It's You

2

We're having dinner peacefully. It tastes so good. Honestly, I already feel so loathe with leftover foods, but I don't have any other choice. Since Jess got married with Julian eight months ago, no one will cook for me anymore and I can't cook by myself. So, sometimes I eat at Pete's house but not everyday even he always force me. I feel reluctant because I always make difficulties for him and Pat.

"Thanks Pete," I say softly.

"Don't say too much thanks. Just eat them all and I'll be so happy," he says. I smile and continue eating.

Bzz... Bzz...

I grope my jacket pocket and say hello to Zach who's calling.

"Hey where are you?" He asks.

"Nandos,"

"I asked you to have a dinner with me and you refused it but now you're eating outside? At Nandos, my favorite restaurant? What kind of joke is that?"

"Sorry. But why are you calling?"

"I just wanna tell you that I arrived home safely,"

"Glad to hear that. Did you have your dinner?" I ask.

"Yes. Spaghetti carbonara with meatballs," he answers cheerfully.

"I'm sorry Zach, but I wanna finish my dinner, so talk later okay,"

"Okay sweetheart. I love you," he says before ends the call.

"Who's that?" Pete asks while munching his food.

"Zach,"

"Oh. Is he still disturb and follow you here and there like a maniac?"

"He isn't a maniac Pete, he's my bestfriend. Yeah he keep following me but he's a good guy. Really good guy,"

"Better than me?"

"No. You're still the best,"

"Still,"

"What? Am I wrong?"

"No. Just... I'm afraid there will be someone better than me. Then he'll replace me and you'll break our relationship,"

"Hey it won't be happen,"

"Just afraid," he says. I hold his hand and caress it.

"Listen to me Pete. You're the best man I've ever met in my life besides my dad. You always protect me, you always make me happy, you always be there whenever I need you the most. No one can replace you Peter Alexander Blackburn. So don't you worry, okay? Even if I have a boyfriend one day, I'll absolutely introduce him to you and ask for your permission to date him. You're my brother, remember?"

PETE'S POV
Okay, she said 'brother'. I'm her brother. I am Peter Alexander Blackburn is a 'brother' to my 10 years crush. That's miserable. Just be consider as a brother by your crush. 'Brother'. I hate that word now.

I give her a weak smile and continue eating. Don't give up man, you still have another chances. Make her fall for you and make her forget all the pain she already felt and make her forget that she got hurt by a douchebag once. After finish our dinner, we walk home. We drop into a small park near the lake and sit on a grass. Val lays her head on my thigh and I stroke her hair softly.

"How's college?" I ask.

"Tiring and stressing. There are a lot of stuffs that I must finish in a day. Assigments, exams, student organization meetings, group projects, olympics,"

"That was your choice. I already told you to not to take too much activities, but you didn't listen to me. So that was your fault,"

"I know. I must study hard to maintain my grade so the rector won't revoke my scholarship. I must attend every meetings because I'm the secretary who make all the reports and proposals. I must supervise the campus social gathering. And I must prepare myself for the olympics so I can win it. But I'm so fucking happy with that, even they're very tiring and stressing,"