The Blow Up

“Sav, what where you thinking?” Drake yelled. They were in his room, and he was going to find out why his sister was trying to interfere with his life.
“What was I thinking?! I was thinking that I was looking out for my brother! I was thinking that I just want him to be happy!” Savannah answered in indignation.
“Sav, how many times do I have to tell you I AM happy?!” Drake countered.
“What if you only think you are happy? What if you end up getting hurt?!” She shouted.
“Sav, I am happy, I’m not going to get hurt. And what gives you the right to interfere in my love life?!” He replied.
“Drake you don’t know that you won’t get hurt. I’m just trying to look out for you. You’re my big brother and…” she answered.
“You couldn’t trust me to be there and help you when you were pregnant, what the hell do you think gives you the right to mess with my life?” Drake shouted cutting her off.
Savannah was stunned, his words felt like a punch to her gut. She knew she hurt him by leaving without a word, but she didn’t expect him to throw it in her face.
“That was different and you know it!” She screamed.
“Oh was it? Seems to me YOU had your heart broken and instead of trusting me to be there for you, you left! I think you are just projecting your situation onto me! You think because you got hurt that I will too, but I trust them. You used to trust Liam too! Maybe what happened to you is clouding your judgement. Maybe all you can see is the potential pain and heartache instead of seeing the love! The love I have for them and they have for me! Is it hard to be kept away like some secret? Yes! But I get it ok?! I am happy so just butt the fuck out Savannah!” Drake roared.
“I was scared and alone Drake! It was different!” Savannah screamed at him, pissed he would throw that at her.
“You didn’t have to be alone! You had me! But you trusted Maxwell over your own damn brother! You didn’t trust me Sav! And it seems like you don’t trust me now! I wouldn’t be doing this if I wan’t happy, if I didn’t think it could work.” Drake countered.
“It wasn’t that I didn’t trust you Drake…” Savannah started.
“Really? Then what the fuck was it Sav? You find out your pregnant, keep it from me and then run off! Sounds to me like you didn’t think you could trust me! I would have been there for you Sav! I would have helped you. You didn’t need to run off, be alone. You had me. I would have helped you!” He shouted cutting her off.
“Drake, I was scared you would look at me differently. I was scared it would wreck things for you at court.” Savannah continued.
“Fuck court! You know how I feel about half the fucking nobles! Who the hell cares what they would have thought?! You left and I was tearing myself apart trying to figure out what I had done to make you not trust me! I looked for you Sav, and then I find out Maxwell knew where you were the whole time! Do you know how much that fucking hurt to know you trusted Maxwell and not me! I’m your brother Sav! You should have trusted me!” Drake shouted.
“Drake, I do trust you.” Savannah replied softly, reaching out and touching his arm.
“Yea? Then trust me when I say I don’t want the life you are describing, never did! Even if Athena had for some reason said no to Liam because of her feelings for both of us we would have ended up here. I AM happy Sav. THIS is what I want. We didn’t go into this lightly. I have concerns and they listen! Why the hell do you think we had the hand fasting?! They listened to me, they tried to give me what they could. I would rather have them in the shadows and be happy than not have them at all. Who knows Sav, maybe at some point we won’t have to hide, but right now, with Cordonia the way it is, it has to be just them to the public. Did you ever think I’m not the only one it’s tough on? They both have to hide half their heart. After the shit with Madeline and the engagement tour do you really think either of them WANT to hide anything? They don’t, they hate it as much as I do! But we are still happy. Just trust that I am happy Sav.” Drake said earnestly, he needed to make her see how he felt. “What you are describing, that’s what you want, or wanted with Bertrand, stop projecting your wants on me. Work on fixing things with Bertrand if you want. I support you in whatever it is you want, but I need your support too. So I need you to stop interfering. I’m the happiest I’ve ever been Sav, you need to see that, understand that, trust that.” Drake implored.
Savannah stared at Drake for a moment taking it all in. Thinking about what Drake said, thinking about what she saw when they all interacted together, how happy and in love they seemed. She was starting to realize maybe she was overstepping, all she ever wanted was for her brother to be happy, she was starting to see maybe they were making him happy.
“Drake, I’ll try. This is different, but I will try. And I will back off, promise. However, if you get hurt in all of this I am making good on the threat I made to Liam!” Savannah replied.
“Wait? You threatened Liam? Sav…” Drake trails off throwing an arm around his sister shaking his head. Maybe in time he could get her to see that he was happy.