Him and His Hoodie

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

       I looked at the time on my phone for what seemed like the hundredth time, sighing when I noticed that the school day ended twenty minutes ago, yet my mom wasn't here to pick us up. And my brother and sister weren't even outside waiting for her like usual.

       I was hoping my mom was just running late after picking up my nine year old sister from her school, so I waited five more minutes before heading back inside because I had enough sunlight for the day.

       Five more minutes passed and Mom didn't show up, and Alan and Orchid weren't at the front of the school either. I tried calling all three of them, but I wasn't getting a single answer.

       Great. Just great.

       Where else could my brother and sister be? I mean, sure, they sometimes had after school activities, like Orchid being on the student council and Alan being on the basketball team, but they always told me when they had a meeting or practice.

       Since I still wasn't getting a reply from anyone, I decided to head to the gym to see if my brother was there since it was a lot closer than the student council room.

       I got to the gym to see some people there but I honestly had no idea if they were on the team or not. I was dragged to every single one of my brother's basketball games but I never paid attention long enough to recognize every player on the team. Especially with my not-so amazing memory.

       I did, however, know that the teacher in the gym was the basketball coach so I walked over to him. "Mr. Lowe? Is my brother here?"

       Mr. Lowe looked at me, his eyebrows furrowed. He probably had no idea who I was since I wasn't in any of his classes and nobody really knew me.

       Even though us Princes were quite the unforgettable family.

       "Who?" he asked.

       "Alan," I said. "Prince."

       "Ah," Mr. Lowe said. "Well, there is a practice for the team so if he's not in the gym right now, then he's most likely in the change room. You can check there."

       Check in the change room where a lot of basketball team players, who are most likely very fit, could possibly be shirtless, thus making me blush like crazy?

       Ha ha, not happening.

       I would rather wait outside of the change room.

       Alan finally walked out of the change room after probably a minute of me standing there, though it felt like a lifetime because I had already been in school long enough. Alan noticed me almost right away and walked over to me. "Am I imagining things?" he asked. "Am I actually seeing my brother in the gym? When he doesn't have gym class?"

       "Why didn't you tell me you have basketball practice?" I asked. "I've been waiting by the front of the school for you and Orchid to show up."

       "I thought Orchid told you."

       "You thought Orchid would tell me that you have basketball practice?"

       "Well, yeah. She has a student council meeting as well so I thought she was going to tell you about my practice while she told you about the meeting."

       "Okay, does your practice and her meeting have anything to do with Mom not being here yet?"

       "Oh, Orchid texted her and told her to just come at four-thirty since we'll both be done then."