Miss Flower

|Chapter 9| Secret Trade Off?

        While waiting on the other to get up, get ready and some of them to actually come to the triplet's home. Derick could sense something off about Cail, Cail sat on the couch just on the opposite of him.Currently having an unaware staring contest, but what made Derick wary of Cali is the way he was sitting. Cail's hand was usually not in his lap, but he's probably looking to deep in things. Although, it wouldn't hurt to ask anyways so. "Why are you looking so suspicious? Like, you have this dark vibe to you or something." Derick said in a flat tone, not really meaning it in a bad way. "Well," Cail said calmly as he crossed his legs, "You might just be paranoid, but it's normal don't take it personally or anything." Derick eyes narrowed at that comment, 'Paranoid? Please, if I were paranoid he wouldn't of  asked straight up...Right?' He thought before speaking again, "Yeah nothing personal, just, you're being a bit....I don't know...Not like yourself. If anything, you would have been pissed that I would think that. But instead you are cool and calm." Derick said not bothering to hide the doubtfulness in his eyes, although he said it quite simple and nice.No aggression, nothing. 

     Cail stared down Derick for a good long moment before speaking, "You're observant today." He said in what seemed to be a passive-aggressive tone. Derick stared back at Cail, "Not denying you're hiding something now? Planing to tell me?" He asked in a slight annoyed tone. Cail sighed before shifting in his seat a little to get comfortable, "You are hiding something as well, why should I tell you my secret?" he asked in a somewhat low tone, trying to be a menace but actually being a little bit of a fool. To be fair, Cail didn't know Derick was hiding something. He is just deflecting the question, knowing Derick would somehow cough out something even if it's not a secret. Derick and Cail had a good fifty minutes of silence, no one daring to speak first. Considering the other might not speak up either and therefore making this ,what seems to be a secret trade off, not fair. And nobody would want to be on the shorter side of the deal, now would they? 

 The silence was interrupted by someone going down the stairs. Cail and Derick immediately looked over to see who was coming down the stairs. It was Pearl who was coming down from the stairs quite loudly, not really caring if she woke up Seila. She heard the boys downstairs so she had done know that there was some tension early in the morning, though she didn't really care. She also wasn't listening to it considering that would be a waste of time. "Can y'all ever realize people want to actually get sleep?" She asked in an irritated tone when she had reach the bottom of the stairs.