A Twisted Situation

Chapter 10: Start of a New Friendship

"Get out, Will," Cecily whined. "You have your own room, and I'm busy here!"

Will was lying on Cecily's bed gazing at his sister with puppy dog eyes. Cecily was in the middle of writing a paper for her history class when Will came barging in and flopped down on her bed. Will did this often, claiming that it's been forever since he's seen his sister, but Cecily knew he was just being overdramatic about wanting to hang out with her. She didn't mind, but he always had bad timing. When she's doing homework, when she's editing, when she's watching Sherlock. One time she was in the shower and he came into the bathroom and sat on the toilet just so they could talk! It was ridiculous most times, but she loved having her brother around anyways.

"I miss you!" Will exclaimed. "I miss my sister."

"I just saw you downstairs twenty minutes ago," Cecily said.

"Yeah, you saw me but you didn't say hi or anything!" Will said. "You broke my heart."

Will rolled around and slung his arm over his face. "I'm in pain here!" he cried, peeking over his arm to see if he was getting to Cecily. He wasn't.

"You don't have a heart," Cecily reminded him, typing her fingers across her keyboard. Of course her brother had a heart, he was just cold. Mostly to other people but that doesn't mean its okay. Although with Tessa lately, he seemed to be getting better. Cecily was glad for Tessa. She made him happy, happier than Cecily has seen him in a long time. Tessa was nice too, and very pretty. She and Cecily were good friends, but she didn't know Tessa all that much.

"Rude," Will said, pointing a finger at her.

Cecily looked at Will for awhile, her eyes drilling into his.

"Fine!" she said, giving in. She closed her laptop and placed it next to her on her nightstand. "What do you want to do?"

Will shot up, folding his legs under him. "Let's watch a movie!"

"Okay, but I'm choosing the movie,"

"Deal,"

Cecily reached over and grabbed the remote while Will got under the covers to snuggle. "Okay, let's see...." she mumbled.

"Let's watch Frozen!" Will exclaimed, poking her. "NO, WAIT, THE NOTEBOOK!"

"No, you girl, we're going to watch...." Cecily flipped through the movie list. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"

"But it's not even Christmas!" Will complained, shooting forwards.

"You can watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas whenever!"

Will groaned, leaning back into the pillows and hitting his head onto the headboard. "Ouch, son of a-"

"Language," Cecily warned.

"Who are you, Captain America?" Will smirked, rubbing the back of his head.

Cecily grabbed a pillow and hit Will in the face, forcing his head backwards to hit the headboard again.

"Oww!" Will whined, rubbing the back of his head while Cecily burst out laughing at her brother's pain.

Sophie turned over in bed, staring up at the ceiling. She couldn't sleep, not after what happened. She played the scene over and over in her head. What could this possibly mean? Did he like her? Or was he just trying to make her feel better? Even though she didn't know him that well she knew him enough to say that it was the second one. There's no way he liked her, he was Gabriel Lightwood. Handsome, popular apparently. He could have any girl, why would he want her? He didn't. She didn't look like every other girl, not with the scar on her face. A light was cast onto the ceiling as her phone beeped, indicating she got a message. She rolled over and grabbed her phone, wincing at the sudden brightness of light beaming from her phone.

-Hey. Is this Sophie?

Who is this? Sophie stared at the number. She didn't recognize it.

-Yeah. Who is this?

-Gideon. Gideon Lightwood, Gabriel's brother? He said it was your birthday a couple days ago and I've been meaning to say Happy Birthday but I never really had a good chance. So, Happy Birthday.

Sophie remembered Gideon. He was nice.

-Oh, thanks! It's nice to get birthday wishes from a stranger! LOL

-Stranger, eh? Well, maybe I can change that.

-We already know each other's name. That's one step closer.

-I suppose. What's the next step?

-Idk. I guess that's really up to you.

Sophie smiled at her phone. Her eyes were growing tired. She needed to get some sleep.

-I should get some sleep. Thanks for the birthday wish. I'll see you around school.

-No, problem. Goodnight Sophie.

That night Sophie fell asleep with a smile on her face.

Gabriel kicked a small pebble out of his way. He was walking in school's park, his destination nowhere. His mind wandered. It had been two days since he saw Sophie. Since it happened. He missed her. He couldn't understand it but he did. He missed her smile. Her remarks. How she seemed she put up with him easily. How he got on her nerves. Gabriel looked up as a roar of thunder struck the sky. His eyes grazed a girl sitting against a tree. Her hair was long and brown and it was pulled up into a bun. She had a book in her lap and she seemed to be talking to herself. Gabriel's eyes flared up in recognition. He grinned as he watched her struggle with herself. She looked down at her book, screaming at it. She picked it up and closed it, tossing it aside. She sat there with her arms crossed, her lips puffed out. Her scar was more visible now, the edges red and ragged. Gabriel strolled over to her, towering over her.

"Hey Soph," he said.

Sophie looked up, her face still scowling. "Hey,"

"You okay? Did you get mad at your book?" Gabriel laughed.

"It's not funny!" Sophie said, though Gabriel could see a small smile tugging at her lips.

Gabriel laughed. "Mind if I sit?" he asked, pointing to the spot next to her.

Sophie moved over, letting Gabriel next to her. They sat next to each other awkwardly. Neither of them said a word until Gabriel cleared his throat.

"Listen, I should apologize for... Y'know, what I did the other day. When I kissed you. I- I wasn't thinking, I didn't think of you, if you wanted it or if you had a boyfriend-"

"It's okay," Sophie laughed. "Really, it's fine. You were just trying to cheer me up, right?"

"Uh yeah, right," Gabriel stuttered, wringing his hands. It was only half the truth, but he didn't know what the other half was. "Did it work?"

Sophie looked at him. Her lips twitched. Was she nervous? No, why would she be? "Yeah, it did... but, uhm, just to clarify, I don't have a boyfriend."

"No?"

Sophie shook her head. "Have you seen me? Please,"

"Oh, come on. You're beautiful," he assured her. "A little bratty at times, but-"

"Hey!" Sophie shouted, slapping his arm.

"Okay, okay!" Gabriel laughed. "But I mean it,"

Sophie looked up at him, her brown eyes wide and shining.

"You're beautiful," he whispered.