Of Two Minds

Mr. Popular

"Selena!", A voice called, interrupting my memories, and I soon realized it was Luke, calling me back to reality.

"Yeah?", I asked as I walked over into the kitchen.

"Head stuck in the clouds?", he asked, flashing his bright pearly whites.

"Just a little", I smiled, shaking my head. Then I thought about the familiar guy I saw. "Um. Who was that guy in the other room?" I asked my tone softer than before. I didn't really want to bring him up, but I just had to know what an old hookup of mine was doing in boyfriend's home.

He removed his head from the refrigerator, walking towards me. "That's my older brother. You've probably heard of him, 'Taylor Lautner'", he said, making air quotes around the name. He seemed a little frustrated with his brother's popularity. Or maybe frustrated with just his brother.

"Never heard of him", I lied.

"Wow. That's a first." He raised his eyebrows and widen his turquoise-colored eyes. He continued, "Why do you ask? I hope you're not interested in him", he said. Him and his cute little insecurities.

I wrapped my arms around his neck, "No, I'm not interested in him", I rolled my eyes. "You know the only guy I want is you" I kissed his lips tenderly. He then transformed our little smooch into a make out session, lifting me off the floor and setting me gently onto the countertop. We kissed a while longer, until we were interrupted by a "Woo! Get her Luke!", coming from the kitchen doorway. I immediately pulled away, to see his brother leaning against the door frame, still shirtless.

I hopped off the tabletop, slightly embarrassed. "Who's this?", the shirtless hottie, i mean scratch that, Taylor asked as he came a little closer to the two of us. He scrutinized my face, probably wondering where he knew me from."My girlfriend", Luke seemed annoyed. He stood as a barrier around me, leaving me enclosed between the counter and his body. "Taylor", he introduced himself, not even holding a hand out or anything. "Selena", I introduced myself, the same way he had, hoping he wouldn't recall. He squinted his eyes slightly at me for a second, as if to think "where do I know her from?", but then just left the room.

Luke kissed me on my cheek. "Come on", he grabbed my hand and led me upstairs, "You play video games?"

"Yeah, I can play", I said hopping up the steps.

He sorted through his collection of video games, looking for a game to play. "Hey I don't have any Barbie games, what you wanna play?"

I rolled my eyes, "Barbie? What am I, 5? I wanna play the big girl games. Like this," I picked up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I think this is a little violent for you, you can't handle this", he teased, taking the game out of my hand."Really?", I lowered my eyebrow, "Pop the disk in, watch me beat your ass."

"Yo Taylor!", Luke called, "Come in here, my girlfriend thinks she could beat us in C.O.D"He came into the room, smirking. "Let's see this", he grabbed a controller. Immediately into the game, my character was shot and killed.

"Hah hah", Taylor chuckled, "Sucker."

I put my game face on, shooting at anyone now. I shot at any random character, making him lose a life. "What the-?", Luke said, "You shot me", he complained.

"Oh, sorry babe. I thought it was him", I said, gesturing at Taylor. I kissed his cheek, making him feel better.

The doorbell rang from downstairs, and Luke paused the game to go answer it. When he left the room, I fiddled with my thumb and played with my phone, finding myself something to do. There was a really awkward vibe in the room, with it being just me and Taylor, and I couldn't face him. I hoped he wouldn't remember my face, most likely he wouldn't, he's had a bunch of other girls right?And just when I finally decided he wouldn't bring anything up, he did.

"You can cut the act, my brother's not here. Don't act like you don't know me."

Crap!I hesitated, "I do know you. What I didn't know is that you were my boyfriend's brother."

"Well I sense there's gonna be a problem now."

"Why?" I asked.

"So you don't remember what went on between us?", he gestured his finger between him and I.

"Can we not think about that? Let's forget it. Pretend it never happened."

"Babe, I don't think you could ever forget about that," he insisted with a sly grin.

Just then Luke came back into the room.

Phew, I sighed silently in relief.

"Joe's downstairs", he told his brother. Taylor left the room and as he did, he gave me a look that left me in a little fear. Fear of him telling Luke about what happened between us.