My Brother's Best Friend

Chapter 4

Danielle above
As I walked down the hallway at school everything fell into place as if we had never of had a break. Although everyone was more cheerful than usual. As I walked past friends they would hug me as I passed or we would nod heads in acknowledgment. As I passed Bobby he smiled at me, then I  looked over to Jamie. He was busy arguing with his ex to notice my wandering eyes.

I then joined Danny at our lockers. I gave her a tight hug then engaged her in a conversation about this weekend. As I closed my locker I came face to face with my rat of an ex. With as much hatred as I could muster I demanded "what are you doing here?"

He shrugged his shoulders "I'm doing some work here today in the office." He replied cockily.

I scoffed "well leave me alone. I have nothing to say to you, approach me again and I will inform my brother you are harassing me."

He laughed "don't forget baby that I am working here."

I walked away from him towards my first class. I was soon stopped by my brother, I could see he was frustrated. He asked, "what is the loser doing here?"

I let out a loud sigh "being a dick, he is also working here today."

Bobby laughed commenting "told you the loser wouldn't go far. I am glad you dropped him."

I shook my head "I had no choice when he cheated on me. But hey Jamie was right?"

He looked at me confused "what did Jamie tell you?"

Before I could answer Jamie came storming over, still visibly angry from his talk with his ex. Bobby placed his hand on his shoulder squeezing it reassuringly. Jamie hissed "that lady claims I cheated on her and she's going around spreading that shit."

I grabbed his hand trying to calm him down, I rubbed my thumb in circles on the back of his hand. I felt him gently squeeze before I gently dropped his hand. That gesture didn't go unnoticed by either Bobby nor Danny. I could see Bobby glancing at me trying to unearth what is happening between me and Jamie.

Bobby interrupted Jamie's thoughts "it doesn't matter what others think buddy. We know you never cheated on her. We walked into that room at the party and saw her banging some guy. What does it matter if the rest of the school believes the lies they are told by that tramp."

Jamie nodded "that's beside the point, she shouldn't be saying shit."

Danielle pulled me into her arms whilst speaking to Jamie "we have your back, James Foster."

I smiled at him whilst he glanced from Bobby, to Danny and then me. He pulled Danny and me into a hug thanking us. When the bell rang we all dispersed to our different class although Danielle and I both had art. Once the class had settled in to do their work Danielle asked me about Jamie. We hadn't talked since the night we spent together. We have barely even talked. Jamie and I haven't necessarily been avoiding each other although we haven't put too much effort into being together. I'm worried that us getting together would destroy everything we have."

Danielle grabbed my hand gently squeezing. "You should talk to him because the way you grabbed his hand tells me and Bobby something different."

I hid my head in regret "I can't believe Bobby saw that. I never even thought of Bobby seeing me grab his hand."

Danielle squeezed my head "Bobby probably wouldn't mind if you two were seeing each other right."

I shook my head asking "what is the deal with you and my brother anyway?"

Danny pulled her hand away scratching her neck "we slept together six months ago accidentally. We were both drinking too much and we ended up together. Ever since then we have been close. He just won't make the next move, of course, we have talked about it but he won't go there."

"I can't believe you didn't tell me you slept with my brother. Have you thought about making that first move?"

Danny laughed nervously "I was anxious about telling you to be honest. We have a great friendship but he's your brother and it's not like we meant to get together it just happened."

After that lesson, we went our separate ways until lunch time. Danny and I met at our usual table. We grabbed our food and then we went over our lessons and any gossip we had heard. Just as we were about to get up to go outside Jamie and Bobby joined us. Bobby sat next to Danny and Jamie next to me. Danielle and I took a moment to look at each other think 'what the hell'. The boys looked at each other before answering the unspoken. "Jamie is feeling unsocial," Bobby claimed with a huge grin on his face.

I watched as Jamie rolled his eyes "actually Bobby over here wanted to sit with his crush and his sister."

Bobby let out a nervous cough "have you two had lunch."

Danielle answered for us "yeah we were about to head outside for some sun."

Jamie commented, "won't you get enough sun this weekend when we go to the beach?"

I looked at Jamie to Danielle then to Bobby. I asked the boys "who invited you two?"

Danielle let out a nervous laugh "well...you see...I may have invited them and forgot to mention it to you."

I lightly kicked Danny under the table letting it go for now. Bobby asked, "Hey sis, what do you think about spending the whole weekend at the beach camping and swimming."

I shrugged my shoulders quietly communicating with Danielle with my eyes "sure, we are in."