Beautiful Things

Chapter 24 - My

BRIAN WAS IRREVOCABLY STUNNED.

For one, he was not expecting Bailey to be here, and two, he was definitely not expecting Jenny to immediately pull out of his arms and run over to some random kid, as if he were a long lost best friend. No. Scratch that. Boyfriend, Brian thought in horror as the boy pulled at Jenny's hair desperately, their lips meeting together in a frenzied crash.

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I stared, wide eyed at Brian as he inhaled the scene the way someone would inhale smoke; fast at first, then sputtering on the negative affects. Everyone in my brain drove me to go over to Brian—to hold my twin up during the one time anyone would need support.

But my brain shut off, and my sisterly instincts took the drivers seat. I didn't care if Jenny or Luke had some otherworldly connection to one another, couldn't they at least wait until Brian wasn't there? Couldn't they wait so she didn't ruthlessly shatter another heart? I pulled my jacket off and tied it around my waist, ignoring everyone's warnings to stay away because apparently Luke would be protective. Fuck that.

I walked right up to Jenny and pulled her off of Luke by the hair. She squealed, her lips swollen as I forced her to tilt her head back to make eye contact with me.

"Don't you ever," I spoke with - more than not - controlled rage, and her face pinched in fear. "And I mean ever, talk to Brian again, or else you don't want to know what I will do to you."

While I was still busy concocting evil plans to kill Jenny in my head, my body was suddenly heaved away from her and thrown haphazardly to the side. I landed with a painful thud in the dirt, and even before I can process what happened Oscar was pinning Luke to the ground, growling something close to his face. I turned nervously to the side, and saw someone approaching.

It was Brian, taking short steps toward me, and quickly grabbing my arm. I could tell from the way his fingers clenched and unclenched around my sleeve that he needed me right now.

I'd drop anything - everything - for him, and that's exactly what I did. I slowly backed away from the scene of a scared Jenny, submitting Luke, and fuming Oscar, to be with my brother. He was family, after all. My family.