A close call to midnight

Finn

"FINN! ARE YOU IN HERE???"

The moment I want to kiss Belle is ruined by a loud screaming voice I can only recognize as my sister.

"OPEN THE DOOR, I KNOW YOU ARE IN THERE, ANNE TOLD ME,"' Sophie screams.

I have no idea who Anne is or why Soph is screaming.

''Open the door yourself; you have hands...'' Belle says, sounding a bit irritated.

 We had been only a few centimeters apart a second ago, but now she has moved far away from me. Nice... Before I can think about our almost-kiss any further, Sophie storms into the room.

"ASSHOLE, YOU ASSHOLE," She yells at me, and with a hard push, Soph throws me off the bed onto the hard floor.

 Ouch! As if I haven't suffered enough pain today.

 "HOW could you?" Soph shouts in my face.

 I look at her, all confused. What is she talking about? Sophie sees my puzzled face, and that makes her even angrier.

 "Dont act like you dont know what I am talking about!"

 Then Sophie slaps me in the face. I feel my cheek burning. "Stop that!" Belle shouts. 

Because of that, Soph lets go of me and gets up from the floor; she glares at Belle. 

"Don't touch him," Belle says quietly. '"He didn't do anything wrong to you." 

Sophie starts laughing and says to her: "Do you have a problem? You caused all this. All the rumors I heard about you are right... You really are a freak."

I stand up from the floor and grab Soph by her shoulder. "Soph, what the fuck? Tell me what's going on," I say furiously. "And don't you dare say any more mean words about Belle."

"You need to shut the fuck up, you BROKE the nose of William. How could you???!'" Soph shouts, and then she almost starts to cry. Suddenly I dont understand anything anymore.

"Why on earth do you care about that?" I ask, all surprised. 

"Erm, of course, I do?" Soph dramatically throws her hands in the air. I look at her, still puzzled.

"We're sort of .... dating," she then says.

"You and William are sort of dating?" I say back angrily.

"Yes! You got a problem with that?"

A stone falls into my stomach when I make the final realization.

Sophie, my twin sister... is dating William... the guy who set all Belle's belongings on fire? How did this happen? I look at Soof furiously. 

"William deserved that broken nose, and if I get the chance, I will gladly break something else of his."

"YOU ARE INSANE" Soph screams in reaction.

How dare she say I am insane?

"You the one dating a fucking psychopath," I scream back.

"William is not a psychopath," Soph looks really hurt by my comment.

"Yes, and I am the Pope, very believable, right???"

The only thing Soph lets out is an angry noise. Belle is watching us from a distance like a scared deer.

Soph is finally quiet and glares at me to Belle. "Did you have anything else to say?" I ask Sophie. She remains silent.

"Yeah, that's what I thought; now can you fuck off, please" I scoff.

"What?" Soph asks.

"Can you leave?"

"Erm, in case you didn't know, I am allowed to be here... this is my dorm." Soph smiles. What? Soph and Belle share a dorm? I didn't know that at all. I just stare at my twin sister, feeling stupid.

"Well, this may be your dorm, but this is MY room, so you have to at least leave this room," Belle suddenly says. 

Sophie gives Belle an angry look and wants to say something, but then she shuts her mouth and angrily stomps away, slamming the door hard.

 Oh my....

I turn to Belle. "I am so sorry; this is as new for you as it is to me."

Belle only looks at me with an expression I can't quite figure out. I think back about what happened just before Soph came, and suddenly, I want to slap myself in the face. 

How stupid am I? Did I really try to kiss Belle? There is no way that Belle would have wanted that, and I tried to ruin our bond with something dumb like a kiss? Maybe I should be thankful that Sophie interrupted us. 

Suddenly, I feel very uncomfortable. Belle stays quiet.

 Shit. Did I ruin everything? 

I can't imagine that. I mean, I wanted to kiss her, but I didn't; I only was really close to her face. 

Maybe Belle didn't even notice my move. I could just be overthinking this...But why is Belle staying so quiet, then...

''Should I go?, I can go!'' I mutter.

Belle wants to open her mouth to say something, but before she gets the chance, I say:

"Ok!...Erm, leave...I am leaving. Yes, goodbye.... See you tomorrow, Belle." I then stumble out of the room a little.

 I don't even wait for Belle's answer.

She definitely thinks I am just a creep now. Just when she's starting to trust me a little bit, I do THIS. I feel really grateful that Soph knocked on the door before anything "really" happened.

 Thank god. 

The news Sophie brought us may not have been pleasant, but it saved me from a very clumsy move. I don't know what came over me! 

With a strange feeling I walk back to my room. Why did I want to kiss Belle? I'm not in love with her? Right? 

When I return to my dorm, I lie down in bed, feeling nauseous.

 I decide to put my feelings for Belle aside for a moment and think about what Soph told me about her and William being together. If that is true, then I don't know what to do. 

Out of all the boys at this school, Sophie chooses William. How can Sophie be dating the person who ruined Belle's life, who has completely destroyed her own self-worth, the person who is causing her to cut herself and make her almost become suicidal? How is it possible for my twin sister to date him? 

How did I miss this?

 I was so busy with Belle that I didn't even notice my own sister dating the biggest psychopath in school. 

When you look at it this way, it's almost undeniable that I have feelings for Belle. What do they say again... Love makes blind?