Taylor's POV...
After my actual not accidental real kiss with Joey, I decided to go back home to finish my homeworks. Somehow, kissing him earlier made me felt better. It made me realize that it's ok to get lost in the moment. It's ok to love the wrong person who's right. It's ok to love and not have, yet it hurts so much. I arrived home and entered my room, seeing that Eleanor is now on her phone. I assumed she had finished all her homeworks.
"Hey Tay! So how did it went with Joey? Is he acting normal again now?" Eleanor ask.
I almost jump out of surprise. I see Eleanor sitting on her bed while scrolling through her phone. A feeling of guilt suddenly crawls to my heart, knowing that I just kissed the guy who I knew my sister also like. Yet, despite what I just did with Joey, we agreed to not tell Eleanor about it, for the good of her own feelings.
"It was fine," I say to Eleanor.
"So what made Joey got all weird lately?" Eleanor ask.
I almost let out a nervous sweat. I'm not really good in making up stories, but seems like I have to do that now, and fast.
"Oh...he just got so busy with his homeworks. His mom had been pushing him to focus on his studies more," I say, knowing for a fact that what I just said was one of the worse excuses I could make up.
Eleanor raise her right eyebrow at me. I doubt she would believe it, but let's just hope that she actually did.
"Umm...ok," she answers, confusion still in her voice.
"But anyway, he's all good now. So everything's back to normal," I say as I remove my black cardigan as I walk pass my sister, avoiding any eye contact with her in this moment of awkwardness. Right now I just want to head to bed as fast as possible.
The next day...
At school...
"And so the villain actually jumped out from the window," Joey says to Eleanor in an excited yet serious tone.
"Damn, that guy was like an idiot," Eleanor says. She was listening to Joey telling her spoilers from a movie he just watched.
I took another bite of my tuna sandwhich, before having my vision move back and forth between the two teenagers. I'm glad that everything is back to normal again, with the three of us hanging out and talking like usual. Well, at least 99% of my feelings are back to normal. And as for that 1%, well, somehow it's a different type of small feeling.
"Damn, I would like to punch him in the face," Eleanor blurts out, before taking another bite of her cheese burger.
Joey forms a smile. "It was only a movie, Eli. Just chill."
I watch as Joey smiles at my twin sister, in which I noticed her kind of blushing by his action. I know I should feel totally normal with this matter, but somehow, I couldn't help but feel somehow a weird feeling in my chest. Even though last night Joey and I agreed that the three of us should just remain friends, and the fact that we also agreed to hide the kiss that happened last night and my feelings towards him from Eleanor, yet somehow I couldn't say that I am 100% satisfied with our final decision. Sure, I don't think Eleanor knowing about what happened between Joey and I will do any good, and I don't want to cause any more dramas. It's enough that the three of us are involved in this love triangle, without Eleanor even knowing about it.
I noticed how Eleanor's hazel eyes sparkles as she stares at Joey with shyness. Of course, Joey isn't aware of this since he only has his visions on his mac and cheese at the moment. I didn't need to study my sister to know what's in her mind at the moment. It's pretty obvious that she has interest towards Joey. In fact, I think her feelings are more obvious than mine, or maybe....I'm just better in hiding mine? I don't know.
A few hours later....
After school...
"See you tomorrow," Joey says as he waves at Taylor and Eleanor.
"Bye!" Eleanor waves at Joey, while Taylor just stood in silent, not even bothering to look at Joey.
As Joey enters his car, Eleanor shifts her vision to Taylor, only to see her still in silent while staring at her shoes.
"Tay, you ok?" Eleanor ask.
Taylor moves her head and looks at her twin sister, of course she was kind of surprised when Eleanor called her.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's go," Taylor answers and the two girls walk away from the school, ready to head home.
7 PM...
At home...
Taylor and Eleanor are having dinner with their mother, while listening to her talk about how her day at the office went. For tonight, the twins decided to cook chicken soup, other than just ordering for delivery. It's a favorite dish of their mother.
Taylor's POV...
As I continue to listen to my mom talking about one of her nosy co-workers, I couldn't help but let my mind fly to another space. Let's just say, I'm not even focusing on what my mother is even talking about, since she always tells us the same old stories over and over again. Not that it bothers me, but tonight I couldn't focus on it somehow. Tonight, funny to realize that my mind is thinking about something, or should I say someone else.
"Taylor, are you ok?"
I snap back to my present reality. Geez I've been so lost in my own thoughts that I haven't even finished my soup at this state. Usually I would always finish my dinner before Eleanor. Well, literally because she's a slow eater, but tonight is different. Eli's having her second plate of dessert, which vanilla cake, and here I am still not even finish with my soup.
"Sweetie, are you tired?"
I sigh. I didn't have a better excuse in my head, so just saying that I am tired could be ok. I didn't want to explain to my mom right now about my thoughts on my boy best friend who gave my weird feelings.
"Yeah," I answer.
"Then you should go to bed early. Sweetie, no wonder you look so exhausted," my mom says.
"That's right," Eleanor adds.
"Ok," I say, before I continue to eat my soup, again with my thoughts still traveling.
To be continue...