Chapter 13 What They Think

Brittany's POV

Me and Alvin quietly moved over to the van, just as Simon and Jeanette pulled a part. She had her hand on her chest, breathing like crazy, either from the excitement, or Simon almost smothering her. It didn't really matter to me. We watched as Jeanette gently put her hand on Simon's face, and gave a small sweet smile. "I-I love you to Simon" she said, still sounding a little nervous.

As soon as she said that, she pulled Simon into a hug, the two of them locked together for several moments, unaware we were only standing a few metres away. We could hear gentle mumbles coming from the other side of the van. Most likely from Theodore and Eleanor telling each other how they felt.

Jeanette's head was resting on Simon's shoulder, her eyes closed, looking like she was enjoying his embrace, with a small smile forming on her mouth.

After a moment, her eyes fluttered opened, and caught sight of us standing near by. She seemed frozen for a moment, like she was embarrassed that we saw her and Simon. She then gave Simon a small tap on the shoulder, making him pull away and look at Jeanette confused. Once he caught sight of where her eyes were watching, he slowly turned, and quickly caught sight of us.

His face turned red, with a little hint of annoyance in it from our presence. Alvin's eyes were locked with Simon's, and mine were locked with Jeanette's. The silence was uncomfortable to say the least. I didn't know what to say. Do I leap for joy and congratulate my sister? Do we pretend we saw nothing and turn away? It was one of those situations where you try to think of something to say or do, but your mind just kept drawing blanks.

"How much did you see?" Simon finally said, breaking the tension. "We saw nothing" Alvin replied, trying to sound nonchalant. "Nothing but you and Jeanette sharing a tender moment." I roll my eyes at Alvin's response. Way to go spoiling the moment Alvin, I said to myself.

"There is nothing to be embarrassed about" I replied as I took Alvin's hand, trying to ease the tension. "Me and Alvin are fine doing it as well." So to hopefully ease their embarrassment, I quickly turn to Alvin, and pull him into a deep passionate kiss.

I could briefly see his eyes widen in surprise, not prepared for the sudden kiss. But after a few seconds, I could feel him relax as his arms wrapped around me, pulling me closer to him.

But I was feeling something different from the kiss. It still had that level of pleasure and excitement it always had, but the same urge I was having for Alvin down on the beach was returning. I wanted him, badly. My whole body ached for him.

But I ignored it as best as I could as we quickly pull away, turning back to our siblings who just stood there completely shocked by what we just did, their jaws wide open. "See" I said with a smile, "we aren't embarrassed by it."

Simon and Jeanette remained silent for a moment. It was probably an image they weren't used to seeing. Our whole lives, Alvin and I seemed like we were always about ready to kill each other, and now, we are in love each other. It was probably something that was going to take time for everyone to get used to.

Theodore and Eleanor then came walking around the van almost skipping, holding each others hand with huge wide smiles on their faces. As soon as they saw the four of us, they stopped in their tracks.

"Uh hey guys" Theodore said, "me and Eleanor have some great news. We just said "I love you" to each other." "We already know" Alvin said as he gave his brother a caring smile. "Me and Brittany saw everything." Theodore and Eleanor blushed as they slowly looked at each other with a small smile.

The silence once again filled the air, only this time, it didn't seem as awkward. It was still obvious that we had trouble trying to think of what to say to each other, we never been through anything like this before. The boys were going from friends to boyfriends. Everything was changing so much. We were graduating from school, starting new lives, and in a relationship with the boys who were our best friends.

Alvin then gave a yawn as he stretched his arms, trying to fill the silence. "Well, I think it is time to call it a night" he said, "I think we all have been enough excitement tonight." I could see everyone's faces turn deep red at what Alvin said.

No one said a word, they just silently moved to the van and open the doors. But to my surprise, nobody was sitting where they normally would. Eleanor was sitting next to Theodore in the rear seat, and Simon sat with Jeanette in middle. That left me sitting in the front, next to Alvin.

I climb into the passenger seat as he climbs in the driver's seat, quickly starting the van and heading for home.

I quickly pull down the sun visor to check myself in the mirror, making sure it wasn't obvious I had been rolling around in the sand. The back of my hair was the only sign of what happened, with little clumps of sand stuck in the strands.

I quickly pulled the clumps away and gave one more check, to make sure my hair was perfect. Once I was satisfied, I slowly pushed the visor back up, and caught a glimpse of my sisters. They were holding the boys close, with their head resting on their shoulders their eyes closed and relaxed smiles on their faces, while the boys had their arms wrapped around them, pulling them in tight.

I knew exactly what my sisters were feeling. That sense of calm, comfort and peace when you are close to the ones you love. It was like wrapping yourself in your warm comfy bed during a cold winter.

Alvin's hand then extends toward mine, his palm open toward me. I then took his hand, and held it tight. As soon as I touched him, the feeling returned again, it was actually getting quite annoying.

I couldn't even enjoy holding his hand without getting feeling like I wanted to throw him to the ground, and continue what we were doing at the beach. My whole body was burning like a furnace, as sweat dripped down my head.

My heart was going a mile a minute, making my breathing become quick and shallow. I tried my best to hide it, by taking deep calming breaths. They helped a little.

Soon, the van pulled up in front of our house, the outside light burning bright, lighting up the whole path to the house. "Jeanette, we're here" Simon whispered. I slowly look back, and could see Jeanette slowly open her eyes, looking like she was coming out of a deep sleep.

I glance further back, and could see Theodore, gently rocking Eleanor, making her eyes flutter open. "Where are we?" Eleanor yawned as she pulled herself off of Theodore. "You home" he replied as he helped her out of the van.

I climb out, and could see Simon doing the same helping Jeanette out.

Once my sisters were out, the boys took them toward the front door, and took both of their hands, smiling back at them as they struggled to fully awaken. Me and Alvin were leaning against the van, both of us with huge smiles on our faces as we watch everything unfold.

We were too far to hear anything, but we could see them talking to each other. Then the boys pulled my sisters in close, and gave them a huge and long kiss, and I mean long.

I turn of Alvin and give a small giggle as I open my mouth. "You brothers are almost as wild as you." "What do you expect?" he said as he turns toward me, his hand reaching around to the back of my neck, his fingers gently tracing up and down. "We're men. We all are wild. We are like animals." "Well duh!" I tease as I move closer to him. "I am with one right now."

Alvin and I then pull into another deep kiss, his tongue once again rolling around in my mouth, making my eyes roll back. "Get a room you two." We quickly pull away and saw Simon and Theodore walking up to the van, wide smiles on their faces.

"I could say the same for you" Alvin said as he glared at his brothers. He then turned back to me, giving me a smile. "I'll see you later Brittany. Have a good sleep." He then moved his mouth next to my ear, and gently whispered. "Love you." "Love you too," I said as he pulled away.

I watched as he walked around the van, and climbed back into the driver's seat. The vehicle then quickly pulled away, heading back to Dave's house.

I gently touch my lips. They still felt tingly from Alvin's kiss. I turn to the front door, and could see my sisters still standing there, both looking like they were in a trance. I walk up the small path and give my sisters a smile as I open the front door. "What a night, uh guys." "Yeah" Jeanette said, sounding like she still didn't understand what happened. "I am happy for you two" I said as I pulled off my shoes. "I hope you will be very happy with each other."

I wasn't lying, I was happy for them, that they were finally with the boys they love. But deep down, a part of me wants to go against them, for what they said about me making a mistake with Alvin. Deep down, I wanted them to feel what they made me feel, how mad they made me. But I didn't want to do that, I didn't want to spoil it for them. "I hope so too" Eleanor replied as we entered the kitchen to grab a quick drink.

Something in my head then clicked. I wanted to know how they felt about my relationship now that they were in one. "You two. I want you to think about this, about how you might feel if I told you two you were making a mistake." I turn to my sisters, and could see they had completely froze, obviously feeling a little uneasy, I was as well. "What you two said really hurt me, so I want you to think about how you might feel, if I did the same. We always had each others backs. Why can't we still?"

Both my sisters remained silent. I could tell I struck a nerve. And they were probably feeling a little guilty. "We can understand how you feel Britt" Jeanette whispered, "I think we would be really mad as well, but we stand behind what we said. We think it is a bad idea that you and Alvin are together."

I could feel the anger starting to rise within me again at what Jeanette said, but I decided to hear her out.

"Simon and Theodore have shown more maturity tonight than Alvin did his whole life. He is one of those people who will just get what he wants from you, then leave you in the dumps."

I felt like I was going to explode, my hands were shaking, and my face was feeling red hot.

"You have no right to make these assumptions" I hiss at them. "Because you know what, things almost got really wild tonight between us. I was going to let him continue, but he stopped, because he didn't want to take advantage of me. And you know what, I think I wanted it more than Alvin."

My sister's heads instantly shot up.

Crap, what did I just say, this isn't going to help anything. Their eyes were staring at me like interrogation lights, I felt like I was going to confess everything. Before I could say a word, I ran out of the kitchen, up the stairs, and into my room, quickly locking it behind me.

"What am I going to do now?" I whispered to myself as I collapse onto my bed.