The Brooks Boys

Chapter Five

Phew! Thank God it wasn't me.

"Truth or dare, Jai." April asks.

He looks around for a moment. The expression on his face is almost confused.

"Truth" He finally sighs.

"Pussy." Beau coughs and everybody giggles, except Jai. He just turns to scowl at Beau and I. I feel like I have upset him. I don't think he liked me from the minute that I walk through the door. I haven't done anything wrong. Have I? I try to read his facial expressions but he's too preserved. I wish I knew what he thought of me.

"What's your honest opinion of me?" I blurt out. Why on earth did I say that? Great my mind picks today of all days to have verbal diarrihea. April looks at me, but none of them seem to notice how strange my question was.

"Well when you first walked through the door I though your were pretty cute, with your little skirt and all, but to be honest I find you a little irritating. And i'm not sure why. Maybe it's the fact that you can't stop having eye sex with Beau long enough to pay attention to any one else."

April and I look at each other and our mouths fall open.

"Jai that wa-"

"No April, it's completely fine. The feeling is mutual." I say cutting April off. I know she wanted to tell him about how rude he was being. But I really don't want to start or cause and argument with my new group of friends. Luke and Beau just break into laughter at my response to Jai's rude opinion. April grabs a hold of the bottle and spins it again. It goes round and round and eventually stops. Pointing right at me.

Oh no.

"Truth or dare, Eleanor." Luke asks in a low voice. Truth Ellie say truth! The little voice in my head tells me repeatedly.

"Dare." Why did I do that?

"I dare you to spend 5 minutes in heaven with Beau." Luke says. Him and Beau are both wearing ridiculous grins on their faces. I have a feeling that this was planned.

"And by heaven, he really means the bathroom." April adds. A worried look spreads across my face. I wish I wouldn't have played after all.

"Don't be worried, Beau only lasts for five seconds." Jai says. Luke and April burst into laughter.

Beau does nothing but roll his eyes and hops to his feet. Without thinking I do the same. He laces his fingers through mine and leads me out of the door and into the hallway.

We approach the last door in the corridor and he turns to me still wearing that grin he as leads me inside the room.

He takes his hand from mine. He steps back and lets his eyes scan my body once again.

"Hmm so, Ellie is it?" He says lacing his hand around my back and lightly pushing me against the cold tiles. I shiver at the way he feels against my skin. He notices and smiles.

"Yeah, erm. No its Eleanor." I only ever let Troye call me Ellie.

"Look Ellie, I know we just met and doing this is probably really weird for you. But as I much as I really want to, I won't force you to do anything that you don't want or feel uncomfortable doing." Thank God. I nod but I can't seem to wipe the sad look off my face. All I can think about is Troye. Why hasn't he contacted me?

"Are you okay? Did I say something wrong? Oh shit. Do you have a boyfriend?"

"No," Do I? "Well I don't know, it's complicated." I sigh.

"Do you want to talk about it?" he says and sits on the side of the bath. I nod and join him.

After giving him a detailed speech on the story of my life I sit back and sigh.

"Well thats basically it."

"Wow, that was interesting."

"You mean boring?"

"Not at all, the only thing that I don't understand is this Troye guy."

"Why? What don't you understand?"

"Well if I were him I would have fucked you the moment you said you'd be mine, Ellie." I feel my checks go red at the use of his dirty words. I see him bite his lip again in the corner of my eye.

"If he says he loves you but can't be bothered to at least text you then he obviously doesn't love you enough babe."

I know he is right but I don't want to admit it. Admitting it means moving on and I don't know if i'm capable of doing that. We were together for so long and I loved him, I really did.

"I think we should head back soon, we've been in here way longer than five minutes." I say after a moment of silence, hoping to change the subject.

He nods and we both stand.

"Yeah, but can I at least get a kiss before we go?"

Before I can open my mouth to answer his lips are pressed agains mine.