The Feeling's Mutual

Chapter One: A glitch time

"CAIDEN! YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE!!!" Mrs. Aikin shouted at her youngest son.

Caiden rushed down the stairs, grabbed his watch and ran out the front door. By the time he sat in the front seat beside his mother, his dark hair was a mess, and his glasses were almost hanging off his face.

"I told you to get ready earlier and you didn't listen." His mother said while glancing at him.

The long sleeves on his black shirt were uneven and he was trying to put his watch on with his sweaty hands.

"Look mom, not that I don't love these talks you give me, but I'm going to be late so can we please get going?" Caiden said without looking at her.

His mother sighed and shook her head. "You wouldn't need to do this if I just drove myself there you know." Caiden told his mother.

"You know there only have two cars at home, and your father is using the other and no way am I letting you drive this car!" Mrs. Aikin scolded.

"Don't you trust me mom?" Caiden said looking at her with puppy dog eyes. "It's not that I don't trust you, I know you can drive. I just don't want you to drive this car. And don't ask why because I have my reasons!" Mrs. Aikin replied.

Caiden remained silent throughout the rest of the ride. She drove off to their destination, EG Mall.

"Text me when you're done okay?"

"Yes mom. See you later." Caiden said before getting out of the car and walked into the mall. Mrs. Aikin glanced at him one last time before driving.

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Caiden walked into the men's bathroom, with his hands in his pockets. He immediately walked to the mirror to check his reflection. 

His handsome face stared back at him. 

His dark hair parted at the side, his brown eyes glistened back at him, his pink lips full of color to compliment his light skin and his thin, metal glasses tied everything together.

After one last glance, he walked away only to bump into his best friend, Henry.

"There you are! We've been looking for you everywhere! Come on, everyone's waiting for you." Henry exclaimed as he pulled his best friend out of the bathroom.

They walked past clothing stores, groceries, gift shops before going down to the ground floor where all the restaurants were.

Henry brought Caiden into a small coffee shop with brown walls where everyone was seated.

 Wendy and her sister Erica were seated on the opposite each other. Evan sat on the left side of Erica while Jim sat on his right. Simon sat opposite to Taylor who was seated to the right side of Wendy and on the left side of Lauren. Lastly, next to Lauren was her oldest sister, Liana.

Caiden tried not to blush at sight of Liana, her adorable gummy smile took up half of her beautiful face. Her big brown eyes brighter than stars, her cheeks round and rosy, her bangs covered her forehead while the rest of her long brown hair fell past her shoulders. 

Caiden took his seat next to Henry, his eyes never left Liana who deep in conversation with her equally beautiful sister Lauren. They had the same big eyes; however, Lauren had a more defined jawline then her sister, gold glasses, a slight height difference and a sweet smile to compliment her unpredictable character.

"Have you guys ordered?" Caiden whispered to Henry.

"Yeah, we did, don't worry we placed your order in as well." Henry replied while patting his shoulder.