The Nerdy Twin ✔️

Chapter Six

HENRY'S POV

My mom had forced me to a fair share of awkward meals so I had deviced a method to survive through them. I would keep my head down, eat quietly, only speak when spoken to and most important of all, never try to upstage Matthew for whatever reason. He was the golden child and would always remain that way.

I hated how my mom had me change my shirt just before we left the house. I had been wearing blue jeans and a white long sleeved button down. It was per her request to wear something appropriate away from the comfort of my hoodies. She asked me to change because Matthew was wearing basically the same thing making us look more alike than usual. If she could have her way we wouldn't have the same face or better yet I wouldn't have been born. I was totally with her on the latter but I quite liked living even if it was a miserable existence. I had the ability to change that and was holding on for a little while longer.

I had changed into a short sleeved black shirt to make her happy. Her approving look when I walked into the dining room showed that I'd pleased her. The lunch with our neighbors, the Millers was one of the most awkward I had been to. I kept to myself as usual but took my time to observe the hosting family. Robert and Pamela didn't look as in love as newly weds should have been. Robert looked in love with his wife from the way he was looking at her but Pamela didn't look like a woman in love as she wasn't even paying attention to him at all. It was also very clear that Pamela was substantially younger than Robert but I didn't try to read too much into that. It was none of my business.

She definitely didn't look old enough to have a teenage daughter, they would have passed for sisters so maybe she had Willow as a teenager. And yes my brother's latest obsession was called Willow. Now that I had a chance to see her up close I could definitely see why my brother was crazy about her. She was exquisite. I was crushing hard too but I would never dare go against my brother so I would just keep my feelings to myself.

She was also very close to her brother seeing as how she was attending to him throughout the meal. Charlie was an adorable kid, I didn't know what exactly was wrong with him that he needed to be in a wheelchair but I wasn't insensitive enough to ask. But apparently my brother Matthew was.

"So Charlie how long have you been in a wheelchair and what happened?"He asked like a news reporter asking for an accident report.

I almost kicked him under the table for being so clueless. The whole table went silent as they turned to Charlie for an answer. Matthew needed to learn some manners, you didn't just put a seven year old on the spot like that. Charlie looked like a deer caught in head lights while Willow looked just about ready to murder my brother.

"He was born that way. He has Congenital scoliosis."Willow replied on his brothers behalf.

Matthew looked like he wanted to ask more but the glaring look he got from Willow shut him right up. I was falling harder for the girl, no one ever stood up to my brother so it was nice to see him put in his place for once. It was fascinating to watch.

Willow and I accidentally locked gazes and her eyes bore to mine as if she was trying to solve a mystery. There was nothing to decipher, I was just plain old boring me. She was the puzzle though, a gorgeous one at that. Unable to hold her gaze for too long I broke eye contact and focused on my food.

"So Matthew your dad tells us that you are the football captain at Maple Ridge Highschool."Robert asked and that was the conversation for the next ten minutes as my brother talked about himself.

"Why aren't you on the team Matthias, you are certainly built for it and its in your blood?"Robert inquired.

I wanted to scream that my name wasn't Matthias but I didn't. I hated that name but there was no need to blow up on an innocent man, he didn't deserve it. I disliked how the conversation turned to me but I had expected it though. I had so many ways to answer that question having been asked so many times but it was never the real reason. I hated anything to do with my family so I wouldn't dare do anything that would bring them more fame. I hated football anyway but nobody needed to know that.