Chapter 46

Jason's pov :
Who is this motherfucker? How dare he be this close to my sister?
"Jay, he is the photographer, Nick Derrick." Barbie smiled while tugging at that asshole's shirt. She never behaved like a girl who loves to have guy friends.
"You should do your job, if next time I'll see you flirting with my sister, I'll make sure to give you the best treatment for that fucking act," I uttered while pointing my index finger to him. Because of his popularity, maybe he preferred to be called Derrick, not Nick.
A weirdo photographer!
Lia held my hand and started rubbing it slowly, "cool, Jay! Barbie is mature enough to handle her profession and life, you shouldn't behave like an overprotective creepy brother. Don't try to create a scene here, please…!" She mumbled in my ear.
Theo snapped at Derrick, "I told you, her brother won't like you, so you better stay away from her," he smirked and stood beside me.
"We are thinking of dating, so you better stay away from this matter as I'm mature enough to handle my love life," Barbie shouted at Theo and then looked into my eyes, "do I need to explain everything to you, Jay?" She crossed her arms and made a blank face.
I didn't want an explanation, maybe Lia was right. Barbie has a right to live her life however she wants, "Derrick, right? Never be the reason for her tears or gloomy face because I wouldn't mind killing you for her tears," I smiled to make the situation easy and hugged Barbie.
She returned me a half-hearted smile, I didn't feel that she was happy with this relationship but I didn't barge in too much because she won't tell me anything until she wants to do so.
"Jay, I'm going to Alex. See you later," Theo said while looking at Barbie.
"We are also coming, we don't want to disturb this new couple," Lia quickly reported and came closer to Barbie, "I'm happy for you, Barbie!" She grinned and held my hand, "we should leave, now."
I wasn't feeling great about leaving my sister alone with Derrick, I looked around and found other people also there so I felt a bit relieved.
"Don't worry, Jay! I'm way too professional, and I promise that I won't let her cry for me," Derrick threw a polite smile to me and looked at Theo, " though I can't guarantee that of others."
It seemed like something happened between Barbie, Theo, and Derrick before we reached here.
I just nodded and walked away, "Theo, did I miss something?"
He patted my shoulder and smiled, "nope! I thought you won't like that photographer so I just reacted, um, overreacted," he bounced his shoulders like he wasn't hurt by Barbie's harsh words.
"Barbie is lucky to have these overprotective brothers for life. I wish I could also have that kinda brother who would threaten Jay as he threatened Derrick," Lia chuckled.
I relaxed my arm on her waist, "I'm sorry but I can't fulfil this wish of yours, I can't be your brother," I joined her in laughing.
Theo put his arm around Lia's shoulders, "don't worry, Lia! From now on, I'm your brother only, and you are my only sister in this world. And Jay, don't you even dare to hurt my cute sister ever! I'll beat you to the death, you got it…?" He raised his eyebrows at me.
"Okay, dude! Still, take your fucking hand off of her!" I just can't help it but I feel so outraged whenever anyone touches Lia.
Lia removed my hand, "you can't behave as you own me. You are so crazy, he is my brother, you can't order him to do anything like this," she rolled her eyes and started walking beside Theo while holding his hand. Theo was walking between us shamelessly.
They looked at each other and laughed at me, "he is a possessive boyfriend, isn't he?" Theo asked Lia as if he didn't know.
Lia shook her head, "but I'm not gonna follow his orders."
I gritted my teeth as I couldn't do anything and felt the irritation of Derrick. I'll try my best not to be an asshole brother anymore.
"What's wrong with you guys? Liliana, did you ditch Jay and start dating Theo?" George mocked and Fiona slapped his arm slowly.
I appreciated Fiona's move, "you should have slapped on his face, Fiona. He is blabbering like a drunken bastard."
"I want to make an announcement, where is Alex?" Lia inquired and searched for Alex but he was nowhere to be found.
"Leave him! He has gone missing, we tried to find him but we couldn't and when George called him, his call was busy. I can't wait anymore to listen to you, please, tell me!" Fiona showed her eagerness and stood closer to Lia.
"Okay, okay! Theo is my overprotective and caring brother from now on," Lia fluttered her eyes and grinned while showing all her teeth and gave a side hug to Theo.
She was looking so cute while acting like this, I just forgot everything and started smiling at her cuteness.
Deep down, I knew Theo wasn't a jerk and he was my best friend, how come I couldn't trust him…?
Of course, I trust him! My heart always trusted my three buddies, it's just my immature possessiveness that pops up without my will.
George looked at me with wide-opened eyes, "I'm lucky in this matter, Jay. Fiona doesn't have a brother," he giggled like he cracked a joke.
"Nothing was funny, George! Fiona has a possessive best friend, right?" I looked at Lia in expectation of support.
She nodded and both girls started giggling.
"I need to leave, dude. Where is Alex?" Theo looked around for Alex.
"Why do you need to leave? We can enjoy it here, this place seems nice. Look, there is a theme park!" George suggested and all of us looked at the park. His idea was exciting.
We could see Alex coming out of that park with a girl. "He is Alex, with that blonde girl, right?" The words came out of my mouth before my mind could analyze the situation.
"How come he didn't tell us that he was going on a date?" Fiona murmured in a flabbergasted voice.
"He must have forgotten to tell us, we never hide anything from anyone. It's the rule of our friendship," George explained to Fiona and wrapped his arm around her.
I looked at Lia who was already blushing, the memories of our hot make-out flashed back to us, she told me that she loved to circle her arms on my neck. Theo was becoming a curse on my life.
Alex found us staring at him and he stopped shuffling. His date looked at us with narrowed eyes. All of us knew that she was just a date, not his girlfriend because Alex was too afraid to fall for any girl.
That blonde girl bruised her lips on his for a second and whispered something in his ear before leaving.
All of us turned our faces to the other side to pretend that we are mad at him, we weren't stupid to be mad at him just because he forgot to tell us about his date.
Everyone knew how immature he was! And it wasn't the first time that he forgot to tell us something so it was alright.
"Guys, I want to...uh, I want to confess something," Alex muttered while lowering his head.
"Why am I feeling something is fishy, Alex?" George inquired like cops.
"Look, I'm getting late so finish your drama soon," Theo sighed and swiped his hand through his hair.
I was feeling a bad vibe from Alex's tone so I chose to stay silent and waited for Alex to say whatever he wanted to prater.
"I've been in a relationship for the past seven months with the girl you just saw with me, her name is Bella. I didn't want to accept her love but I couldn't leave her. You know, love is a messy feeling, no one can describe it so I decided to give it a try," Alex looked at everyone one by one.
No one said a single word, everyone was just gaping at him like he was saying that he was an alien.
When nobody responded to his confession, he moved ahead to explain further, "guys, I was afraid of falling in love. Seeing my parents fighting each day for the divorce in my childhood made me cold to the LOVE. I asked Bella to just live as friends and if we could handle each other, we would take it a step further but she asked me to make a decision."
"Either date her or leave her alone. After fighting with myself not to fall for anyone for a week, I gave up and decided to give this relationship a chance. I wasn't ready to be in a relationship this early, so I told her all the pros and cons. If I won't feel adequate, I'll break up with her and she won't give me any emotional torture to live in a relationship where I don't wanna stay at all," he exhaled and took a deep breath.
"Maybe we were destined to meet, she lives with her father only because her parents divorced when she was ten years old. Bella wasn't afraid of love, she was scared of the abusive fights and the title of an ex, so she asked me to live in a secret relationship until we both feel secure with each other and I'm confident about our relationship."
George couldn't rest much, "just because a damn girl asked you to be in a secret relationship, you hid it from your buddies…?" He couldn't believe that Alex was spitting the truth.
"Her name is Bella, George. I love her and I want you guys to understand the nodus of our relationship. You also did hide your feelings for Fiona from us and the fact about your virginity. Have you forgotten how cool you played being a playboy and hid the truth from everyone?" Alex shouted at George and it was becoming a serious fight.
Lia looked at me with perplexity, her eyes were saying that she wasn't feeling comfortable standing there with us when we were having a rigid discussion. I closed my eyes and indicated to her to do whatever she felt good to do.
"I guess you guys need some privacy," Lia opened her mouth and Fiona supported her, "let's go to that cafe, Lia!"