Elite Academy : Through The Waterfall

15 : Childhood Crush

an;; HEY LOOK I FINALLY UPDATED! It's been a long time since I last uploaded, however fear not; nobody cares! muahahahhahaha. But if you're reading this, i guess you do somewhat care, so yay for me for uploading! And guess what? It's a new point of view this chapter! Yep, you probably thought, 'oh it's probably only gonna be the 3 main people's perspectives', but you got that wrong. So. I hope you enjoy and I hope it's not too terrible? 

Sean's POV

The JK Rowling girl's skittered across the beach back toward their own house as each brother slowly came treading back to me. 

Even Luc. ...As far as I know, I'm pretty sure he's still dating Bella Nagao, our childhood friend. What. Is he cheating on her? 

They look at me sympathetically, but I don't really mind. My one and only didn't have to come from the same house as all my brothers'. But I glare at them one by one anyway. As a joke. Although I'm not really sure Rhys took it as a joke since he lets out a despairing squeak. Rhys comes up to me and pulls me into a bro hug. I reluctantly pat him on the back. 

"Look bro, it's ok none of them chose you, kay? You're perfect the way you are, don't be offended by them!" Rhys says encouragingly. I laugh. 

"Rhys, it's ok. I'm not offended. There are 96 more girls here, the girl of my dreams doesn't have to come from the same house as my brothers' girlfriend... or Elite Academy for that matter," I tell him with a smile. 

"You sure?" he looks at me with a worried look. 

I grin. Rhys is always such a worrywart.  "Completely fine," I tell him reasurringly. 

He narrows his eyes at me, but says "OK then," and shuts up.

We trail behind Wes and Jay, who are discussing what happened with their girls, towards our house.  

We finally reach our house and I wait against the automatic sliding door we have as Lucas scans his palm. After a few seconds the door slides open and I move towards the elevator. 

"I'm pooped," Jay remarks with a giggle as he presses 5, our (me, Wes, and Jay's) bedroom floor. 

"I'm gonna fix myself a midnight snack," Lucas says, pressing 2, for the dining and kitchen floor. 

Rhys yawns and asks Wes to press 4, his and Lucas's bedroom floor, then slumps onto the floor of the elevator just as it starts to move. 

It's not long before it stops with a ding, and Lucas steps out toward the kitchen. He turns back toward us and says, "If you guys want anything... too bad," he says with a laugh and the door slides to a close. 

"Luc is such a dick," Jay says, rolling his eyes. We all laugh in agreement. 

The elevator door slides open again, and we part with Rhys. 

"See you in the morning, bro!" Wes says. 

"Night!" Jay and I say in unison. 

Rhys smiles and gives us all a little wave as the door slides shut again. 

We move up one more floor, and we all stumble out as the elevator door slides open. 

"Well, night bros!" I say as I close the door to my room behind me.

I hear two mumbles from my twin brothers as I jump onto my round bed.

I recall the events of the evening as I slump toward the bathroom, yawning. 

I squirt some toothpaste onto my toothbrush and start brushing my teeth. 

Four girls from JK Rowling House matched up with four guys from the Horton House. 

But each house is supposed to have five. So who's the fifth girl from JK Rowling House who wouldn't want to meet the Horton brothers? Not trying to sound vain or anything, but every girl would meet the Horton brothers if they had the chance. 

I spit into the sink and rinsed my mouth as I rummage my pockets for my ePod. 

"What the hell, where is it?" I muttered, pulling my pockets out. 

I hear a buzzing, something vibrating. I look around, sticking my head out the bathroom door. I see my ePod vibrating on my bedside table. 

"Oh, there it is," I say with a laugh as I dive onto my bed, grabbing my ePod. 

I see a notification for a new message from someone, but ignore it. 

I go to the user profile search app and search up JK Rowling House. 

JK Rowling House

House Muse:

Dahlia Fletcher

Students:

Charlotte McKenna Knight

Isabella Skye Nagao

Deborah Willow Robert

Rachel Kina Silverman

Marisa Hailey Wu

I gasp. Bella? Bella's in this house? 

But then why didn't she come to the beach? I'm sure she would've loved to see Luc... But then again Luc went off with one of the girls... The Marisa girl. Hmm. Or maybe she didn't come because we would've jumped on her, and then the other girls would be suspicious and jealous and that would be the end of Bella's social life. But I know Bella's here, and in JK Rowling House. Surely I could visit her maybe? Or ask her to visit our house? Maybe I'll have some classes with her. Gosh this is so exciting, it's like when a little child is planning a playdate. That didn't make sense, but in my mind it did. 

I couldn't wait to see Bella! I should probably tell her about Luc... I doubt she'd want to hear it from me, but better hear it from me than not hear it at all. I'd tell all the guys about Bella tomorrow morning. We could all visit the JK Rowling House, and still have an excuse. I mean the guys did hook up with the girls from there. 

I smiled at myself.

Then stopped.

Why was I so excited to see Bella?

Just because we were super close and we've known each other since we were born... right?  

I felt the blush creeping into my face.  

What is this?

No matter what Luc is doing, she's still dating him and they're still together and they still love each other.

So. What's up with me?

Why is my heartbeat speeding up?

I bury my face into my soft pillows.

Don't tell me I've started to like Bella again.

My childhood crush was Bella. She was always smiling and laughing and could make any situation bright. She was absolutely amazing. But after that Italian kid who was the son of our tour guy stole her first kiss at age 5 and they started holding hands during our whole family (the Hortons+the Nagaos) trip to Italy, my heart got broken and I eventually got over her. I haven't really thought of her in that way since. 

I guess now I do.  

My cheeks are burning.