☁True friends are never apart...
Maybe in distance...
But never in heart ☁

Julia Third POV

        As Julia kept walking towards her house, she still felt irritated as Jayden stride beside her. After 10 more buildings her house will come in sight, so she quickly stop as Jayden did same.

What is wrong with him? She kept on wondering to herself.

"Back off." She snapped out suddenly.

"I won't." Jayden replied sternly.

"I said back off," Julia said in an unfriendly tone and Jayden was shocked with her response.

"I won't let you know where I live. For you plan to humiliate me again in my house won't work." She blurted out looking at Jayden angrily.

Jayden shocked expression turned to more shock, if that was possible.

"Why will I do that?" He asked in disbelief

"Because you have done it before, all you are good at is to make a mockery out of someone."

"Julia, come on. I won't do that."

"Don't tell me such nonsense and leave me alone."

"Why are you so bound on letting me leave you alone?"

"Because your presence irritates me." She answered outrageously caring less on how Jayden will feel.

Jayden looked at her with a hurt expression but immediately changed it to a serious face.

"Why do my presence irritates you?" He asked with a smug smile knowing he was going to annoy her more.

She groan out frustratingly, "Because Y has two branches and a tail." She deadpanned.

"That's reasonable," he said chuckling.

"I'm not joking. Jayden leave my sight."

Jayden stared at her with hurt and confusion and sighed.
He shouldn't feel sad, he made her behave this way to him. So he'll face it.

"Alright." He surrendered.

There's was no need for him to push it further, he'll look for another means, he thought to himself.

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      Jayden, what are you up to?
Suddenly you want to know where I'm leaving.
I'll need to find out, before he fouls me again.

Once I made sure he was out of my sight, I quickly walked up to my house. I brought out my keys to open the door but it was already unlocked.

That's strange. I locked up this house before leaving for school this morning. So who will unlock the door without a key.
It must be a thief. 

I quietly opened the door leaving it wide open for safety purpose of running out. I could hear a running tap in the kitchen sink so I quietly walked up to the kitchen but couldn't sight anyone there.

Who will leave the tap to run continuously?

I went over to the tap and switched it off. In the process, I heard the opening and closing of a room door. I quickly grabbed a glass bottle for defence, taking few steps out from the kitchen into the sitting room as my hands and legs shivers in fear. Once again I sighted an image opening the room door and closing it again. I quietly walked up to the room door and stood beside it waiting for my prey to step out.

The door opened once more as the stranger intended to step out. I raised the glass bottle ready to smack it on the head, that's when I heard a familiar shout.

"Hey, Christ in heaven, calm down." He shouted moving back inside.
"Don't kill me please." he said again.

His voice was mixed with both fear and confusion. It was deep but smooth. The person sounded like my elder brother.

"Dante, is that you?" I blurted out already spacing out.

"Sis It's me, come on. Why such attack?" He questioned me still scared of my recent action.

"I thought you were an arm robber or a serial killer." I answered staring at him also surprised at my action.

Trust me when I say, I was pretty close to murdering my own blood.

"Damn, why think such thing?"

Is he blaming me here? He is the one who I should blame.

"Why won't I, someone from no where unlocked a door I locked this morning before heading to school and once I stepped in, the kitchen tap was left running on its own." I defended.

"I'm sorry for that."
"Owh, about the running tap. It was a mistake." My brother answer with a nervous smile.

Of course It's always a mistake to him. He is just fund of leaving taps on and always forgets to lock it back.

"I also apologies on my own part but where did you get the key to enter the house?" I asked with a tints of confusion.

"Come on sis, I've been in this country for years now, didn't mum and dad tell you that I helped them buy this house from an agent here?" He asked also slightly confused.

"No"

"Well, yes. I did buy this house after they sent me some money to look for a house close to your childhood friends," Dante said with narrow eyes.

If It was a house brought close to my so called childhood friends, I can remember that but the fact my brother helped my parents in buying it, I had no idea.

"Anyways, lets drop this boring topic and give your big brother a hug Julia sweetie pie." Dante said and dragged me in for a hug.

I smiled happily patting his muscular back telling him the hugging was okay.

"I'll tell you when I'm done," he said squeezing me in the hug.

"I've got a bottle." I threatened.

"Alright, hugging done," he said releasing me from the bone crushing hug.

"Owh... Come on sis. Is this you. You've really changed and have grown sexier." Dante commented.

"Yeah, don't tell me such nonsense," I said walking back to the sitting room as he followed me from behind.

"No, no, no. I'm not joking. You've grown every where both your back and your chest," he said studying my figure.

"Just cut it off." I replied feeling embarrassed.

"No more braises. Good for you, that thing made you look sick."

"Are you mocking me of my former look?" I asked being annoyed with my elder brother comment.

"Nop, not really. But you were still cute."

"Yeah, yeah, shut up."

When I say my brother rants like a girl he definitely does. He was always the entertainer of the house. Always putting a smile and laughter on my parents face. I'm happy he is back, house won't be boring anymore. But once he is quiet, don't near him at all. He is friendly but he also unfriendly when you mess with him.

"But come on lil sis. You're hot cake now. I'm expecting 10 guys to ask you out by now," he said monotonously and chuckled.
"Besides how is that young guy Jayden. I know he will be irresistable, won't he?" Dante asked wiggling his eyebrows towards me.

Seriously, why is he even doing that?

"Whatever."

"What of Rose? That girl, I fear her quietness. Trust me when I say, that they can do the unthinkable."

"Whatever big brother but she's fine."

"Where's mum and dad?"

"They said they'll come visiting this weekend."

"Good, I've got someone to introduce to them," he said smiling to himself.

That smile mean something. Dante don't tell me what I'm thinking right now.

"You've found your wife to be? Who is that hot cake" I asked with a cocky smile standing in front of him as he blushes.

"Why should I tell you." he said it more like a statement than a question.

"Come on, Dante, spill it out now." I whined but he still didn't.

I chased him round the sitting room but he wouldn't still tell me. Before you knew it we started throwing pillows at each other.

It's good to have my brother back home with me.

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"JULIA... get your ass of that bed of yours." Dante yelled from the kitchen.

I sluggishly sat on my bed and yawned for the hundredth time.
If I didn't tell you, I'm always a potato couch when my brother is home.

He prepares my bathing water, irons the cloths I'll ware, cleans my sandals, wakes me up for school, prepares my breakfast and lunch pack for me and gives me extra pocket money. I mean his my elder brother. What a blessing?

I enter the bathroom and did the necessary putting on a knee length pants and a long sleeve blouse.

I walked up to the dinning room and sat down as my brother served me toasted bread and an orange juice.

"Julia, how was your night?" Dante asked taking his sit opposite the round dinning table.

"It was like heaven since you returned yesterday."  replied with a genuine smile.

"Of course why won't you, always like been pampered by me," he said with a proud smile.

My brother loves me, that I'm very sure of. I sometimes share him some girls secret. My brother is also like a sister and a friend to me.

"By now, I should be expecting you to blab about your encounter with your friends?" He asked staring at me as I ate my meal.

I knew my brother will know. I knew it.

"There's nothing to blab about, the only thing I can say, is that they have changed. Nothing more nothing less." I answered carelessly.

"True enough. The united states is quite influential, there's always a possibility that someone will acquire one behehaviour to another. I can see you are have a misunderstanding with one of them," Dante said calmly as I scoffed nonchalantly.

"No matter the disagreement between you three always remember
True friends are never apart maybe in distance but never in heart," Dante said drinking a cup of milk as he stood up to go wash his dish.

He has a point. Dante's point are quite clear. No matter how I push Jayden away there's always that little friendship somewhere deep in my heart.

But It's all gone now.
Gone are the days I'll beg Jayden for his friendship.
Not anymore.

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I board a taxi, which took me straight to school.
I was now in Biology class, paying my full attention to Mr. Greg but I felt someone staring at me.

Come on who will be staring at me in the middle of the class?
When I turned to my left, I saw it was Jayden.

Exactly, Jayden would be the only person who could stupidly do such thing. Once I caught him staring, he immediately faced the board smiling at himself being embarrassed.

What's wrong with him?
Well I find that cute but stupid.

"All. Open to page 17 in your biology work book. Do that as my class exercise."
"And must be done with your partner,'' said Mr. Gerg

Good way to ruin my mood Mr. Greg. I don't even know why I'm partnered with this idiot sitting beside me.

I opened my workbook and scanned to the question. It was pretty easy. As I did my classwork. I covered my work from Jayden.
Jayden kept on trying to peak from my answer and won't let him.

"Julia." He whispered.
"Julia." He whispered a bit loud this time.

Oh lord, why can't you wash him from the layers of this earth.

"Julia, answer me."

But I didn't.

"Julia answer me, unless I'll keep bugging you."

"Oh now, you know how much of a bug you are to me right." I snapped at him quietly.

"You mean to say a handsome and romantic bug like me."

"You stupid buzzo."

"Come on, chill. Tell me some of the answer you know and I'll tell you mine." He suggested.

"No, I don't want any answer from you, coconut head."

"We are partners Julia." He whined.

"Be a partner to your stupid, brainless self." I snapped rudely focusing on my exercise.

With that, he didn't disturb me, till the end of the class.

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School was over and I was so happy to go home to eat whatever my brother prepared.

"Hey girl, why that smile?" Loveth asked.

"My brother is on holidays so he is at home for a while." I answered happily.

"That's awesome." Rose chirped.
"Will it be appropriate to come visit?"

"Duh! Of course." I answered holding her hands.

"Well make sure you introduce me to your brother when I come over." Lilian giggled.

"Most definitely."

I said my usual bye's to them As they all went separate direction. About to stop a taxi.

I sighted Andrew. My crush of my dreams.
He's so handsome, well not as handsome than Jayden but was handsome to me.

Why am I comparing them?

The way he talked to people was so nice in my sight, always in cheerful mood. I'll like for that kind of guy to be my boyfriend.

Before you knew it Andrew sighted me also and waved at me with a cheerful smile.

I immediately waved at him as my cheeks and heart warmed up.
Oh Andrew, a guy I'll keep liking.

He got into his car and zoomed of.

I stoped a taxi and checked the back sit, if I'll see Jayden the pesky bug but he wasn't there. I hoped in and it took me home.

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Today is Friday and my parents will come visiting. Dante gave me some money to go to the groceries shop today after school.

This was what I like doing best, pricing food ingredient to the lowest price I could buy.

"Take care of yourself Julia." Dante shouted from his room.

"I'll be fine."

"Don't answer any guy who calls for your attention."

"You have already told me that for the seventh time, Dante." I whined.

"What can I say? I've got a hot cute little sister." He bragged.

"Just shut up already," I said and I opened the door stepping out from the house.

What I saw in front of me almost made me stumble back into the house.

I was beyond shock. My eyes was about to fall out from its sockets.
What the hell?

"Jayden what are you doing here?"

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Wow!
How did he know where she's living?

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