I watch as he opens the door eagerly, knowing that it is her. I watch as she smiles up at him, easily falling into his arms. It has been nearly three months since they had last been able to see each other in private without casting any suspicion. Three long months.
I watch him with her, and it�s like watching a stranger. Not someone I�ve known all my life, but someone who I�ve never even met. When he�s with her, he�s a completely different person. He�s a much happier person.
Watching them together, it�s the strangest thing. The least expected. I would never have thought the two of them would ever be compatible, but they�re�they�re�
They�re perfect together.
*
At her most vulnerable, he had been the one who had been there for her. He had stood by her, comforting her, freely offering himself to her. I had told him that it wasn�t right, that there was no way it could ever work out between them. That she was the last person he should ever get involved with.
�We�re just friends,� he used to laugh at me, though with a hint of longing in his voice.
And they had been. At first, they had been just friends. And then bestfriends. Finally, lovers. The night that she had uttered the three little words he had been longing to hear ever since they first met, he had been the happiest I had ever seen him.
�She loves me,� he had whispered, almost in awe. �Me.�
However, her admitting her feelings for him had only made me even more concerned than before, when they had just been friends. I had known her for a couple of years already, but I hadn�t yet trusted her completely. Not when her actions on screen seemed second nature to her. I was worried what their relationship could do to his career, what she would do to him.
But I was gladly proven wrong. Not only has she been �protecting� him � and in extension, me � but her words had not been a lie. She truly did love him.
*
I watch her with him, and it�s like watching a stranger. When she�s with him, she�s a completely different person to the one everyone sees on TV. She�s definitely a lot more charming, almost enchanting.
She finally pulls away from him, and looks over at me with a smile. �Hi, Christian.�
I smile back. �Hey, Steph.�
I look at my brother, but he has yet to take his eyes off her.