And some that smile
have in their hearts,
I fear,
millions of mischiefs.
-
Julius Caesar.
William Shakespeare

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She stares at me as if she is looking at a ghost. I smile at her and tucks her hair behind her eyes. Her eyes are filled with tears and they are rolling down her eyes. I grab my handkerchief from my pocket and wipes her tears.

From the corner of my eyes, I can see the stares of my family. I turn my head towards them only to find all of their face filled with confusion. Troy is glaring at me as if he wants to kill me. I glare back at him.

Yesterday, Troy told us that his friend has a crush on him and that he couldn't tell her about him and Tessa. Tessa didn't want anyone from work knowing about their relationship, hence Troy couldn't tell his friend about Tessa. He said he'll bring her here and then convince her about everything. When he told all this, I thought he's talking about some crazy bitch who is trying to get into his pants, not someone who's so sweet. She's disparate from what I imagined.

Asshole! I'm gonna kick his ass but before that I need to make sure that she is okay.

Love... I smile. I don't even know her name but I already have a nickname for her.

"Come let's have breakfast but before that we should clean you up," I say as I stand and pull her along with me. She doesn't say anything, she just stares at me.

"What do you think you're doing?" Troy asks, his eyes turning wide.

"Me? I'm just helping her, something that you should be doing but since nobody is doing it, I decided to help her out." I pull her along with me to the washroom and closes the door behind us.

She stares at me without uttering a word. She looks despondent and I don't like that. "Cry as much as you want. There's nobody here to pity you so cry as much as you want. I promise I won't judge you." Tears rolls down her eyes again. "Though he's not worth your tears but still you need to let out everything." That was more of an encouragement for her because she falls on her knees and cover her face with her hands and sobs harder.

I sigh and I slowly pull her up to standing position and wrap my arms around her. She doesn't resist me, it's like she doesn't care about anything and neither do I. All I know is that she needs a shoulder to lean in and cry and I'm here for that. I don't expect anything more. At least not yet.

It took twenty minutes for her to wash her face and relax. Her tears have stopped and she looks much better now. She stares at her reflection in the mirror and smiles lightly. Finally!

I move towards her and stand behind her. She stares at my reflection and her smile vanishes. I grin at her. "Let's go before they barge in here," I say as I open the door and then we walk out.

Everyone are seated around the table. They're many empty seats waiting for us. Without another word, we sit on the our chairs. To my next sat Terry and to my left is love and to her left is Stacy. Tessa is sitting right opposite to Love and Troy is opposite to me.

Everyone digs into their food. I stare at the lovely woman who has not eaten anything. I turn towards Terry and poke him in his ribs. He turns his attention towards me with a glare "What?" he mouths and I nod my head towards my left and he gets the point. "Wait," he mouths again and clears his throat slightly.

"So Mia, do you like bacon?" Terry asks. So her name is Mia, sweet just like her. Mia turns her attention towards Terry and opens her mouth to talk.

"Yeah, she likes bacon," Troy says and Mia's face pales. Why can't he shut that mouth of his?

Terry sighs and turns towards Troy with a glare. "Shut up," he mouths at him. Damn him for interrupting.

"So Mia, what's your favorite thing?" Terry asks and I give him a pointed look. Is he on some date or what?

"Casual talk, idiot," I mutter to him and he sighs.

Mia looks at Terry being perplexed. "Favorite thing?" she asks in a slightly cracked voice and Terry's face lighten up. Thank God, she is responding.

"Yeah, my favorite thing is eating," he says and I roll my eyes.

"You like only food," Stacy says and we all chuckle.

Terry frown slightly but brushes it off soon. "I mean something like that. Tessa likes guitar, it's her favorite and Stacy loves shopping. Troy loves cooking. Anything like that?"

Mia thinks for few seconds and replies. "I like designing new things. I wanted to be a designer but I couldn't," she says with a smile. Terry nods.

"Do you like shopping Mia?" Stacy asks and I roll my eyes. She doesn't know anything but shopping. Whenever she opens her mouth, it's always about shopping. Why do people like shopping? I'm not interested in that.

"Yeah, I like shopping but I don't do it often," Mia mutters and I add shopping to my list. Looks like shopping is one of my favorites now.

"You have beautiful hair, Mia. I was always jealous about it," Tessa says, trying for a small talk. Tessa is amazing, she understands things easily and I'm sure she feels guilty for not telling things to Mia sooner and making this more complicated that it's supposed to be.

"Thank you," Mia mutters with a small smile.

"You don't have to be jealous, you're beautiful," Troy tells Tessa and the small smile from Mia's face vanishes. Terry glares at Troy. What in the world is wrong with him?  Since when did my brother turn into an asshole?

"So Mia, it's my birthday next month. Will you join us for the party. It's just us and our parents," Terry says and we all groan.

"It's not just your birthday idiot. Remember, we three were born on the same day," I say hitting his head lightly.

"Yeah but it's me who is special," he retorts and we all groan again. Mia chuckles  and she starts eating her food slowly.

"I'm not sure but I'll try to come," she answers Terry's question and turns her attention towards her food.

I stare at her and slowly my left hand goes to her right knee. She stills and turns her gaze towards me. I wink at her and she turns red. She looks beautiful when she's blushing and she looks gorgeous when I'm the one who's making her blush.

"Well, do you guys know each other?" Tessa asks pointing at Mia and me. Mia looks at me and I can tell she's panicking inside.

"Yeah, we kissed," I say and Mia chokes on her food. Stacy rubs her back and offers her a glass of drink.

"What?" Troy snaps and I grin. Everyone has their eyes on us.

"We kissed and I can tell she liked it," I reply and takes a sip from my coffee.

Mia closes her eyes while I slowly rub my fingers on her knees and she finally relaxes. "You better explain this," Terry whispers and I shrugged. I don't have to say a damn thing to anyone but I will.

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