More Than You Think

19

No nightmares stir me from sleep, no more dreams were had. Yet I was enjoying the dark dreamless night. Until my alarm went off. It is sadly Monday again. Turning off my alarm I wake Rebel up. "Rebel, wake up." I say into his ear. "Five more minutes." He groans.
"Fine then keep your eyes shut cause I'm changing." Getting out of bed Vanessa enters my room, "Please tell me I have clothes here still?"
"Yea, it's in the closet." I point to it. "I see you had company." She take notice of Rebel.
"Uh yea. He caught me up in the middle of the night."
"Oh really, and you weren't happy to have him in your bed?"
My cheeks heat up, "I don't know who's worse you or my brother."
"I thought you like him?" She looked back at me quizzically.
"I do, but I guess I'm just scared to mess this up or be wrong again. I'm not sure which." I tell her honestly.
"What about Raphael?"
"What about him?
"You really don't notice do you?" She sighs before Turing fully to me, "you two are always with each other when you can at school. Sure you're still snippy with him but let's face it you enjoy his company."
I thought back, "Look you know I liked him, but I have since closed that door. It's just that he reminds so much of Rebel. I really want to try this with Rebel so I'll try to back off Raphael more, it's just weird."
"What's weird you liking a mutant?"
"No, how alike they are. It's like they're the same person."
"That would confuse me to. Well I'll let you get ready we're probably late as is." Vanessa leaves my room with an outfit in hand looking over to my bed Rebel looked asleep still. Quickly I get out of my pajamas and grab that first thing in hand to put on.

"Ms. (L/n)." I hear from the math teacher waking me up from my nap.
"I'm sorry am I boring you to sleep?"
"If I say yes can I go back to napping?"
Apparently he did not that answer, "principal's office now." Grabbing my things I leave the classroom.
"I'll go to an office alright." I mumble after leaving the room.

"Knock knock." I say as I enter the nurse's office.
He looks at me, "You don't look hurt, so what's going on?"
"I feel asleep in math class and was sent to get more rest." I smile at him.
"Sure they did. Well just take the last bed I'll write a note that you threw up."
"You're the best." Quickly I went to the last bed before closing the curtain for some privacy.

After school came and I as I was heading out I see Raphael outside. "How was school?" He asked me.
"I slept most of the day. Where you and your brothers?" I ask him.
"Ah yea, we stayed up late last night and over slept."
"Aw sleepy beauty didn't get enough rest?" I tease.
"Oh this comin' from the princess that just told me she slept all day." He teased back.
"Oh like you haven't fell asleep in class before, oh wait that first day we met you literally napped during English."
"Yea whatever." We continue our walk.
"You know you didn't have to walk me home."
"Well I wanted to. Figure you could tell me what I missed today."
Not looking at him, "you missed an interesting lesson about how to harness the power of the moon to save the world." I joked.
"Huh, so that's what you dream about. Havin superpowers and Savin people. You know that would be great to put in that end of the semester assignment." He jokes back.
"I'll have you know I was watching Moon Knight last night."
"Still need to write something down outside of doesn't like authority and that your favorite color is red."
"That's not my favorite color it's (other favorite color)."
"You see ya say that, but you make it almost like a mission to wear something red, like the red scrunchies on you." I actually thought about it and he's right. I find something with red and think about Rebel and his red bandanna that he always wears.
"We'll it's a nice color." I retort back to him.
"You going to the party?" He then changes the subject.
"More likely. Why?"
"Want me to walk you there and bring you back?" He offered to me.
"I don't see why not." I tell him.
We were in front of my home, "Cool I'll pick you up then." He pulls me into a kiss that I push him back. "Uh Raph... what was that?"
"Uh." He stood there just ask confused to his actions as I am. "I think I just gave ya a kiss goodbye."
"I thought we were just staying as friends..." I didn't know what else to add to that. After we made up, he made it clear that he wasn't going to give me another chance. "We are just friends... I think it was just a reaction." He tried to reason the both of us. "That sounds about right actually. We usually hug goodbye but instead you had a brain fart and kissed me instead." I added onto his justification to it was just a reaction.
"See ya tomorrow then." He then says before hugging me goodbye.

Entering my room, Going to the party with him is going to be a bad ideas isn't it. We've haven't really been to another party together since the Christmas party. It'll be fine I just have to not drink so much. Then I won't sleep with him again. Sounds easy expect for the fact I know someone will put a drink in my hand. Just drink slow. Don't chug it and no shots. I really don't want things to go bad with Rebel. Raphael and Rebel even kiss the same. Their similarities kept piling up and honestly I don't know if I should feel weird or just accept that I do have a type and they both happen to be it.