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CHAPTER 8A
It took a long time to clear the house.
Someone had been sick in the back yard
so I sent Cabir out to clear that, while I
worked on the kitchen, collecting all of
the empty cups and bottles. It seemed like the party had gotten a bit out of
hand when Manik and I had gone to bed,
& my drunken ass of a brother hadn't bothered to stop it.
"This is the reason why I stay sober," Manik stated, scrunching his face up in disgust at the vase full of urine on the windowsill in the lounge.
"You stay sober to stop people from peeing in my mom's ornaments?" I asked,
laughing hysterically.
He nodded. "Surprising, but true.
There's always one who can't be bothered to walk to the bathroom," he joked, making me
laugh harder.
He smiled at me, making my heart
melt, and Cabir walked in. "Wow, did I actually hear you two laughing at something together in here? That's a first," he said, looking at what Manik was holding and flinching.
"I'd better go sort this out," Manik muttered, walking off quickly. I could tell he
was a bit uncomfortable lying to Cabir but I
was really sure that a couple of weeks would
be best, just to make sure this was what we
both wanted.
"Cabir, can Navya stay this weekend?
Her parents are out of town and she doesn't
want to stay in the house on her own," I
asked, giving him my puppy dog face.
He grimaced.
"Ugh! That girl does
nothing but flirt with me, I wouldn't mind so
much if she was older, but I mean jeez, she's
my little sister's age! Ew!" he said with a fake
shudder.
"So, you don't think a eighteen year old
should go out with an twenty year old?" I
asked, trying to be casual.
He didn't buy it, he looked at me sceptically. "You're not interested in any
Twenty year olds, are you?" he asked, narrowing his eyes at me. I saw Manik coming
back down the hall way from the corner of
my eye.
"No, I was talking about Navya," I lied.
He nodded, seeming satisfied. "No, I
don't think they should. I mean, what sort of
a twenty year old would even look at a
Eighteen year old that way?" he asked, glancing at Manik as he walked past looking a
little sheepish.
"It's only two years, Cabir, no big deal.
You're only freaked out because that's the
same age as me. Just because you wouldn't
date someone who's my age doesn't mean
other guys feel the same way, right, Manik?" I
countered, still trying for casual even though
my voice cracked a little when I said Manik's
name.
"Right. I know a lot of hot ass eighteen
year olds," Manik replied, winking at me behind my brothers back.
"Yeah, but you can't date any of
them!" Cabir growled, turning to look at him
and slapping him on the back of the head as
he walked past. I met Manik's gaze and was a
little shocked. Wow, Cabir really did know he
liked me, and by the look of it, he was very
opposed to the idea of us being together.
This could be even more complicated than I
first thought.
Navya let herself in about an hour later.
"Hey, Cabir. Hey, Manik," she purred as she
walked in, giving them both a flirty smile. I
saw Manik chuckle under his breath as he
smiled back.
"Hi, Navya." Cabir smirked, giving her a
flirty wink. He really didn't help himself, if he
wanted her to leave him alone, then why did
he encourage her?
"Come on, let's leave the man-wh**es
alone," I joked as I grabbed her hand and
dragged her to my bedroom. I saw Manik
smirk at me from the corner of my eye and I
stifled a laugh.
"I can't believe I get to spend the
whole weekend here with you and your
brother. Do you think Manik will stay here
too?" she asked, her eyes sparkling.
"I don't know, maybe you should ask
him." I smiled a little uncomfortably. I could
just imagine her flirting with Manik right in
front of me; I wasn't sure how I was going to
feel about it.
She dumped her stuff on my floor and threw herself down on my bed. Suddenly
she rolled over and grabbed my pillow off of
my bed frowning at it, looking confused.
"Nandini, why does your pillow smell like
cologne?"
I could feel my nerves bubbling up.
"Er...well I...er...Oh! Manik borrowed it
when he stayed here,so it must smell like
him," I lied, stumbling over my words.
She buried her head in the pillow.
"Mmm, I'm sleeping with this one tonight,"
she stated, holding the pillow tight.
I choked on my laughter. "Whatever,
Navya. Let's go eat I'm starved." I pushed myself up off of the bed and walked towards the
door so we could get the food ordered.
"I got this!" she chirped, waving a
DVD in front of my face. Even the cover
scared the heck out of me. I rolled my eyes
and stalked out of the room plopping down
onto the sofa next to Manik. He put his hand
down onto the sofa next to mine and discreetly rubbed his little finger across mine
when no one was looking.
"Have you ordered the food, Cabir?" I
asked, shifting sideways on the seat so that
my knee touched Manik's thigh. I saw a smile
play at the corner of his mouth.
"Yep, done. It'll be here in ten," Cabir said, shifting up the other sofa a few inches
because Navya had practically sat herself on
his lap.
"So, Manik, will your fine ass be staying here tonight too? I'm more than happy to
share my bed if you want. I may be scared
from the movie, maybe I'll need someone to
make me feel better in the night," Navya
purred seductively.
I felt him shift his weight closer to me
so my leg was on top of his more. "Nope, I
can't. I'm busy tonight. You'll just have to
manage without me." He shrugged and
looked away to the TV.
"Oh well. It'll have to just be you then
Cabir, if you're interested," she purred.
I didn't hear his reply; my ears had started to ring. I actually started to feel jealous. It was the first time I had ever felt
anything like that before, I wanted to stand
up and shout at my best friend to leave Manik
alone. I burst out laughing and then bit my lip
to stop.
Everyone looked at me like I was
crazy. "What?" Cabir asked confused.
I shook my head, smiling. "Nothing, I
just thought of a funny joke that's all," I lied
getting up. "Anyone want a drink?" I offered,
needing to change the subject. They all said
yes so I made my way to the fridge grabbing
four cans of Pepsi. As I shut fridge door,
Manik grabbed me from behind and made me
turn around to look at him. He was standing
so close I could feel his breath blow across
my face.
"I'm missing you already," he
whispered, kissing me lightly. I threw my
arms around his neck and pulled him to me,
deepening the kiss, tangling my hands in his
hair. He stepped forwards making me move
back, so my back was against the fridge as
he pressed his body against mine.
"I think
we should just talk to your brother now," he
murmured as he pulled away a couple of
minutes later.
I shook my head, looking at him pleadingly. "No, just a couple of weeks that's
all I ask."
He smiled a small smile. "OK,
whatever you want. But can you stop your
friend flirting with me? Tell her I'm taken."
My breath caught in my throat at his words. "Are you taken?" I whispered shyly.
He kissed me again, making my body tingle and yearn for more. "I'm definitely
taken, if you'll have me," he replied, looking
me straight in the eye. My insides were
jumping for joy, my heart beating so fast that
I could almost hear it in my ears, but my
head was still telling me to be careful.
"I'll have you, if you'll have me," I bargained.
He gave me a wicked grin. "Absolutely. Whenever you're ready, I'll have you
all the time," he said suggestively, waggling
his eyebrows at me. I gasped and slapped
his shoulder, making him chuckle. "Oh come
on, I'm allowed to make s**tty comments to
you now, surely? I mean, you're my girlfriend
so I have to use all my best moves on you,"
he said, faking hurt.
Did he just call me his girlfriend? My
heart melted at the sound of that word coming out of his mouth. "Say that again," I
whispered, pulling him closer to me.
"I'm allowed to make s**tty comments
to you?" he asked, looking a little confused.
I shook my head. "No, not that. The
next bit," I murmured, putting my mouth
inches from his.
"You're my girlfriend?" he asked. I
nodded, my breath coming in small gasps,
the sound of it made me feel like I was flying,
I honestly can't remember the last time I was
this happy. He smiled. "You're my girlfriend,
Angel," he purred seductively, kissing my lips
lightly. "My girl." He kissed me again. "The
only one I want." He kissed me again, this
time I didn't let him pull back, I held his head
to mine and kissed him passionately, making
him moan slightly and grip me tighter to him.
Suddenly, he jumped away from me and
moved to the side. I looked at him confused,
had I done something wrong?
Just then Cabir came round the
corner, giving me a stern expression. "You
need to have a word with your friend, seriously, she just grabbed my dick!" he whisper
yelled at me. Manik and I burst out laughing
at the same time. The doorbell rang and I
ran to get it, needing to be out of the room, I
didn't really like being around the two of
them together, it was kind of awkward.
After the food, Navya put on the stupid
scary movie. I sat next to Manik. Which
meant that Cabir had to sit next to Navya
on the other sofa - much to his obvious
annoyance. The movie was awful; Manik
slung his arm casually over the back of
the sofa and was playing with my hair
discreetly which made it slightly more
bearable. About half way through I was
honestly so scared that I scooted right
up next to Manik and buried my face in
his chest. I could feel Cabir shooting
daggers over at us but I couldn't help it.
By the time it got to the end, I was almost on his lap, much to his enjoyment. I
could see the bulge forming in his jeans
even though he put his arm over it to cover it
quickly. I blushed slightly, knowing that I had
caused that, because he was attracted to me
and I was jumping all over him. My mind
flashed to all the times that he'd been
aroused near me before, in bed or dancing,
and I wondered how many of them were
caused by attraction as well. I bit my lip;
maybe I'd ask him another time.
Finally, the stupid ass zombie movie
was over and I breathed a sigh of relief.
"That was awesome," Navya chirped,
grinning.
"Yep, best movie I've seen in ages,"
Manik agreed with a smirk, I knew he meant
because I was sitting on him.
"I hated it! How can you say that was good? I mean, jeez, they're dead people
who eat live people and turn them into flesh eating zombies too. And now I have to pee,
and I'm scared to go on my own!" I whined,
standing up and pouting. Why did I watch
that stupid thing anyway? I knew it would
scare me!
All three of them laughed at me, but
Manik stood up.
"I'll come with you and check
the bathroom for scary un-dead before you
go in, how's that?" he offered, nodding his
head towards the bathroom in the hall,
smiling.
"Will you check my bedroom too? And
my en-suite?" I asked hopefully. He laughed;
he obviously thought I was joking. "I'm not
joking, Manik."
"Whatever you want, Angel," he
agreed, smiling and following me up the hall.
I stopped outside the bathroom door and
waited for him to go in first. He came out a
minute later, chuckling to himself. "It's a
zombie free zone," he said shaking his head,
grinning at me.
"Thanks," I mumbled, blushing and
feeling like a little kid. I headed into the bathroom, leaving the door unlocked in case I
needed to get out of there quickly. I knew I
was being stupid but I just couldn't help myself. I washed my hands and stepped out, to
see him leaning against the wall waiting for
me, which made me smile.
"I thought I'd better wait for you. You never know what could be lurking in a dark
hallway," he said, looking around slowly with
wide eyes. My heart jumped into my throat
as I threw myself at him, wrapping my arms
around his waist tightly, burying my face into
the side of his neck. He laughed. "Yep, best
movie ever!" he stated, putting his arms
around me and walking down the hall to the
lounge. Before we turned the corner he
pulled away and kissed me lightly on the
lips.
Cabir laughed as we walked into the
lounge. "Seriously? You made him wait for
you outside the door? That's low, Nandu. I
hope you at least shut the door this time," he
teased as I sat back down.
I nodded. "Yep I shut the door, didn't
think he'd want to hear that," I confirmed,
grinning. "How about we play on the Wii?" I
suggested, trying to change the subject from
my zombie phobia. Everyone nodded so
Cabir set it up. They decided on sports so
Manik and Cabir played boxing first. Navya
moved over to sit next to me; the two boys
were standing and playing in front of us.
"Hmm, I just can't decide which one
has the cutest butt. Who do you think?" Navya said quietly but loud enough for the guys to
hear.
"Ew! Seriously, what's wrong with
you? That's my brother!" I cried, shuddering.
"Only one of them is your brother, Nandini, the other is seriously freaking hot.
And I think he has a soft spot for you," she
whispered too loud again, making me cringe.
I saw Cabir shoot a death glare at Manik who
looked like he was pretending he couldn't
hear her.
"Right, yeah OK," I replied sarcastically, rolling my eyes. "Come on hurry up I want a turn," I whined, trying to change the
subject. Navya really had no idea how close
she was.
"Here, Angel, you can take my turn.
I'd better get going anyway, it's almost midnight, my parents will be wondering where I
am," Liam said holding the controller out to
me. Navya jumped up and grabbed it, smirking
and nodding towards my brother, signalling
she wanted to play with him.
"Manik, would you check my bedroom
before you go?" I asked, feeling pathetic and
like a scared little kid.
He smiled but didn't laugh at me,
which I found surprising. "Oh all right!" He
forced a sigh, his eyes amused. By the look
of him he actually quite liked the fact that I
was asking him to do this, maybe he liked
being all protective or something, maybe it
was making him feel needed. He stalked off
towards my room and I got up and followed
him after a couple of seconds.
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Edited by kunjal1005 - 9 years ago