Chapter 20: "do you love him or not?!"



~~~~~~~~Sirens POV~~~~~~~

"Finally..."

I put a bookmark in the book, and slumped into my chair. "Ugh..."

I hear the door open to the Library. I look over at the door to see Jane. "oh...Jane Hello. " She nods and heads to a bookshelf. I stand up to stretch than glance back in her direction. She was staring right back, but quickly looked away.

"Hmm..."  I walk next to her and ask, " um, what book are you looking for?" She looks at me and says, " Honestly, I don't know. " I look at her in confusion. "Than why are you here?" She laughs a little, shuffling through books. "Ben asked me to check on you."

"Check on me? Why?"

She laughs and says, " isn't it obvious? He's obsessed with you! He went on and on, about how it was 'dangerous' to leave you unguarded."

I blush saying, " b-but he-" Jane interrupts me, " He than went on and on, about how he couldn't watch you so I should."

"Why is that?" Jane looks at me with a smirk, "he Told me not to say. But I'm sure you'll love it!"

I was a bit confused by that statement. "Anyway he's probably going to get back soon, why don't you visit Jeff for a while?"

I nod, than walk back to the table to grab the book. "Hey what page are you on?" Jane asks, peering over my shoulder. "Um... Act 5, scene 3, page... 4?"

She chuckles, " Cool, your almost done! " I check the page I was on. And sure enough, I only had one page left.

" Awesome! I spent a while on that book."

"When'd you start?"

" today about 2 hours ago."

She laughs, "yeah, no kidding. " I smile and close the book. "Ugh, I need a break from this."

" why don't you hang out with Jeff for a while? He's been bragging how he can beat anyone he plays...what a show-off!"

I remembered they were brother and sister, so of course she'd have that opinion...

"OK."

---time skip---

I walk into the living with Jane, were Jeff was on the floor playing 'Mario Cart.'

" Hey, can I play?" I ask sitting next to him on the couch. He looks at me and smirks. "Yeah, but I'll beat you." Jane face palms and walks out the room.

"OK we'll see!" I say with a smirk on my face.

========Ben's POV======

"I really need to hurry." I say under my breath. I've been waiting in this stupid line for almost an hour. I mean WHO in their right minds take 25 minutes to 'prepare' flowers?

Ugh, this line is unbearable! who else buys flowers at 11 p.m? Apparently everyone!

Even though there were only two people in front of me, it still took waaay longer than intended.

----- Time skip -----

Ugh... Finally I'm next... "I'll be back soon siren..." I mutter under my breath.

"So, I'd like to see your best flowers!" I say In a confident voice. The woman working at the register looks at me tiredly and says, "sorry all we have left are the fake kind, what color do you want?"

I look at her irritated. "look here lady! I didn't wait in line for over an hour, just to get fake flowers!" She looks at me with a smirk and says, " Fine, unless your willing to pay full price for one flower..."

She goes into the back doors then comes back with a single purple flower. "It's one of these for ten dollars." I look at her in disbelief. "Ten dollars?! Why is it so expensive?" She says, "It was exported from Germany."

"So?" She puts the flower in the counter and says, "It's a long story, do you want it or not?"

I take ten dollars out of my pocket. "ugh, fine.."

~~~~~ Siren's POV ~~~~

After my 5th try I still can't beat him!

"Give up yet?" Jeff says with a sly smile on his face. I groan I'm frustration. "Sure..." He looks down.

As I walk to the couch Jeff asks, "do you love Ben?" I stop in my tracks and look at my feet. "Why do you ask?"

He speaks louder, this time standing up, "Do you love Ben or not? Answer the question!" I turn around to face him. I couldn't make out his expression, he seemed confused and frustrated at the same time.

"What are you talking about? Of course I do!" I say a little irritated. He walks closer, "do you? Because Sarah didn't, and you know what I did to her?"

I stare at him in silence. He moves up to my ear and whispers, "I killed her." I step back, "why did you kill her?" He smirks and takes his knife out from his hoodie pocket. "Because I hated how she treated Ben... So infuriating."

I look down. "Did she hurt Ben?" He takes the knife and points it near my throat. " yes, but not as much as I hurt her." He looks at me intensely. " I hated her, and so did Ben."

He steps closer, as the knife is pointed closer to my throat. "If he hated her so much, why didn't he just break up with her?"Jeff takes the knife away from my throat and laughs. "Because he thought Sarah was you! He put up with all that...a-and the whole time, it wasn't even you..." He started to tear up a little.

" I mean, how do I even know your the real Siren! Well? Are you?" He swings the knife back to my throat. "Last time I checked my name is siren..." I say stepping away. He looks into my eyes and says, "y-your not lying, right?!?" I look at him more irritated than before. 

"why are you so mad at me? I didn't hurt Ben did I?" He puts the knife down and says, "not that I know of...but this is a warning." Jeff walks to the TV. "You Better be the real thing Siren. I can't stand to see Ben in that state again!"

I sit on the couch silently. "Well...why did Ben think Sarah was me?" I say curiously. Jeff starts up the game again. " because Sarah told him she was you. She just wanted to get closer to me...s-so she used Ben..." I could tell He was trying not to cry.

"Jeff...I-I'm sorry about that...but there's no reason you should be mad at me because of her..."

"Whatever..." Jeff mutters under his breath while continuing his game. I roll my eyes and walk out of the room. I guess i'll just go to the library...








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