Russian Roulette (Royce)

Something New

::Chresanto's P.O.V::

8 missed calls.

All from Jacob, I had been avoiding him all day. Ever since last night, when I was chasing lightning bugs with Christian, I wasn't focusing on him as much as I had before. I'm not going to say I moved on, because I don't think I did; I'm just not worried about him right now. I climbed out of my bed and walked to the bathroom. I suddenly realized that I didn't have a toothbrush. I rubbed the back of my neck and walked downstairs, "I don't have a toothbrush" I said to my dad, he was making himself some coffee.

"I'll get you one" "okay" "anything else you need?" He asked. "Um" I thought to myself, what else did I need? "Yeah, swimming trunks, boxers and I need at least three T-shirts and three pair of basketball shorts, that'll get me through half a week, then I can do laundry on Wednesday or Thursday" I explained. He nodded a little, then smiled as he took a sip of his coffee. "You think things out just like your mother" he informed, I stared at him "do you miss her?" He nodded, "yeah, everyday".

>>*<<

I watched as Christian walked around his room, he was searching for something. I would ask him what, but he looked like he was very deep in concentration. He suddenly stopped and stood in the middle of his room. He stuck out his tongue and messed with his lip piercing. I smiled a little, he noticed me smiling and said "what?" His lips tugged into a smile too. "Nothin'" I said, "and you said as long I don't come onto you" he stated. "I'm not coming onto you, I'm just talking to you" I replied. He rolled his eyes in a playful manner, "yeah, sure, okay".

"Well what do you call last night then? You were most definitely flirting with me" "I asked if you wanted to catch lightning bugs with me" "yeah, but you ran your hand down my back" "I was trying to calm you down?" He said in a bit of confusion. I shook my head, "uh-uh, I was calm by then, I sat up and you ran your hand down my back, that was most definitely a flirting move" I explained.

"You're very interesting" Christian said as he looked at me, "I was right" I stated, "you didn't deny it". "No, I didn't, you were right" he admitted, I smiled at my accomplishment. "Hey, I thought I told you not to come onto me" I said seriously, he shrugged a little "I wanna see how far I can go before you tell me to fuck off". I stared at him, "okay". He went back to searching, "what the hell are you looking for?" I asked finally.

"A book" "a book?" "Mhm". "Okay, what's the name of this book?" "It doesn't have a name" I gave him a confused look, "it's a photo book, album, I mean; I'll find it though, later. You wanna go to the lake?" "Why? So you can flirt with me some more?" He smiled, "I don't know, maybe".

>>*<<

I sat at the edge of the dock while Christian was reading. He looked at me every once in a while, "what's your favorite color?" He suddenly asked. "Blue, and yours?" "Orange". I nodded a little but didn't say anything, "you're being all closed off again" he informed. "Sorry, I'm just thinkin'" "may I ask of what?" "Jacob" "your boyfriend?" "Ex-boyfriend, I guess, I'm pretty sure we broke up".

"Wanna talk about it?" I looked at the lake water and said, "yeah, so his uncle's a cop, right?" "Right" "and I found that he was helping him with his case" "okay, so?" "The case is on my dad, our dad" "wait, wait, your boyfriend's your brother?" Christian asked as he set his book down. "Half-brother, we don't have the same mom. We didn't know when we first met, we only found out about a week and some days ago" I explained. "And you never broke up because of this information?" I shook my head a little, "no, we loved each other too much to care".

"Wow" Christian said as he stared out at the lake, "that's crazy". I looked at him, "sorry, I didn't mean it in a rude way, it's just.... It's crazy how you two didn't know" he explained. "Yeah" I said lightly, "I know". "You know how to swim?" He suddenly asked, I nodded "yeah, why?" "We could go swimming later, if you want; to get your mind off Jacob". I stared at him, "I think that's just another excuse to flirt with me","okay, okay, it may or may not be, you still wanna though?" "Yeah, sure, why not".