Sticking with you (bxb)

Chapter 30

Arthur's pov.

                   (Time skip to tomorrow afternoon)

I was sitting in the living room searching for something good to watch on TV. I was talking to Geo a few minutes ago on the phone but now I have nothing to do so my only recourse is the TV. When I couldn't find anything that I liked, I let a documentary play. I sighed as I left the remote on the table in front of me and looked at the TV again trying to find anything interesting about what I was watching. Yes, I'm totally not a big fan of documentaries

It was so quiet at home that I almost missed all the laughter and conversation. My dad had gone out with my mum and I didn't complain about this, instead it was cute. My sister was upstairs in her room, which was odd

Since yesterday, after she had come from Jamie's house, she greeted us and went upstairs, closing herself in her room. She looked kind of not good. My mum had gone upstairs to give her food but when she had come back to the kitchen she was a bit worried but said it was nothing

Of course I didn't believe her, it was a strange behavior for Lisa to show. She couldn't stay in her room for an hour or so and now it was half a day and more in there. I wish I could go and talk to her but she wouldn't listen to me a few years ago. Why would she do it now?

Suddenly I heard the familiar sound of running water. I turned around and looked at the kitchen. The door was half closed, probably Lisa had come down for a glass of water. I looked at the TV again, yawning without showing much interest. Then, I heard a few footsteps behind me but I didn't turn

"A documentary?" Lisa's sudden voice asked me while laughing a bit

"Yeah" I said slowly as I turned the volume down so I wouldn't hear too much

Then I turned behind and for the first time since yesterday I saw her. She was wearing her simple pajamas and had her hair in a loose ponytail. She was watching the TV, smiling a bit, knowing that I would never watch something like this

Her eyes seemed tired like she hadn't slept.I felt so sorry for her and wanted to ask what happened but when she looked at me her smile faded a little and she lowered her head as if she didn't want me to understand that something was wrong. She turned toward the stairs and was ready to leave when I stopped her. I don't know why but I did it

She turned around confused and for a minute I really didn't know what to do. I stayed with my mouth open trying hard to form a few words. She didn't dare to turn, still looking at me waiting patiently for me to say something

When I saw that I couldn't speak so easily I patted the spot beside me on the couch. I was nervous and in the meantime I was sweating because it was my first time doing something like this. I have been always waiting for one of us to make the first move but neither of us dared to and I couldn't blame her because I knew how she felt. I was feeling the same

She hesitantly with the confused look still on her face took a few slow steps and stopped, standing next to me. She looked at the spot and then at me with narrow eyes before sitting a bit away from me, turning her head at the other side

I looked at the TV and suddenly the documentary was very interesting. The animals, the trees and their lives. I turned to check on what she was doing once and still hiding her face and with it any emotions she might have had

I cleared my throat a bit and she turned an inch before moving her whole body towards me. Her eyes were either on the TV or the floor, never on me. Fair enough. I was the one that made the move, now I had to start our conversation. Right?

I called her to sit with me because it was of the times she didn't try to hide her sadness. Some years ago in this exact situation I would be sitting with her cuddling, watching movies and eating whatever we could find in the fridge while she would be talking about different things. And now look at us. I'm not saying we will be like we always were but damn I'm still her brother and I regret that I stopped trying to help her and be the best brother again

"How are you?" I asked after a few seconds of complete silence

She looked at me and went to talk but immediately seemed like she regretted it. She closed her mouth and whispered something to herself that I couldn't clearly hear and took a deep breath before finally letting her voice take over

"I have been better" yeah I knew that quietly tired voice. I had heard it so many times before

I gave her a sad gaze before nodding so she could go on. She looked at me and I could see tears ready to fall from her eyes. It wasn't where I wanted it to go. I moved a bit closer and patted her outstretched hand quickly and hesitatingly while trying to be reassuring

She looked at it and then at me before bursting out. She started talking and I couldn't say I understood everything. I was shocked and I tensed for a bit but she didn't seem to have noticed at all. I think that she really wanted to talk to someone

"I can't. I'm really worried" I could sense the panic in her voice but what was she talking about? Did I miss anything?

"I don't want to worry Jamie but I'm really worried for Sophia" so that was all about Sophia. I would lie if I told you that I didn't roll my eyes but by the way her eyes were red and her voice was fast and high pitched with panic i sat down to hear. She wanted to talk to someone and something bad had probably stressed her out. Something about Sophia

I was nodding showing that she could still go on, not that she had been paying any attention to me. She talked and talked with two or three breaths like a break and her eyes were darting everywhere, sometimes to me too

"I mean, she has never behaved like that. I might be exaggerating but this is a new Sophia that I have seen" she murmured and kept going

I don't really know if she ever wanted to tell me about this. It seemed important for her but for me it was not so but I listened. I don't know why but I did

I listened to her talking about Sophia's behaviour in the cafeteria. Oh is that the problem? Alice had said something to me quickly after the boys had left from our table for Sophia who was looking at us and then left but I wasn't paying much attention as my mind was still on Jack

I listened to her talking about the game and her thoughts, about the accident that me and Sophia had in there and other things. Yeah, I'm sure of it now, she definitely didn't want to tell me anything of that and I was as sure as her that I could never ever be the right person to talk about this, so I did what I must have done minutes ago. I stopped her with my most reassuring and gentle voice, politely

When she finally stopped and understood what she had said and at whom, she was the most shocked I ever saw. She clamped her hand over her mouth and her eyes widened in realization

"Shit, shit what has gotten into me?" She murmured and panicked as she was ready to stand up and run like her life depended on it. Actually, I was going to do the same, but I stopped her. Who would leave someone in that situation?

I turned toward her not caring if she was listening or was looking at me back "You just needed someone to talk to and I was the right person. You had to tell someone about this but you didn't want to worry Jamie and you don't have anyone else to trust. Even if we're further away, don't talk anymore and your mind says don't trust me, your heart says otherwise. I know you trust me more than the students that talk to you just for fame" I explained to her saying what I really was thinking. I would never hide the truth so I won't do it now. I didn't tell her what she wanted to hear but what she needed to hear

While I was talking she had stopped doing anything else and was looking at me confused but more calmed down too. She knew I was just saying the facts as it had. She took one last deep breath before sitting down and picking up the remote to turn up the volume

She did this so fast that I stayed bewildered for a minute. I sighed looking at her waiting for anything, maybe a nod or a word before turning to the TV. We were sitting at the couch, each of us away from the other without speaking, only watching TV quietly. You could say it was a good start, if you could call it a start at all

We stayed like this for hours and if our parents found us asleep on our couch with the TV playing in the background and our hands barely touching, they secretly smiled and didn't say anything the next day

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