Chapter 1: Losing Ways
1 Fly On A Web
"Mom!" Screamed a boy standing on the stairwell. "Have you seen my lucky jacket?"
"Dude, it's on the sofa, where you left it yesterday. Remember?" Said his curly haired brother who was having breakfast in the kitchen.
"I'm sorry Mr. President, but I am so excited on going to the camp that I already started packing." Answered the boy looking impatient.
"Nick, don't you think you're being rude with Joe?" Intervened a green eyed boy who just had walked in. "Don't you see he's like that because he can't wait to spend 2 months in a camp with his girlfriend?" Said he making fun of his brother.
"Oh! Yes I almost forgot that Joe thinks these are gonna be the perfect days with his girlfriend Stella." Said Nick trying to help Kevin bother him.
"She's not my girlfriend, I only see her as a good friend," Joe answered while joining his brothers on the table and pouring out a bowl of his favorite cereal Crunchy Cats. "I am excited because it's gonna be a great adventure." He explained, but obviously his brothers didn't believe him.
"Joe, we have been on tour the last 2 years, you are a rock star, and because of what other reason would you be excited about being on a camp, if it's not the fact of being close to Stella?" Nick asked intimidating.
Joe hesitated for a moment but then said, "Maybe I just wanna get close to you, ever thought about that, little brother?" Said looking nervous and trying to drown that awkward situation with a joke.
"Well, we were just saying that it would be so romantic," Kevin tried to make his brother say something committing. "I mean, just imagine it, you and Stella under the stars at night, with a beautiful forest around you. Any girl would fall for that." Said Nick understanding what his brother was trying to do.
"That sounds good! Stella is so funny, smart and pretty. She's perfect." Said Joe being caught in his brothers' trap.
"Hahaha looks like our Joe has to learn how to think before he speaks." Nick said making Joe realize what he had just said.
At that moment, there was a consistent knock on the door. "The doorbell!" Joe said running to the door, getting away of his brothers trying to make him say the truth. "Talking about Stella," Joe was running like crazy, impatient to see the blonde friend. "…the good thing is that he only sees her as a friend." Kevin went with the irony.
"Stella, Joe has said something really funny, you are gonna laugh till you die!" Said Nick trying to make Stella realize what just happened.
"Hi Stella! How are you? Wanna come in? Wanna have some tea? Come sit on the living room! And don't listen to what my brothers say, they're just crazy and they make things up."
"Joe!" Screamed the girl, interrupting his friend, looking kinda confused. "Why are you acting so weird?" She asked. "You look nervous."
"Nervous? Me? Oh come on! I'm just trying to make you sit here! On the sofa!" Joe continued.
"But your brothers are over there."
"Who cares about them, jumping on the sofa is so much fun! Come on, jump with me!"
"No Joe! I wanna hear what's so funny."
"It's not funny! Believe me, it's about a tractor and a hair dryer…nothing funny there."
"I love hair dryers and I think tractors are hilarious! So I'm gonna go there and hear that joke."
Joe followed her to the kitchen, worrying about what his brothers may tell her. "Hi Stella, guess what Joe just said about you," Kevin told her in a mysterious way. "He just said that you are funny." Said Nick laughing.
"And pretty," Kevin said completing the sentence, bothering Joe. Nick liked the situation so he said, "he also said you are smart."
"and pretty!" Said Kevin making emphasis on the pretty thing.
"Oh! Really? Joe that's so sweet, but why were you talking about me?" Stella said showing her mind was completely tangled.
"I was talking about you because I think you…" Joe stayed quiet for a while, thinking on a excuse. "...You have very beautiful feet."
His brothers laughed and Stella just ignore Joe's estrange acting and moved on.
They sat there for 2 hours, talking about irrelevant things, till the doorbell rang again but this time was someone completely unexpected.
