Brittany's POV

It was now the afternoon and the heat finally cooled down. I continued to 'ignore' Alvin when Charlene was around and when she wasn't we'd be talking and laughing together.

I went to the kitchen to make myself some tea. Once I was done I pored it into a cup and placed it down on the table and sat down.

Eleanor and Jeanette went in and poured their selves a cup of tea and sat down with me on the other side of me.

"Hey girls. How are you?" I asked them smiling.

They smiled back. Eleanor sighed. "Oh. We're fine. Just tired."

I laughed. "Why?" I looked at the two of them.

Jeanette sighed. "Well. It was really hot at the start of the day. I got lazy and just didn't want to do anything but read a book."

I rolled my eyes. "Jeanette. You read a book all the time. Lazy or not, no matter what good thing is happening, you would rather be reading a book than doing that." I said to her as-a-matter-of-fact.

She just pouted. "I do not."

Eleanor giggled. "Sorry Jeanette. But it's true. And you end up regretting it after we tell you how much fun it was."

Jeanette sighed again. "OK OK. Point taken. But I can't help it. When there's a door of an opportunity to read my book, how can I say no?" She asked us.

I smiled shaking my head. "That's the problem. You can't say no."

She glared at me and folded her arms before taking a sip of her tea.

I sighed. "Anyway, how about you Ellie? How was your day?" I turned to her.

She only shrugged. "It was fine. In the morning it was hot but instead of reading a book I actually got off my lazy butt and got something cold to drink." She told us looking more towards Jeanette. Who only rolled her eyes.

"What about you, Britt?" Eleanor asked me.

I looked at her and then Jeanette. I shrugged. "It was fine. Same as yours. It was a hot day and I decided to get something cold because in our bedroom it was just too hot." I told them a bit too quietly.

"And Alvin? What did you do with him?" Jeanette raised her eyebrow up and gave me a suspicious look.

I looked away from their gaze and sipped my tea. "Nothing happened between us. At least, not yet." I shrugged at them.

"Did Alvin talk to Charlene about what happened between you guys yet?" Eleanor asked me forcing me to look at them again.

"I don't know. But I doubt he did. It's not that easy." I told them.

"Like it's not easy keeping your little secret from Charlene? I know Charlene has noticed the way you act towards each other. And we're your sisters. Of course we know when something is up. But Charlene? Brittany if you don't want her to suspect anything then you need to act less suspicious towards each other." Jeanette explained to me.

I sighed knowing my sister was right. But how in the world could I do that? She can see straight through any act. Especially this act.

I looked at them and they looked back expecting me to answer.

"Hopefully Alvin will build up the courage to tell her. All we can do now is wait. It's not that simple. Think about what will happen to Charlene." I told them.

They froze and looked at me hard. "You know you just got yourself in a sticky situation Brittany." Eleanor told me shaking her head.

I sighed. "I know. But what else can I do?"

Just then Theodore came in and spotted me. But looked away almost too quickly. What was he hiding?

"Hey Theodore." Eleanor smiled and waved at him.

He looked back and smiled. "Hey Ellie." He greeted back. I looked at her and she blushed the same way I did when Alvin called me 'Britt'.

"You OK now Theodore?" Jeanette asked him.

"Huh?" He gave her a confused glance.

"I mean, from what happened in the morning. Are you OK now?" She explained to him.

He looked at me then back at Jeanette and nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine."

He gave me one last look before he made his way out of the kitchen.

OK. Now I know something is wrong with Theodore. Why was he looking at me like that? Does he know something I should know about?