" And then...she kissed him! Can you believe that?" Nanna burst out laughing and so does aunt Maggie.
              I groan, rubbing the my temples in utter frustration. Not long after dinner started nanna has been telling Nicolas about my embarrassing childhood and though he's not showing it, I can tell he enjoys it.
              I peek at him stylishly and blush when I see the corners of his lips curl ever so slightly.
                " Nanna, that's enough. It was only one time." I say defending myself.
               " No, you kissed Lucas twice if I'm not mistaken." She giggled taking another spoonful of lasagna.
              " I was three! And I just thought it would make the pain go away." I muttered embarrassingly.
                Aunt Maggie chuckles at my attempt to defend myself and I glare at her.
               " Oh Bella, she was always so innocent. I don't know about now though." Nanna says eyeing me with playful suspicion.
             I rolled my eyes and take shove some lasagna into my mouth. I hate this.
            " So Nicolas, what about you? Tell me, do you have any siblings, cousins? One's you haven't kissed?"  Nanna asks and Nicolas chuckles.
               This actually has me looking at him in shock. He chuckled. Like actually chuckled. His face was now back to its normal color and he seemed.... happy.
            I couldn't help the smile that crept up my face as I stared at him. I hate to admit, but that smile there makes him look breathtaking. What he did earlier was unacceptable but I can't help feel sad for him.
             No one should ever attempt to do that and whatever prompted him must have been really serious. I'm just glad he can forget his troubles even if it's for a little while.
               " It's just my brother, James." His velvety voice says.
             " Oh, how old is he?" Aunt Maggie asks.

               " Just 10months." He shrugs.
            " Aww. He must be adorable. You know Isabelle was also adorable when she was little. I always carry a picture of her wherever I go. Here lemme show y-"
                 " No!" I yell stopping my grandmother. The last thing I need is anyone seeing those pictures.
               See my nanna has good taste in a lot of things. Clothes, shoes, accessories and so on but not pictures. I've seen the pictures she likes and they are terrible.
             Most of them are of me in only diapers or messy clothes. I usually always have gunk on the corners of my mouth and flash a toothless smile at the camera. It's like my mom doesn't even care when taking those pics.
                 " Oh come on Bella. You're adorable see?" She says finally bringing out the picture.
              Nicolas bites his lower lip probably trying to hide a smile and takes it out of her hands. He looks at it and then back at me. His blue eyes were smiling but I didn't care, this is so embarrassing.
              Snatching the picture out of his hands, I save myself the trouble of looking at it and just hand it back to nanna.
            " I'll be upstairs." I grumble getting up. My cheeks were a flaming red now.
              " But what about dessert? Nanna bought you your favorite ice cream." Aunt Maggie says bringing out a huge container of half Oreos and chocolate ice cream.
              " This makes up for nothing." I tell them, taking a spoon and a few scoops of the ice cream before heading upstairs. I'll probably come back for more later.

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            " Stupid Nicolas, making them love him so much. That was so unnecessary." I grumble to myself, angrily shoving spoonfuls of delicious ice cream into my mouth. He doesn't even do anything yet they treat him like like a-
              " Isabelle, how could you leave your guest downstairs? That was so rude." Nanna's voice calls coming into my room.
            " You seemed to be doing a great job keeping him entertained." I mutter under my breath.
                 " What was that?" Nanna ask squinting her eyes at me. She hates it when I do that.

                   " I said I'll be down in a minute." I sighed jumping off my bed.
                  " No need, he's right here." Nanna says opening the door even wider so he could come in.
                  " Well, have fun you two. And please for your own sake, use protection."
              " Nanna!" I exclaim throwing a pillow at her direction. She quickly dodges it and wags a finger at me.
             " I'll be leaving now." She giggled before closing the door behind her.
            I fall back on my bed with a loud groan. Could this day get any more embarrassing?
               " Please sit." I tell him scooting over for him to sit on my bed.
                He places his bowl of ice cream by me and takes a seat by the edge of the bed, creating a distance between us.
                  " Sorry about all that." I apologise and get no answer in response.
                  I continue to take my ice cream and he does the same until eventually, I get bored.
                  " Why?" I asked, breaking the silence.
                He looks at me and keeps silent. I sighed. Even if he wanted to tell, why would he tell me of all people? I wonder if he's suicidal.
                " A-Are you suicidal?" I ask barely looking at him.
                 " No." He sighs.
            " Then why did you do it?" I asked.
               " Just drop it. Stop pretending you care." He snarls all of a sudden, startling me in the process.
                 " But I do. No one should even think of doing that." I muttered under my breath. He'd never understand.

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Sorry about the short chapters. I'm really drained nowadays. I hope you like this one peeps. Love y'all💓💓💓💓🥰