Forbidden Fruit •Timothee Chalamet (Stepbrother)

25.Liar

(♡Hi,the love triangle between Timothée, Amelia, and Jacob is going to start getting more intense. I hope you guys enjoy ♡)

I secure my hair into a loose bun, looking at myself once again in the bathroom mirror.
The mirror reflects a stranger. God,I look rough.

My undereye makeup is slightly smeared from crying the whole car ride back and my eyes are really swollen and lifeless.

I take a deep breath in,accepting the reflection of the disheveled and heartbroken girl infront of me.I walk out the bathroom and see Jacob walking over to me with holding a box of pizza up like a trophy.

"You haven't eaten all day and I remembered you always like pizza! Hawaiian, if my memory serves me correctly?" He opens the box, and the smell of it makes my stomach rumble.

"Thank you. I'm starving." I respond genuinely. Jacob has really been my rock today. If he wasn't around..I don't know how I would cope with all of this. "also...thank you for today. This whole day has been pure hell and you we're my companion for all of it and even now having my stay over at your place..it's all very sweet of you." I grab a slice of pizza and I start to nibble on it.

He smiles at me taking a bite of pizza too, his eyes crinkling at the corners. "I'm glad you agreed to stay the night. I wasn't going to let you spend the night alone tonight."A heavy fog envelopes my mind when I hear the word alone.

I've felt a lot of things in my life..but I've never felt truly alone, because I've always had him.
I always had Timothée.

"I'm not going to pretend I will ever understand what it is that you two share or what your relationship is like. I just hope you don't feel trapped by your circumstances."

"What do you mean by that..trapped by my circumstances?" I ask him for clarification.

"I just mean..and please don't take it the wrong way but Timothée's got a lot of power of you. He sort of sheltered you from everyone like you're his prized possession. Kept you in a bubble with him away from the real world."

Jacobs transparency stings. I look at him before nodding in agreement gently so he can continue. As much as I hate to hear it, I need to know what thinks because it holds so much truth.

"I think you should have a real chance. He should give someone else a chance to love you..but without all the bad shit.Without all the darkness he carries around with him." Jacob looks into my eyes deeply with the last sentence.

Timothée is dark and he is intense but that's one of the things I always loved about him. He's so complex. The more you unravel him the more difficult he gets to figure out.

"Maybe I like that though.The darkness. The complicated nature of it all. The sweet is never as sweet without the bitter."

"Or maybe that's all you've ever known." Jacob says nonchalantly.

It IS all I've ever known, and as I sit on Jacobs floor with him eating pizza..I start to wonder how a typical life would be like.A life where I would love someone like Jacob.Someone less intense and problematic.

Could it ever be as passionate like the type of love Timothée and I have?

I slowly lean my face in closer to Jacobs.He notices quickly and inches closer to me.I press my lips on his tenderly and feel his hand travel up the back of my neck.I start to move my hands to his chest and pull him closer to my body by his collar.His tongue makes his way to mine, and he tastes good...but unfamiliar.

My mouth is still longing for Timothée's,but Jacob feels good.He feels unknown, yet safe.I pull away while gasping for air.I see his brown eyes flicker to mine in amazement.