Chapter: 4
Vic's POV:
I was determined to make my brother's love story successful. I could see the love in his eyes whenever he talked about Nate. His whole face is brightened by the mere mention of him. So now with a new plan in my head I am seated in cafeteria with Ty and Nate beside me. It was good that only three of us were here as all my friend were busy. Ky an K had gone to their grandparents' place, Peter had lunch detention and Maddy was at library, doing her incomplete homework. Of course I was happy that my plan could execute without suspicion, not that I wanted to spend some time alone with Ty. No, absolutely not.
Note the sarcasm.
It was now time to take my plans into action.
"I wish I could eat the Oreo cake right now. I am craving for it since yesterday."
"Let me get it for you Coco."
"But Ty, we need to discuss about our project. I won't be able to do it later today. I am busy." I pouted a little for a dramatic touch. I could see Ty's eyes melting at the sight of my pouting face.
"Then Nate will bring it. Won't you, Nate?"
"Oh, but I don't want to cause him any inconvenience."
"Don't worry Vic; it's really not a problem." Just then I see Cal heading towards his friends. Perfecttiming brother.
"Thank you so much Nate. Oh hey Cal, come here for a sec." Caleb makes his way towards us, looking a little nervous, seeing Nate.
"What do you want Vic?
"Will you please go to Maria's; I want to eat the cake." I ask him, giving him a pleading puppy eyes. No one can ignore my puppy eyes.
"Ok, Ok, I'll go. No need to give me those eyes."
"Thank you so much. You are a sweetheart. Now go with Nate. He will be accompanying you as Ty and I will be working on our project."
Cal looks at me shocked but soon maintains his composure as he understands what I was trying to do. I send him a discreet good luck and both of them walk out of the cafeteria. I turn to face Ty who was watching them with a little bit of nervousness in his eyes but he soon masks it before looking at me. I wanted to gain as much information about Nate as I could now.
"So Ty, you and Nate are friends for long now?"
"Yes, we were friend since before we were born actually." I looked at him confused. He sensed my confusion and explained it to me. "Well you see, our moms are twins. They have always been together and have done everything together." He chuckled slightly before continuing. "They got married to our fathers, who are high school best friends, together and they even got pregnant with us at the same time. Do you know, we were actually born on the same day, five minutes apart? Funny, isn't it? We grew up together in the same house. Our parents were very close and always wanted to live together, so we live in the same house till date." There was a constant smile in his face as he was talking about his family. It was clear that he loved them dearly.
"So you both know everything about each other?"
"Yes, everything."
"Does he have a girlfriend?" I blurted out. He narrowed his eyes at my sudden question; something flashed in his eyes but was gone before I could understand. "Do you have a crush on him?"
My eyes widen at that and I hurriedly answer him. "NO, absolutely not. Why would you even ask that? I see him as a brother." His shoulder relaxes visibly at my response making me confused and suddenly a thought hits me. "Do you by any chance have something for him? I mean you looked worried by my question?" He looked horrified at this and starts coughing violently. I pat his back and hand him a glass of water which he takes from my hand and drinks immediately. Soon he calms down and looks at me weirdly. "How does your imagination works Coco? I have never been asked this question before. Just now I was telling you about us being family and you ask me this? God, even thinking about this makes me cringe. He is my brother, how can you even think that."
I smile apologetically to him. "Sorry, I was not thinking. Sorry again."
He nods at me and says, "It's ok and to answer your question, no he does not have a girlfriend but he is in love with someone for a long time now and I am helping him to get the love of his life. It's really hard for me to see the longing in his eyes." Suddenly I feel sad for my brother and hope he could take the news well. I cannot bear seeing him heartbroken. He looked a little skeptical before he spoke again.
"I don't know if I should tell you this as it's not my secret to tell but I cannot see him like this anymore so I am going to tell you anyways. May be this could be the starting for his love life or he might get his well deserved closure." I look at him confused and nod, urging him to continue.
"Actually the person Nate likes is very close to you so I wanted to know if there is a slightest bit of a chance for his feelings to be reciprocated."
I begin to worry, not really wanting to know about the person leading for my brother's heartbreak but it was needed. "Who is it?"
"It's uh- uh, it's your- your brother, Caleb." I stare at him shocked for a few seconds, giving my brain time to process the newly found information while Ty looks at my expression worried, completely misinterpreting the situation. "Please Coco; don't tell about this to Caleb. I don't want him to look at Nate differently or he might just stop talking to him completely. I will not be able to see him sad again. He is really happy now a days that he gets to at least talk to him." He finishes and I start grinning like lunatic, full teeth on display. Unable to contain my happiness I lunge myself at him and trap him in a bone crushing hug. Soon realizing what I have done, I release him trying to stop the blush that has started to color my face. Quickly ignoring the blush, I start talking. "Oh My God Ty! I can't explain how happy I am hearing this. Half of my work is already done, now remaining half is not so difficult." Sensing his confusion, I tell him about Cal and the mission I was on, silently hoping to get some help from him too. Knowing that even Cal is in love with Nate, he quickly agrees to join in my mission and we start our planning to bring them closer. We have decided that we will let them realize their feelings for each other on their own so they can know each other better.
Lunch time was nearly ending when Nate and Cal came back with my cake. Their faces were slightly pink with the blush and happiness could be seen in the eyes. I raised an eye brow while looking at Cal and he mouthed a Thank You before rushing towards his friends. I turned to face Nate and thanked him for the cake while secretly observing his expressions. A content smile had braced his lips and his face was beaming. I shared a look with Ty to tell him that we needed to find out all about this trip and hoped he understood which he surprisingly did and gave me a curt nod in response.
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It's been half an hour since I have been trying to coax Cal in giving me all the details of his little date but he had been denying.
"For the hundredth time Vic, it was not a date and there is nothing to tell you."
"Oh Please! You should have seen both your faces, that expression was not the result of nothing so spill it already."
He sighs loudly before speaking again. "Fine, I'll tell you everything but you have to promise me not to laugh at me."
I nod my head frantically and urge him to continue to which he complies.
"When we reached at Maria's; we both were very hungry and decided to eat something. We ordered our favorite ice cream, which coincidental was the same, and I also ordered my favorite pastry for both of us but the Cookie dough ice cream was almost finished at the shop and only one serving was left. So we decided to share it. We shared the ice cream and the pastry and just talked. Then a group of girls entered the shop and started gushing around as they saw Nate. I felt bad for a bit but when I saw that he did not pay any attention to them, rather was completely engrossed in our conversation, it made me very happy. He did not even let me pay for anything and also said that he had a very good time with me. He even said that he wanted to hang out together again sometime." There was a sweet smile on his lips and I could see a faint blush covering his face as he remembered his day. I was also very satisfied hearing those things and was mentally squealing like a fan girl. I soon left his room to go to my own and immediately called Ty to know his side of the story and start planning the next step.He picked up the call in the second ring and said that we should discuss about it tomorrow at school as he was with Nate and could not talk freely. We talked for a bit longer about anything and everything and ended the conversation when I was called for dinner.
Even at dining table, I could sense Cal's happiness. He was chirpier than usual and did not even try to irritate me which was very new. There was a point when dad asked if he was high on something which had sent me into fits of laughter where as Cal just pouted and complained that he cannot even be happy without being interrogated. Then his topic shifted to how they were biased and only loved me. After his series of complain, dad let a hearty laugh and said that now he was acting like a "normal Caleb" to which he earned a whine from Cal. Mom and I just stayed quiet and enjoyed the light banter of the father-son duo. I Wish I had some popcorn.
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I was on my bed thinking about all the information I got earlier today. I still could not wrap up my mind around the idea that my brother was in love and his love was reciprocated with equal intensity. I had always been the sucker for love stories and wanted a beautiful one for myself as well. Thinking about love story made me think about Tyson. I had already accepted the fact to myself that I was slowly falling for him. His sweet smile, deep voice, gorgeous eyes.... I could just go on and on about him. The way he treated me, so differently from others. The way his eyes soften while taking to me, the way he called me Coco made my heart swell with happiness. He still had his strong aura and cold demeanor around others. It was as if his soft side was reserved only for me and it made me happy. Just thinking about him made me yearn for his presence, crave for his soft touch. I wished to see him smiling fondly at me as I fall asleep and it was the sight I wanted to wake up to. With the same thought I slowly fell into darkness and let the sleep consume me.
Fourth Chapter is up. It's kind of a filler chapter but there are new ideas in my mind for which this chapter will act as a foundation. Please comment, vote and let me know how did you find this chapter to be.
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