𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 | 𝐒.𝐌

Chapter 59

I follow my brother downstairs and when I arrive at the lobby I see him sitting in one of the armchairs, his hands on his face. I can hear him cry when I get closer. 

I sit down next to him and put my hand on his shoulder.

'Are you ok?' I ask.

'No.' His voice breaks. 

'The love of my life is getting married to another man.'

'Isn't that a little dramatic... you barely know her.'

'Barely know her?!' He raises his voice and looks at me. 

'I've been in love with her for the past seven years!' He yells at me.

'I'm sorry, Luci! But I didn't know that. I just saw you having sex on my couch!'

'Just don't fucking tell dad.' He grabs my wrist.

'I won't! Let go!' I pull my arm back.

I drag a crying Lucifer to the snack bar a block away from my building. We sit down at a sticky table and Lucifer starts cry-eating his fries, dipping them in his milkshake.

'Please stop crying, Lucifer.' I sigh. 

'Your tears are getting mixed up with the food.'

'Let me swallow my own misery.' He cries again.

And here I was thinking that I'm the drama queen of this family. At least Zayneb is still in his life... the love of my life has disappeared out of thin air and I'm not even the one crying here.

While I'm thinking about Shawn with a crying Lucifer across from me, the sun and the heat in the snack bar suddenly remind me of Casablanca...

Flashback

It's early in the morning in Casablanca. I hear the cars and other vehicles outside honking at each other. 

The sun is shining bright in our hotel room, but I don't want to wake up yet. It would be nice to sleep in for once. I throw the sheets off my body, hoping the heat will disappear. 

I turn around on my back, putting my hands behind my head, starting to fall asleep again.

He is staring at me... I can feel it.

'Shawn... stop staring.' I say with my eyes still closed.

'Why?' He asks with his raspy morning voice.

'It's keeping me awake.'

I feel his fingertips touch my stomach as he slowly moves them up to my chest. 

His fingers touch the curves of my bare breasts and I feel him coming closer. When his finger almost touches my nipple I grab his wrist, stopping him. He sighs, pulling his hand back.

'If you keep denying me, I might be inclined to end your membership on a very present member in this bed...' He says.

I chuckle and open my eyes a little, seeing a very glorious something holding the sheets up this early in the morning. 

I rub my eyes with the back of my hand and look at Shawn, seeing him stare at me with a smirk on his face.

'All I wanted was some sleep. You already kept me up last night.' I groan.

'Blah, blah, blah... excuses, excuses.'

His morning voice does sound really sexy tho...

Present-day

'You are not even listening to me!' Lucifer whines, snapping me out of my daydreaming.

'Oh my god, Lucifer! You are driving me insane! Zayneb is engaged to Ludovic! You had seven years to make your move and you haven't made one. Get over yourself!' I explode.

Maybe I'm a little hard on him, yes, but he keeps whining. Yes, I get it, it hurts, we know! But clearly, he didn't make his move because if he did he would be the one Zayneb is engaged to.

He stares at me, blinking his eyes rapidly.

'She is engaged to Ludovic?' He whispers.

'Yes! He is literally your best friend, how can you not know?!'

Lucifer rests his head on his hand and tears start rolling down his cheeks again. 

Oh my fucking god, if he keeps crying I'm obligated to slap some sense into him.

'We made a pact. We wouldn't date Zayneb because we both liked her. I guess he went behind my back...'

'So you two decided you both wouldn't date Zayneb?'

He nods.

'And tell me where the fuck you found the audacity to make such a pact?'

Lucifer looks at me with a deep frown between his eyebrows.

'Who says she wanted to date one of you in the first place? I am sick of guys doing things like this! As if a woman is just some sort of cow you can negotiate about!' I stand up.

'Listen Lucifer. You are my brother and I will always stand by your side, but I will advise you to get your morals in order before you go around playing the heartbroken boy.' I walk out of the snack bar.

A pact... I shake my head while walking away. Ridiculous! I run back to my apartment and when I see Zayneb sitting on my couch I tell her to get up.

'You know I love you, but this is too much shit for me to fucking handle in two fucking days. If you like Lucifer so fucking much, you can go to him and find a place to sleep.' I say. 

She just stares at me, keeping her mouth shut.

'You have no shame... No matter how much I dislike Ludovic, no one deserves this. And with his best friend nonetheless! The brother of your best friend!' I yell.

'But I'm pregnant.' She says.

'So? You have a very pretty black card sleeping in your wallet. If dear Lucifer doesn't want to take you home and use you as an act of revenge on Ludovic you can find yourself a pretty hotel to stay in or fuck off to your fiancé back in Scotland.' I leave the front door open and walk to my room.

I sit down and sigh, seeing Aristo resting on my pillow. I lay down on my back and groan, running my fingers through my hair. 

Aristo looks at me, cocking his head to the side a little, just like he did the first day I saw him.

'I'm a mess right now.' I touch his fluffy face.

He looks at me for a moment before looking up at the ceiling and howling something at the top of his lungs. 

It sounds like he's saying, "So much drama!" and I start to laugh, scratching him behind his ear.

'So much drama indeed.' I wrap my arms around him and hug his fluffy fur. 

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