Thicker than blood, p.4
Thicker Than Blood, page 4
“No, I’m not,” She replied, just as casually.
She filled her plate with food, providing me with a good view of her cleavage. Oh, fucking lord! I had to think of sweaty guys and the smell of rotten eggs in order to not get a hard on.
I wondered why she had dressed like this though. I mean, she usually didn’t dress this provocatively, showing off that much skin. I liked the way she normally dressed. It was sexy, yet not too vulgar. But this outfit, man, it showed off everything. Her firmly shaped legs, her mouthwatering ass and her well-developed chest area – Whoa! Rotten eggs, rotten eggs, rotten eggs!
When she was done filling her plate, she came over and sat down next to me. That’s when I had to tear my eyes away from her. I didn’t want her to notice me drooling. By the way, I also loved that she had an appetite and didn’t eat just salad like so many other girls. Or nothing at all. That’s just plain stupid, if you asked me.
She glanced over at me. “So, when does the movie start?” She asked, still sounding casual.
Was it just my imagination, or did it sound like she tried a little too hard to sound nonchalant? It was probably just me…
I had been so fucking thrilled when she’d agreed to watch a movie with me. I had even been scared to ask her, seeing as I’d been afraid she might say no. That, and that she would get suspicious. It felt incredulous she still hadn’t realized that I loved her, in that way, I mean. But it was probably too sick for her to even consider that scenario. Yeah, like I mentioned before, I was the pervert here.
She was still looking at me questioningly, and I realized I hadn’t answered her yet. “Well, I thought we could take the one that begins at six p.m., considering it’s school tomorrow and you, who’s still a little child, can’t stay up too late.” I joked, trying to ease the tension I felt inside of me. Teasing her made it easier to handle my feelings. I couldn’t explain why, but it did.
“Hey! You’re only like eleven months older than me!” She objected, slapping my arm playfully. I chuckled, and tried to suffocate the sudden butterflies in my stomach. Even the simplest of touches from her sent freaking tingles throughout my body. “So, have you something planned before that?” She asked.
Again with my imagination making things up! I swear I saw annoyance pass through her eyes as she asked me that. Man, my feelings are really starting to play tricks on me. I shook my head slightly, in an attempt to clear my thoughts. “Nah, I’m just going to chill here until we leave.”
From the corner of my eyes I saw a small smile spread across her full, pink lips. Okay, I did so not imagine that! Did she like me staying home? Didn’t she like me hanging out with other girls, after all? No, I should not get my hopes up…
Still, it was hard not to!
“Where’s mom and dad?” She suddenly asked, pulling me out of my inner struggles.
“They’re out in the garden, I think,” I replied, just as I finished with my breakfast. I needed an excuse not to leave the table, so I pulled out my phone and started playing with it.
“Oh, okay,” she mumbled, just as she also finished with her breakfast. She had always been a fast eater. She even beat me, and that’s quite an accomplishment.
I was about to ask her if she wanted to do something before we went to the cinema, but she spoke before me. “I’m going to do my homework now. But I’ll see you later.” She gave me a quick smile before she put the plate in the sink and left the kitchen.
“Yeah, great, see you later...” I mumbled inaudibly, my heart sinking. Despite that, I couldn’t stop myself from leaning forward and checking out her fine ass as she ran up the stairs.
Chapter 5
Isaac
Hollywood undead is the fucking greatest band ever having walked on Earth! I can so relate to the lyrics in most of their songs. And I dig rap, so…
Since I didn’t have anything better to do, considering some special someone rather studied than spent time with me, I just stayed in my room, letting the music thunder from the speakers and fill my room, as well as my mind.
For every passing week, no, scratch that, for every passing day, the pain in my heart increased and became heavier to bear. It truly felt like I had to do something about my situation. Being in love with Audrina, that is. I knew I would never stop loving her. Never in my whole entire life. So, it felt like I had to do something about it. To somehow get an answer if she could possibly like me in the slightest of ways that I loved her. But how to do that? Hmm…
There was no use trying to make her jealous. Let’s just say; been there, done that. I had to do something else to get her attention…
Suddenly, an idea came to mind. I’m fucking brilliant! Quickly stripping out of my clothes, a small smile spread over my lips. No, I wasn’t going to her room butt naked. Though I wouldn’t exactly mind that, I thought with a chuckle. I entered the shower and stayed there until I was soaking wet. I then grabbed a white towel and wrapped it around my waist as low as possible, but still let it shield my comrade. I walked out of my room and over to Audrina’s. Feeling a tad nervous, I knocked on her door.
Audrina
I had been studying for the better part of two hours, when there was a knock on my door. Wondering who it could be, a small part of me always hoping for it to be Isaac, I told the person to come in. The door slowly opened and Isaac walked in, dressed in only a towel hanging low around his waist.
What the fudge!?
Oh my freaking God!
The sight before me made me believe I was going to faint. Seeing his oh-so-muscled upper body sent shivers down my spine, made my heart beat faster, and my breath to get caught in my throat. I couldn’t stop myself from staring at the small droplets that slowly found their way down his abs, only to be absorbed by the towel. How I wanted to be one of those droplets… feeling his muscled, tanned skin against my bare hands…
“Ahem, Audie?”
With all my strength, I succeeded to tear my gaze away from his incredible, half naked body. “Huh?” I tried not to blush as I desperately hoped he hadn't noticed me basically eye-screwing him. Meeting his gaze, I noticed both amusement and innocence in his eyes. A lot of innocence.
“Well, I was just taking a shower, before we catch the move, you know, and noticed I’ve run out of shampoo.” He scratched the back of his head, his bicep contracting in the process. I gulped. “So, I was wondering if I could borrow some of yours?” He asked casually…a bit too casually if you asked me.
Of course he’s not sounding too casual! It’s just me, pathetically hoping he wants to walk in here just to show off his incredibly muscled and tanned – whoa, get a grip Audie! “Err, S-sure.” Damn, why did I have to stutter?!
“Cool, thanks.” He smiled lightly and walked over to my bathroom, giving me a good view of his muscled back. Dear Lord, I was a complete goner! With a frustrated sigh, I turned my attention back to the books, trying to clear my dirty thoughts. A few seconds later he came back into the room, holding my shampoo his hand. “Thanks.”
“Your welcome,” I replied, keeping my eyes glued to the page. I couldn’t handle seeing that Achilles body one more time. Not within such a short period, at least.
I’d thought he would leave my room and continue with his shower. Let’s just say, sometimes I could be wrong. So very wrong.
“What are you studying?” Isaac asked, not leaving my room.
“Ahem, I’m writing an essay of what I think about Romeo and Juliet and their love for one another, how it affected their lives and their actions...” I mumbled quickly, hoping he would go now. But of course not.
Instead of leaving, he walked over to my desk and stopped dangerously close to me. “Sounds cool, how’s it going?”
Dear me, he was so close. So very, very close. I could feel the heat radiating off of his body. Touching my skin. If I just lifted my hand a bit to the right, I would be able to touch him…
I didn’t realize what I’d done, until I saw my own fingers slightly stroking his lower stomach. He shivered under my touch.
Oh, my freaking god, what have I just done?!
Quickly retreating my hand and cussing myself internally, I blurted, “sorry, but you had something there... dirt probably.” I certainly didn’t dare to meet his gaze, trying hard to keep the red color off of my cheeks.
A few painful seconds of silence passed, before Isaac finally spoke. “Oh... well... ahem, thank you.” Was it just my imagination or did his voice sound strained? I heard some footsteps and then the door shut close, indicating Isaac had left my room.
Dear Lord, what have I just done?! And I who thought I was good at hiding these forbidden feelings of mine... I’m so freaking stupid! But no matter how much I berated myself, a smile still found its way to my lips. Willingly or not, he had shivered under my touch…
Isaac
When I stood in the hallway, waiting for Audrina so we could leave for the movie, I still couldn’t stop thinking about the earlier event. It sent shivers down my spine, thinking back to her stroking my stomach. Man, it had felt so fucking good! But she had only done that because there had been something on my stomach. I must admit it was weird I should have some sort of dirt on me since I had just taken a shower. But there was no other reason she would have touched me like that. She couldn’t possible have wanted to touch me the way I dreamed of, could she? Though maybe I should do it more often, and always make sure I had some dirt on me… God, I’m sick!
“Audrina! Are you done yet!” I shouted from the hallway, unfortunately taking some of my frustration out on her.
If I could depend on my eyes and not being afraid that my feelings messed up my opinion, I would have said she did check me out when I had entered her room. That she had stuttered because I had made an impression on her. But like I said, I couldn’t be sure, considering that’s what I wanted and therefore might have imagined.
Hearing someone run down the stairs, I looked down at my watch. We still had about forty-five minutes before the movie started. As she entered the hallway I was about to say ‘finally’, but ended up biting my tongue, afraid something inappropriate would come out instead. Why God, why?! Why did I have to end up with such a fucking gorgeous sister?! It felt like a joke from His side. A sick one, but still a joke.
Looking at Audrina, she wore a simple, but perfectly fitted, purple dress that ended mid-thigh. Her pitch-black hair was floating around her angelic face like a waterfall, and her eyes sparkled with excitement. Yeah, like mentioned before, my very own Angel, sent from heaven – or was it hell? – to torment me.
“Ready?” Was the only thing I asked, not daring to compliment her. Her face dropped, but the smile quickly returned. Albeit, it now looked forced. Huh, what was up with that?
“Yeah, let me just put on shoes,” she mumbled, and grabbed a pair of black ballet pumps.
Both finally ready, we walked over to my car and jumped in. It still surprised me that Audrina didn’t have a car. I mean, she had a driving license and our parents sure did have enough money to buy her a car. Even a nice one. But she had once told me she hadn’t decided what type of car she wanted. It had been a while back though. Probably a few months But it’s not like I was complaining. It meant she rode with me most of the time, at least to school and stuff like that.
I, on the other hand, loved my silver colored Porsche-911-turbo. It was the fucking greatest car ever! No one, absolutely no one, except me was allowed to drive her. She was my baby.
“So, did you get your homework done?” I asked Audrina as we left the driveway.
From the corner of my eyes, I saw her make a small grimace before her face turned back to neutral. What was up with her today? Did she hide something from me, something she wouldn’t tell me? Or was my mind still playing tricks on me?
“The math was easy, but I’m having some trouble with my essay,” she explained. Well, that would explain her grimace. Darn it! A small, no, scratch that, a big part of me had hoped she grimaced because I somehow had caught her attention with my half naked body, and then had given her a hard time to refocus on her studies. Ha! Talk about being full of yourself, a voice in my head laughed dryly.
“Well you’re probably going to get an A in the end anyway,” I assured her, and she smiled at me. Fucking dear God, how I loved that smile! The one she only gave me. Audrina was an A-student, a really good one, which was cool. I could ask her for help whenever I needed any. Although, the last times I’d asked for her help hadn’t been because I’d needed it. I had just wanted to spend time with her. “Are you not going ask me if I studied?” I asked her after some silence.
“Nope,” She began, popping the ‘p’, “I know you’re always saving your homework until last minute,” she stated, shrugging her shoulders.
“You know me, alright.” I grinned at her, and she returned the smile.
Twenty minutes later, we reached the cinema and I parked the car in the semi full parking lot. We went to the disk to order our tickets, and then walked over to buy some snacks. Standing in line with the girl I loved more than life itself, I couldn’t seem to wipe the huge grin off my face. This was exactly what the doctor had prescribed, some alone time with Audrina. Just the two of us. Just she and I –
“Isaac, my man! What’s up dude? Didn’t expect to see you here!” A deep voice spoke from behind me.
I froze in place. What the hell was he doing here?! Slowly turning around, I didn’t only spot Luke, my best friend. No, of course not only him. Practically my whole fucking group was standing in line just a few people behind us. Mike, Kevin, Josh, Lauren (one of my past girlfriends), Sabrina, Tara (yet another girlfriend from the past), and of course Luke, were all here. Why God, why?! My mind yelled for the second time today.
I forced a smile. “Hey man! Didn’t see you there. What’s up?”
Ignoring the glares and complaints they received from people standing in line, they walked up to us. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed Audrina stiffen.
“Hi Audie, nice to see you!” Josh greeted my sister. I wanted to glare at him because of the way he was looking at her. Josh had always payed extra attention to Audrina. But just like with the rest of the boys, I had told him to back off. Not to mess with my baby sister. She was not a toy they were allowed to play around with, like so many other girls.
“Hi,” Audrina gave a curt nod.
I tried to hide my smile. Audrina had never paid attention to any of the guys. Actually, as far as I knew, she hadn’t been interested in any guy, period. This, for obvious reasons, made me really happy.
“Hi Isaac,” the girls giggled, batting their eyelashes.
Piss off girls. “Hi.”
“Are you guys catching a movie?” Luke asked after I had greeted them all, giving manly hugs to the guys.
“Yeah,” was my only reply, hoping he wouldn’t ask which movie we were going to watch –
“So, what movie are going to watch?” Josh asked.
But of course...
“Ahem... Jumanji,” I answered reluctantly.
“Oh cool, you don’t mind if we watch it with you, do you?” Luke asked, though it wasn’t a question. Not really.
“Of course not. Why would we? Audie and I were just bored and couldn’t come up with anything better to do.” From the corner of my eyes, I noticed Audrina shooting me a harsh glare, before returning to looking indifferent.
Shit, she was so not happy over this. Shit, shit, shit! I did not want her to be upset over this. But what the fuck could I do?! It’s not like I could have said no to them, or something like ‘I’m sorry but I want to be alone with my sister, because I love her so God damn much... not the sisterly kind of love, by the way’. Yeah right, as if!
“Great man! We’re just going to go buy our tickets. We’ll catch up with you later.” Luke said and playfully punched my shoulder, before they all left the room.
Great. Just fucking great.
Audrina stood next to me, completely still, refusing to meet my gaze. Man, the last thing I wanted was to make her angry. But at the same time, I hadn’t thought it mattered that much to her. Being alone with me, I mean. Maybe I had been wrong... I rather liked that thought, more than I should.
I wanted to ask what was on her mind, and to apologize for the shit that was happening, but I couldn’t. Not with all these people around us. If they had listened in on the conversation, they knew she was my sister, and us arguing about being alone could get misunderstood. I didn’t want that. Instead, I just kept looking at her, trying to get her attention by staring at her. She completely ignored me. Her arms were crossed over her chest in a stubborn expression.
Soon, it was our turn to pay for the snacks, and I asked her what she wanted. She continued to ignore me. She sure as hell knew how to give the silent treatment.
“I’d like a coke and a small popcorn please,” she pointedly told the shop assistant. I rolled my eyes. Yeah, you be like that if you feel like it, I thought, irritated, and tried to push away the hurt feelings of her silent treatment.
The shop assistant turned to me and I ordered the same, with the exception of a big popcorn instead of a small one. When I had paid, Audrina started walking away, not waiting for me. I rolled my eyes, but quickly followed her.
Entering the room, which was empty except for Audrina and me, I sat down next to her. She still didn’t look at me, and I started to feel frustrated and decided to say something. “Audie, I –” I began, but was interrupted as a loud group of people walked in. I didn’t have to look up to know who they were.
“Hey, Isaac, there you are man! What the hell, you just disappeared!” Luke shouted across the room, even though it was completely silent and I could hear him more than well.
