“Where is he? He said he was going to pick me up! If I'm late I swear….” I trailed off in agitation as I paced out on our front door step.

I had an appointment for a photography workshop class before I had to go and actually take some photos for a family friend, nothing drastic but you had to start somewhere right? I was beginning to fret – Jed was meant to be here over twenty minutes ago and I was already running late. I was literally pulling my hair out of my head and I was certain that I was to murder tonight.

Liam watched me with a knowing look and although he hadn’t sung “Told you so!” at the top of his lung it was implied. “What did you expect Erin, really?” he asked, and there it was.

I shot him a filthy look and continued to ignore him as I continued to pace in a brisk lap of the front porch fuming and cursing profanities under my breath.

A cautious and yet soothing hand slid onto my shoulder halting me as they turned me to face them. “Deep breaths.” They cooed, I did so as I fell into the heavy depths of those crystal blue eyes that always made me shudder at their pure beauty. “Now, don’t fret. Come on, I'll take you.” He murmured softly, his hot breath washing over my face so that all I could do was nod stupidly. He smiled at me bemused “Come on,” he urged softly “I'll even be your slave and carry around all your camera junk.” Eli teased leading me to his car.

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“No.” I said in exhaustion through the phone, as yet again my hand scribbled all over mum’s work diary, again. The door opened but I kept my eyes down on my hand that scratched along the page. “Nope.” I said rolling my eyes whilst pausing to chew on the end of the pencil.

Someone collapsed beside me.

“Ez I'm sweaty!” I looked up to see Liam swinging on the swivel chair like a kid in his football training gear and he was right, sweaty. His dark brown hair look damp and messy as could be and his hazel eyes were lit wide with excitement and adrenaline.

I looked down again “No, and no Jed you don’t put metal in the microwave. Look I got to go okay?” I said my eyes rolling again at his stupidity that I used to find cute and innocent and now just….annoying. “Uh huh, yeah me too, bye.” I said softly hanging up and finishing the last stroke of shadowing on my scribble. “Freakin’ idiot.” I muttered under my breath.

I heard a soft chuckle that caused my heart to fly. My head snapped up to see Eli on the other side of the desk chuckling. I grinned wide back, he smiled catching my eyes as they sparkled with that gorgeous crystal blue and yet for some reason I couldn’t look away, I wouldn’t.

“Anyways, training was a drag.” Liam interrupted our trance leaning his back against me in exhaustion; I looked down at him blushing deep my body trying to hold up the both of ours with a fair struggle.

The phone rang, I jumped and Liam’s body shook from my abrupt dive for the phone as I picked it up “Hey it’s Ez.” I said forgetting our shops welcoming jingle.

“Oh hey sweetie, it’s dad.” He said.

I froze slightly. This was weird, I didn’t get calls from dad whilst at the shop unless it was important and if it was he’d call mum’s mobile or mine instead of the work phone since it wouldn’t interrupt customers trying to get through.

“Dad? Hey, what’s up?” I asked tentatively as I felt the eyes of the boys follow my facial expressions.

“Well I got a phone call,” he began as I slowly reached for the pencil as my hand felt heavy and shaky.

“Uh huh.” Was all I could manage, void of emotion.

“Yeah, anyways guess who rang?”

I sighed looking up at the ceiling biting on the end of the pencil “The pizza man? I don’t know dad, you know I hate guessing games.” I said in boredom.

“No sweetie Gemma and Andrew called.” I dropped my pencil. “They requested you.” I than dropped my phone.

“Shit.” I cursed as I quickly dove for the phone that was on the phone which caused Liam to topple over and hit the floor. Like I said; klutz. “Sorry!” I gushed as I helped Liam up as he muttered under his breath curses and profanities as he grumbled like a five year old making me roll my eyes.

“Dad that isn’t a funny joke.” I said sternly as I pulled the phone to my ears.

He sighed as I sat myself back down sitting straighter though as I bit my bottom lip tentatively “Sweetie it isn’t a joke, she called, I’ve written down the message I had relay. Trust me, she made sure I did.” I sat speechless, it was total silence, no one moved except Liam as he continued rubbing his head and back and muttered constantly like a wimp. “Sweetie?” I asked into the phone with worry and caution.

“Oh my god.” I said in a mere whisper.

“Huh?” he asked clueless to what I had said.

“Oh my god.” I said louder though still trance like.

He chuckled softly to himself “Thought so, anyways I’ve got work. I just thought I’d tell you now before I forgot. I'll talk to you later on tonight sweetie. Bye.” He called.

Without another word I hung up staring at the phone. It took me a moment to realize Liam was jabbing me in the ribs and usually I’d squeal just from him threatening him to do so not actually doing it.

I spun to face him quickly shocking him slightly “Liam can you do me a favor, please?” I asked in a small voice.

He shrugged “Sure, I suppose.” His eyes watching me curiously and cautiously.

“Can you hit me?”

His eyes widened “What?”

I repeated myself, “Hit me.” he softly punched me. “Harder.” I ordered.

“Ez what the....?”

I ignored him again “Harder.” He did it again, nothing better. “C’mon on Liam you girl!” I cried. He hit me again it improving slightly. “You can do better than that, I know you’re a girl but cm-“ my hand instantly to my arm where he had hit me. “OW! Why’d you do that for?!” I shouted at him.

He looked at me alarmed at first than he look angry “Oh I don’t know,” sarcasm thick in his tone “maybe because some weirdo told me to.” But I had already turned away smiling wide. I even ignored Liam as he shook my arm yelling frantically “Ez?! Ez!? What the hell is wrong with you?!”

I was back to staring blankly at the phone. It couldn’t have been a joke, it just couldn’t have. “Well I am awake.” I said in attempt to convince myself.

But I spoke loud enough for Liam to hear and for his agitation to escalate “Of course you’re awake!” he cried hitting me over the back of my head.

“Hey!” I cried snapping out of it in a protest as I held the back of my head grimacing.

“What the hell is wrong with you?!” he cried incredibly.

I smiled wide, his anger fading from his face when he realized it wasn’t anything bad. I grabbed his hands eagerly. “I got it.” I whispered.

His eyebrows furrowed in confusement “It?” he murmured to himself.

I heard a gasp, from Eli, someone I’d completely forgotten about being here making me blush at how much of a fool I must have appeared to him. But I still kept my eyes locked on his. “You got the job for it?” he asked knowingly, happiness for me and amazement swirling his crystal blue depth of eyes.

“How can Eli remember and you can’t?” I asked Liam pointedly my anger raising at my brother yet a happy feeling bubbling inside me whenever Eli was associated with things. I pushed that common feeling aside. All I could keep singing to myself was “He remembered! He remembered!”

“I don’t maybe because-“ he stopped short his sarcasm vanishing as he tried again. “Well it’s Eli, this geek has way better memory than I.” he chortled. “Besides I bet if you ring Jed he wouldn’t remember, he’s your boyfriend what difference is that between boyfriend and brother huh?” he asked triumphantly.

I shrugged “I didn’t tell him.” I brushed it off.

“Why? Doesn’t dating involve sharing information?”

I smiled weakly trying to appear sane and not fragile emotionally “He’d fall asleep and anyways it’s not important.” Liam’s eyes grew in shock hearing me calling such things not important. “To him, I mean.” I said in attempt to brush him off.

Liam shook his head sadly “Ez why don’t you just dump him?”

I glanced away as my computer buzzed with a Facebook inbox as I avoided answering because in all honesty I couldn’t answer that. The thought of dumping Jed didn’t bring me sorrow to me or heartache; it didn’t bring any emotion to me actually. I mean things with Jed right now are pretty dull but it’d pick up right? That’s how things worked; I mean if Jed and I split up I don’t know what that’d mean for me. I’d have nothing going in my life. I wasn’t like Mel who could survive without any affection displayed, I wasn’t desperate or anything I just wanted to be loved and right now Jed was the only one that was offering such.

However right now my life didn’t seem so dull because I had been offered the job. Gemma and Andrew were our towns “it” couple that were at the top of our town’s hierarchy and they were wealthy beyond beliefs, wealthy, picky and only liked the best. In less than a weeks’ time they were getting married. When their photograph, some hot shot getting flown down from the city, canceled because he was asked to fly overseas and do professional photos for some celebs wedding, they began to go crazy and suddenly they realized event their power and wealthy couldn’t find them a “it” photograph in such short time. So they were getting desperate and taking in all portfolios of local and district photographs offering to pay such high costs. I had put my entire last week and more with many sleepless nights doing up a portfolio of my photography. And here I was getting a phone call saying I got it and I was to have an interview with him I finally felt as if I was going somewhere in my life rather than standing still. It wasn’t the money that was getting me so hyped it was the recognition, I was passionate for photography and planned on getting into the photography profession which was tough and dirty work choice so I knew I had many sleepless nights in front of me especially planning for this wedding. Gemma and Andrew were people that everyone else followed like sheep, so if they hired me and I got good comments from them sooner than later I’ll be getting asked to do more photo jobs and soon I’d be actually going somewhere.

I finally felt as if I was moving somewhere.

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