We'll Be Like A Dream

~ Emotional Raid ~

A/N : Sorry for not uploading for like weeks. Quarantine has really hit hard. Here's the new chapter. Hope you enjoy it!

Brooklyn POV
Today seemed different. Actually, it didn't... it just seemed out of place...

Aren't they the same thing?

It felt like a whole new day. It was like everything I had experienced until now was normal. I have never felt this much emotion before.

I don't know what was wrong with me. The same feeling I had felt a while ago had seemed to make its reappearance but was way stronger than it was before.
If I had told people about this feeling, would they think I'm crazy?

These are the exact thoughts I had in my head as I watched Athena and Phelium get up together to join the others. I didn't think it would affect me that much. Considering the fact that one is my best friend while the other is someone I like.

But these thoughts were suddenly overtaken by something that had constantly been ringing in my ear.

Do you know if Phelium likes anyone?

He probably likes you.

Was it possible for a 17 year old to think this way? Was it okay to think this way?

I was glad I wasn't making it obvious. However, it seems that the universe wasn't on my side at all. I didn't know what to believe. Does he really like me? Or is it Athena he likes?

As I watched them, I happened to look elsewhere. But who knew that it would lead to me making eye contact with the person I knew would find it suspicious, the one person I should have been cautious around. Of course I had to jinx it.

Layla.

Deep down, I wanted to think I was overreacting but knowing Layla. This one action that I had done will trigger her curiosity and she will not backdown. As much as I didn't want to admit that Layla had probably already been observing me and analysing pretty much everything that had happened the whole time we were here. I knew it was going to start soon. I had triggered what may be the death of me.

Layla POV
I guess I understand why people think quiet people are scary. We observe the littlest of things while being quiet. We just listen to everything quietly.
Of course I picked up Brooklyn's strange behaviour, to me it was obvious. Maybe not to others but to me,

It definitely was.

And she knew making eye contact with me was going to bring her chaos and I slightly felt bad about that. However I knew something was up. Her reaction had showed exactly what I was looking for. Shock. There was clearly something she was hiding.

My curiosity was now beaming out from my entire body and I knew I had to find out what was wrong. Brooklyn clearly has no intention of telling me and I'm not a forceful type of person, I'll encourage her to tell me.

But then my curiosity was stopped temporarily as I had realised what Brooklyn had been looking at before looking at me. I'm going to admit that changed everything, and now had given me more determination to find out.

Is there something going on? Why is she so interested in Athena and Phelium?

What is going through that head of hers?

It's going to be hard to get her to admit something, she's not as easy as Athena.

And I mean it.

I'll ask her later when she's alone.

Brooklyn POV
I'm. So. Dead. I feel like I've been caught. I don't know when Layla will start her move but I better prepare for it. This feels like I'm getting prepared for a raid. It definitely seems like it. Since Layla will be stealing information from me once she gets the chance.

I notice Layla had changed her focus to the snack she had in her hand. She seemed very indifferent which may have meant that she was acting like nothing happened.
Thank god... I really didn't need this now, not when I was in this mood.
I got up and went back into the school building to go to my locker without telling the others that I was going..

As soon I had arrived at my locker, I heard footsteps which gradually became louder and louder until it had stopped.
I turned to my left and looked up. My eyes gradually widened as I realised the person standing before me. I thought it would have been Layla because not going to lie, this was the perfect opportunity to get me to talk.
But it wasn't, it was someone I didn't expect and that someone was Athena. I was surprised she came, especially alone.

There was something in her eyes I couldn't point out. It seemed different, it was like her eyes was saying something totally different from everything else. That observation crashed down as Athena awkwardly smiled at me which had caused me to smile back as well.

"Hey..."

"Hey Athena"

I say while continuing to ruffle inside of my locker.

"I thought it would be a good idea to follow you here."

If only Layla was like this. She most definitely would have approached me in this way. And I hate that I know that.

I stopped and turned towards Athena.

"Why?"

"Well..."

"What?"

"I'm escaping from the competitive match between Phelium and Layla. And we both know how'll that turn out."

"Haha, I don't think it's a good idea leaving them alone to play"

"I know, especially when Layla is quite cautious. They don't really know eachother that well. I clearly told him not to challenge her. Of course he didn't listen."

"Yeah...really not a good idea"

My mind had suddenly thought if my friends would accept me being in a relationship with Phelium. This may be hard. They would support me, right?

"Brooklyn."

"Oh yeah?"

"Wanna hang out later?"

"Hm? Oh sure."