HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!

Chp 52

"Lately, I've been, I've been thinking
I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier."
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The rest of the school day went by in a blur and right now, Jay and I just entered the ice cream parlor, placed our order and grabbed a booth to sit.

"Okay, so tell me what happened that day that got you in a bad mood?" I ask, taking a bite of my ice cream

"Promise me, you won't be mad at the revelation I make before starting to talk about that day." he says

"You'd murder someone and I'd still help you hide the body instead of being mad. I'll call you an idiot first though." I joke

"Okay... So... Umm..." he starts

"Just say it." I push

"I kinda have a thing for Grace." he mumbles so softly that I barely caught on to what he said but I heard it

"About time you realized it!" I exclaim with a grin

"You aren't mad?" he asks

"I sure am mad that you took so long to realize it." I tell him

"What do you mean?" he asks still unsure

"We all could see the emotions building between you and GG. We kept teasing her on it and Matt and I constantly called you guys stupid oblivious duo coz everybody saw the chemistry between you two except you guys. We all have been waiting for the day when you guys would finally get together coz the sexual tension was kinda getting hard to tolerate." I say, my grin widening 

"Fuck, seriously? Damn we were quite oblivious" he huffs 

"So now tell me how it all started. Are you guys dating?" I ask

"Okay let me start from the beginning. Well after you became friends with the girls, they started hanging out with us and then we would flirt here n there. I really loved making her blush and she was so cute and beautiful and had am amazing heart. We almost kissed a few time but one of us would always back out. But then one day we couldn't hold it back and then we finally kissed. We didn't want to continue it coz she was your best friend and I am your cousin so we didn't feel it was right to go behind your back. But then we would get in the heat of the moment and a lot of stuff would happen. I kept telling her that you would be more than okay with her and dating and she knew that too but she wanted to let you know first. That is why we aren't dating but we have been having our moments." he explains with a smile never leaving his face

He had it bad for GG, didn't he?

"Wow!" I breath out. "I am more than happy that you guys are together. GG and you would be amazing together. I would've never been mad at you guys for this. I'm still not upset that you guys didn't tell me sooner because I understand what you guys would've had in your minds. I'm just really very happy that you guys have each other." I assure him

"Now let me tell you about what happened the other day." he says now in all seriousness 

"Yes." I agree

"That morning I saw Jack kissing Grace in the parking lot and then after they broke the kiss, Jack came to me and told me how they spent the night at his house and they did stuff. I was really pissed at him and wanted to punch him so bad but then I was more pissed at Grace because she went to him even after everything we had and if she didn't feel for me anymore, I would've understood if she told me but she just had to go to the guy who did wrong to all of us especially to you." Jay says with anger and frustration evident in his voice

"I'm sure GG would never hurt you intentionally, Jay-Jay. And I'm also damn sure she didn't willingly kiss Jack." I tell him

"What so now you're gonna defend your best friend over your brother?" he says

"I'm not saying what you saw was not true but all I'm saying is it sure is not the complete truth. I'm sure there's more to it than you already know." I tell him

"And what makes you say that?" he asks

"I've seen GG send you those pleading glances. Those that you completely ignore. I'm sure she has an explanation to everything that happened. Just go and talk to her once. Sort things out." I tell him

"What if what I saw was true? What is she lost the feelings she had for me?" he asks sounding vulnerable 

At that moment, I knew my cousin really really liked my best friend if not love.

"Then you would get a closure. You will get your answers and you would know the story from both the sides." I say

"You're right. I'll talk to her as soon as possible." he says, now with hope in his eyes

"Go right now." I encourage him

"But who'll drive you home?" he asks

"I'll manage." I assure him

"Bye, squirt. Love you." he says and gets up to give me a hug

"Love you too, Jay-Jay." I tell him as we break the hug and then he leaves

I know I tell Jay everything but I didn't want to tell him about kitty's call during school today. He already had a lot of stuff going on and I didn't want to add one more to it. I'll let him know after I talk and find everything out from mom.

We have study holidays in school now until exams start and then our summer vacation would start.

So now the girls, guys and I would barely meet because everybody is going to be caught up in studying their own shit.

I get out of the parlor and walk to my house.

The ice cream place was closer to my apartment so I didn't have to walk much.

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Will Jay and GG finally start dating?

Did GG really kiss Jack or is there more to the story?

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