Knock! Knock!
It's 11 pm and without a second thought, I run over the door slamming it and hoping to be Lukas, but once again, hoping wrong...
"Hi, Louis! What do you need?" I ask him trying to be nice but the disappointment on my face made it clear I was waiting for someone else.
"Hi to you too, Sky? What happened with your humor? Or zest for life? I need to know that first." He said curiously making his way in and closing the big brown door.
"Declan happened. He passed by with food and we watched a film. I thought he was again my best friend, my brother...and he was until it was time to go..." I tell him covering my face.
I was still in the doorway but he went and jumped in my huge yellow inflatable armchair from the other side of the room. He arranged his golden curls which were all over his face because of the impact and signaled me to continue.
"When it was time for him to go, I asked why is he acting this way and I fixed myself in front of the door. He pushed me away without any answer and left."
I felt a hot tear rolling down my cheek. I wiped it away, but Louis had already seen it.
"Come here!" He says making space for me on the inflatable armchair. " How do you feel about this?" He is confused but I see understanding in his eyes.
"I don't know! I feel like now, he is just someone I used to know...someone I used to trust. He is nothing as he was... But I can't stop loving him."
I sit up from the armchair and I threw myself on the bed. My white fluffy pants made me warm and knowing Louis there made me feel safe. I heard him moving, his footsteps let me know he was approaching me.
"What are you doing?" I ask to confuse as he sits in the middle of the bed with his legs crossed. He had green shorts and a red T-shirt.
"I wanna share something with you. Would it be ok?" I nod my head yes getting up and taking the same position as him. I hope this will take my mind from my jerk brother.
"I wasn't raised by my family." He sighed as I whined and gripped the blanket hearing his words.
"When I had like 1 year, a powerful man brought me to the orphanage saying at the ruler that he didn't want a son because he already had one. He also said her that I had a twin sister. But after that, he left and never came back letting me there without any remorse. That's what the director told me before I was adopted at 14 by a sweet woman, now dead. "
I was shocked. I knew he hasn't an easy life... but I never expected that! I folded my hands, put them on my knees and let down my head so I could catch it.
"Have you ever tried to find your twin? I mean, she would be gorgeous! Curled golden hair, light blue eyes, amazing skin colour and a wonderful personality. " I say complimenting him by saying beautiful things about her.
He smiles.
"I did it! I've been trying for 3 years now, but I didn't find her. I am just a little man in a world full of them. If I had the necessary power, I would invest everything in finding my sister!"
I notice his eyes filling with tears while speaking and thinking about her. I wish I could help him.
I sit on my knees, open my arm and grip him in a tight hug.
I feel my neck wet due to his tears, then a little of my undershirt. But I won't disturb him from releasing his feelings because there were days when I needed someone to hold me in a hug and no one was there. Now I know I have him as my best friend!
...my first true best friend...
He pulled himself out of the hug wiping his tears and saying "I am sorry for this moment of weakness! And thank you for being here! You're indeed a real friend!"
I smiled hearing him say those moments after I thought about them myself.
A question is raising in my mind after some seconds of comfortable silence.
"Do you know anything else about your real family?"
He raises his light blue and now teary eyes and lock them with mine.
"Yes. I know their surname and that they called me Louis. That's all I have from them."
"Of course you do! You kinda wear it, Louis! " I chimed still looking in his eyes with a comforting look.
"No no, Sky! 'Miller' is from the woman who was the closest thing as a mother I've ever had. " I unlocked my eyes from his, looking away embarrassed.
How can I be so fool? Please, enlighten me, God!....
"LeBlanc! My real name is LeBlanc. Louis LeBlanc!"
I notice him smiling as saying these words. I can see how good it makes him feel admitting it. I wished he was feeling that happy all the time.
"It sounds pretty royal, don't you think?" I say with a smirk and he laughs.
He really laughs! It means I achieved to make him feel a little better. I am proud of myself!
LeBlanc sounds so good!....
He stands up and checks his phone. He might look at how late it is. I run my eyes over the craft of metal,grey-finished piece features inner and outer rings clock on my wall. It is almost 2 am We've been talking for 3 hours now.
"Oh, Skylar! I have to go to sleep. I came to ask you if I could shower because my shower is still broken. But I think I'll come in the morning again." He shrugged, smiling.
He drags me in a goodbye hug and leaves.
"I am waiting for you in the morning! 'Night! " I give him a last smile then I put on my silk pajamas
It feels so good to crawl in bed after a long and exhausted ,emotionally speaking, day.
Knock! Knock!
Knock! Knock!
"What are you doing, girl? Open the damn door! I fucking stink so I have to shower! Open the damn door!" I hear Louis snarling from the hallway.
"Why are you laughing? Open the damn door !"
"I am coming you creep!" I howl, thinking we woke up everyone
He is going to be really pissed off !I run over the door and slam it saying "What the hell is wrong with you, dude?! It's at 6 am!! Remember you left at 2 last night!" He entered but didn't seem to listen.
"I think everyone knows now about my shower! Thanks to you! Let me get ready! NOW!" He shouts at me turning around and heading to the bathroom.
It is almost 7 and he is still there.
" I have to get ready too, Louis! Hurry up!!"
"Well if I am not wrong you showered last night! So, shut your mouth!" He snaps getting his had out the door with his wet curls. How does he know that??
Why? Why can't Declan be like Louis?!
After 15 minutes he got out like a new person. Fresh! All his dumbass attitude had gone. I guess I like this Louis more. After I prepared myself, dressing up in my favourite yellow outfit, the same colours our team is.
This is MATCH day! I love it! Yuhuuu!
Knock! Knock!
"I am ready Louis! I am coming!" I open the door and I see him all dressed up in yellow too. "You are a true fan, buddy!" I chuckle in a dramatic way.
"You're too dressed in yellow! So let's go! I got good seats for us." He shouts from the other end of the hall, running in front while I am locking my big brown door.
"You told me nothing about the seats, Miller! Where are we standing?" I say surprised and angry catching up the distance.
"Well...ummm...uhhh-"
"Spell it out, bruh!" I say, playfully slapping his arm as we walk to the stadium.
"Right next to the commentator...I hope you'll like it here.."
"Of course! Run! We'll lose the beginning !" I say jumping of excitement as I hear the beginning bell sing.
Uuuuuuu Uuuuuuu
"Let's goooo, people!" Louis howls cheering up our school team.
Declan, Javi, Lukas and a Ryan guy, I guess he's friend with my boy cause I saw them hitting hands, are playing. I wonder why he didn't show up last night...Maybe he was preparing for this match, after all, he's a football player.
"Come on boys! Get your asses together and win this!" I scream making the football game commentator laugh at the way I encourage my friends.
"Well! Have you heard this girl! 'Get your asses together' gentlemen'. Do not disappoint her because I am afraid for you !" He shouts in his sophisticated microphone looking at me amused.
I notice a boy with brown hair and an amazing short sides, long top haircut looking at me from beyond the commentator. I saw him in the magazines Emily brought me daily back then. He is-
"Rowan O'Callaghan! "
A young and confident utterance is voicing those words behind me.
I shuddered standing up and elbowing Louis by mistake.
"What do you want, Skylar! Why are you sitting up? They didn't win, yet!!" He screams angry making sure I can hear him through the clamor.
"I am sorry!Nothing! Chill!" I replay to Louis while I look back at the Rowan's face.
"Alice? Please, calm yourself! I won't harm you!" He assures me he has peaceful thoughts, but he's calling me Alice? Here must be a confusion made.
"I am sorry, Mr. O'Callaghan! But I am not an 'Alice' . " I answer politely sitting back down in front of him.
How did he come here so fast through all these people, though?
"Aren't you Thomas Moon's littlest daughter?"
I can read the confusion on his face. Does he know me?
"Yes! I am But my name is Skylar, not Alice. Skylar Moon."
I turn to face him as I say the last words. He has brown eyes, full lips rosy cheeks and a cute frown lately.
"I can hear you talking Sky! This is not a good moment for phones because our boys just wo-" Louis stops, seeing I am not using a phone. He signals me the match is over and stares at Rowan.
"My intentions are not to make you feel uncomfortable but I am pretty sure your name is other and this blonde boy next to you is your br-"
He got interrupted by a golden-eyed boy.
"Hello! That's my girls over there, so please step aside!" Lukas has his right hand on Rowan's shoulder.
When he saw the man was not even moving, he stepped over an empty seat and came near me. No expression was on Rowan's face and neither was on Lukas's. As L arrived by my side, he looked up and for the first time, he saw the person I was talking to. The shock was all over his face.
That's new! Lukas is showing emotions in public space...
"Rowan!"
Lukas looks angry but indifferent at the same time.
"The one and only!" Rowan answers with a lot of confidence." And you must be Lukas Ortega?"
"Yes! Indeed I am!"
They seem to have a secret conversation right in front of me .
Ring! Ring!
I see Rowan's phone vibrating in his pocket.
He pulls out his phone, wave us goodbye and leaves talking with whoever was at the other end.
Louis's face had no drop of color because of the earlier scene.
"Let's go to celebrate our victory! " Louis shouts breaking the awkward silence.
" I am not coming anywhere with you! " Lukas snaps.
"Well...I am! And you're going because I'm going!" He obeys immediately causing Louis a loud laughter.
The rest of the day passed with us eating drinking and dancing at a close local. More dancing for me.
Lukas dropped me and Louis at the boarding school in the middle of the night. Waving us goodbye he left.
"Such a crazy day! Don't you think?" Louis exclaims happily.
"Yeah, It certainly was!" I answered thinking back at my mysterious conversation with Rowan O'Callaghan.
Once I changed my clothes I jumped in bed and I fall asleep as fast as you say 'fish'.