he says, "You like dinosaurs?"

Ophelia nods her head.

"What is your favorite?"

"Uhm...the one with the long neck...wait...no T-rex." She smiles back at him. I know where this is going.

"It's not a T-rex it's a Tyrannosaurus." He grabs her hand and drags her to his room. "See like this one." He holds it up, then he goes on showing her all of them. "This one is a Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus." He goes on and on making sure he shows her every single one of them. She never says a word. When he holds the last one up she smiles at him.

"You know so much about dinosaurs."

"I know all about them." He grins ear to ear. "I know what they like to eat...what year they were on Earth...how much they weight...you name it...I know it."

"Wow, maybe we could play with them sometime."

"No...they are mine. Sorry...but you can look."

"Ok." And she doesn't argue with him, not like Kimber and Krista...they grab them and sometimes won't give them back until he cries and mom has to yell at them but not Ophelia she never touches them. And it's funny to watch him with her. He looks at the dinosaurs and then back up at her and he tries to be nice to her.

"Ok...you can look at this one." And he hands her the Tyrannosaurus. She takes in and looks at it and then hands it back to him. He smiles at her. "Ok...do you really want to play?"

She shrugs her shoulders at him. "They are yours; you don't have to share with me."

"I want to you're nice....even if you are a...GIRL," he drawls out the last word.

She sits down and starts playing. We play for over an hour and my mom comes to the door to see what we are doing and she is shocked to see Ophelia playing right along with him as if they are best friends. I see her as this amazing girl who has a special gift...anyone that can get Kia to play like that is special. Ophelia never looks up while she continues to play with Kia, giving him her full attention.

Kia starts to get tired and ask for us to leave his room. "I'm getting sleepy. You can go now." So we do.

We go back to my room and I shut the door behind me. "Thanks for playing with my brother. He rarely ever plays with anyone...especially a girl." I grin at her.

"It was nothing...besides I actually had fun playing with him."

"Did you now. Do you care to play with me now?" I ask her with a huge grin.

"Oh...were you a little jealous...what do you want to play?" She picks up the Xbox remote and I take it from her hand. My hand finds its way to her hips and I pull her in to kiss her soft sweet lips. She smells of light lavender from the shampoo in her hair.

I can't keep my hands off of her. I want to touch her, all of her and she lets me pull off her shirt. I step back to make sure that the door is locked. I would hate for Kia to come walking in or one of my annoying sisters. We make our way to my bed and I guide her into lying down and I slide next to her. She nudges me and I make my way above her pressing my body against hers.

"I like your weight on me...it's like soothing," she whispers.

I smile at that. If it was up to me I would have her like this all the time but I know that I can't stay like this forever. She lets me play with her breast and I know I should stop. My mind keeps telling me to stop, don't push her but other parts of my body just want to be with her. I want to touch all of her. She lets me pull off her bra and she is laying there underneath me trembling.

"Are you ok?" I ask her, "You're trembling."

"I...I...I want to feel your skin against mine," she says and tugs on my shirt. I rise up so that she can help me pull it off. Then I glide back down to her letting our bodies warm each other up. She is still trembling but I think it's mostly from nerves and not from being cold. My lips find hers and we lay there forever just kissing and touching each other.

I take one hand and keep gently massaging her leg and she brings her hand over mine to stop me but I want to touch her.

"Please stop that hurts," she whispers.

"What...that." And I try to do it again and she pushes me away.

"Seriously...you have to stop that or I'm going to lose it."

"Ok...why? Explain to me how it feels so I will know."

She stops and looks at me like she is trying to find the right words then she says, "It's like...it's like...when you do that you are signaling all my nerves in my body to that one area. It's hard to explain."

I look at her trying to understand how it makes her feel.

"It's like all my nerves go to that area and tingles...it tingles so much that it actually hurts. Like being stung by a bee. I don't know it just hurts when you stay in one location like that over and over."

"Ok...that's all I needed to know so I won't do that again." I look down at her and smile before kissing her again.

I let my body fall back down flush against hers when there is a knock at the door. She jolts up and we bump heads. She looks super frantic and starts to get up searching for her bra and her shirt. There is another knock this time even harder.

"Kodiak...why is this door locked?" my dad yells and knocks again.

"Sorry...didn't realize it was...hold on a minute." I shrug my shoulder at her. "Sorry...it's my dad." When she hears me say that she starts to panic. "Hey...calm down it will be fine." I wait for her to get dressed and I put on my shirt.

I'm about to open the door when she says, "Wait...how do I look?" Her cheeks feel with a reddish color.

I smile at her and roll my eyes, "Beautiful as always." I wink and then unlock the door. My dad glares at me when he sees her on the edge of my bed.

"What the hell is going on in here? You know you're not to have your door locked."

"I know...I said I didn't realize it was locked...sorry."

My dad glares back at me and I know he knows that I am lying. "So I assume this is Ophelia." He smiles and waves a hand at her. "Hi...I'm Kevin...Kodiak's father. It's nice to finally meet you."

She nods and throws a hand up in a wave.

"Well...I'll leave you two alone...leave the door open alright." He stops and winks back at me.

"Ok." I wait till he is back down the hall and turn to her. "What can I say...my family is annoying?" I try to laugh it off but it doesn't really help any.

"It's fine...I...I...I...should be go...going any...way." She picks up her car keys from my dresser and starts to head out. I walk her out to her car. I want her to stay but I know right n ou w no matter what I say she will refuse to.

"Text me when you get home."

"Ok."

She is about to get in but I pull on her arm and tug her into my chest. "I love you."

"I...I...love you to."

And I can't help but kiss those sweet soft lips of hers before she leaves me.