My Best Friend Brother

Episode 15

Everything is so wrong.

My hair wouldn’t comply with my orders as it is dangled in knots, I keep messing up my makeup and I can’t find my shoes anywhere. To make it much worse, my date is in two hours.
“Ugh!” I yell, once my hand slips and makes me mess up my mascara.

“Hey! Guess who got piz-” Libby comes bursting through the door but stops once she sees me viciously wiping the makeup off of my face once again.

“Help me!” I plead when she places the freshly made pizza on the bed.
“Ariel, you’re too stressed. Just relax and you’ll get it done.” She reasons with me. “Here, let me.” She finishes taking the makeup brushes from me.
“Thanks.” I whisper as she does my eye shadow.

“Libby?”
“Yeah?”
“Do you like Liam?”
She stops for a second, stunned at my question.
“I do actually. I know I just met him, but he’s really sweet and cute.”
Yes!

“Well you wanna know what?” I ask.
“What?” She ask, now doing my lip gloss.
“I ship it.”
We both laugh at this as Libby continues doing my makeup.

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Libby finished doing my makeup, finding my shoes and
looking for the correct jewelry to match the dress just in time.

I looked over myself in the mirror, as I flatten the dress lightly, tilting my head to the side.
“Ariel, you look so beautiful.” She gushes.
“Thanks.” I murmur.
“Adam’s donwstairs already. Now shoo.” She pushes me towards the door.
I start feeling nervous. “Are you sure I look okay?” I question.
“You look fine!” She pushes me through out the door and slams it. I bump into a chest and look up to see Adam standing there. He wears a grey tank top and some loose fitting jeans.
His left hand is in a fist and risen as if he was just about to knock on the door. His lips slightly parted as his eyes travel up and down my body.
He slowly puts his hand back to his side as he speaks.

“You look… beautiful.” He says, making my heart flutter.

“You sure she doesn’t look different?!” Libby shouts through the door, referring to the time he said that I looked different….. “Thanks.” I mumble ignoring Libby, with my head down.
Adam lefts my chin with his index finger and talks, “We should leave before it gets too late.” He says looking into my eyes.
I nodded and he puts his hand on the small of my back, leading me downstairs and through the door.

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“Just tell me!” I whine whereas Adam just chuckles.

“No, sweetheart.” He laughs lightly, unaware that my ovaries just exploded when he called me that name.

Why wouldn’t he just tell me where we’re going?!

The car starts to slow down and I see Adam inhale and exhale loudly as if he’s nervous.
“We’re here.” He says as he looks at me.
I look around to see that we’re not far from the city, as I can see tall buildings there. There are a few trees surrounding us but nothing to eat, making me pout.

I haven’t even realised that Adam had came around to open the door for me until it opened.
I smile at him, telling him a small thank you as I exit. “Where are we?” I ask curiously as I follow him to wherever he’s leading me.
He doesn’t answer but instead, leads me down a pathway. He stops and smiles at me nervously. I look forward and see that we’re in front of a lot of leaves, blocking my view from seeing anything.

Nevertheless, I still see small specks of light peeking through the small spaces of the leaves.
I push away the leaves and a gasp leaves from my lips when I behold the sight in front of me. There, is a small glass-like gazebo, with a table and dinner. Lit candles sit on the table in such a beautiful manner as trees surround the sight.
I try so hard not to cry but it’s so beautiful that I just have to let a tear escape. Adam just have put so much thought and effort in this in such a short space of time.

I turn to face him to see him sweating furiously, rubbing his hands together. Once he sees the tear on my cheek, he goes into overdrive panic.
“F–k. I knew that I should’ve done something better…” He starts.

“Adam.”
“…I just couldn’t follow my d–n mind…”
“Adam!”

“Maybe dinner in a real restaurant would surfice but I just had to be a jackass thinking that you would-”

I cut him off by placing my lips on his. He hesitantly kisses me back, resting his hands on my waist.

I pull away slowly after a few seconds. “I love it.” I whisper, smiling.

“You do?” He asks hopefully.
“Of course I do. It’s breathtaking.”
He smiles brightly in return, leading me inside, pulling out my chair for me in which I thank him.
He takes his seat and takes the covers off of our foods. The smell of spaghetti hits me in my face.
“Spaghetti and meatballs.” I laugh lightly at him.

“Yup.” He says.
I wrap some strands of the noodles around my fork and literally m0an at the taste, making Adam stop abruptly what he’s doing.

“This tastes fantastic.” I smile at him.
He clears his clear but then replies, “Do you know where we are?”

I take another bite of my food, “No, I’ve never been here before.” I reply honestly.

“You have actually.” He stops eating and looks at me intently, making me stop also.

“Oh?” I urge him to continue.
“This is um, where we met.” He says making me literally choke on my own saliva.
“What?” I ask recovering from my little heart attack.

He speaks nervously, and boy is it a sight to see. I’ve seen Adam nervous these last couple of days than I’ve seen in a whole lifetime.
“I came here and found you here. You told me that your father sent you off to play..” He laughs as if recalling the memory leaving me stunned.
“B-But, that was like more than 10 years ago, a-and our parents said we met a-” I stutter trying to find my words but was cut off by Adam.
“-at one of their meetings. No, that was the first time you met Libby though, not me.

I was speechless. How could he remember something so long ago, and be so descriptive about it?

“H-How do you remember?”
He chuckles softly. “How could I forget? I met my first crush then.” He explains making my breath hitch in my throat. “I did the little things, trying to get you to notice me, but you never really did. You just went with Libby. But that’s okay, because now I know by the end of this night, that you’ll be mine.” He concludes.
Tears threaten to fall from my eyes. To think, I thought Adam was the one who was always ignoring me and I was the one who was seeking the attention, when in truth, he liked me, I was just too blind to see it.

Ugh, now I’m crying. I’m such a drama queen.
Adam gets up from his seat and quickly kneels by me, wiping my tears.

“I’m sorry.” I smile through the tears, wiping the remaining tears with my napkin. “I shouldn’t be crying.”

“It’s okay.” He whispers. “You still hungry?” He asks.

“Not really. I’m sorry I wasted your meal.” I say genuinely.

“Don’t sweat it.” He smiles. “Come on, let’s go.” He grabs my hand, leading me back to the car.