Secretly and deliberate

Cap. 4 Let me dream

Belle was running: she was late for the bus and she had to take it. She arrived at the bus stop just in time. Still panting, she looked around and recognized a familiar face: it was Sheila! F*ck, the only free seat was next to her. Belle decided to stay standing: she didn't want anything to do with her now that she had left her brother. It was Sheila who stood up and reached Belle.

Sheila: "Hi Belle!"

Belle: "What do you want?"

Sheila: "Calm down! I was just happy to see a familiar face!"

Belle: "After the way you treated my brother?! I'm speechless, he drank so much he was full of pain and unable to seat properly the day after you left him! And now you have the nerve to walk up to me and speak like nothing happened?"

Sheila: "But I didn't leave your brother...he left me. He called me saying that he couldn't stay with me because he thought that our story was fake and that he had found the love of his life...I had to cancel the flight and stay here, my family doesn't want to see me till I find a husband. Thank Eddy a lot...oh my stop...bye!"

Belle was confused: who is the "love of her brother's life" and why didn't he tell her about them? They've always told each other everything, so why was this time different?? She took out her phone and was about to call Eddy but her stop had come. She stepped out of the bus visibly shocked. She didn't have the time to call her brother, so she decided to call him after work, hoping that doing something else would have helped her to not think about Sheila's words.

As she finished her day of work, she walked out of the theatre dialling her brother's number; she wasn't sure of what to say, but she had to talk to Eddy as soon as possible

Belle: "Eddy I just came out of work...I met Sheila this morning and she told me that you were the one who left her. I knew you were lying, but I thought you were protecting her not...fine see you in 10 minutes"

The theatre where Belle worked was only ten minutes by foot from Eddy's house, and it was quite usual for her to reach her brother to hang out together. This time she felt like time burnt to quickly, she had thought a lot during the day and she hadn't put order in her mind yet. Meanwhile Brett and Eddy were running around the house to cover any prove of their...their thing, which they were yet to label. Eddy was not able to think of any detailed story before Belle arrived, he counted on Brett's help to tell a credible lie.

Din don.

When Belle entered the door, she was completely wet: there was a storm outside and her umbrella was useless. Eddy made her seat, gave her a towel and some hot tea. She simply sat down not knowing what to say, so Eddy took the courage to sit in front of her and start a conversation in order to comfort her a bit: he hated seeing his sister like this.

Eddy: "Belle, can you please tell me what Sheila said to you?"

Belle: "She told me that she didn't break up with you, but you left her..."

Eddy: "*sigh*...yeah it's true, I left her"

Belle: "And that you've always thought that your story was false..."

Eddy: "This is also true..."

Belle: "And that...that you left her for the "love of your life" that you had already met..."

Fortunately, Brett was sitting behind Belle: otherwise she would have noticed him almost passing out as she spoke.

Eddy: "This is not completely true; I just made up an excuse to break up with her"

Belle: "Eddy I always know when you're lying to me, but this time I thought that your feelings for Sheila were authentic...you had that light in your eyes, and that adorable smile on your face while speaking of her..."

Eddy: "Oh...It's because I was unconsciously speaking of another person..."

On this Eddy gave a quick look at Brett that couldn't help but smile.

Belle: "So the love of your life exists...but you told me that was just an excuse?!..."

Eddy: "Yeah, the love of my life exists, but I'm not ready to introduce this person to our family, so I chose not to tell you about this..."

Belle: "You know that I wouldn't have told anyone if you didn't want me to, Eddy..."

Eddy: "Belle, this is the most important thing that I have in my life so far, please respect my choice!"

Belle: "Sure Eddy...I'm just sorry because we've never kept secrets from each other, but I understand that you need your space..."

Eddy hugged Belle, who was still shaking from the cold.

Belle: "What about you Brett, did you know about it?"

Brett: "I...discovered it, one day Eddy forgot his phone at my house and he got a message from this person so I came to him praying for him to leave Sheila. We've been speaking a lot and in the end he took some courage and finally did it...but I don't know who this person is..."

Eddy: "Do you want to stay for dinner Belle?"

Asked Eddy afraid that Brett could have given too many details. Belle was too shocked to notice that Brett was also lying.

Belle: "No thanks, I'll call a taxi. I'm tired, it's been a long day and I just want to go home right now..."

Belle walked out of the door and ran to the taxi as fast as she could. Brett was sitting at the table, he looked thoughtful, and as Eddy sat down in front of him, he immediately noticed it.

Eddy: "What's the matter? I basically told her the truth..."

Brett: "Yeah, but why not completely? She's not like our parents she would understand..."

Eddy: "I'm just afraid that she could tell my parents..."

Brett: "Don't lie to me! Why?"

Eddy: "Because...speaking of this with another person makes it real! Don't get me wrong my feelings for you are real but this thing that is now between us is a dream coming true...let me live this wonderful dream, and let's dream together, we don't need the rest of the world to know about this as long as we have each other..."

Brett looked at him, he wasn't sure what Eddy meant. He though back to their previous conversation and he realised: Eddy was a man. He always knew it but now he realised: the rest of the world wouldn't have been totally ok with them and Eddy just wanted to live his love without any eyes judging, at least for a while, after five years of silence. He stood up and reached for Eddy, he cupped his cheeks in order to lift his head and looked him in the eyes.

Brett: "Eddy, as long as we have each other we can face the rest of the world and fight against every single thing that will stand between us. It's only been a month since we've discovered it, so you're probably right it's too early. Let's discover this together before the rest of the world does, and when the moment comes, we will be ready. We deserve our privacy after 5 years..."

Eddy was nearly crying, he stood up and hugged Brett really tight

Eddy: "I love you Brett"

Brett: "I love youEddy"

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