How Do I Tell Him? :: An MJ Fan-Fic

Chapter 7

I try to calm myself, on the outside of course. I don’t want to storm in there because for one, I’ll probably slip running to them, and two, I don’t want to cause attention. I walk calmly into the pool room, with a big smile, cheek to cheek. Justin and Austin are trying to see who can hold their breath the longest, Chyna is relaxing in an inner-tube as well as Brooke, and Michael is of course splashing everyone. I signal Mike to push them towards me, and so he does. Then he swims away towards the other two.

“Can I talk to you two?” I ask, keeping my fake smile up. They seemed reluctant, but they followed me back inside with their towels.

They look at one another, then look at me cluelessly. “What’s the-”

“YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS!” I begin, now shouting. “Why did you tell everyone what happened between me and Michael??”

Chyna replies, “Wait…The hugging or the-”

“BOTH.”

“Just because?” Brooke responded as if it wasn’t a big deal, “Besides, Michael seemed to be more than okay with it.”

“... What makes you say that?” I tilt my head slightly, now with an inside voice.

“Well, we weren’t just talking about those times, we were having a whole conversation on why we think you guys like each other.” Chyna begins, placing her towel on a bar stool by the kitchen and sitting down, “We talked about how you guys always hang out, you guys are abnormally friendly with one another, you act different when together, and it seems like you guys enjoy your alone time. Must I go on?”

“Yeah, and the whole time Mikey seemed okay with it, he didn’t look mad or upset, in fact he was turning red when we-” Brooke began.

“BROOKLYN.” Chyna stops her.

“Wait wait what? He was turning red when you WHAT?” I could have been sitting there eating popcorn, the information was juicy.

“Nothing we said enough.” Chyna replied, getting up.

“Said enough? And this is coming from the two people I know who CAN’T EVER say enough.”

There was a silence, I wanted to strangle them for keeping this from me. What could they possibly have said or done to get Michael to turn red??