Breaking Apathy

Chapter 23: For Her

haha! I had a good laugh with the last chapter xD soo this is literally a continuation of the last Chapter. Sorry this is short but I wanted to close that scene appropriately and with a new twist ;P So enjoy!~

Forgive me for the clumsy writing. I'll re-read and re-edit when I have a sane mind.

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....The corner of her lips, only giving her a quarter of the kiss she fully wanted to give me before. I backed off before the door was opened to everyone’s view. Nina stood stiff and red in the face while I smirked, not because of her reaction but the fact that somehow I got the information I needed. There is a possibility that she could be lying, however, I wanted to ride on the confidence it gave me. The group cheered in the lounge and a few wolf howls sounded. I chuckled and mouthed:

“Thank you,” to Nina.

But my smile was short lived when I turned to exit and locked eyes with Jordan on the stairs. A smile tugged at the right corner of her lips but her eyes gave off a contrasting emotion. I couldn’t tell from this far but I think she thinks I gave in to the game. My body leaned forward to take a step, but as I did, Jordan turned and headed up the stairs. Suddenly the room got muted. All I could hear was my heart in my ears as people patted my shoulder in a congratulating manner while I walked past them and headed for the stairs. I don’t understand why I got tense. I just get like that when I don’t know what Jordan thinks I guess.

But this time I will find out. I don’t want to run away from her. In fact, I want to have her in my arms any minute time will allow.

While walking down the hallway to her room, I caught a glimpse of Kain walking through her door and in to the room.

“Why the hell do you make a spectacle of yourself?” he shouted.

“What?” was Jordan’s calm reply.

 Curiosity moved me closer to the door to listen although I should have left siblings squabbles alone.

“The whole look! You don’t dress like this and you don’t act lovelorn. Are you purposely trying to ridicule our family with this wishy washy behaviour?”

“Kain, I’m a girl. I can’t always dress like a guy. And so what? I feel a little emotional, there’s nothing wrong with that!”

I jerked when I heard a fist hit a wall.

“Don’t listen to what people tell you on how you should act. You can’t be vulnerable. Not for a friend and not for a boy. Dad would-“

“Dad would want me to follow my heart Kain. I know I have an image to keep but-“

“No buts! I can’t believe dad trusted you to take over. He wasn’t much of a method man anyway.”

A slam in to the wall was heard.

“Father placed me as the head because I have more of a level head than you. I’d make his companies prosper to the families benefit than to my own greed.”

“Well, with the choices you keep making I can see that plan failing very quickly.”

Silence befell the scene. I was so confused as to what they were referring to but all I picked up was a rivalry of some sort.

“Fine. I’ll be proper, if I must and bring him to the family. Let them decide if he is fit to handle the media and all that comes with this pompous life,” Jordan said calmly.

“With a guy like Eden, dad will reject him as soon as he walks through the door,” Kain retorted.

I lowered my head but responded on impulse, stepping to the threshold and vocalizing my presence.

“I’m sure I can prove otherwise.”

Kain and Jordan mutedly looked at me dumbfounded. I lifted my gaze and glared at Kain who I often shied away from while folding my arms and smirking smugly.

“Nothing can put me off getting your sister to be my girlfriend,” I declared with confidence, openly challenging Jordan’s brother.

Jordan lifted her left hand to the back of her neck and looked away blushing. She had no response – which, for once, I considered an advantage because I knew she liked me now. Kain glanced her way then looked at me, reciprocating my glare. A smirk played on his face too as he walked my way and stood face to face with me.

“It’s best you learn who you’re dealing with before you stand up to me. We’ll play this game but the outcome will be to my liking,” he said through gnashed teeth.

“Maybe Lady Luck will abandon you this time round,” I whispered to him feigning confidence.

His smirk faded and he marched past me, hitting in to my shoulder as he left the room. My hand lifted and massaged the spot of impact as my brain came back from the onset of testosterone and in to my rational state of mind. What the hell had I just done?

“You didn’t need to do that,” Jordan said drawing my attention to her.

She couldn’t look at me. Her eyes stayed glued to the ground for some odd reason. It was then that my stomach clenched. I had just shamelessly confessed to her in front of her brother. Trying to act cool was not in my power now but I had one last resort to regain my composure. I leaned back against the wall.

“And you didn’t need to send Nina to pull a stunt like that,” I retorted.

 Her head lifted slightly before she turned to face the window.

“There’s no need to talk about that,” she said nonchalantly.

I stayed silent for a bit before standing upright and taking a step to her. Her body became visibly tense as her shoulders lifted slightly, stopping me in my intended walk. The butterflies played around in my stomach and made me retract any action I thought of henceforth.

“Um,” I started. “Just tell me one thing... do you like me?”

She grabbed her neck once more and sighed, her nerves spreading to me and knotting my stomach more as I swallowed hard.

“Y-yes, but I’m not worth the fight,” she confirmed holding back the usual power she had in her tone.

I smiled and turned to face the door.

“Let me be the judge of that,” I said before exiting.

I had taken huge battles in my life but those always dealt with academics and negative emotions involving my family. Never had I undergone any strain for something positive, but I guess there’s a first time for everything.

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Sorry, I started this Chapter on a good note but something happened to me so I guess it may have affected my work negatively. I apologize. I tried as best as I could to rescript it to the feel of the story. Any way, I hope you've read and enjoyed this Chapter as a new ground is set!! So who's hoping for Eden to succeed? :)