The Brylar Chronicles

Chapter 5: No Need for Speed

Skylar's POV:

'Oh I'm gonna make this work!' Douglas states while standing in one of the old rejected mission suits, looking over the different aspects of the suit he is wearing. We all turn our heads to get a better look at the suit ourselves, staring at him in silence.

'mmh. No you're not.' Bree tells him, breaking the silence with a small smile gracing her lips as she shakes her head lightly. Her words cause a smile of my own to form on my face, it makes me happy when I see Bree like this, so happy and carefree.

'Well, good luck bud.' Kaz sniggers while patting Douglas' shoulder before slipping out behind him back into the penthouse, Oliver following suit as the two superheroes spark up a conversion about one of their most recent video game discoveries. A small sigh of contentment passes my lips, some things never change, and for that I am truly grateful.

I shift my eyes to my left to look over towards the person whom I am now closest to. My eyes take in how well the new mission suit compliments her, the deep ocean blue directly favours the milky shade of her skin, her long brunette locks flow past her shoulders and rest on her back. Her hazel orbs shine as the moon light reflects off of them, causing my own to become lost.

She is beautiful... wait what?

Bree's eyes are soon looking back into my own as she smiles warmly at me, the two of us remaining in our positions taking in the new found appearance of the other. All the while, the conversation which had begun between Chase and Douglas goes unnoticed by the both of us.

'All I'm saying is that the mission suit I created is the better of the two!' Chase states fairly loudly, causing Bree and I to break away from each other's eyes in order to look over at the youngest bionic. The moment between us appearing to be inconspicuous to the two men, as the older of the two begins to walk past us towards Chase, pointing a finger accusingly at him.

'You didn't create that suit all by yourself! Kaz helped you as much as Oliver helped myself! In fact since I created you, I theoretically created that suit!' Douglas exclaims as he comes to a stop in front of Chase.

I steal a glance over at Bree once more to find her with her full attention on the two and a bemused yet somewhat worried expression on her face.

'So you'll take credit for that but not for letting loose a mad man with bionics!?' Chase snaps back.

'Hey! He tricked me into giving him those bionics, something I wouldn't have done if I wasn't trying to captur-.' The elder raises back only to be interrupted by Bree.

'Hey! Enough! What matters if you both helped to create the final suits, so quit arguing with one another already.' She exclaims, throwing her arms in the air as she does so, before turning swiftly back into the penthouse. I glance back at the boys once more before turning away and following Bree.

I walk in to the living room to search for Bree, intending to apologise for cheating in the race earlier today and for stealing her publicity. I her sat sat alone on the couch with her phone in her hands as she types quickly, a small smile complimenting her appearance.

'Hey.' I say to her as I approach the couch, taking a seat to the left of her.

'Hey.' She responds without looking up from her phone. Her smile widens as she continues to type to whomever is on the receiving end of her messages.

As much as I try to respect everyone's privacy, I soon find my curiosity getting the better of me as I peer over to her screen and ask her who she's texting with.

'Oh just Leo, he's super jealous of our new mission suits, it's pretty funny.' She tells me, turning her phone to allow me to read the messages between the two.

'Wow, he is jealous.' I chuckle, she hums in response as she turns the phone back to herself as she finishes typing a reply to him. Before locking her phone and placing it on the table in front of us.

'Speaking of which...' She turns her attention over to me as she continues speaking.

'It really suits you, I like it.' She tells me, with a bright smile on her face, causing a blush to form down the back of my neck.

'Thanks, you look great too. I mean not that you don't always look great, because you do, but the suit reall-' I ramble, my hand subconsciously rubbing my neck where the blush as formed in some pointless effort to fade it.

'Woah, hey. Chill out for a second.' Bree chuckles, cutting of my rambling while gently placing her hand on my arm.

'Sorry. Am I creeping you out?' I ask, lowering my hand to my lap, my gaze following suit. I immediately register the pleasant tingling in my lower arm where her hand is resting.

I soon feel a soft hand slowly guide my head up so my eyes meet Bree's. 'Skylar, you never creep me out, don't feel bad for being who you are. You're beautiful, inside and out, never forget that.' We stay like this for a minute, a light blush forming on both of our faces as we gaze into each other's eyes.

I find myself once again lost in her eyes as I begin to register what she has just told me. Wait. She really thinks I'm beautiful?

After what felt like hours but was really about 30 seconds, I finally thought of a way to respond. 'Thank you Bree. That means a lot coming from you...'

'Well it's true.' She tells me, her face remaining a few inches from mine. I begin to feel a familiar warm feeling in the pit of my stomach as we stay like this.

'I DIDN'T CHEAT OLIVER! LEAVE ME ALONE!' Kaz screams as he runs passed us onto the terrace, causing Bree and I's attention to leave each other and focus on the boy running passed. Oliver soon runs after him screaming something about the game being 'snipers only'.

The argument between the two suddenly reminds me of the main reason why I came to find Bree in the first place.

I turn my attention back to her, 'Just so you know, I am really sorry for what happened in the park earlier, I never wanted to upset you, I guess I just get overly competitive at times.' I tell her taking a hold of her hands with mine and resting them in my lap.

'It's okay Skylar, I get it.' She glances at our joined hands and then smiles at me fondly. She removes her left hand from my grasp and slowly wraps it around my shoulders, silently resting her head on mine. We remain close to one another lost in thought.

I'm slowly figuring out how I feel, I know I care about Bree. A lot. But there is so much more I need to understand. I'll figure it all out at my own pace. There's no need for speed.

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