My brother's best friend | Completed |

Eight

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"My feet hurt," Brynn complained, "and I want water, and it's too hot, and why are we hiking when we can easily lay at the beach the whole day?" She groaned. "Babe, stop," Zack laughed, reaching for Brynn's hand, but she rejected his offer. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"You're just like an old lady," Chloe said. Sweat drops were falling off of her forehead, but at least she wasn't complaining. "We're almost at the top of the mountain, and then we can have our rest and eat something." She said, "at least you're not dragging a backpack with food like Nick" Chloe said, pointing at her brother. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Here" Nick said, taking out a bottle of water, "catch" he said, throwing the bottle of fresh water at Brynn. She caught it and sighed, but drank from it and decided to shut up. Zack offered his hand again and they intertwined fingers. He mouthed an apology at Chloe and Nick, but they were okay with it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Didn't know you had such a good condition," Ricky chuckled, walking by Chloe's side. "I'm a dancer, thank you," she said, "and besides, Nick and I used to go hiking so much when we were younger. Together with mom and dad..." She said, looking down at the path so that she wouldn't trip. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Then why don't you do this more often?" Ricky asked as he wiped away the sweat on his forehead, "I mean, if you like it so much... Then just do it," he said shrugging his shoulders. Chloe sighed and licked her lips, "it's not that easy. We just don't do that stuff anymore." She said. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"But why-" Ricky asked, but he got cut off by Chloe, "Ricky, we just don't okay?" She said, raising her voice. Nick shot her a weird look when he heard her, but decided to ignore it for now. "Wohow," Ricky said, holding his hands up in surrender, "someone's in a bad mood. It was just a question," he said. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Just none of your business," Chloe hissed, "and now, leave me alone okay?" She asked, taking bigger steps to walk ahead of Ricky. He frowned at the blonde walking away from him, and stopped walking for a while. Why is she still so mad at him? He apologized to her, then what's her problem. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"What was all that about?" Nick asked, nodding his head towards Chloe who was walking ahead of them all. Ricky shrugged his shoulders and cleared his throat, "I don't know," he said, "I guess she's still mad at me for the cola thing" Ricky said. "Oh," Nick said, "she'll get over it eventually" Nick said. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Just say you're sorry and she'll be fine with it again," Nick said, "she's difficult sometimes, but I know her. She's going to be mad for a while but then she forgets about it eventually and then you can become best friends," Nick said in a high girly voice while squeezing Ricky in his cheeks. "Nick, dude" Ricky groaned, "I was serious," he said. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Yeah, yeah..." Nick laughed, "it's just funny how you try to be so close to my little sister," Nick said, "and I'm fine with it, don't get me wrong. As long as you don't become too close if you know what I mean..." Nick said, and he turned from joking to completely serious. "Or are there more things going on than I'm aware of?" He asked, his voice sounding deeper and suspicious. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"What?" Ricky asked- almost yelled, "Nick, please," Ricky said, "I just want her to act normal to me because it isn't really pleasant when I come over to your house that she's all rude and throws shade at me all the time. I just want to be relaxed when I'm playing videogames, that's all." He said. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Nick seemed to shrug it off anyways, and patted Ricky on his shoulder, "oh well..." Nick said, "I guess we're almost at the top," he said, changing the subject. Ricky let out a silent sigh of relieve and bit his lip, what does Nick think? That he's into Chloe? Into the little sister of his best friend? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀They reached the top of the mountain and Ricky noticed that Chloe was already there. She was looking at the magnificent landscape in front of her while holding on onto the railing in front her and her hair was blowing in the wind. Ricky stared at her with a small frown on his face, how could Nick think that he's into her? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀She's Nick's little sister, they barely had a normal conversation. Lately, they didn't even say one nice word to the other. Ricky kept on staring while nobody was watching. Chloe nor the others noticed, because everyone was busy with taking out the picknick because they were all starving. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀They didn't even notice that a small smile had appeared on Ricky's face while he was staring at the blonde. Chloe didn't notice either. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Even Ricky didn't notice himself. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

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