"Aghn, you're silly".
"No am not," Simon said with a mischievous smile on his face "I love you, Babe"
"Its marvel, I could kill you right now"
And with that, I stomped out of the place. I went home without thinking of the grave consequences of doing so.
That night..... I wrote in my diary
"Dear diary, when I said nothing interesting was gonna happen, I was dead wrong. You won't believe what happened today, Simon said he loves me in the presence of his friends. I could kill myself. I know he's probably kidding, I mean am his half-sister there is no way he is in love with me.
But come to think of it, why could Rhoda possibly hate me. Aghn there is so much to think of"
I fell asleep that night with my pen in hand and diary on my chest. The next morning was quite awkward. I woke up late so I could be home alone and won't have to face Simon.
"Good morning sleeping beauty"
Bleep, did I say I won't have to face Simon, I was wrong.
"Uhm, hi"
" That's no way to greet a big bro".Simon got up and gave me a hug that seemed to go on for minutes.
" I can't breathe". I said and really wasn't lying. When Simon is around me the air usually becomes stuffed and I find it hard to breathe.
"I made breakfast". Simon said breaking my thoughts. I looked at the dining area and discovered he wasn't lying. I was shocked by the actual realization that the dinner was designed for two people. He had removed all the chairs and left just two, he also changed the table spread to a peach-coloured table cloth with heart prints and white embroidery at the edges. I smiled at myself looking impressed, how did he know pink, no matter the shade, is my best colour
" Most of the clothes. you wear usually have a touch of pink so I figured it's your best colour"
So he really had been noticing me, he is really romantic
"Get a hold of your self Marvel, thoughts like this ain't gonna do you any good, he isn't romantic okay?. He is your brother". I thought to my self
"Let's eat"
"Oh no am already late for work, I have to go"
"Dad is on afternoon shift today and am sure he's the last person you wanna see"
He was right, I hate Mike. Come to think of it Mike doesn't come to the lounge in the afternoon. This has Simon written all over it.
" He noticed some inconsistencies in the account books and decided to take five days afternoon shifts to check on them"
" Let's eat". I said
I am not sure if I should do this since I don't wanna lead Simon on but I'll rather stay with Simon that be anywhere near Mike. An apple doesn't fall far from its tree. Simon and Mike have a lot of things in common. They are both scheming and like to get what they want especially women and girls. I have caught Mike flirting a thousand times and Simon.....I am a victim already.
Simon prepared an Italian breakfast consisting of Bacon, eggs, bagels and avocado toast. He made hot milk with little coffee for me and white wine for himself. I was curious about something.....
"You made this food?"
" You like it?"
" Well, it's nice and..." I blushed
" Romantic....?". He said finishing my sentence for me.
" I was gonna say Italian".I lied though the look on his face said he didn't believe me. My blush was enough reason not to believe me.
" My mum Sienna owned an Italian restaurant when she was alive"
"Oh, I am so sorry". it felt awkward to talk about his mum knowing fully well that she is my mum's predecessor
" Mum said you lost your dad too"
" Yes, four years ago, he died in a plane crash. I hate to talk about it". Tears streaked my eyes
" I know you don't like it here, its why am trying to make things up to you"
"It's not your responsibility, mum should do that for me besides if making up for being here means going on dates and sleeping with each other then am fine the way I am"
"You think you know everything don't you, I'm just trying to be nice, you don't have to be so sour about this. If my idea of making things up isn't good enough I stand corrected. You're my responsibility, mum's isn't always home, Babe. Its just you and I"
" I don't know what to say"
" I know you are bothered right know but I'll give you time to think about it, I love you, Babe. I want to make you happy." He paused for a minute expecting me to say something but I couldn't. A guy had never told me he loved me before and here's Simon my elder brother confessing his "love" for me.
"Right now let's focus on giving you the best holidays ever. We can't always get this chance. Dad wouldn't want us to be around while he's busy anyway, it not like we really work there"
"What do you have in mind," I asked
"Let's go watch a movie"
I went to my room and picked an outfit. Simon wore black ripped jeans with a sky blue top, a black leather jacket and deep blue sneakers. I wore my newest outfit. A sea blue tiny sleeved jumpsuit with silver belts and silver flats. Truth be told, we looked adorable together. We walked down Leadway road down to a small street that led to the cinema. All lot of people stopped us on the way and told us how cute we looked.
"They think we are dating," Simon said.
"They do?". I replied feigning ignorance
"I think it's a sign from above"
"What movie should we see".I asked in a desperate attempt to change the subject.
"Romance"
I swallowed hard, forcing myself to concentrate on something other than his words.
The movie was very interesting and we spent our way home talking about it. We laughed and argued about the movie and suddenly it felt like I was home and at aunt Nellie's. Back home I didn't have a lot of stable friends as dad didn't let me go out often but I met a lot of kids at aunt Nellie's and it soon became my Haven.
When we got home, we were so excited that we couldn't eat. We shared a bottle of soda and went to sleep.
" It was a lovely night". Simon said
He was standing at the entrance of his room and I was standing at mine
" I had fun". I said and then smiled
"We should do this again....."
" Tomorrow?".I said eagerly, hoping he would say yes
" Tomorrow. Good night, Marvel"
" Good night Simon"
I went into my room and shut the door behind me when I heard his bed creak
"He sleeps with his clothes on". I thought. I changed into my pyjamas and lied on my bed. I thought of everything that has happened to me since I moved to Duncan and realized today was my best day. I decided that I'll do whatever makes me happy even if it means Simon
The next five days had us surfing at the beach, eating curry at an Indian restaurant (Simon was trying to find something too hot for my taste buds as I could eat extremely hot foods without batting an eye), almost getting raided at a club and having a picnic.
The whole week was a fun week until.....
" You're beautiful"
"Thanks"
He leaned in and then...we kissed.
It felt like heaven, no, it was horrible and disgusting.....hmm...
I guess I don't know how I feel about it.
Simon is not my blood but our parents are married and that's the only reason I wouldn't want to go out with him. The truth is over the week I saw Simon in a new light. He wasn't the selfish, scheming Simon I used to know. He is nice and kind and dreamy.
Simon Powers and Marvel Jesus sounds quite good together except that it a dream not worth coming true. Being with Simon is just gonna come with a lot of trouble with a capital "T".
Dear Diary,
Life isn't fair, is it?
I came to Duncan to find Education and a new life away from memories and what did I find?.Love?...No I don't think so, Simon isn't the one.
I am going to tell him, he has to realize that we can't be together. We are siblings for crying out loud. Our "Love" is impossible.
It's like one of those candles at a fancy restaurant, you know if you play with it you might get burnt yet you let it's bright colours tempt you into putting the edge of the menu in it. Many eating establishments have been burnt as a result of the lack of self-control of its patrons. I am no gonna lose my self-control and burnt by the flame of an impossible infatuation. Yes, that's the word "INFATUATION".....