Thank you to KateHP for editing this chapter. She's an amazing editor. :)
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Stella was analyzing her nephew, Keiran, who was lost in his thoughts with a huge grin was glued to his lips.
"What's with you today?" she asked him suspiciously.
"Uhm, what?" Keiran said, after a few seconds, looking at her dumbly. He was too absorbed in replaying the whole scene in his mind that he didn't realize he was smiling ear-to-ear.
"Nothing,” Keiran said, messing his blonde hair with his hands. He smiled when the memory of last night flashed in his mind.
"Do you want to watch a movie?" Keiran asked his aunty after he realized she was staring at him in confusion.
"Sure! Which one should we watch?" Stella said, walking towards the rack of DVD’s, which was placed next to the TV.
"Something romantic would be cool,” Keiran said quickly.
When those words came out of his mouth, Stella stopped dead in her tracks and turned around, her mouth wide open.
"Keiran never told me he had a twin brother,” Stella said in disbelief.
"Wait! What?" Keiran yelped. “Oh boy! Don't you know, teenagers go through mood swings! Today my mood says yes to romantic movies!"
"No! Yes, but mostly GIRLS!" Stella said louder.
"Zip it, Aunty. Let’s watch LEAP YEAR!" Keiran said in a fake excited tone.
After an hour or two, Keiran was enjoying every bit of the movie. He was analyzing and feeling every single sweet moment in the movie. He was one of those boys who prefer to kill themselves rather than watching a romantic movie. Today he was blaming himself for insulting all those romantic movies that came out in the past years.
The movie was about to end when Stella took out her phone and started dialing a number. Keiran ignored her and his eyes stayed on the screen until he heard her say Belle's name between the conversation.
Keiran’s eyes were pointing towards her lips.
"Oh! Keiran! Belle, he's busy watching a m-"
Keiran snatched the phone out of her hands before she could finish.
"Hello, Belle! Oh! How are you?" Keiran said. He was smiling brightly. Suddenly, he raised his eyes in confusion.
"Hello? Hello, knock kno-",Keiran said over and over again.
"Gotcha,” Stella said and let out a loud laugh.
Keiran made a straight face. One of those faces he makes when he's extremely pissed.
"Very freaking funny, duh", Keiran said, ignoring his Aunt who was still laughing and clapping her hands continuously.
"Spit it out boy. What's going on in your life nowadays? I mean between you and Belle," she said, folding her arms on her chest.
"Ummm.” Keiran scratched the back of his head."Well! I think I like her. No, I'm sure I like her and I want to be with her.”
Stella was listening to him and nodding time to time. When Keiran was done talking, she finally opened her mouth.
"You know about her past, do you?" Stella said.
Keiran nodded in response.
"Keiran! She's been through a lot mentally. She had been through a traumatic incident and-"
Keiran cut her mid sentence.
"I know. I know. Okay. What exactly do you want me to do? Let her go? Tell her to live her life alone?" Keiran shouted.
"I never said that. I'm just saying you have to be extra careful with her. Girls who been through such cases are super sensitive and require extra attention and care. Do you really think you can give all that to her?" Stella said in a defensive tone.
"I just don't want her to get hurt anymore,” Keiran said.
Stella was looking at him with concerned eyes.
Keiran looked away and then again looked at her. "I will give her everything she needs.She needs care. I will take care of her 24/7. I will never let her feel miserable. I will be that guy who will always give her tissues when she wants to wipe her tears. I will stay at her side. I will protect her. I want to be that boy.
The kind of boy that after looking at my face Belle starts to smile. Forget about her past. I don't know if she will ever accept me. She will never be able to replace Drake with me but I will try my best." Keiran stood up from the spot where he was sitting.
Stella stopped him and pulled him into a hug.
"Best of luck!" she whispered. After pulling away from the hug, Stella said, "Keiran, I will always be there to support you, okay? Always. You can tell me whenever you need me in any case."
The next day Keiran was anxiously looking at the clock.
Tick! Tock! Tick! Tock!
The time was passing slowly. His eyes were fixed on the needles in the clock. He had been sitting at the spot for the past hour, waiting for time to pass by. He wanted to go and meet Belle, but it was getting harder to wait any longer.
"Freaking clock! You run too slow. Go die." In no time Keiran stood up from the spot and walked out of the door.
He finally reached the library. He didn't care if he reached it too soon.He just wanted to meet her. He entered the library and a smile immediately formed on his lips.
There she was sitting at her usual wooden table. This time she was also reading a book. She looked so pretty in that high ponytail and floral print dress. Her face looked bright and fresh in that colorful dress and all dullness was gone, which normally covered her face.
Keiran walked up to the table and faked coughed to show his presence. Belle quickly stood up from her chair to welcome the person but when her eyes met his her lips turned into an o shape.
"Well, ma'am. Can you please help me choose a book? There are hundreds of books and I have literally have no idea which one to read,” Keiran said in a soft tone, but the playfulness was visible in it.
"What are you doing here?" Belle whispered, ignoring what he said before. She pushed his shoulder, telling him to leave.
"What, ma’am? Please, I desperately need help," Keiran said again.
"Okay,” Belle replied. She dragged him along with her to a corner where no one could see them.
"What kind of book do you want to read?" Belle whispered.
"Uhmm, 50 reasons why Belle should quit her job," Keiran said, smiling.
"What category-oh wait! I get it. Nice joke," Belle said, folding her arms.She looked around the racks, hoping other librarians were not around.
"C'mon, Belle.This is our last month of holidays then we will be back to school. Don't you think we should spend more time together?" Keiran said in a sad tone.
Belle didn't say anything in response.
"It's okay. If you don't want to leave, at least agree to go out to have dinner with me this weekend," Keiran blurted out.
Belle immediately looked at him. "Dinner? Dinner would be too formal. I don’t think it’s best to take your girlfriend to dinner."
Keiran immediately frowned at this. He was too disheartened with what she said .How could she not noticed what he was indirectly trying to tell her?
"Yeah. Okay. I will" Keiran said, looking the other way.
"Okay! Now go! Go," Belle said, pushing him towards the door. She quickly went back towards her table.
Keiran came out of the library. He unlocked his car and sat inside.
"My girlfriend, huh," Keiran said sadly. "Yes! Belle, I will take my girlfriend to dinner. Yeah, by girlfriend I mean you." Keiran smirked then drove away
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