Chapter 4 You Know It's No Good...

Nick

Oh God, no! That was exactly what I didn't want to happen. Never.

"Nick, we've already talked about that a billion times, haven't we?"

"Yeah, exactly. And that's why we don't have to talk it out again, okay? I'm leaving." Gosh Joe, why do you have to be so annoying sometimes? "I'm living my own life, deal with it or leave me alone."

"Aw Nick, come on! You know that he's right! We just want to protect you from your own feelings. Okay that sounded awkward."

"Well I never asked you to protect me. I can take care of myself, go and take care of Frankie or get a puppy if you feel like protecting something."

"Nick..."

"Just leave me alone with all that shit! You guys need some professional help, you're going crazy about me falling for someone instead of taking care of your own business."

"Nick, could you just wait and listen to us for a minute?"

I sounded rude, of course. Maybe I'd really hurt their feelings. So? I was just extremely mad, that's all. They'll get over it, they always do. But I didn't want this to turn into a major argument so I turned around and set down on a bench only a few steps away from them.

"So?"

Joe started talking again: "Nick, we don't want to offend you, you should know that. It's just that we all know what happens to you every time you're falling for someone..."

"And we don't want to see you hurt all the time because you're our brother and we love you....somehow." Kevin finished his sentence.

Gosh, now they really made me feel guilty. Okay, I was probably overreacting when I yelled at them but I was really upset.

"And you guys should know that I love you, too. But I just need to make my own decisions. And by the way I'm seriously not falling for her." I'm such a liar. "I was the only one she could talk to because you guys thought she'd bring a red carpet to walk into school. She's really nice and we may be friends but there's definitely not more going on, alright?"

"Alright. We just wanted to make sure that we don't have to worry about you."

"You seriously don't have to, I promise." Okay I should change the subject before I lie even more. "But I want you to promise me something, too, okay?"

"That would be?" They looked calmed down now.

"I really don't wanna worry about your crushes so we should just talk about, too. I mean we're already here."

Now they didn't seem calm anymore. Oh no, they seemed nervous. "Sure but don't you think that we should really go to the next lesson now?"

"No, we all have Mrs Snark now, she won't care." Thank God for Mrs Snark. She can be so annoying but also useful in times like these.

"Okay, let's start then. Although I got no idea who my crush should be." Oh Joe, always so overly confident.

"Come on, Joe. What about you and Stella, huh? Doesn't she count or what? Well okay, she may not be a crush anymore..."

"But..."

"Joe, don't even try to fight it." Kevin supported me. Did he seriously think that I wouldn't mention his crush then? Well, I had to proof him wrong.

"Thanks Kevin. And now your crush."

"My what?"

"Well you're obviously crushing on Macy."

"What?!" Joe & Kevin yelled at the same time. Joe can be so blind some times. Maybe that's the curse of the....whatever Joe is.

"Err, hello? Every time she's near you're smiling at her like she'd be a cute little kitten or something like that. And don't say you're doing that because you like her as a friend."

Kevin didn't say a word anymore. The whole way back to our classes he was completely quiet. Maybe that Macy thing was a tough topic for him or he was just thinking of something weird like animal-shaped clouds again, you never know what's up in his head. At least they wouldn't bother me about Delilah anymore, that was all I actually wanted. I had decided not to fall that fast anymore anyway. So as long as I didn't know if she liked me back I would just pretend that I don't feel anything for her. Word.