Only If I Could Unlove You

Chapter 10: Time

Before Prissy could talk, May beat her to it

"Sure. Feel free"

May said with a smile. Prissy frowned and turned to look at her but May kicked her leg under the table to signal her not to talk.
Prissy just sighed and went back to reading as if Jayden wasn't sitting just right in front of her.

Tho her eyes were focused on her book, her mind was elsewhere. She could feel the attention she was receiving from people around and it made her frown even more.

Nobody seemed to have noticed it but they - Prissy and Jay - being at the same place, they noticed their choice of clothing were the same.
People started whispering to each other while glancing their way.

"You're Jayden right?.... Prissy's brother"

May asked him as if to confirm it.
Prissy didn't notice it at first now she did. Jayden had the lunch bag her mom  wanted to give her.

He glanced at her and saw her focused on the book.

"... I didn't think she'd tell you about me "

He replied. May didn't miss the look Jay had in his eyes when he glanced at Prissy but she decided to keep it to herself.

"Why wouldn't she? You're here brother..."

May stated. Jay didn't answer her and just smiled politely. May didn't bother to ask him again.

Jayden pushed then lunch bag towards Prissy

" Mom asked me to give it to you. She said it was your favorite when you were a kid "

Prissy finally looked up from the book and glanced at him. She closed the book and said to him

" That was ten years ago...why don't you be a good brother and go tell her that I'm all grown up now. Some things change "

And with that she got up and left.
May glanced at Jay who just stared at the lunch bag lost in thought. She observed him quietly. He only seem to smile anytime Prissy was around but not to others.

Jay  didn't understand what it is he wasn't doing right. He might seem fine with it on the outside but on the inside he was hurt. All he ever wanted since he was a ki was a family and nothing else but...

[ flashback]

" Chris, when's mommy and daddy coming back?"

Young innocent Jayden asked his brother who was laying beside him.
They were laying on the floor with hard card boards which was sprawled on the ground. They had a huge old and torn blanket they found near the garbage draped around them to shield them from the cold.

" Well, I don't know yet Jay. It's really hard for stars to come down to earth after going up"

Chris said to his younger brother who looked at him. He didn't know who to tell him that their parents are never going to come back... So he told him a story about how their parents became stars to help protect the earth from other evil stars.

"... Is it because the sky is far? Is mommy and daddy scared that they'll fall down and get hurt if they come down?".

Listening to Jayden's small voice say with so much hope broke Chris's heart into a million,tiny pieces.
He just smiled and tapped Jayden's head

" Enough questions and sleep Jay."

[Flashback ends]

"You shouldn't think too much about it... she'll come around. She just needs time."

May said, breaking him from his thoughts.

"....is it something I'm doing wrong?"
He asked. If there was anyone he could ask for advice from about her...it would be her two friends.

May smiled.

" You're doing fine. Just give it time. She's just finding it hard to accept things "

May is a very observant person. She didn't have to be told to know that Prissy wasn't happy with the new member of the family.

Jayden nodded. He got up and took the lunch bag when Anna came back. She didn't see Prissy but she  beamed the moment she saw Jayden there.

" Oh hey Jay.. "

Jayden smiled and responded to her. He didn't mind that she was calling his name like they were friends since she was a friend of Prissy's.

" Hello. I was just leaving... I'll see you around"

He said and left them. Anna glanced at May who sat at the table and she sat down..

" What happened when I left? Where's Prissy?"