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CINCUENTA Y UNO

What lovers do - Maroon 5 ft Sza

What was Dylan doing here?!!

I asked myself as I moved uncomfortably on my seat. Bran who was sitting across me, tilted his head and dimmed his eyes like he was trying to observe me so, I looked away as an escape.

"Teresa...." he paused and our eyes met. I moved them away instantly and answered. "Yeah?"

He adjusted his head. "With the way you're moving uneasily on that seat...I can tell that...."

I frowned. "Nothing." I absolutely had no idea either.

"What's your relationship with him again?"

In defense I asked. "Why're you asking this?"

Looking down at my plate, he realized I was done with my food. "Okay, let's go."

Before I could even object, he held my forearm. I looked at him in surprise and we got up together. What was he doing? Like he wasn't even done with his sushi.

Then, he began to lead us towards where Dylan was standing. I wanted to stop but, causing a scene was the last thing I wanted. "Bran.."

"We're just saying hi to your friend...or should I say your mother's doctor."

Uh, it's more than that. Lmao. Damn you subconscious.

Dylan was probably scouting for an empty seat that was the only explanation for why he stood there looking around. When we got to where he was, he looked at me in surprise.

I thought we would just keep walking but Bran stopped in front of him on purpose. I rolled my eyes wondering what was going on his head. Another thing was that, I just finished listening to something extremely sensitive about Dylan's past which made me completely speechless.

What could I say? Oh hi Dylan, Bran and I were just talking about your mom and how El planned to....

Cut that crap Teresa.

I forcefully removed my arm from Bran's hold and gave out a smile so I could take care of the awkward situation. "Uhm...hey Dylan...never knew you were a sucker for sushi."

Phew. Was that bad?

Actually, I thought that would work but he gave me a wrinkled smile and looked at Bran. Okay, that's totally rude.

He took in a deep breath with a straight face. "You should be Brandon."

Bran then placed his arm around my shoulder and dragged me closer. What was he up to now? "You must be Danny."

Did he just pretend not to know Dylan's name? I turned to look at him but he didn't reciprocate. His eyes were on Dylan's. That atmosphere was too tight and I wanted to do something about it. Think Teresa.

"Dylan." He corrected him with a slight frown.

"Whatever." Bran blurted like he didn't care and I gasped. "Bran...."

"You've not changed I see. Get your arm off her shoulder."

Huh? Dylan? Why was he acting like we were dating or something. Okay, we kissed days back and we've been doing stuff but doesn't mean we were lovers or something.

Bran tightened his arm around me and said. "Did I miss something? You both are a thing?" He said sarcastically and added. "Tell me...how does this make you feel?" He pecked my hair and Dylan folded his hands into a fist.

Then, I finally spoke up. "What the hell are the both of you doing?" I had had enough of what was happening. Why were they acting that way? Oh shoot. Getting myself out of Bran's hold, I said. "Come on Bran...let's go."

I knew their fathers were besties but never expected these two would act this way towards each other.

The funniest part was, they kept ignoring my presence but still used me to get on each other's nerve. They stood there looking at themselves in silence but, I could feel the number of words being passed across. Wow.

Then, I cleared my throat to say. "Since you guys wouldn't listen to me, I'll just leave."

"I'm sure you and your thug friends were the cause of that haywire at your dad's company the other day." Dylan finally said ignoring me.

"You're right. I was the cause of that whole incident. I hope your babysitter was also present." Bran said.

Did he just call Baldwin a babysitter? Lmao.

Dylan stepped forward and Bran did the same. This was getting intense trust me. Oh well. I got tired of being ignored and decided to beg. "Bran...let's go....please."

After a minute of what seemed like a staring dagger contest, he smiled. "Okay...okay"

"Bye Dylan." I said kinda hurt that he didn't even recognize my presence. Trust me, that was one hell of an experience.

I turned to Bran as we got into the car. "What happened back there?"

"Nothing...we just don't like each other." It was clear that he didn't want to talk about it so I let him be.

Wow.