"Cecily, this is Sophie, Sophie, this is Cecily," I introduce.
"Hi!" Cecily says cheerfully.
"Hi," Sophie says shyly.
"Ahem," Will interrupts, and I turn and face him. "But the only reason we came over here was to see if Cecily was coming to the party or not."
"And that is an answer you shall never receive, good day, sir," I say before motioning for him and the rest of them to leave the table. None of them made any sort of move.
"I want you to come, Cecily," Gabriel tells her, a blush slowly creeping across his face.
"What do you mean?" Cecily asked him and his face turns beet red.
"I'm Gideon," Gideon introduces to Sophie, holding his hand out for her to shake.
Sophie takes his hand and blushes. "Sophia Collins."
His face turns a dark crimson.
"Cecily," Gabriel says, trying to get her attention. She peeled her eyes off Sophie and Gideon to glare at him.
"What do you want?" she asks him.
"I want-" he starts. "Would you come to the party with me?" he asks, ultra fast. Cecily blinks a few times before turning to me. She looked at me wide-eyed. I shrug and motion for her to continue.
"Uh..sure," she replies and he smiles. That was when I noticed how much Will was frowning.
"Cecily!" he scolds.
"William!" she repeats in the same tone.
"You like Gabriel? Gabriel Lightworm?" he asks her, anger showing through his surprised voice. Gabriel gasps.
"My name is Gabriel Lightwood!" he insists.
For once, I think about agreeing with Will, but keep my mouth glued shut. The first reason, Will has a big enough ego to fill the entire planet, second reason, Cecily may or may not like this Gabriel. So I won't say anything offensive, except for calling their dad Mr. Lightworm.
"Will! What I do is none of your concern! You haven't cared about anything I've done since Ella and you started hanging out with them," she screamed whilst motioning to the Shadowhunters.
He looks down. "What's different, Will? Please come back, I've missed you. Not this whole facade you. The real you. You, the brother that loves me and wants the best for me, where did he go?" she asked, tears brimming her eyes, making her voice thick. I want to reach out, to help her.
Unfortunately, this time, it is not my place to do something like that.