We found us | Book 1

Love

Evi:

The next day:

I go to Nick's room, and as usual his door is open. I lean against the door frame and look at him. "Nick?"
"Hm." He looks up from his laptop and turns his head.

"I have to tell you something."
"Don't tell me you and Tom are together."
"No," I stammer. "not me and Tom."
He stands up from his chair, crossing his arms.
"Then who?"

"Bill." I mumble quietly..
"Bill? Didn't he have a girlfriend or something."
"He did, but they broke up and-" I sigh deeply.
"I'm happy, I love him."
"Are you sure? After what he did.."

Nick looks at me, concern visible in his eyes.
"I am. Can you please not give him a hard time?"
Nick sighs and shakes his head.
"I won't, promise."

"I thought you would be mad." I say, a little surprised by how calm he is.
"I can't say I'm happy about it. But when he hurts you again I'll kick his ass, just like I did last time. Tell him that."

A little chuckle leaves my mouth.
"I will." I say with a smile on my face and leave his room.

I run downstairs, followed by Nick who is leaving for work.
"I'll be home around six. Can you tell mom?"
"I will!" I yell back at him as he is already at the door.

Nick just left when the doorbell rings and I walk towards the door to open it.
I see Brenda standing in front of me and immediately slam the door in her face.

She starts knocking on the door, saying my name. "Evi, please, I just wanna talk."
I roll my eyes but open the door again, curious about what she has to say.

"What?!"
"Can I come in?" She looks at me, almost desperatly and I step aside, letting her into the house.

"What do you wanna talk about?"
We stand in the living room and I look at her, my arms crossed.
"I wanna apologize for what I did to you."
I look at her surprised, not sure what to think about this.

"I was jealous. Bill was my friend and I thought I loved him. I never should have done what I did."
I uncross my arms and sigh.
"Why did you break up with him?"

She shrugs her shoulders.
"I met someone." She gets a small smile on her face saying this. "I'm fell in love."
I nod. "Good for you."

"It's, uhm, it's Nick."
"Nick? As in my brother??"
I look at her with big eyes, not sure how to feel about this. She nods and looks at me. I have never seen her like this, it's almost as if she is scared and I can't help but feel bad for her.

"Do you love him?"
She nods again. "I do."
I nod and make eye contact with her.
"I won't tell him, about what happened."
"You won't?" Relief is visible on her face.

"Just don't break his heart, he's a good guy."
"I know, and I won't."

Brenda left after we talked a little more and although we probably will never be friends, I am willing to forgive her.

I hear a soft knock on the window from the kitchen and run to the garage to let Bill in.
"Hi." I say and kiss him firmly, pulling him closer to me by his neck.
"Come." I pull him with me into the kitchen and walk towards to living room.

"Brenda was here." I say, looking at him.
He looks at me furrowed. "Brenda?"
"Yes."
"What did she want?" He says a little suspicious.
"She came to apologize."
"Apologize?"

"Yup." I say and sit down on the couch.
"Oh, and she is dating Nick."
"What?"
"She didn't know he was my brother, apparently. I promised her not to say anything about what happened."

Bill nods. "Yeah, better not. I never thought Nick was her type."
"Or she his type." I say. "But he seems very happy lately."
"That's good. They deserve to he happy." Bill says while he is nodding softly.
"Yeah, they do."

A few weeks later:

In two days Bill leaves on tour again, in Asia this time, which means I can't see him at all until he gets back. And for some reasons it's ever harder then last time.

I can't imagine not seeing him for so long and since his schedule is even more tight then last time it will be much harder to Skype as well.

I hurry home after work, hoping Bill will be almost done as well.
I send him a quick text while walking to let him know I'm almost home.

I take a quick shower and put some comfortable clothes on, waiting for Bill to answer my text.
Since he didn't answer yet, they are probably still in the studio.

I hear Nick walking upstairs, followed by slightly softer goodsteps. Brenda.

I get my phone from my desk and text Bill. Letting him know Brenda is here and that I will come to his place.

Things are going well between us, but spending time in the same house for to long might be a little to soon.

After two hours Bill is finally home and I walk over to his house, getting inside through the back door.

To my surprise Georg, Gustav and Tom are all sitting with Bill in the living room, on the couch.
I walk over to him and give him a quick kiss before I sit down next to him.
He looks at me with a sweet little smile on his face and puts his arm around my shoulder, making me lean into him a little more.

The boys are loudly talking through each other, making me shake my head while smiling listening to their little discussions.