9 PM....
Joey's POV...
It's been an hour and I still haven't finish my science homework. To add it, I still have my math and English homework on the waiting-list. Man, I wish I could ask Mr Smith why did he have to gave us too much work for a day, when I could be doing other things like looking for a part-time job, which I haven't been able to do with the amout of homeworks.
I didn't sigh though. I didn't want to feel like I'm in one of those cheesy TV dramas where the main characters would break-down over homework. That would be dramatic.
As I continue to do my science homework, I suddenly hear a knock coming from my door. I assumed it's probably Kyle.
"Come in!"
I didn't bother to look at whoever enter the room. However, upon hearing the door open, I hear small steps entering my room, along with a voice that tinkles my ears.
"Hey..."
Ok, that was not Kyle. He didn't have a feminine type of voice, and it's obvious that the voice I just heard belong to a woman. I turn my head to the side to see Taylor standing with backpack in hand.
"Tay, what are you doing here?" I ask in confusion. I didn't expect her to show up at this time especially without her even telling me about it before. Not that it bothers me.
"Sorry. I just wanted to ask if you could help me with my homework," she says, her eyes looking down to the ground.
I form a small smirk on my lips. I remembered that Taylor hated science as much as me, so chances are it's probably the science homework she has a problem dealing with.
"Sure. Let's start," I say, making her turn her head to face me. A small smile forms on her lips.
I decided to move my homeworks to the floor, where I sit next to Taylor who is getting her homework from her backpack. It's been a while since we did our homeworks together, maybe because usually Taylor would be stubborn and insisted that she doesn't need help. At least, most of the time.
Half an hour later...
Taylor's POV...
As he assisted me with my science homeworks, I couldn't help but gaze at his alluring blue eyes from time to time. His eyes looks like windows to the ocean, which I found to be quite attractive. Sometimes I even lose my focus when listening to him, hence making it a bit of a struggle for me to consentrate. It's not the first time that I'm seeing my best friend this close, but for us to have some alone time together tonight really gave me a peaceful feeling. In fact, the reason I actually came here tonight wasn't fully because I needed help with my homework. Yeah, I hated science, but other than, it's funny because I just want to spend some time with him tonight. And as selfish as it sounds, somehow I didn't want to be interrupted by anyone tonight, including my sister.
"By the way, where's Eli?" Joey ask all of a sudden.
I turn my head to face him with a rather poker-face. Of course, he wonders where Eli is because we're almost always together.
"At home. Don't worry, she finished her homework," I say with a chill tone. But it's true though, since Eli is actually fond of science.
"I see," he answers casually.
I turn my vision to see him focusing back on his homework. A small sting lingered around my heart when he asked me about my twin sister. And after our agreement last night regarding our relationship as friends, why am I still not satisfied with our final decision? It was for the good of us, the best choice, but why am I still disappointed? When I should be happy that we the three of us can go back to what we were. I'm being selfish.
"Done." I hear Joey's voice tinkles through my ears. He then gets up to put his homework back on his study desk, before turning his head back to face me.
"Tay, are you ok?" he ask me.
I turn my gaze up to see him standing next to his desk. Our eyes meet and I can't help but just stare deeply into his. Right now I wish my eyes could send some sort of messages regarding my complicated feelings. But again, I knew that this would be another selfish mistake.
"Tay?" his voice tinkles through my ears again.
I turn my gaze down, and then I sigh. Taylor, what the hell came into your mind? You shouldn't feel like this to your best friend, especially after knowing that your sister also likes him. Not only can your feelings towards him ruin your friendship, but it will also hurt your sister.
"I'm fine," I say, which was obviously a lie.
Joey raise one of his eyebrow. He didn't look like he believed me, which I already had a feeling he wouldn't. I'm not a good liar since my face speaks too much. He slowly walks over and sits next to me on the floor. He turn his head to my direction, in which I didn't bother to turn my head to see him. A moment of awkward silence fills the air, as I could myself feeling nervous all of a sudden.
"I hope things doesn't have to be awkward between us, Tay," Joey says all of a sudden.
I turn my head to finally see him. Our eyes meet after a while of my avoidance, and again his eyes never fails to grew sparks in my heart. His gaze are filled with some sort of wonder. I want to hope that he didn't knew about my complex feelings at the moment, but I doubt that. He probably already read me like a book.
"I want things to go back to the way it was," I say.
To be continue...