..and here goes Chapter 4. Sorry it took awhile. This may seemed rushed I'll try to reread and edit it later *grins". Comments are very much welcome.
"hey handsome 7pm library ok? – Olivia"
Sebastian nearly choked on the water he's drinking upon reading the text message. He then had this goofy smile plastered on his face. He's currently on the boys locker room after a very tiring soccer practice. Toby noticed him and curiously peeked over his shoulder .
"Ohhh so Olivia huh? Quite fast aren't we?" He chuckled. Just in time to notice a deathly glare Duke is throwing Sebastian.
Sebastian upon seeing Dukes face felt the need to explain.
"Uh we're doing this thing for Chem Lab" He chanced Duke a glance.
"Really? What sort of thing do you do at 7pm?" Duke quipped. Jealousy written all over his face
Sebastians anger flared. Duke is starting to get into his nerves.
"Sort of things you're not supposed to know!" He spatted angrily at Duke then stormed out of the room ignoring the questioning looks from his team mates.
When he arrived at the dorm room he slammed the door.
"Fck you Duke! " He dropped to his bed finally realizing he forgot to reply to Olivia's text message.
"Hey Liv yes, c u 7pm."
Sebastian was battling with his conscience whether to just tell Olivia about his secret knowing Olivia won't have anything to do with him the moment she finds out he's some girl pretending to be his brother. He knew Olivia will be really mad at him but he thought telling her early on about it might lessen the blow. And if he does it right He might be able to make Olivia work with him to keep the secret until the real Sebastian comes back. And as for Duke it'll be a win-win situation for both of them knowing that Sebastian don't have a chance with Olivia and he might actually be able to snag Olivia's affection. Sebastian was contemplating on telling both Olivia and Duke but his thoughts was interrupted when a smiling green eyes and disarming smile flashed in his brain snapping him out of his musings.
"Fck! Why do you have to be so gorgeous Liv? – What.. did I just say that? Damn This is harder than I thought" Sebastian muttered.
After napping for an hour Sebastian decided to start preparing to meet Olivia knowing he only have 30 minutes before their scheduled meeting.
Sebastian is done thoroughly checking his garb on the mirror. He was satisfied and about to go out when Duke entered the room.
Duke plopped directly to his bed bypassing Sebastian on the door. Then he noticed Sebastian's phone on his side table.
Sebastian decided to just ignore him but was surprised when Duke called for him.
"Hey! You left your phone!" He yelled from his bed. Duke decided he needs to fix things with Sebastian since they're team mates and roommates. They need to clear some air between them . He flashed Sebastian a smile about to tell him sorry for accusing him of snagging Olivia. And that if he'll help him get to Olivia he'll be glad to help him with soccer. He's the team captain after all.
Just then Sebastian's phone started ringing. Duke saw Olivia's name flashed and his smile faltered.
"Olivia's calling" He gritted his teeth and threw Sebastian's phone at him then turned his back and pretended to sleep completely forgetting his earlier thoughts. "Damn he's here just a week and he already got Olivia's attention!" He thought angrily.
Sebastian thought he saw Duke smile and hoped they'll be able to fix their earlier mishap. But was surprised by his sudden change of demeanor. Sebastian was lucky to have very good reflex and was able to catch the phone before it went over his shoulder.
He decided not to say a thing and just close the door before answering his phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Seb! We have a problem I went to the library earlier. They said they're closing early today. Sorry didn't saw the announcement they plastered earlier today."
"Oh it's okay. So let's just reschedule?" Sebastian was a bit disappointed. He wanted to talk to Olivia and start telling her about his secret before he loses all his courage.
Olivia panicked, she really wanted to be with Sebastian tonight. And she'll do just about everything.
"NO! We can just change the venue if it's okay with you?" She asked abruptly hoping she didn't sound too eager.
"Uh. Okay, so any suggestions? I'm just about to leave the dorm room" Sebastian answered glad the blonde was thinking the same.
"Oh great I'm near your dorm. Wait for me. I'll meet you there" Olivia was giddy already thinking that if she'll get lucky she might be able to get a glimpse of Sebastian's room.
"Liv-" The line was cut off before Sebastian was able to voice out his protest of Olivia meeting him at the dorm knowing Duke might see them. Which means more trouble.
He was about to call Olivia back and suggest that they meet somewhere else when he spotted the blonde. He waved at her, upon seeing her beautiful face, all his thoughts of telling her the truth went out of the window. He just smiled. "I'll tell her next time " He thought.
When Olivia reached Sebastian she smiled and noticed Seb just got out of shower. He looked fresh with slightly damp hair. Nonetheless he looked sexier. And he smelled so good.. Olivia pushed her thoughts back before it went further and won't be able to control herself.
"Hey you have your laptop right?" Olivia asked glancing over his back
"Yeah it's in my room" Sebastian answered then suddenly a thought came that Olivia wanted to do their homework at his room.
"Look Liv, sorry as much as I wanted to, I can't offer my room right now. Duke is in there and.." Sebastian's nervous ramblings was cut short when he noticed Olivia's playful smirk and perfectly raised eyebrow.
He laughed. Blush coming up his face from his neck "Oh God I'm sorry I didn't mean it that way..It's just"
Olivia found Sebastian's blushing and rambling adorable.
She reached for Sebastian's hand to reassure him. "It's okay Seb, I was just kidding. My place okay then?Maria is probably there…but she won't mind you know" She again flashed a knowing smile accompanied by a raised brow just to tease Sebastian.
"Haha real funny Ms Lennox!" Sebastian countered knowing Olivia was just teasing him.
"I'll just get my laptop-" Sebastian was about to leave to get his laptop when Olivia stopped him by his arm.
"Can I come? I wanna see your room"
Sebastian was hesitant knowing Duke will be there but seeing the hopeful look on Olivia's face, he sighed and just agreed, To hell with Duke!
"Sure lets go " Sebastian started walking to his room with Olivia in tow.
Sebastian noticed his dorm mates looking at Olivia up and down when they passed through the hallway to their room. He suddenly felt protective knowing full well what they were thinking. He hated the fact that they were obviously lusting after Olivia and doesn't even have the audacity to hide it. Without even thinking he wrapped his arm protectively around Olivia silently telling them " to fck off she's off limits".
Olivia was surprised but was beyond glad of the sudden turn of events. She loved the feel of Sebastian's strong arms around her.
"Protective are we?" She joked when they stopped in front of a closed door.
Sebastian just chuckled. "They can be bunch of assholes sometimes, sorry if they made you feel uncomfortable"
Before Olivia can answer Sebastian unlocked the door to find Toby and Duke playing video games.
"Seb! Bout time! We need one more player here" Toby said upon seeing Sebastian enter the room oblivious of the blonde at his back.
"Sorry man I just came back to get my laptop. I'm doing the Chem Lab homework with Olivia" Sebastian reasoned blindly reaching his hand to his back to indicate Olivia to take it and come inside.
"Oh! Yeah almost forgot that 'sort of thing' you're doing with Olivia!" Toby emphasized "sort of thing" wiggling his brows. He chuckled but stopped when he noticed Duke's angry gaze not leaving the video game screen. He seemed to be really mad nearly breaking the controls.
He was further embarrassed when he heard Olivia chuckle and step out from Sebastian's back. His eyes grew wide as saucers.
"Oh Hi Olivia. Didn't see you there" He said sheepishly.
Duke heard Toby say Olivia's name, he looked up and came face to face with the object of his affection. Olivia smiled. Duke nearly smiled but remembered why Olivia was there. He just nodded and went back to his game.
Sebastian felt he needed to leave quick so gathered his laptop, books and packed everything in his laptop bag as fast as humanly as possible.
Olivia noticed the tension in the room and wondered what was it all about. Then it dawned on her. It's no secret that Duke has a thing for her. She gracefully turned him down a couple of times. She felt guilty realizing she might have been the cause of the cold air between Sebastian and Duke. They seemed to be very close the first time she saw them together. Now it seemed that the two boys acts like they hated each other to bones. With Duke that is, he seemed to be ignoring Sebastian. Olivia felt bad knowing she might be the cause Sebastian is losing one of his best buds.
"Liv lets go" Olivia was dragged out of her musings when Sebastian spoke.
"Oh..O-Okay" She said looking at Sebastian then to Duke then back to Sebastian. Sebastian just smiled knowing full well that Olivia might have picked on the fact that Duke out rightly ignored them both-well not really, mostly just him. At least he nodded to acknowledge Olivia.
Sebastian tapped Toby's shoulder and said "Hey man we're leaving" then glanced back at Duke who pretended to be engrossed with his video game.
Toby smiled and nodded. "Bye Olivia"
When Olivia and Sebastian left the room.
"Wow, he was fast" Toby said in awe. But then noticed Duke's angry stare.
He held up both his hands and continued with the game.
Olivia noticed Sebastian was extremely quiet. So she took a chance, stopped and touched Sebastians' arm wanting to ask him about earlier. When Sebastian faced her, He knew what she was about to ask.
"No Liv. Don't. Not now"
"Okay. Sorry I didn't mean to pry" Olivia said apologetically
Sebastian noticed Olivia's face and felt bad for not telling the blonde the truth. He can't. Just not yet. It will just mess things up. Without him knowing that Olivia was too smart not to put two and two together. He smiled reassuring Olivia.
"No Liv. It's okay. We're grownups. We'll deal with this on our own"
Olivia seemed to have accepted his answer. And they walked in comfortable silence to Olivia's dorm room. When Olivia opened the door to her room which she shares with Maria, she was surprised to see a half dressed Maria. Clearly fresh out of the bathroom.
"Why missy where were you when manners about knocking before entering the room was taught?" Maria said laughing when she noticed someone gasp.
Sebastian gasped upon seeing Maria,readily covering his eyes with his hands. He looked like a little kid asked not to look.
Both Maria and Olivia chuckled.
"It's safe to look now mister. I'm presentably dressed" Maria said still laughing.
Sebastian opened his hand slightly to peak. Which both girls find really adorable.
When Sebastian saw it was safe to uncover his eyes. He sighed and smiled apologetically at Maria.
"We're doing the Chem Lab work here, the library is closing early today. Is it okay?" Olivia explained to Maria before she even start questioning her as to why she brought Sebastian to their room.
Maria's eyes lit up when she said. "Uh yeah. No problem. I'm heading out anyways. I'm going to jog"
"In your jammies?" Olivia asked amused knowing full well about her room mates not so smooth escape plan for her and Sebastian to have some alone time.
"Yes..smart-ass! I'm comfortable with my jammies. I'll jog with my jammies on. Heck I'll even go to school in my jammies if allowed. Thank you very much" Maria answered glancing at Sebastian
"Right Sebastian? You can even play soccer in your jammies right?"
"Yes, I think they're comfortable" Sebastian answered laughing. Clearly amused with Maria's antics.
Olivia just rolled her eyes and said. "Fine Go and jog with your comfy jammies then. Bye!"
Olivia motioned Sebastian to get inside and sit on her bed.
Maria decided to play the role and got her jogging shoes. She was already near the door, Olivia was about the close the door when Maria whispered "slut" into her ear. Olivia laughed playfully smacking her rear.
She ducked her head and yelled "Bye Sebastian!". Olivia then closed the door to stop Maria's crazy antics from getting out of hand.
"Bye" Sebastian said laughing.
"She's crazy sometimes don't mind her" Olivia said laughing. Walking over to Sebastian
Olivia noticed Sebastian suddenly became nervous so she decided to just sit on a chair near her study table.
"So.." Olivia started
"so…" Sebastian answered back smiling. Both laughed.
They booted their respected laptops to start doing the project. Sebastian cradling his laptop on his lap. He chanced a glance at Olivia only to find her staring at him intently. He again got lost in those sea green eyes.
Olivia was embarrassed to be caught staring. "Please tell me you're actually researching and not just playing games?"
Sebastian grinned.
The night just got interesting. See you next chapter. I know.. I know. Life got crazy so I wasn't able to update. Comments are welcome.