My Guardian Angel

38: Caught him, Sherlock?

"So," Lucas said, keeping his hands on his hips, "My role over here is done. You guys are leaving, right?"

Lucas was now wearing a red T-shirt and black jeans along with a red baseball cap that was kept slightly tilted on his head unlike the bunny costume he'd been wearing in the morning. I was suddenly reminded of Klaus from the way Lucas looked from my side, especially the tilted cap. Not that they look alike in anyway, but they act pretty similar and Lucas behaves to me in the same way Klaus behaves to Karly. I really liked to look upto Lucas as an older brother, but I didn't know if Lucas thought I was close enough to him to be considered as a 'sister'.

I smiled and nodded, "Yeah. Thank you for coming, Lucas. I didn't expect you here, and your presence really delighted me."

"Aw, thank you," Lucas cooed, pinching my cheeks and chuckling, "You're pretty adorable, y'know? I wish I had you as my sister."

Oh wow, did he just read my mind? I thought, overjoyed at that. Is it just me or am I getting every wishes of mine fulfilled today because it's my birthday? Not to mention the fact that Lucas already has a sister. It might have been fun, I guess, to live with such a big family with everyone in it - the parents, the siblings, maybe even the grandparents. Lucas lives in such a joint family and though he describes them as being 'not so fun', it sounds pretty fun to a person like me who lives with a single parent.

A thunder sounded a little far from where we were and I realised that it's better we leave right now, or else we might get caught up in another rainy patter. "Alright, it's time to go now, June," Jasper said to me, smiling at Lucas before we left the place with wide smiles plastered on both of our faces. Though I faced a slight heartbreak before, I'd started to believe by now that Klaus might have a reason for it. Maybe some teacher recklessly paired him up with Ava or Sally for some program? That's possible, but that still doesn't justify him being with them in a park happily right on my birthday and ignoring us completely. Besides, Klaus should've told us then.

Alright, I admit that I'm jealous, but not in that way. Come on, guys, I don't think anyone would be happy when their best friend is happily walking around with their worst rival - and in this case, rivals. That's just the worst thing anyone can ever face on their birthday.

"Hello, anybody home?" Jasper's voice snapped me out of my depressing thoughts.

"Yeah, just got lost in thoughts for a second."

"You've been experiencing that for quite a few days," he said suspiciously, "So it's not just the issue with Klaus. What else is it, June?"

Uh-oh.

The issue he's referring to right now, is my issue with him itself. Klaus' issue, when compared to this one, is practically nothing.

"School. Study. Exams," I lied perfectly, somehow not stuttering or feeling stupid like I usually do, "You do know that already."

"Yeah, and I know how you are when you're stressed about exams. But this isn't just that, and I'm not dumb enough to believe that either," He said, and I gulped . He was serious about trying to find out what my problem was, and all I wanted for him to do right now was stop that before he actually found out through his intense investigation. Honestly, I'm glad he couldn't take a hint about my 'problem' just yet. If he did, though, I don't know what to expect because his reaction is a bit hard to imagine.

"Uh, well, I won't force you to believe me," I shrugged in sarcasm, getting behind him on the bike, "Can we go now, please? You don't want me to die of pneumonia, do you?"

Ha, smooth. That's got to change the topic.

"You weren't thinking of dying of pneumonia until now, especially when you wanted to go out into the rain?"