A Classic Teenage Romance

Chapter 26: The Brother

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Pic of Jonah ^^^^

I felt my eyes widen as quite possibly the most beautiful man I had ever seen stepped into the room.  He even put Dane a close second, and that was saying something. I unconsciously scanned his paint covered form.  He had a charming fashionably messy mop of dark curly hair that looked extremely soft and was currently specked with what I could only assume to be bright pink paint. His eyes were the most shocking shade of icy blue and were currently assessing me with a quiet amusement and his face, oh his face closely resembled that of a greek god, as cheesy as it sounds. My gaze wondered lower and i noticed that he was indeed covered from head to toe in a bright, almost fluorescent pink paint, however one could still tell that he had a killer bod under all that. Through my ogling I heard Christian chuckle lightly next to me and snapped my obviously admiring gaze from his brother to him, face turning what i could only assume was a matching shade of pink to the colour that was covering Jonah's gorgeous form. "My gosh, your brother is gorgeous," i mock whispered trying to make light of the fact that they had both obviously caught me checking, said brother out. Christian laughed rolling his eyes playfully. "Don't boost his ego, trust me he already thinks he's the hottest thing to grace us mortals" he said shooting a smirk at his brother. Suddenly i found myself locked in a tight embrace lifted off of the ground and the air was totally knocked out of me. "Thank-you my darling for befriending my precious little brother" I felt the strong arms that were currently wrapped around me lower me back to the ground and loosen and eventually the owner stepped away. My face was now most certainly the colour of the paint. "Jonahhh" Christian groaned, "Stop scaring Belle" he said moving next to me. Jonah grinned at me before winking at me, "Your parents named you right you are beautiful" I saw Christian literally face palm himself, I burst out laughing, "Oh that was smooth!" I exclaimed between giggles. Jonah grinned at me and looked at Christian approvingly, "Yep, I like her can we keep her?" he asked patting my head softly. I laughed again, hardly believing that he was the older brother. Chistian playfully punched his brother on the shoulder and gestured to me, "Jonah this is my friend Isabelle Adams," he turned to me smiling, "Belle, this is my very mature older brother, Jonah" I grinned widely at Jonah and stuck my hand out "It's very nice to meet you Jonah" He took a step forward and grinned cheekily at me before reaching down and grasping my outstretched, he shot a mischievous look at Christian, who was watching our exchange, before bringing it up to his mouth and kissing it softly, "We dont shake hands in this family honey" I laughed again silently swooning at the fact that this beautiful man just kissed my hand.

A gentle knock sounded from the front door, breaking my gawking eyes away from the devilishly handsome man who was still grasping my hand softly his mouth turned upward in a smirk . I heard Christian let out a huff before moving towards the large front door mumbling a quiet, "I'll get it guys". I laughed, removing my hand out of Jonah's grasp. "So, shall I continue making that sandwich that my little brother so rudely abandoned?" he asked me with such dramatic flair I had to bite down the giggle as he pushed me gently towards the kitchen. I grinned at him nodding happily, "That would be great" I replied watching him wash his paint stained hands, the water turning a pale shade of pink before flowing down the large metal drain. I visibly perked up at the sound of Dane's voice entering the room, he and Christian turned the corner into the kitchen and he automatically moved towards me, his face lighting with a smile. "Hey sleepyhead" he said ruffling my hair as he came to a stop in front of me. I crinkled my nose at him in distaste of him messing up my hair before replying, "Hey idiot" I said picking up his hand that was still resting lightly on my head and moving it between both of mine. Dane's warm, dark eyes quickly flickered down to our intwined hands, a strange emotion flashing through them, before looking up and meeting mine. "You're palms are sweaty" he said, exaggerating pulling his hand away from mine. "Ugh shut up, you love my sweat" I replied slapping his arm playfully. Dane opened his mouth to reply but was interrupted by Jonah as he gracefully deposited a plate with the most delicious looking sandwich in front of me, "There you go your majesty" he said to me, one of his steel blue eyes dropping in a lazy wink. I smiled at him before thanking him and taking a bite. I nudged Dane, noticing he had tensed up a little and made eye contact with Christian encouraging him with my eyes to introduce Dane and Jonah. Thankfully he got my message and quickly introduced the two, they shook hands and began chatting Dane immediately perking up when Jonah mentioned his love and career in art, something both of us were passionate about. The pair eventually moved into the lounge room to talk, leaving Christian and I in the kitchen. I finished my sandwich and looked up only to find Christian's eyes already trained on me a gentle expression on his face, that broke when he smiled almost tenderly at me. "So that's Jonah", he said his eyes twinkling fondly, as if even thinking about his brother made him smile. I grinned, before replying "He is amazing, totally hot, the girls are gonna love him" I said grinning at him playfully. He replied by shaking his head a smile evident on his handsome face. "Not too much I hope" he said shooting me a mischievous grin to which I rolled my eyes in reply. "Don't worry Christian you'll still be the prettiest" I said, reaching out and tugging on a strand of his chocolate brown hair. "Not as pretty as me though" Danes voice broke through our conversation, "I'll always be automatically number one" he stated cockily, "It's the hair man, no one can say no to the hair" He continued and Christian grinned at him, "I'll make sure to follow your lead in the hair department Dane 'oh great one'" he said dramatically. I smiled as the two boys teased each other, marvelling at how quickly they had become friends, but then again I suppose Christian had unknowingly manoeuvred his way into all of our hearts, he was so easy going and naturally kind that it just drew people to him. It sure had drawn me in.

"Earth to Belle" Danes voice broke into my thoughts and i felt myself blush. "What's up Dane?" I asked pushing away the thoughts of Christian, who was looking at me with that same tender looking smile that he had worn earlier. Dane glanced between us, sensing something before speaking, "I was just saying that we should head home" I nodded, dazed and stood up from my position on the kitchen stool. "Okay I'm ready, thanks for everything Christian I'll see you tomorrow" I said hastily needing some air. He grinned, "No worries Belle, I'll tell Jonah you said bye" he stated referring to the man who was currently in the shower, if the soft sound of singing and rushing water was anything to go by. "Oh, and tell him thanks for the sandwich, it was great" I said smiling at him, he nodded and let Dane and I out, waving goodbye as I rushed to Danes car. "Hurry Dane, lets go" I urged, he shot me a strange look before speeding out of the driveway.