PLEASE DON’T KILL ME! Sorry for not updating! I guess I have had some writer’s block! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Hopefully this chapter will make up from me not updating earlier. I made it a bit longer than usual!!

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Chapter 18:   Romeo and Juliet?

“Its not funny Ethan!!” I screeched as I picked up the closest object and threw it at him, but with my poor athletic abilities I manage to hit a poor innocent bystander. They looked at me and gave me a harsh glare before muttering some profound language at me. Ethan still feeling unaffected at what I just did continued to roll on the floor while clutching his stomach. Shoppers around us eyed us weirdly trying to figure out if Ethan had some sort of mental illness or if he was just a stupid teenager.

I just stood there tapping my feet impatiently while waiting for him to stop laughing like a maniac. After a good fifteen minutes Ethan slowly got up and wiped the tears that were streaming down his face.

“Are you done yet?” I ask irritated.

“Yeah, I think. But are you serious?” He asked while trying to contain the chuckles that were escaping his lips.

“Yes I am serious!! I yelled which resulted in people giving me harsh glares to keep my voice down. Ethan stared at me, but then burst in to laughter.

“UGHH!! I shouldn’t have even told you.” I stomped my feet getting away from him as far as possible. I started to observe the clothes that were on the rack trying to complete one of items of my “bucket list”

2. Get cooler clothes

I had at least twenty clothing items in my hand and now I was currently holding the twenty-first item, a black leather jacket. I guess I was trying to go for the “rebellious” look because that what I was doing. I was going against my parents wishes, so might as well dress up like a rebellious kid. I looked at the price tag and put the article of clothing back on the rack. I sigh knowing I wouldn’t be able to afford any of the clothing, and I would only end up buying two shirts out of my large pile.

Ethan came up from behind and snatched the jacket. “You are trying to become a ‘bad girl’” He asked with an amuse tone.

“Yes.” I nodded while waiting him to laugh at my face, but instead he just simply nodded and threw the jacket in my hand.

“Okay in all seriousness. Naina did you really THROW up on Raj after he confessed his true feelings towards you.” I groaned knowing how he was enjoying my second hand embarrassment.

“Yes.”

“ Are you shitting me right now? So you not only threw up on him, but after wards when he went to his room to clean up you pretended to be a sleep, and now you are avoiding him like the plague.”

I buried my face in to my hands. “Unfortunately that is what happen, and this is your entire fault!” 

“My fault?” He asked innocently.

“Don’t play stupid with me Meyers!! If it wasn’t for you shoving down alcohol down my throat then I would have been able to say yes to Raj.” I was expecting Ethan to be even more amused with the situation, but instead he looked….hurt. Hurt? Why the heck would he be hurt?

“So you were going to say ‘yes’ to the date.”

“Well yeah.”

“Oh. Well he’s a lucky guy.” He whispered while shifting from one foot to another.

“Yeah, I am pretty awesome aren’t yeah.” I said jokingly. I waited for Ethan to comment on how much of a loser I was, but instead he did the complete opposite.

“You aren’t just awesome Naina, you are amazing.” He said while smiling softly. I didn’t say anything, but I just stared at him trying to figure out the double meaning behind his words. Ethan cleared his throat awkwardly.

“You can’t avoid him Naina you realize that right.” He said seriously.

“Why not?” I asked dumbfounded.

“Because the guy asked you out and you are now avoiding him, in all honestly he probably is not even thinking that you are avoiding him because you puke your guts all over him, but instead you are disgusted at the fact he even liked you.” My eyes widen in shock. Holy crap I didn’t even think of that. Omg poor Raj he is probably sitting there heartbroken while I am shopping. Wow…..I’m a bitch!

“Ahh I see you made the connection. You aren’t really that bright.” Ethan responded amused.

“Shut up! I have never dealt with a situation like this.” I argued.

“Oh yeah you have zero love life. No experience in the romance department. Never been kissed.” Ethan said while containing his laughter once again.

“You are enjoying torturing me aren’t you?”

“Oh, that I am, so are you going to go say “yes” to your Romeo.” Ethan asked irritated. What was his problem one minute he is giving me advice and the next minutes he is acting like my “Romeo” is someone he would have dead.

“I just. I don’t know. I just need time to get over the fact that I basically threw up on him, but  I will tell him yes tonight. Its not like I can avoided him! OMG I CANT AVOID HIM! WHAT IF I THROW UP ON HIM AGAIN! I AM FEELING A BIT SICK! HE MIGHT THINK I THREW UP BECAUSE OF HIS FACE! BUT HIS FACE IS SO BEAUTIFUL..” I kept on ranting until Ethan started shaking my shoulder trying to stop my panic attack.

“Calm down. Deep breaths. You can hang out with me until tonight.” He said softly. Ethan slowly grabbed my clothes and brought it to the counter.

I snapped out of my daze and rushed towards him. “Ethan I can’t afford all those clothes.” I yelled, but Ethan on the other hand waved his hand as if 400 Euros wasn’t that big of a deal.

“Don’t worry my Aunt owns this business its on the house.”

“I cant just steal your Aunts money! This is robbery!”

“Well you can thank her.” Ethan said shrugging.

“Thank her?” I questioned.

“Yep, because tonight you are going to meet the Barosa family.” Ethan said while smiling mischievously.

***

I should have never ever bought the clothes. I should have just robbed his aunt and never agreed to thank her. Why? Because right now I was sitting with a bunch of Ethan’s look alike at the dinner table.

I came here twenty minutes ago and even though they all introduce themselves to me I still couldn’t remember their names. They all looked like freken twins and there was at least fifty of them. The only person I recognize was Ethan’s uncle from the bar, but that’s only because he was freakishly tall. Apparently Ethan was the oldest grandson and the rest of them were a year apart from each other.

Everyone had been nice to me except Ethan’s grandmother she kept on glaring at me and saying some harsh words about me in her language.

I awkwardly moved my fork back and forth of my food poking it repeatedly trying to figure out what the heck I was eating.

“What’s your name again?” Someone asked from across of me. I looked up to see it was Brandon, Joey, no it was Kyle. Okay I had no clue what his name was I am just going to assume it was Bob.

“Naina.” I said softly.

“So are you doing it with my cousin?” I chocked on air itself, but that’s when all the question started arising. Everyone started questioning me like crazy.

“Are you, using protection?”

“You guys are dating?”

“Does that mean I am going to be a great-aunt?”

“Can I be the god father?”

“Wait, you’re pregnant?”

“Are you having twins?”

“Is it a boy or girl?” The question kept on coming back and forth and I couldn’t tell who was asking them with everyone screaming at once.

It wasn’t until Ethan slammed his fist down on the table. He was either blushing or red with anger. “For the love of all that is holy me and Naina aren’t dating we are just FRIENDS!” He screamed. The words friend echoed the silent room. I didn’t know why, but my chest hurt from the idea of being ‘friends’ with Ethan. Why did I care? We were friends. I need more sleep. I am going insane, but instead I came up with the conclusion of why I felt this way.

Maybe the hangover still didn’t wear off.

***

I open the back door to the house and saw Ethan sitting on a bench. I walked towards him and sat right next to him barley leaving any space in between us.

“Hey.” I whispered.

“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have drag you to meet my crazy family.” I laughed forcefully.

“Its no big deal aren’t all families a bit crazy.” I half smiled.

Ethan chuckled. “I guess.”

“They are nice except your grandmother doesn’t seem to like me that much.” Ethan sighed at my response.

“She has been like that ever since my mom.” He said sadly.

“Your mom?”  I questioned.

“ My mom passed away three years ago, and well my dad didn’t take it too lightly. He just…” His voice cracked and I could tell from his eyes that he was questioning whether or not if he should tell me the whole truth. “Lets just say he did somethings that my grandmother isn’t proud of.” I could see the crystal clear water that was threatening to erupt from his forest green eyes. “and at the end of the day lets just say he left his kids to fend for themselves.”

I wasn’t able to form words. It’s like that part of my brain just stopped working. How could I be so blind? Here is this amazing guy trying to 'fix' me, and here I am being selfish and not even sparing a glance to see that he is broken completely. His smile has never reached his eyes and now thinking of it his eyes have always contained this sorrow in them. I am such an idiot.

I didn’t speak because what could I say? All I wanted to do is ask more questions, but prying on his personal life would be useless, so instead I grabbed his hands and gave it a squeeze. What can I say actions speak louder than words.

Ethan laughed without any humor. “I am a wuss aren’t I?” He said while trying to wiped the waterfalls that escaped his eyes.

“No you are guy that has gone through a lot of shit. Everyone deserves to cry Ethan. You aren’t a wuss. You are a guy that is just hurt and there is nothing wrong with that.” I said genially.

We didn’t say anything instead we just enjoyed the silence that eloped us. I was the first to speak. “Thank you for trusting me Ethan.”  I said honestly. Ethan didn’t reply. He just decided to change the subject.

“Never been kissed.” He said while trying to lighten his mood up by teasing me. I let out a groan.

“Yes I have never been kissed. Happy!” I said while throwing my hands up in the air. I expect him to tease me more, but he took me by surprise.

“Want to change that.” He said huskily.

My breath was stuck in my throat. I could feel my heart beginning to slowly rip through my chest, and worse of all my stomach started doing summersault, back flips, and all sorts of other tricks.

Was it just me or were his eyes coming closer.

Closer.

Closer.

Closer……

“Ethan time to go!” Someone yelled from behind. We both jumped off the bench. I thought it would be awkward, but instead Ethan offered me a hand.

“Now lets go get your Romeo, Juliet.”

***

The first thing I saw when I walked back to the hotel was Raj sitting in front of my door. He just looked depress. God I feel ten times worse. The poor guy looked like a lost puppy.

“Raj?” I said softly.

His head snapped up and his face went from disappointment, to relief, to happiness, and then to panic. “Holy crap Naina where have you been! I have been freaking out like crazy! I am so stupid. I put you in the most awkward situation. I am your best friend of course you never saw me in a romantic way. Lets pretend none of this happened.”

“I don’t want to pretend that none of this never happened.”

“What?” Raj asked confused.

I took a deep breath before I let the words escape from my mouth. “I like you Raj and I would love to go out with you.” No one said anything, and to be honest it freaked me out that Raj didn’t say anything. Maybe he decided that I wasn’t worth his time. Maybe he stopped liking me, but then all my doubts disappeared when I saw the smile that erupted on his face. He didn’t say anything but instead pulled me in to a embrace.

Hugging Raj felt nice….it felt comfortable, but it didn’t feel special. My stomach didn’t do summersaults and all kind of other tricks like I thought it would.

My head rested on his shoulder and when I looked passed him I saw a familiar boy standing behind us and was about to open his hotel door, but instead stood there staring at us.

He smiled at us, but just like every other time it didn’t reach his eyes. Instead his eyes contained the same sadness it did today, and this time I wasn’t blind not to see it.

Please leave your comments and let me know what you guys thought about this chapter. Thoughts  on Ethan? What you think should happen next? Also I am thinking the next chapter should just be over Naina and Raj’s date? Thoughts?