Glitter Glitches

Part 4 - The low down

We stood in silence, locked in an epic staring contest.

Miss Priss was humming the Western theme song to the good, the bad, and the ugly.

And then I caved.

Way to go Melia. In the animal world, my actions would mean I accepted him as alpha. So, I bravely snapped my eyes back to him.

He stared at me triumphantly with a grin.

He was still in the same baggy clothes with his black-rimmed glasses but if possible, his hair seemed even more disheveled. He had the nerd look down to a T, yet there was still something mysterious about him, a dangerous glint of mischief in his blue eyes.

It's called manners find some, Miss Priss said while tapping her foot at me.

I snapped back to reality. "Uhm, hi?" I managed in a small voice.

Smooth real smooth, Miss Priss sassed me.

The arrival of Mr. Blue Eyes had flushed my appetite firmly down the drain, so I placed my half-eaten sandwich back on the kitchen counter.

He raised an eyebrow before he cleared his throat. "Hi."

I remained silent.

"Small world. It's Melia, right?" he asked with raised eyebrows. He probably sensed that I got an 'F' in small talk, so he took it upon himself, and I was grateful.

"Yes, small. Uh...who are you?" I mumbled, staring at him suspiciously. Why was he at my work? And how did he even know my name?

Heck, why is he at your home? Miss Priss yelled alarmed.

He sighed, pressing his lips together, and looked me up and down again. His expression remained guarded behind his glasses.

"Stop checking out my roommate, you hound dog." Bex strutted back into view, wearing her Snoopy pajamas.

This girl had no boundaries. I was ambushed like this, but her contribution to this now-turned pajama party was her own choice.

She pulled Mr. Blue Eyes in for a crushing hug, and he audibly groaned. "This nerd is Axel, my baby brother," she cooed at him, poking his cheek.

Her brother. I felt relieved. For a moment, I thought he was one of her toys or worse...a stalker.

"Get off me." He pushed her off, still blushing brightly from her remark.

I frowned, looking at the two of them. Since he towered over her short ass, he sure as hell didn't look like a baby brother to me.

Axel. such an exotic name for such a seemingly ordinary man.

After hearing he was her 'baby' brother, I immediately relaxed. Suddenly he had a legit reason for showing up and I could switch off the stalker alarms still ringing in my head. However, I still felt a strong compulsion to cover up. There was just too much of me on display and his wandering eyes made me blush very much the same way he did when I caught him staring.

Talk about awkward. It's like trying to avoid the elephant in the room, nearly impossible.

Obnoxious as ever, Bex punched his shoulder before she gasped and grabbed his arm instead. "Hey, have you been working out? I don't remember these bad boys being there," she said, poking at his biceps.

He smacked her hand away. "Obnoxious much?" he snapped at her.

"Obnoxious much," she mimicked him in a silly deep voice.

I tried to sneak out of the kitchen. My main goal was to lock myself in my room, but if that mission failed, I would settle for grabbing a robe to cover up my dark force goodies.