Breathe in, breathe out , breathe in breathe out and repeat ..

This is what I was trying to do seeing him standing right in front of me .

No worries concentrate on your food. This pasta is delicious, its totally well cooked... Omgggg the orange juice is yummy.....wait what?

Hell! What's wrong with you karen.. it's not like he's gonna eat you anyway .

Maybe you are kinda going in.....

Okay stop! My world these thoughts couldn't keep me at peace.

Oh! Shut up girl you know you want that hot piece of man standing right....

"Laura, can I get some orange juice please ?"

"Yeah , I'll go get some more , by the way.... Hello brother and no you are surely not disturbing.. join us "Laura answered politely ..

Archie and his teammates join the dinner table and guess what?
he sat in front of me.
 

Here goes my food, I was so occupied by my thoughts that I didn't saw who sat beside me

My own brother .. and the game continues ..

" You didn't inform me that you are going to be here" Eric said frustratingly

"The last I remember we never talk brother" I whispered.

Laura came back with the orange juice and passed it to me.

"Already hitting on the girls now, are we Eric"?  Archie smirked

All of his teammates are giving him wierd smirking faces except the one.
He was not making any faces but he was doing more worse than that.

He was looking or you can say staring.  Not at my brother not at anyone else but at me.

I could feel his eyes and I dared not to look up to him.

"Okay , guys that's not the case you all are thinking I never introduced her to you guys , she is my lil baby sister" Eric said

Lil baby sister, is he really talking about me ? Maybe we can be like the way we we're before! Everything is going well , then why not with the fresh start? But not after knowing the real reason behind his cold behavior.

"You are surely pretty"

"What did you say Ben?"

My brother was looking at Ben like Ben was some kind of punching bag that he would punch too hard to knock some sense into him.

But my brother was not only with deadly looks. I saw him with the cold glare in his way.

" Just kidding Eric , I always get on your  nerve " Ben laughed

"Well, geez Kristian , what hit your ass? " Ben questioned

"Nothing"

Blown..... his voice was deep but did I sense anger ? Why was he angry? He already has a girlfriend ...

What if?

What if he thinks of me as his Lil sister?

Well Karen, here you are dreaming about him and he already gave you the siszone.

Does he really think of me as his sister?

With these thoughts in my mind we started eating.

After dinner they asked us if we  wanna enjoy movie or anything else.

"Actually we are preparing for the play so we need to practice a little and we need our beauty sleep too " Laura said

"Want us to help you guys?" Sam asked

"Yes" Laura said too quickly.

"No " me lilly and Courtney said at the same time

" No I mean why would you take such troubles you know" lilly tried explaining.

" Yeah, I mean you guys are busy an...

"Court, they agreed I mean they're free right?" Laura more sort off asked

"Yes" Sam said too quickly

"But brother we we're gonna have the game marathon, man you are ditching us"  Peter said

"Agreed " Archie answered "but I guess you guys will need an expert advice for your selection"

"And who is more skillfull than us" Sam agreed

"Fine , you guys go help them we are continuing our game" Ben said

They started walking into their rooms.

"Eric ? Kristian? You guys are not coming?" Peter asked

"I am staying with Kristian" my brother said

"I am staying with Eric "

Both of them looked at each other cause they said it at the same time.

"They are with us Peter you guys go enjoy the game" Archie said .

"So , shall we start"? Sam asked.

"Yes let's go to my room" Laura was pretty excited

We all gave her the look.

"I mean let's go or else well be sleeping late and tommorow we all have our college" Laura said shyly

We all went to her room and I went in the farthest corner .

He is going to see me practice or he is going to going to see his Lil sister practice and making fool of herself .

I couldn't pin point on my mood. Was I angry or hurt ?

Angry and hurt at the same time. Because he is thinking of me as his Lil sister but why?

"Karen, speak your dialogue girl and why are you standing in the corner , come here " Courtney said.

I went in the middle of the room and starting speaking he was standing opposite to me but I was not looking at him but to Sam Archie and Eric .

"But Lydia he is just.."

"He is just a young man and..

"Lively and...

"Relax, girl take it easy. We are not gonna judge you or anything okay? Deep breaths and just speak okay? " Sam said

"Yes Karen, don't be nervous okay?"
Lilly encouraged

"Okay, I'll just try"

"Lydia he is what a young man ought to be sensible, lively and I never see such happy manners"

"There you go" Archie cheered

"You did  well sis" eric also said.

"Yeah see , you are better when you are not nervous " Sam told me

But he was quite.  Obviously he would like his Lil sis to be the best. Why does he think of me as his Lil sis ?

But why do you care ? He already has a girlfriend you caught them kissing already? What more proofs do you want ? He already belongs to someone else Karen .

" Umm Laura, "

"Yes Karen "

" Can I speak to you please "

"Yes , are you okay ? "

"Yes I'm fine can you like come outside please "

We both came out of the room .

" Are u really okay Karen, you don't look so fine to me right now. Do you need medicine ? Do you have any headache ? Are you upset with what Ben said ? I mean...

"Laura calm down , I am okay I just need to rest, quite nervous for tommorow"

" Okay , I can show you your room"

" No no you just concentrate on your practice okay? Just tell me the way and I'll go "

"Okay climb up the stairs and you'll see the hallway and at the end of the hallway you turn left and tada you have your room"

"I am just gonna go okay"

Don't think about him anymore Karen just don't.

I got to the room that Laura told me and it was beautiful just like her room and it even had the balcony .

I went to the balcony and saw the moon shining brightly.
It was a full moon

Why does he think of me as his sister ? But why do you care ? I don't wanna be his sister , but surely you cannot be more.

I wish I knew what was wrong with me. Why am I so sad. He already has a girlfriend and he is quite famous but one look and I am a goner.

Why does he do those stupid things to me. One minute I somewhat feel like he is into me and the other I feel like I am no one just a girl he randomly sees.

I kept looking at moon and I hear a knock on my door.

Maybe Laura came to check upon me. She worries a lot ..

"Laura I  am okay I ..." I opened the door while speaking and expecting it to be laura. But maybe fate is quite opposite to what I think

"Hi, can I come in"? He whispered more like asked.

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