Corner Store Girl: Janoskians: Luke and Jai Brooks Fanfiction

Chapter 20: more avoiding and olive garden

I let out a small gasp without knowing and gulped.

I didn't know what to say. I mean, what was there to say in this situation? How am I supposed to respond to my boyfriend's twin after his confession of liking me with my boyfriend, also known as his brother, sitting next to me?

There were long moments of silence as both Luke and Jai stared at me expectantly. I looked at Luke and then Jai and repeated the process over and over.

"Alex, say something." Luke said.

"Olive Garden."

"What?" Both boys asked in sync.

I turned to Luke with an obvious tone. "You asked me where I want to eat. I want to go to Olive Garden." I faced forward in the passenger seat, finding the pink Jeep missing, and buckled my seat belt.

I didn't look at either of them, but could feel stheir eyes on me and lack of motion. "Well, come on let's go. I'm hungry!" I laughed dryly as I looked over to Luke. The tension in the car couldn't have been more thick.

He slowly shook his head before pulling the keys from his pocket and later starting the car.

I couldn't have been more glad that Olive Garden was just a block away from the movies. I turned the music up as The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" played.

I mentally sang along to the catchy tune until we pulled into the parking lot. Opening my car door quickly, I sped walked up to the front doors of the restaurant.

*Luke*

I watched as Alex practically ran inside of Olive Garden, before Jai and I could even get a chance to open our doors. I turned to face the back seats as Jai looked just as confused as I did.

-FLASHBACK-

"Dude, come on. We've been driving for an hour and you haven't said a single word. I thought the point of this whole thing was for us to talk, not for you to ignore me even more." I glanced over to my right as I saw Jai's eyes widely staring towards the ongoing traffic around us absentmindedly.

"If I tell you something," he gulped nervously, "can you promise not to get mad at me?" His eyes turned to mine; in them I could find full on fear. The question seemed childish, but I was glad he was at least talking.

"Jai, you're scaring me." I looked back to the road and drove up a couple of feet before looking back to my brother. We've been moving at this rate every so often in the packed highway for the past fifteen minutes. "But sure, I promise."

He sighed loudly before slouching in his seat next to mine. "I- well, I don't know- er." He seemed to be choking on his words.

"We've known each other for our whole lives and have been best mates the entire time." I reassuringly smiled. "We're brothers-twins, for fuck's sakes. You know you can tell me any-"

"I like Alex." He gushed, his eyes searching my face for an immediate reaction, but I just seemed to freeze. I know she and I've been dating for only a couple of weeks or so, but:

I was with her.

I brought her to the house.

I met her first.

I liked her first.

"Luke? Oh God." He mumbled. "I promise I won't act on my feelings, and if I could control them, I would, but I can't. I tried to avoid her so I would stop, but she fucking lives in the house, so I just didn't talk to her. And when you two were together all the time I started to not talk you either because you're the one she wants. You're the one she's with. I'm sorry for bringing you all the way out here to say this, but I just needed to have some time with her not in my sight, even though I still think about her. I know me saying that isn't helping, but it's the truth, and I don't want to lie to you anymore or not talk to you anymore. I hope I can control myself enough to still be friends with you two together. I didn't want to keep this from you anymore, so I'm telling you know, and I'll tell her, too if you-"