Chapter 4

"What?!" Jeff and Nick exclaimed as they both stood up quickly, pushing their chairs out behind them.

"Er—I'm dating Grant Duval…do you know him?" Amelia asked biting her lip in confusion.

"Yes, in fact we do. He is my twin brother," Nick replied.

"And he was the bully that forced me to switch schools Amelia!" Jeff replied.

"Wait…seriously?" Amelia asked her face losing its color, "I knew that he was a little bit of a trouble maker, but I didn't know that he was capable of that!"

Amelia got up and ran out of the room. Jeff and Nick looked at each other before they both made the decision to run after her. They found her in her room going through her cell phone.

"What are you doing?" Jeff asked sitting down on the bed next to his sister.

"I'm going to call that bastard and inform him exactly what I think of him," Amelia stated.

"You aren't going to be able to reach him; he is currently staying with my grandfather in order to attempt to straighten out his act. I know that the first thing that my grandfather did was confiscate his cell phone," Nick replied sitting down on the other side of Amelia, "I'm sorry that my brother is such a jerk sweetie. I know that this can't be easy for you to hear."

"That's the thing though, he was never anything but nice to me," Amelia replied with a sigh.

"Well it's not you that he has a problem with. Thomas just doesn't like anyone who isn't heterosexual," Nick explained.

"I can't date someone who has a problem with my brother or his boyfriend," Amelia stated firmly, "Nick, do you know if there is anyway I can get a hold of your brother? I just want to get this conversation over with as soon as possible."

"Absolutely, I will call my grandfather and talk to him," Nick replied placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

Nick pulled his cell phone out of his back pocket and set about dialing the familiar number. After he explained what was going on to his grandfather the phone was handed over to Amelia. They boys then left the room in order to give her some privacy and headed back down to brunch where Mr. and Mrs. Sterling and Nathan were still sitting.

"Is she going to be okay?" Mrs. Sterling asked the boys as they sat back down at the table.

"With time, I think she really liked him," Jeff replied, "Who would have thought that my bully would hook up with my sister?"

"Well stranger things have happened before," Nick replied, "And who would have thought that my twin brother would bully my future boyfriend?"

"It's almost like karma…your brother bullied me forcing me to leave my school and head straight into your arms, his very own brother," Jeff replied with a smile.

"You know I'd almost like to thank him," Nick replied, "But I could never do that because I just can't fathom anyone ever being so awful to someone as sweet and kind-hearted as you."

Jeff couldn't help the big grin that came over his face or the blush that came with it. The two were pulled out of their conversation by Mrs. Sterling clearing her throat. Both boys blushed as they remembered that they weren't alone.

"Sorry," they both mumbled causing Mr. and Mrs. Sterling to laugh.

"Don't be sorry, it was sweet," Mrs. Sterling replied.

Amelia came back down a couple minutes later with tear tracks on her face and handed his cell phone back to Nick.

"What happened?" Jeff asked softly.

"I broke up with him," Amelia replied sitting back down in her seat, "I told him that I found out what he did and that I couldn't stay with him. I hung up before he could reply and defend himself…er—well there really is no way to defend himself though."

"I'm sorry, I really hate that you have to go through this," Nick replied and gave Amelia a hug.

"Yeah, well I'm just happy that you and Jeff are finally together. You two really are made for each other. Don't forget that," Amelia replied and Nick and Jeff couldn't help but chuckle and nod.

The rest of the brunch was considerably less dramatic. In the end though both boys were happy because they not only loved each other, but both of their parents approved.