The Dawn of Tomorrow - A Henry Cavill Fanfic

Chapter 21

"I was waiting for you to call me." Of all the things that he had expected Priya Acharya to answer the phone with...that wasn't the one. And it was kinda creepy.

"Do you moonlight as an oracle now?" Henry gave back sarcastically and actually managed to get a throaty laugh from Delilah's best friend at that.

" No ," she responded " But Delilah's birthday is coming up, so I am guessing you need help figuring out what you should give her as a gift. Am I right?" She asked, sounding like she was very sure bout it and Henry couldn't help the smile as he disagreed.

"Actually, I already have a gift."

"You do." Priya sounded more than surprised.

"Yes, I do. I did promise her that I wouldn't buy her one this year because I bought her a vintage dress a few weeks ago, so I figured, let's go unconventional. You could be her birthday present," he suggested. "What do you think about a weekend trip to Jersey?"

He got a throaty laugh out of her with that. He had thought for a long time about what he should give Delilah for her birthday. But he had indeed promised no major gifts for her birthday, so he was going to keep to that. Especially because he didn't want it to feel like he was drowning her in gifts, regardless of how much he wanted to. And it was Delilah. Delilah would always rather have something small and thoughtful than something stupidly expensive. He had one thing all figured out, but he had figured that seeing Priya n person again would be a much better gift for Delilah for her birthday than most other things that he could come up with.

And she should see her friends more often. He could read between the lines well enough to know that she hadn't really had the opportunity to do that over the last 3 years.

"You know, I do like the way you think," Priya agreed, sounding thoroughly amused. "Ezra and I would be more than happy to act as your gift."

"Ezra as well?" He asked, hating the way his voice sounded and Priya read between the lines far too well.

"Let me guess, your brother told you about a conversation he was part of and now you think Ezra is some sort of old flame of Delilah's," Priya gave back drily. "You know, if you asked Delilah about that, she would tell you he is nothing but a brother to her." Delilah had indeed said that. Or at least something like that. Henry didn't quite remember the whole conversation to be honest. And he trusted Delilah. He did. He just didn't trust other men around her.

"They kissed exactly once," Priya continued with a snort. . "And you are aware that I dared her to kiss him, right? She had a crush on him. It was never going to go anywhere because the two of them are far too similar. They would have been a train wreck if they ever were in a relationship. But both would be so busy with not hurting each other's feelings that they would have made it down the aisle and had like 5 kids before they realised that they were a terrible match. And I didn't want that for either of them," Priya explained with a north.

"And it's not because you wanted him for yourself?" Henry asked drily, making Priya quiet for a moment.

" Touche ," she finally agreed. "You cut right to the matter, don't you? But no. I love them both. If I thought that they could have been happy with each other then I would have never stood in their way. Just...trust me. Ezra is nobody that you need to be jealous of. And I am not in the mood to massage your ego further, so you should totally let Delilah do that," she teased him and he snorted, amused beside himself. "Ezra...He's great. Ezra is exactly, what Delilah's grandmother would have picked for her. A nice Jewish boy. But he is not what Delilah actually wants."