Bad, bad Eric!
I shifted uncomfortably on my seat, peering over my shoulders to the back seat where Erica and Rein were making out like they were the only ones in the car.
I felt nervous, awkward and a little I don’t know, jealous?Whatever the feeling is, I just hate the fact that they are kissing each other.I readjust myself and think about something else. Let me see... Yeah! What it will be like to live with the Jacksons for a month. A line of maids running up and down, doing my bidding since I am their future mistress's twin brother. Or a handful of guards following me around protecting me from God knows what.The Jacksons!Honestly, I wonder if I did the right thing by accepting his proposal.***FLASHBACK***
“I'm sorry but if you don’t mind, Eric could come along and live with us. It’s just a month anywayA little souvenirRein was probably embarrassed by the way I stood and looked at him. Maybe the look I gave him was that of disgust. As if his body was disgusting and if that be the case then thank God he interpreted it his own way. I really enjoyed looking at his body. It was far from disgusting, the most pleasant sight I had ever seen probably.I’ve seen lots of naked men and women but none of them had the perfect bodies that Rein had. I just liked everything about his upper body that I began to wish that I had seen his lower body as well. Rein really is handsome.I don’t mean it by I like him, as in love. I mean, now I understand why Erica was all over him and why she ran inside just to have a quick session with him before they come out to the dining room. She looked so happy but Rein wasn’t. He was just calm and collected, eating from his plate, slowly like he should be doing.
Leave!I woke up the next morning, did the usual routine and walked out of the room in a brown T-shirt on black pair of trousers. Today is Monday and I have nowhere to go to. I stopped schooling for Erica to continue but it’s paying off since she is working and taking care of me. Well that was until now when she landed the bomb on my face.I walk out of the room and the first person I meet there is an annoyed Erica, already dressed in a black knee length pencil skirt and a white off shoulder crop top. Her make up is very light but her lips shine in surplus lip gloss. Her hair is tied in a high ponytail and her ears decorated with simple earrings.With the way she is dressed now, there is no way a man won’t fall for her. I bet there are tons of men out there who are terribly in love with Erica but she chose the one person that doesn’t love her. Who is just appreciative to her for her help
You Owe No One A Flat BellyERIC“I have decided. I want you to move out of this house back to the house and be staying there.” She told me with some anger in her tone and I don’t know how it happened and how he got to be here, but he was here anyway and I wondered if he was here to support Erica.“He is doing no such thing.” He told her to our surprise. I began wondering if he heard anything because Erica kept crying that I was hindering her from achieving her sole purpose.“Rein! Honey, Eric is not com-“If you are trying to say comfortable Erica, then you are wrong. He is fine here, he loves it here. Why do you want him to go and be sitting in a house where he will be terribly lonely. What has gotten over you? Isn’t he your brother?”“Rein listen…” she tried to explained but he cut her immediately.
•|ERICA|•I ate silently though momentarily looking at Rein who just ate, acting like he was the only one at table… maybe the only one with his mother. He just won’t see reasons with me, will he?Eric wasn’t seated at the table and Layla just left the dining not too long ago. The atmosphere was kind of awkward and tensed. It gave me every reasons to throw up the food I had been eating all along. It was a scared feeling and I wanted it to end.If I am to become the next Mrs. Jackson in this family, then I have to play my cards well. Besides, I love Rein so much that I will do anything for his sake. I mean anything for him if that will make him very happy. And if he wants Eric to stay then no problem, but they will have to refrain from spending the time together.“Why is the table so quiet? Where is Erica's twin and why is Layla not back? She hasn’t f
•|REIN|•“I'm sorry, Erica but unless you can apologize to Eric then will I also forgive you. It is very simple as that.” Rein tells me and I nod simply.I understand him perfectly and I understand that he has already forgiven me but wants Eric and I to be close once again. I didn’t make a mistake to chose him as my man. A man that wants peace between siblings, he’s such a darling.“Thanks babe. You need to know that you have a meeting for later this evening at 5:30 pm with the board of directors from T&M company. It was impromptu so they decide to meet with you after working hours.” He nodded simply and I walked away. •|REIN|•I was still very much mad at Erica for trying to kick out Eric after the very first night he spent with us. When she isn’t even m
14. Playing video games with eyes elsewhere.•|ERIC|•I watch as he devours the meal like his life depended on the little grains of rice that he was leaving on the plate. He looks so handsome and cute whenever he is eating hungrily. I had never seen a sight as such in my entire life. The almighty Rein Jackson is at the mercy of my food. I should brag about this, don’t you think?I cook whenever I am upset, or in deep thoughts. I also cook because of the fun that is in cooking, the joy and happiness of mixing various ingredients in a pot and turning it into a masterpiece. That’s the joy I find in cooking. It probably isn’t the best thing for a guy to do but… I still love it.But I wasn’t cooking today because I was happy, sad or anything like those. I was cooking because I was very much confused. The Erica who poured her frustration on me today, came back this ev
•|ERIC|•After two days had passed, Layla left, during those two days, I had a friend and a brother I had never had in Rein. In barely how many days, I started to like him just as Erica had told me and she keeps teasing me about it whenever she sees me. Like winking at me then linking her arms round Eric's arm, tapping me and whispering in my ears about how much of a good man he is, sitting at dining table and telling everyone about how Rein and I casually got along very well.“You need to see it, mom. Eric and Rein are even more closer than them close to me. Honestly, Eric I am getting jealous of your friendship. Someone will even think the both of you are gays.” I nearly choked on my drink and then swallowed hard. I don’t know what is wrong with me. But whenever I see this Rein of a guy, I start having feelings, mixed waves of emotions rushing and flushing down my body. Whenever they talk of him, an uncertain overfl
•|ERIC|•I was packing my stuff to leave when a hand brushed mine and then just continued ahead. When I looked up, it was the gingerbread haired girl, who was just walking. She might have done what she did unconsciously, but then, it didn’t call for her to pass without even apologizing.Then again, I didn’t want any form of trouble, especially from a girl as bizarre as she was.I quickly put all my stuff inside my bag and hung it behind my back. I took out the phone from my pocket and checked to see several missed calls from Layla, a few two or three from Erica and Three text messages from Layla. Honestly, the girl was beginning to bore me with her constant calls and all that.Layla had suddenly picked up a stupid attitude of just calling me at any time. I don’t know what is wrong with her. But it started around the very time the gingerbread haired girl returned from whereve