Chapter 198

My breath practically catches in my throat when I see him. It seems every day I am seeing a new side to my brother, and today's side is one of morose sadness.

Well it isn't really sad as much as it is his clothing that is sad. A simple hoodie over ash jeans, like he simply wants to melt into the background.

The exact day that I decided that I'm going to dress a little bit outrageously, my brother decides to dress as simply as simple can go. I'm guessing that his true nature really is simple, but yet even if he was simple he wasn't this simple. He has always been simple, but yet it is not the sort of simplicity that simply makes him want to disappear.

I'm guessing that he's still a little bit raw from the effects of yesterday and it is expected, but yet I didn't really expect him to keep on holding on to such an event this long.

I'm guessing it hasn't really been that long and so I decided to simply drop the matter.

"Are you ready?" I ask, my voice coming out a bit quiet and swollen. He simply gives me a glare and a frustrated sigh.

"I'm not changing it no matter how hard you look".

I'm guessing that's the end of that isn't it. I simply decide not to pursue the matter anymore and I get up and grab my bag.

Instead of using a school bag today I have simply decided to put my few books into the large stunning handbag I had gotten from the fashion house yesterday. It seems we will be making a lot of use of the products that we had purchased, and I simply smile knowing that tomorrow I will also get to choose one outfit out of what I had bought and try to decidedly rock it.

"When is Aunt coming back?" I ask Scott and he checks something on his phone.

"In the next two days". I make the mental calculation in my head and I see that her coming back in the next two days shouldn't really affect me. Her coming back this very minute shouldn't affect me even, but I don't think that she would really appreciate our present look right now.

I don't know why she always bears this sort of seriousness to her, she bears this sort of seriousness that makes me feel unerious whenever I look at her, i just start to feel like I should be taking on more responsibilities at my age and simply stop fooling myself with foolish delusions of love.

I'm guessing they I'm not doing that anymore am I, and I realised I'm actually happy that she should be coming back in the next two days.

At least my life will have something of a regular schedule as from then and Oakley and Scott won't be able to get me to skip class even if I wanted to. I am back downstairs and look at the two people who are reluctantly awaiting our departure.