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Anna and I's heads swung to the door as we heard the doorknob jiggling. We quickly shut our mouths and unlocked the door so that whoever it was could come in. Straight after I properly met Daniel, and pulled a knife on him (Yes, I know, pathetic), Anna had practically shoved me into her room and had been telling me all about Tyler. Apparently, after I had left for work, Tyler had asked her out on a date. I squealed with glee for her, but jealousy still lingered in my veins as I longed for a relationship like they had. Or would have, by the looks of it.
Keri opened the door and smiled warmly.
"Hey girls, it's time for dinner. Please come down after you finishing chatting." She said winking. I had always been so awestruck by how understanding and amazing Anna's mom was. Even though Keri treated me as her daughter, it still hurt to know that while Anna had Keri as a Mom, I had a Mom that didn't even want me and ran away. And then when my Dad had given marriage another chance, his new wife had wounded me even worse than my biological Mom, and this time it wasn't emotionally painful. It was a different type of pain.
"Ok Mom, we're pretty much done anyways. We'll just follow you down." Anna answered. We walked out of the room a few seconds after Keri, finishing our conversation. She finished talking about Tyler and I smiled at her. She winked back at me. Oh no, I knew what she was thinking. Did she think I was smiling because we were going downstairs where Daniel was? She was definitely wrong, I thought to myself. But my heart said otherwise.
I frowned at her and rolled my eyes playfully.
"Seriously Anna?" I whispered as we walked down the hallway.
"Yes! I've seen the way you look at him. You're interested." She winks.
"No but-" I quickly shut up as I notice that we're nearing the end of the staircase.
"You're sleeping over, right?" She glances at me.
"Oh sure, thanks. But are you sure your Mom will be ok with that? I sleep here like 4 nights a week." I giggle.
"Seriously Bella? You're like family to us. You have to stay. My Mom loves you, she probably wants you to stay as much as I do. Plus, that will give us more time to talk about it."
I smack my face and tried not to hide my smile. If I stayed, that meant more time at the Seavey's. And more time at the Seavey's meant-
Suddenly my whole train of thought was interuppted. I internally screamed and felt like I was about to faint. In the living room, sitting on the couch, was Daniel. This time he wasn't wearing a mask and I could see his entire face. His ocean eyes, which were streaked with different shades of blue were concentrated on the game he was playing with Christian. But unlike Christian, he wasn't screaming, he was laughing and was focusing, with every ounce of his being. His laugh was contagious, and made my mouth break into a smile. I could also see his ripped bare chest, which made my brain overflow with dirty thoughts. His eyes glowed and his smile brightened as he saw me and Anna appear. Damn, calling him hot would be an understatement.
"Hey" He said, pulling his attention away from the game. Somehow, I felt as if his greeting was directed towards me.
"Hey giraffe." Anna snickered, watching as Daniel's beautiful eyes squinted into a glare.
"Why does everyone call me that. At this point I don't even think you think I look like one." He says, rolling his eyes.
"No, you definitely do." Christian laughs.
Everyone, even Daniel, breaks into laughter and Daniel shoves Christian off of the couch.
"Come on kids, it's time for dinner." Keri smiles as she walks into the living room. Her eyes scanned the living room, stopping for a milisecond to look at each person, and finally her eyes met mine. Her gaze seemed to rest on me a little bit longer than the others and her face broke out to an even bigger grin. I returned it as everyone walked into the dining room. This was the only place on the entire planet that I ever felt like I fit in. Before I met Anna, I had been in a really dark place. Every day I felt so depressed and lonely, and I felt like I didn't even deserve to breathe the oxygen around me. I was so glad that I had met Anna. Even though we had been so young, I had done some things to myself that no one should ever do. What would my life be like without the Seaveys? Where would I be? Would I even be alive?~🄳🄰🄽🄸🄴🄻'🅂 🄿🄾🅅~
I watched Bella as she scooped some food on to her plate. Her portions seemed to be considerably smaller than everyone elses. I tried not to think about it to much as I started shoveling food into my mouth and occasionally taking small sips of apple juice. I barely knew her, I shouldn't be judging her. Maybe judge isn't the right word. Worry would probably fit better.
"So kids, how was your day today?" Mom asked as she glanced around the table.
"Mine was great, I did practically nothing. I had no work today so I just hung out." Tyler said noncholantly.
"My day was great too, I visited the vineyard and everythings looking great. How about you honey?" Dad smiled.
"Mine was good, I just worked at home and cooked dinner. Anna, I'm curious to hear what happened with you today." Mom said, winking.
"Tyler asked me out!" She squealed in delight.
My overprotectiveness took over me and my fists clenched as I asked her a question.
"Who's Tyler?"
"He's literally the cutest guy at school and he's super nice. He's also the football captain and the valedictorian. I could talk about him all day long." She grins dreamily.
"She's in love." Bella winks at me, making butterflies flutter uncontrollably in my stomach.
"Ah, I see." I smile at her, and I watched as what I thought might be a blush settled on her cheeks. I wonder if she had anyone she was in love with. I sincerely hoped not-
"How was your day Bella?" Mom asked politely, interuppting my train of thought.
"To be honest, it wasn't that good. I didn't get too much sleep and my employees weren't being too kind,"
Oh! That must be why she was trying to calm herself down today! I felt my face turn red as my blood boiled with anger. She was the sweetest person I had ever met, why would anyone want to offend her?
"But time with you all always makes my days better, so thank you so much for having me." She smiles brightly, and it contagiously spread throughout the room.
"Aww of course sweetie! The pleasure is always ours." Mom sweetly states.
"Thanks for dinner hon, I think I'm going to head up. I'm trying to make up for the sleep I lost yesterday, so I'll be in the room if you need me." Dad says as he walks over to Mom and kisses the top of her head.
"Ok sweetheart, I'll be there soon."
"Hey, do you guys want to go do something?" Christian asks, looking at Tyler, Anna, Bella, and I.
"Sorry bro, I'm heading up. Maybe tomorrow though." Tyler responds, Getting up and walking to his room.
"Sounds good to me." Bella says, glancing at Anna, who shrugged. They all looked at me, expectantly.
"Oh, yeah sure um ok." I stumbled across my words as I looked into Bella's beautiful brown eyes. She smiled at me, and I blushed as I looked away from her. How long had I been staring?
"Ok, let's head into the other room." "Christian smirked, getting up and walking towards the living room. Obnoxious squeaks filled the room as everyone got up and scraped their chairs across the floor. We all walked into the light, comfy living room and sat down on the couches. I felt someones eyes on me as we decided on what to do, and as I tried to figure out which way it was coming from, I met eyes with Bella. Her eyes caught me off guard, and a deep blush settled on my cheeks. Everytime she looked at me it seemed as if she was staring deep down into my soul. But unlike other girls, she didn't look away when she saw that I noticed her. Her cheeks turned slightly pink, but other than that she didn't act bothered at all. I didn't want her to look away. Her gaze pulled me in, and made me want to come as close as I could to her. It made me want to run over to her and hold her in my arms, to give her all of my attention and at that moment, the only thing I wanted in this world was for her to be mine.
I bet I looked like an idiot, staring at her and observing her as she watched me from across the room. But I wanted her to know how I was feeling. I'd never felt this way before, this feeling inside me that took control over every other part of me, this uncontrollable urge that savagely conquered my heart. But then it hit me, harder than anything that had ever hit me before. Harder than when my first love dumped me in the cafeteria in front of all of our friends. Although I felt this way towards Bella, this feeling I had never felt before, I wasn't allowed to. I had to get rid of it. I can't feel this way towards her. Because it would be a crime.
It would be a crime to fall in love with my sister's best friend.
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