Lucy went towards the door to open it. She escorted the person inside the home and thankfully it was not Ray. The person who came to visit us was Neil.
" Hey sis." Neil hugged her sister as he came to the dining table.
" Why are you here? Is mom and dad okay?" I thought Stella knew that Neil is going to come here. But it seems that she was also not informed about his arrival.
" They're fine. I just came to see you and probably stay for some days. That's okay with you guys, right?" That was unexpected from him to give that type of suggestion. I don't mind him staying at my house. But why so sudden ?
" Of course Neil. Stay here as long you want." I told him with a smile but he didn't looked happy, he had a blank expression on his face. It seemed that he had some things going around his head.
" Cool. By the way sis, make that barbecue chicken or ribs for dinner. I haven't ate it in a while."
" Sure."
" And if you don't mind Theo, can I have my sister for few minutes? " Neil asked me casually but I could sense that he will not take ' No' for an answer.
" Yeah go ahead."
Okay. Something is definitely wrong.
Why the hell Neil wants to talk with Stella privately?
I started to panic thinking about it. Please don't tell me that Neil is here to beat my ass. That night he came to my house and he brought birth control pills for Stella. He knew that our relationship was fake but I had not told him about the new development of my heart.
So, in his eyes, it will look like that I have used his sister for my benefit. Also it will look like I am using both Stella and Regina. Yes, Neil does not know about me breaking up with Regina.
To me, Neil is like my brother. That's how I think of him. He's so much like his sister Stella, down to earth and chilled. It's easy to have a conversation with him unlike Luke.
God I hope that it's not something bad.
Stella and Neil went to have chat in her room. Since I was left out I decided to go to my room. Our date is also canceled as we can't just leave Neil at home and go out on a dinner. That will be rude to him. Waiting was the only thing that I could do at the moment.
After some time, I heard a knock on my door. When it opened, Neil walked inside.
" Sup!" He came inside and sat on the couch.
" How did it go?"
" Good. Some how." His eyes were roaming around the room. He was avoiding eye contact with me.
" I don't want to poke my nose but, am I involved in this?" My anxiety didn't let me stay quite. I was so excited to know what they talked about.
" What ya think?" He spoke in riddles which made me realise that I am definitely involved. Gosh! This makes me anxious.
" Yes.... perhaps?"
" I thought that you were a decent guy but now I'm having troubles with my judgment."
" Why would you say that?"
" My sister calls me suddenly and asks me to buy birth control pills for her and when I gave it to her, she tells me that she will explain everything later. Sadly I waited for a week but still no word from her."
Shit. He heard everything. Now what? How I'm going to explain myself? My actions?
Before I could say a word he started to speak again. " At first I thought that she did with someone else honestly. But it turns out that person was you all along! If you knew it why didn't you told me about it? And now that I came by myself to hear it from her, I'm kind of having doubts. Like seriously whom should I show pity. You—— who's being treated like a sex toy or my sister—— who is in a fake marriage but now she wants to get physical." Neil let out a deep sigh and he was probably holding back those things inside his mind. I hope that he can feel relaxed after this confession.
" Sex toy? That's not how it seems like-" I tried to correct his mistakes but,
" That's exactly how it is!" Neil yells at me by cutting into my speech. Wow. Ok. He's mad.
"Oh? Well.... I'm not going to ask you for forgiveness. It's up to you. I hope that you can understand my situation."
" Did you really broke up with your girl friend?"
" Yes. Long time ago and right after that I realised my feelings for your sister." I looked into his eyes like a man and told him with confidence.
" What? You like my sister?" Neil jumped up in surprise. So, he didn't heard the whole story. Damn it.
" Didn't Stella told you that part?" Lifting my eye brow, I asked him with a flat expression.
" No! I only heard that you two are fuck buddies now. I was objecting this whole idea because I thought that my sis is being insensible."
" Well I have told her about my feelings-"
" And she rejected you."
Bro that hurts! I know that you have been witnessing this things since a long time. But maybe I'd feel kinda better if you did say that your sister said yes.
Ah! I have a long way to go.
" Yes. But I'm not backing down yet." I didn't loose my positive vibe so I spoke again.
" Don't get my sister pregnant." With a poker face Neil said to me.
" Wait... wha- I mean.... Of course. I won't do that. But don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't want to have kids with your sister, but I want to get her approval first." Okay that was just so awkward. I mean what can I expect from Stella's brother. I was caught off guard which made me shutter while talking.
" Hmm. Look my sister is dumb. She may be doing this without even thinking about it. Just like how she decided to have fake marriage with you. At the end of the day, she's my sister and no matter what she does I'll take her side even if she's wrong."
I could see the love for Stella in Neil's eyes. He was such a caring brother who was worried for his elder sister.
That time it felt like Stella was the younger one and Neil was the elder one, protecting her from all the harms. He has rights to know what his sister is facing and how her life is going. I should have informed him about it. He was definitely worried since that day.
" You know what? I really feel guilty for not telling you all this. For once it never came to my mind. I should have talked about this with you. I'm sorry bro." Neil gave me a smile then hugged me. Finally he was cooled down.
~ to be continued