The Nerdy Twin ✔️

Chapter Four

HENRY'S POV

I walked to the arcade just like I had every summer evening for the past twelve weeks and a long time before that. The arcade was my safe space, where I could run away from my family for a few hours. We were the picture perfect family but behind closed doors and away from the cameras it was a whole different story. My dad was the Mayor and my mom was head of committee for the local elite club, short for she was just a glorified housewife who liked spending her day drinking wine and criticizing other people. My dad didn't care as long as he had his perfect family of four to keep his false image.

My twin brother Matthew was the golden boy, the favorite child, football captain and ladies man. It was weird to think I shared DNA with those three as I was nothing like them. I would have thought I was adopted were it not for the fact that I shared a face with the spawn of Satan called Matthew. He was the worst brother and they were terrible parents so I avoided them as much as I could. Matthew and I had similar first names, our parents thought it would be cute but I didn't. My first name was Matthias but I'd stopped using it when I was old enough to know better and started using my middle name. If I could leave and never go back, I definitely would but I was still underage so I stuck around until I was old enough to start my own path.

The arcade was my safe haven where I could just be me and that's why I went there as often as I could to get away from them before I imploded.

I was so lost in thought I didn't notice the person walking out of the arcade until we ran into each other. I apologized immediately and bent over to pick up the keys that had dropped upon our collision. We both had the same idea and ended up knocking heads.

"Ow!"She exclaimed rubbing her forehead as she straightened up.

I picked up her keys and stood up straight ready to apologize again. The words dried up on my lips when I saw the face I'd run into. She was gorgeous with big beautiful amber eyes, curly dark hair and glowing almond skin. I never really believed in love at first sight, let alone crush at first sight but the petite dark goddess before me had me rethinking all that.

Before I could collect my thoughts to apologize and introduce myself I noticed her face scrunch up into a scowl. She looked at me as if she knew me yet I had never seen her before. There was no way I would ever have forgotten a beauty like her.

"Really you again? You're like a fly I can't seem to swat off."She hissed still rubbing her forehead.

I crossed my fingers hoping it wouldn't swell. I didn't want to be the reason her beauty faded though I didn't think that was possible.

Her words registered past my endorphin fogged mind. Why was she so hostile towards me yet we had never met before?

"What?"I asked confused.

Had I offended gee in some way that I didn't know about in our few seconds of meeting. Maybe she was mad that I ran into her. If only she let me apologize I would clear everything up.

"Don't act stupid. Just leave me alone okay. I'm not interested and never will be."She retorted snatching her keys from my hands.

"I think you've got the wrong...."I defended but she continued walking away"......guy."I defended but she was already out of earshot.

Her reaction towards me had Matthew's stench written all over it. I should have known a beautiful girl like her would have already captured my brothers attention. He after all got all the ladies while I was dismissed as the nerdy younger brother. He was older than me by five minutes yet one would have thought he was way older. He always had to ruin everything for me, even the first crush I'd had in years was already under his claws. It seemed like my brother had wronged her so she would definitely not want anything to do with me. Matthew really did ruin everything. I just wished for once he'd stop and think about someone other than himself but that would be asking too much of the spoilt brat. She looked out of my league anyway so it would be better for me to forget her.