Chapter 5 04

04

- "Really? But it's only 6pm!"

"Why don't you tell me? : "

"And for tomorrow it's still ok? ..."

" Ah! You're back "

I improvised again an excuse as pitiful as the previous one:

- "Actually, my mother was mistaken, I do not eat right away, false alarm!"

I decided to ignore his second answer and went straight to the third:

- "Yes, it's ok don't worry, you come home with me, we eat together and you stay for the afternoon, is that ok?"

He answered immediately:

- "Cool! But if you want, we can spend the afternoon at my place as I have a big house, besides my parents are not here!"

- "Yes it's true that my apartment is really tiny! It works then, you come to eat at my place and then we go to yours!"

- "Take your bathing suit, if the weather is nice, we'll go in the pool".

- "Ok! I can't wait!"

- "Me even more!"

We talked like this for a good hour until my mom actually called me to eat:

- "Well I have to go, I'm going to eat and there is no false alarm ;"

- "Ok, see you tomorrow Amé! I love you!

I disconnected myself. He was really super nice...

This time I took my time, I didn't want my parents to suspect anything, especially since I had to ask their permission to go to Ethan's house. I asked them if I could go and said it was for a presentation, and they agreed. I quickly finished my plate and was able to go back to my room after the meal was over. I logged on again, but he had left. It was Simon who spoke to me, which surprised me. I chatted with him for several hours and discovered that Ethan was not the only nice guy I had become friends with. So I went to bed at 10:00 p.m., looking forward to the next day. When my alarm went off, it was only 6:45 and I had a 9:00 class. I decided to get up and do what I had done the day before since Ethan's parents were not there. I got ready slowly and left at 8:00. I arrived at 8:10, so I had half an hour to spare before leaving for school. I rang the doorbell and it was Jared who opened it for me. I kissed him and he said with a laugh:

- "Well! It's getting to be a habit, Amethyst will be moving in soon!"

I laughed and he invited me to sit at the table where Ethan was having breakfast. I kissed him and he said laughing:

- "So, do you expect to see me every morning with my hair in a mess, and not yet dressed?"

It's true, he was only wearing pajama bottoms and had his hair disheveled. I laughed:

- "Sorry, I set my alarm for 8am when we start at 9am. I was so looking forward to today."

Jared questioned:

- "What are you two going to do today?"

- "None of your business!" replied Ethan

- "It's okay, I'm just looking out for you! It's okay, I'm your big brother, so Amé what are you doing today?"

- "Uh..." Ethan was waving at me so I wouldn't tell him but I gave in under Jared's commanding gaze "Ethan is coming to my house for dinner and then he's inviting me over and we're going to have fun in the pool..."

Ethan looked at me desperate, I soon realized why when Jared replied:

- "Ah I see! You won't do anything stupid, I hope! He knows that I've been out with a lot of girls because of the pool trick! You sympathize, you invite them, you take them in the pool and there... "

Ethan cut him off:

- "It's okay, I think we get it!"

I was really embarrassed, so I said:

- I was really embarrassed, so I said: "Well, I think I'll leave you to it, I'll wait outside. And for this afternoon anyway, the weather is not very nice, is it? We won't be able to go to the pool, for sure!"

Jared looked out the window, the sun was shining and there were no clouds, another pathetic excuse. He took the opportunity to answer:

- "Oh don't worry, the weather is really nice today, you'll be able to swim without any problem.

- Look, she is super embarrassed now, don't you have anything else to say to make her feel uncomfortable?!" retorted Ethan, annoyed. He told me to wait in the living room and that he would be quick. So I had to wait with Jared.

Jared was happy and proud of himself while I was embarrassed and didn't say a word.

So it was He who broke the silence:

- "Don't be embarrassed, you both have the right to have a little fun, it's normal."

I was even more embarrassed now that he had said that, he noticed it and tried to make up for it:

- "I was kidding of course, I know you two aren't dating and you're just friends!"

I was reassured until he added:

- "Well, not for much longer..." He laughed.

I was really embarrassed, especially since I wasn't sure of my feelings towards Ethan, so I added:

- "You were laughing earlier, if we go in the pool, nothing will happen, right?"

He burst out laughing, I immediately regretted what I had just said. He answered with tears in his eyes because he was laughing:

- "But no! Although I'm sure you think my brother is cute. Besides, I'll be there to watch you, I don't want you to do anything!"

Indeed I thought he was cute, but I didn't want a misunderstanding to happen like the other day with his mother, so I was reassured that Jar would stay with us, even though I knew we would have to put up with his silly musings.

Ethan came downstairs, he had heard what his brother had just said and immediately added:

- "No way are you coming with us!"

- "What if, you don't have a choice, I have to watch you."

Ethan sighed in displeasure and took his bag on his back. Everyone was ready, so we set off on our way. Ethan then said to me:

- "Don't mind my brother, he's talking nonsense, and besides, we're going to have a lot of fun this afternoon, you were looking forward to it, right?"

I smiled and nodded. Ethan smiled back at me and took my hand.

We arrived at the school and a few minutes later the bell rang. It seemed like a long morning, but luckily the bell soon rang, signaling the end of school. I got up first and waited for my friend in front of the room. This morning, I had finally made friends with other people, because after hanging out with Ethan, he had become my only friend. Her name is Chloe and she has half-long, blond hair. Her eyes are hazelnut and she is of average height. As for her character, she is shy but very nice. She has been dating a boy in her class for 8 months, his name is Arthur. He is also blond but with blue eyes and he is not shy but on the contrary, quite funny. Ethan arrived, he too had sympathized with Arthur, and then today he had told me that he spoke from time to time with Simon, Alicia's friend. We left the school and walked to my place. I showed him my apartment, which he thought was very cute. My parents were away, they were working, so we had to prepare lunch ourselves and we decided to make sandwiches that we would eat at his place. We thus took our basket of picnic and we put ourselves on the road.

Arrived at his place we put our things in his room and we went out. He put a checkered tablecloth on the lawn and I opened the picnic basket. Once we finished eating, we lay down on the grass to digest our lunch. Ethan tickled me as usual and I laughed my ass off. Suddenly I stopped: Jared had turned his head and was looking at us through the kitchen glass door. I stood up and brushed the grass off of me. Ethan asked me:

- "Hey! What's wrong? What's wrong?"

I answered that his brother was watching us. He then said:

- You know, I can see that you are a little embarrassed but Jar is doing this for my own good even though he tends to be a little heavy... Since our parents don't take much care of us, we have to manage and he's kind of like my dad. He's been suspicious since I've been hanging out with you because of what happened with Lucy, before he wasn't like that... You don't have to pay attention to him or his heavy remarks, after a while he'll understand that you're really a very nice girl."

I took him in my arms, moved by what he had just said. Ethan picked me up and suggested:

- "Do you want to go swimming now?"

- "Yeah, why not!"

We went up to his room, he showed me where I could change and I put on my bathing suit. I was a little embarrassed that he saw me in a bathing suit, and yes I am a little modest! I knocked to get out because he was changing in his room, and when he told me I could go out, I opened the door. He was lying on his bed reading, as if I had taken a long time. When I came out, he looked me up and down, which made me feel a little uncomfortable. He didn't say anything. Embarrassed, I wrapped my towel around me. He realized this and stammered:

- "Ah! I'm so sorry! You are really beautiful!"

I blushed. He took my hand and led me to the pool. His brother was also ready and followed us. The boys ran and jumped into the water and I joined them. Their pool was big and had a diving board. Ethan showed me some nice diving moves while I stayed in the water. We had fun for a good hour and then I got out because I was cold. He followed me too. We were all shivering. I realized that I had forgotten my towel in Ethan's room, here we find my second biggest fault that you know now: dizzy. He kindly suggested that we share his towel. We both sat down by the pool, snuggled together with the towel wrapped around us. Jared came out too, wrapped himself in his towel and came over to us. He didn't make any of his usual silly remarks, so I assumed he understood that I wasn't a girl like Lucy. Ethan offered to get a snack from the kitchen, so he left me alone with Jar once again. As soon as Ethan walked away, he asked me:

- "Say, you're in love with him, right?"

I turned scarlet, panicked and stammered back:

- No, not at all! We're just friends, what makes you think that?"

- "No, nothing. That's good. No need to get excited!"

A thousand questions raced through my head, "What if he loved me and had asked his brother to ask me that question?" "I should have said yes!" "What if Ethan was afraid that I had fallen in love with him?" "What if Jared loved me?" "What if Jared wanted to tell Ethan that I didn't love him?" "What if he told him that I freaked out when he asked me that question?"

Fortunately, the person concerned arrived. He asked me:

- Hey, what's up Amé? You're all red!

Jared laughed. He answered the question for me: