One More Mistake | ✓

27 | Brothers & Problems

"And look at you,
you have so much
meaning"
- S E E K E R

One More Mistake
Chapter twenty-seven

❱ My laugh echoed around the room, and out the hallway which happened to be open ever since I came rushing in. Though, we didn't mind, we were so wrapped in the thought of us being well and together.

"I know it's a horrible time to bring this up right now, but I feel like I have to" I say lowly once our laughs dive down. Before I look down, I see Caine's face change, as if he knew what was coming next.

I soon got off the bed and walk around the room, while I nervously play with my fingers.

"I didn't say anything about you in school, I promise. I would never do such thing" my voice came out more desperate than I thought it did but I did want him to know how much I meant it. I want him to know the truth because it means so much to me, he means so much to me.

I haven't looked back at him and I wasn't planning to.

"Thea" I only then heard him call my name, it was almost like a whisper.

"Thea, look at me" he said, a bit louder though it was still low.

"Please" he asked again but this time I actually looked away from my fingers, to only lock eyes with him. He had a small smile playing on his lips and knew right away he wasn't mad at me at all but I wanted him to be.

He trusted me and I let him down.

"When you came in yesterday, I wasn't mad at you. I was upset but not angry. I could never be angry with you. All I needed was space and I couldn't get it by your presence." He started as he stood up from his position.

"You should though, I let you down in so many ways. Why do you have to be so forgiving?" I groan as I walk back to him and stand in front of him.

"Why you do have to be so hard on yourself?" He asked as he leaned in a bit closer. I looked away from him before walking around the room again.

It was quiet before he asked me something though his question made me stop.

"Were you out at a date when you came to see me?" He asked teasingly and jokingly as he eyed my dress but little did he know that he was in fact correct.

"Actually, I was in a date" when I turned to look at him, his small smile faded.

"I know and I'm sorry, I only didn't tell you because it wasn't important and it never really came up" I say defensively.

"Never came up?" He asked rehotorically. "When do we ever start talking about your life? It's always about me, and me oh and me! You never tell me what's going on in your life and it pains me that you can't trust me to tell me things. I'm not stupid Thea, I see how sad you look all the time but I just never mention anything about it." He started to argue but I wasn't sure where this came from.

"Wait, are you seriously getting mad over something stupid? I didn't tell you I was going on a date, big deal" I said as I lifted my hands up, like it wasn't a big deal but it was actually a really big deal.

"It's not just that and you know you it, you don't tell me anything anymore. It's like your drifting away and I'm not sure if you'll ever come back." I was going to argue back but stopped when I realized what I was doing.

It's true, I don't tell him anything anymore but it's not because I don't trust him or because I'm drifting away. It's because he's such an important person to me that I'm incapable of telling him everything about me because I'm afraid of what he'll think of me.

"Im not drifting away, I'm afraid-" I stopped talking when I heard someone call my name out. I turned away from Caine to look at the person standing by the entrance.

"Sterling? What are you doing here?" Sterling's eyes were wide when they met mine. He looked concerned and afraid maybe.

"We were worried about you" I wasn't sure who 'we' were until a certain familiar face popped up behind Sterling.

"He called me awhile ago, saying he wasn't sure where you were. He said he hasn't seen you since yesterday night, what are you doing here?" He was only focused on me that he didn't notice where he was actually at. Though, his eyes looked away from mine and roamed around the room until they stopped on someone behind me.

"I came to visit Caine" I said lowly.

"I wasn't expecting you to visit him so quick" I soon realized he didn't know that I've been knowing about Caine's sickness for a while.

"So quick? What does he mean?" Caine asked with furrowed eyebrows and a frown forming on his face.

"I'll explain everything later" I told Caine but it was meant for both, Caine and Sterling.

"It's almost time for me to go to school, I'll come back later today, as always" I say as I walk back towards him, grabbing his hand.

"I want you to explain everything to me when you come back, okay?" I nodded my head before walking away with Sterling and Kace.

Once we were standing by the elevator, waiting for the doors to open. Sterling looked at me with a blank face.

"What did you mean when you said, I'll come back later, as always?" He asked me, but I didn't answer him at all.

I knew what I was doing but I couldn't care because this was normal for me. Pushing people away as well as problems was way too normal for me, this was one of my many problems I pushed away.

Though, I don't think this problem could be easily pushed away.