My Best Friend's Brother

ELLEIn haste, my first week as a tenth-grade student was over. This weekend, Cassie would come over. It was a Saturday, and as usual, Dad got ready to leave for one of his many jobs. “Reach out to me if anything goes wrong. I left some money on the table in your room. It'll be enough for you, your brother, and Cassie before I get back by tomorrow, mm?” “Yes, Dad. Thank you.” “Call me if something goes wrong, Elle.” I shrugged, already frustrated. “You know nothing ever goes wrong. But if anything should go wrong, I'll call you. How about that?” I reached for a kiss. “I love you, mm?” “I love you, too, pumpkin.” He snatched his work backpack from the table and headed towards the door. “Talk of the devil.” He mouthed when the front door opened, and I looked, only to see her. “Cassie!” We hugged briefly, and again, Dad repeated the same thing he told me a while ago. “You'll be late for work if you keep talking, Mr. Bennett. You know nothing ever goes wrong. But we'll call you

ELLESince I agreed to become Liam’s girlfriend, he did everything a boyfriend should.For a start, we walked together when we could - and sat close to each other in class. He opened the door for me when we walked in and out of the class together, and that's not all. He always shared his snacks with me. On the other hand, I didn't do much. All I did was check on him as often as I could. I always made sure to bring some snacks from home so that I could share with him. He was a gentleman, just as Cassie said, but it didn't for once change how I felt. I didn't love him. At least, not yet. Unlike the movies I’d seen and the books I’d read, I didn't think about Liam and have butterflies in my stomach. I didn't even think about it as often as I should, but when I did, there were no special reactions from my stomach like characters in movies and books. According to Cassie, it would come. Whenever I talked about how ‘butterflyless’ I was about the whole thing, she would ask me to give it