I was upstairs with Cappuccino; playing with her. Mama and Kendall were downstairs talking about something important. "YOU'RE WHAT ?!?! OH MY LORD !!!" I rushed downstairs to see what happened. "What's wrong ?!?" "Kendall's getting married !!" "To who ?" "With a guy in math class." "But you can't get married, what about us ?" "Dani, you and I can always hang out." "But it's not fair." "Dani, go somewhere with that. Kendall, that's great." "Yea. I invited him to dinner. I'm gonna take us out to eat at that new restaurant down the street." "What time ?" "I told him to meet us here at 7:30." "Oh well that doesn't give us much time. Dani, go get ready." "I don't wanna go !!!" "Danielle McMillian, you go upstairs and get ready. Right now !!" I went upstairs. My phone rang. "Hello ?" "Hey Dani, how's my little girl doing ?" Michael asked. "Kendall is getting married." "Oh that's good, right ?" "No. I don't want my sister to get married. She and I do everything together. She was there when my dad would come home. Without her, I don't know what to do." "Well, you got me. I'll take care of you." "We're supposed to be meeting him tonight. I don't want to." "Well, I was gonna ask you if you wanted to go to the movies with me." "Mama won't let me. Maybe you can come with us. I don't want to sit there by myself. Let me ask her. I'll call you in a minute." "Ok. Bye." Click. I rushed to mama's room. "Dani, how come you're not getting ready ?" She asked. "Can Michael come with us, please ? It'll be boring with me, by myself. Please ?!" "Ok. Ok. Fine. But he is your responsibility,  got it ?" "Thank you, mama." "You better tell him to get ready cause he'll be here soon." I ran back to my room and called Michael back. "Yea ?" "You can come, but you're my responsibility, ok ?" "Yea. What should I wear ?" "Something nice, but I gotta go.  See ya." Click. I took a shower and got dressed. I put on a some dark jeans and a blouse. I had on flats. I went downstairs with Kendall. "Michael's coming with us." "That's fine. Are you ready to meet my boyfriend ?" "No. I don't want you to get married. I want things to be the way they are." "You have so much to learn." The doorbell rang. Kendall jumped up and ran to the door. She came back a little sad with Michael trailing behind her. He was holding something behind his back. "Hey Mike." "Hey girlie, what's wrong ?" "I'll tell you later. What's behind your back ?" "Well, I figured you would be like this after we got off the phone, so I brought you a flower from my garden." He gave it to me. It was a sunflower. "Oh Michael. It's so pretty !! This came from your garden ?! I didn't even know you had one. Thank you so much, Michael." "No problem. You know I would take care of my girl. So, where are we going for dinner ?" "That new restaurant." The door rang again. Kendall ran to the door. "Hey baby. Come in." "Hey, I brought you these." He said handing her a bouquet of flowers. "Come. This is my little sister, Dani. Dani, this is my fiancee, Miles. And Miles, this is my sister's boyfriend,  Michael." "No way. You were right. Michael Jackson is her boyfriend. I thought you were playing. So, are you ready to go ?" Just before Kendall could answer, Mama came downstairs. "Oh Miles, meet mama." "Nice to meet you, ma'am." " Oh, you're so handsome." "Thank you, ma'am. Are you ready to go ? I'll drive."