Chapter Three

                                    

                                          

Karly met with Gina and Allie outside the dorm and they walked across campus to get her books from the library. 
	"Thanks for coming with me," Karly said. 
	"No problem, we have to get ours too," Gina said.
	"I'm going to have a lot of books," Allie said.
	"I talked to my mom last night, I guess she can only call me when my father isn't around," Karly said.
	"Your father doesn't want her talking to you," Gina said.
	"That is so messed up," Allie said. 
	"I know it is but he controls everything, the house, their livelihood, if she crosses him, he takes something away like her money but he doesn't know she has a separate account just for her," Karly said.
	"I would do the same thing," Gina said.
	"I wish your mom could make a clean break, she could do much better than a controlling jerk," Allie said.
	"I know but she still loves him," Karly said.
	"I couldn't love someone who calls one kid a mistake," Gina said.
	"That's why I tell people that he's dead to me because he might as well be," Karly said.
	"So just say that you have a mom and two brothers and if they ask about your father, say he's out of the picture," Allie said.
	"Pretty much was," Karly said  They walked into the library and went to find their books.  She was looking for one when she heard someone clear their throat and looked and saw Kevin smiling at her. 
	"Hey Kevin," Karly said.
	"Hey Karly, getting your books?" Kevin asked.
	"Yep, you?" Karly asked.
	"Yes," Kevin said.
	"You want to hang out sometime, get to know each other," Karly said. 
	"I would like that a lot, I have to ask, do you have a boyfriend?" Kevin asked. 
	"No, couldn't keep one," Karly said. 
	"What, why?" Kevin asked.
	"My brothers would chase them off," Karly said.
	"Oh," Kevin said.
	"Please don't run away, I want to get to know you and see where this goes and I don't want my two overprotective big brothers scaring you away when they aren't here," Karly said. 
	"I'm not going anywhere, anything they try to do, I will stand my ground, I want to get to know you and see where things go too," Kevin said.  Her phone beeped.  She looked and saw it was her mom. 
	"Oh great, both brothers are coming to visit this weekend," Karly said. 
	"Oh boy," Kevin said.
	"I want them to meet my friends, that includes you," Karly said.
	"Okay so you are going to throw me into the deep end before we even get started," Kevin said.
	"Right now you are meeting them as my friend, after that we will see where this goes," Karly said.
	"Got it, okay, what time?" Kevin asked.
	"They will be here at one on Saturday, so come around 12:30?" Karly said. 
	"Okay," Kevin said. They got their books and Gina and Allie came up to them.	
	"Hi I'm Gina," Gina said. 
	"I'm Allie," Allie said.
	"I'm Kevin, nice to meet you ladies," Kevin said.
	"I bumped into Kevin yesterday and we had coffee and talked and we are going to hang out and see what happens," Karly said.
	"Oh I see, you two like each other," Gina said.
	"You want to date," Allie said.
	"I wouldn't be opposed to it but we are taking things slow and starting off as friends, got to get past her brothers first," Kevin said.
	"They are coming this weekend and I haven't been able to have a serious boyfriend because they would chase off the boys," Karly said. 
	"Overprotective," Allie said.
	"Yep," Karly said.
	"They obviously care about you," Gina said.
	"Yes they do, but I'm going to introduce Kevin to them as my friend and if they like him, we will go forward from there," Karly said. 
	"That's probably a good idea," Gina said.
	"Yeah and I told her that I will stand my ground and it won't be easy to get rid of me," Kevin said. 
	"Do we get to meet them too?" Gina asked.
	"I want them to meet my friends so that includes you two," Karly said. 
	"Great, when?" Allie asked.
	"Saturday, in my dorm room at 12:30, they will be here at one," Karly said.
	"Let's get our books checked out, ladies," Kevin said.  They got in line and got their books checked out or bought and they walked out of the library.