Oh boy what an interesting little meeting we had. Never in my wildest dreams did I think this was going to happen and how my brother really didn't mind. At least he has never told me but we haven't really talked about it either because it just feels uncomfortable to talk about I guess. But I will tell you, it will be something I will never forget. Its about time to start at the beginning.
I had helped my brother move into his new apartment about a year earlier. I didn't visit much since he was out much of the time but that stuff tends to happen I guess. Well, anyway, my parents went on their yearly vacation leaving me to watch the house and the dog that we had. Its not a bad deal, the house is quiet, you get to do what you and such so I have no problem watching the house. They as usual went through their normal routine of telling my brother they were going away and to watch out for me in case I needed any help even though I was 25. We just play along with my parents since it makes them feel better. So my parents went away for their two week vacation. One week through the vacation I get a call from my brother which surprised me asking me to come over for dinner. Now I didn't feel like coming to dinner but he insisted that I come over for dinner. This is what made me suspicious because he wouldn't tell me why he wanted me to come over for dinner until the next day. I agreed and he said he would pick me up on his way home from work in the afternoon and drive over to his place.
He picked me up around 3 in the afternoon and we soon took off to his place on the other side of town. We drove in silence since I didn't want to question him about what was going on. About 10 minutes later we drove up to his apartment and went inside where he put everything down and started to take things out for dinner. It was here when I first realized something was up because he was taking all kinds of food out. After taking out all the stuff for dinner, he handed me a coke while taking one for himself and we sat down in the living room. We both opened our cokes and took a sip when finally I got up the guts to talk to him about tonight.
"What's going on? You have never been so insistent that I come over for dinner before so what is the big deal?" I said while sipping my coke.
"I have a little surprise which only a few people know. I want to introduce you to someone that I know," as he kind of shifted in his chair which made me kind of suspicious. He seemed to be awfully nervous about something and I thought he was going to say something completely opposite of what he would explain to me.
"Introduce me to someone. What is going on here? This sounds suspicious."
"Well Bry (my nickname), I met this girl about 3 months ago and we have been dating off and on. And its.................uh I think about to turn serious. So I thought you should meet her and tell me what you think. Only my closet friends have met her and you are the first in the family to meet her."
This immediately pissed me off a little bit since he hasn't told anyone in the family that he has been dating someone for so long but this was just like him. Trying to keep everything in his life a secret from his family which never made any sense to use. That is why we always thought there was something weird about him. However I got control of my angry and took a sip of coke. When my brother saw this he started to say something and I just smiled which made his stop.
"A girl huh? Well what is she like?" My brother immediately relaxed and slumped back.
"She is a beautiful woman. When I first saw her, she reminded me of a movie star. I know that sounds bad but, it felt like it. She is about your height (5"7) and has beautiful blond hair that comes just below her shoulders. She works at some office downtown so she won't be able to get here until 7 or so. I want you to meet her because your instinct about people is real good."
"Fine. We will see what happens."
We sat in silence for a little while longer until my brother got up to start fixing dinner around 5 or so. I sat in the living room thinking about what my brother said and immediately started to feel nervous for some reason. I started walking around the apartment and fidgeting around until finally my brother told me to sit down and watch television. He started laughing as he was talking about me being more nervous than he was. I turned on the TV watching this movie which I got totally into. What seemed like minutes but was more like 90 minutes later there was a knock at the door. My brother jumped out of the kitchen nervous and everything as I got up and fixed my shirt and hair. My brother open the door and smiled as this blonde step in and kissed him on the cheek.
She did momentarily take my breath away. She came in wearing a nice red blouse with a brown shirt that went just below her knees. Her hair was right at shoulder level and she had some beautiful brown eyes. I must admit that I was jealous of my brother for the moment for getting such a beautiful woman to date him. He closed the door as she put her purse on the ground and he took her jacket to the closet in the hall. When he returned he walked with her toward me which got me nervous.
"Cathy, this is my brother Bryan. Bryan this is Cathy."
I smiled as I extended my hand but the thing that surprised me is that she hugged me right off the bat. I looked at my brother who seemed shocked as well.
"Nice to meet you Bryan. Your brother has told me so much about you, I feel that we have known each other for years," she said as she pulled away and stood next to my brother.
"Thank you. I wish I could say the same but I know very little about you except for the part about being beautiful," I said as we all sat down in the living room. I was surprised because I thought I saw her blush.
"That is nice to say. Your brother was right," she said smiling.