𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖘

G A B B Y

It was my dad's bestfriend's son's birthday, he was turning twenty and I was merely fifteen, I was basically an infant compared to him, not that that mattered.I wasn't too fond of all the women staring at him as if he were meat, I felt as if Bryan was smarter than that, worth more, well that's what I wanted to believe.

It was odd that they fantasized him, but I understood why, he was everything you could ever want in a male.

He had good genes; his tall frame that complimented his toned muscles and his dark brown hair that complimented the brown hazel orbs hidden behind his favorite sunglasses that he usually never wore, the way he wore a tight fitted black T-shirt and the women just gawked, but he was too busy talking to his dad to notice, that was Bryan. He was just the right amount of nerdy and humble, and let's not forget sexy, but he was always in his own little world, a world that excluded me.

The girls fixed their hair asking their closest friends for a pep talk before they'd waltz around him in a circle using that same pep talk they had rehearsed but his eyes would roam around and land on me a smirk was always present with him, Bryan acted as if I was his age, if I was mature, and sometimes I was apart of that little world he hide himself in.

My best friend Mayeli shows up a smile on her face and then she sees him, Bryan and she starts making gagging noises, the two didn't get along from the moment they met, Bryan being my dad's best friend's son he was always at my house and her being my bestfriend as was she.

She would tease him and mention things that aggravated him, asking him if we were cousins and what not, he hated when people referred to us as cousins, he said I was more than a cousin confusing people and then mumbling how we were close just not related almost as a sister, confusing me.

"I don't understand why people even like him, he's so ugly, looks like a school shooter, I'm sorry that wasn't funny." She mumbles but still starts choking out a horrid laugh that gets me to start laughing, she had found his old year book pictures, in her brothers old year book;that was hidden in her brothers closet towards the back of all his messy socks and such, looking through them remembering that all of us had gone to the same school at one point.

I remember her laughing so hard and saying the exact same thing. 'He looks like a school shooter not that that's funny but he truly does'

"God Gaba look at that girl, you think she wants Bryan or his tiny pee pee."She starts laughing and I roll my eyes, Mayeli and me were never good together always getting into trouble and getting Bryan mad together or separate and by separate I meant one of us on the phone and the other in the flesh.

"Ooo sexy he's looking at you and I can tell he's making a lot of women very angry." She mumbles and I roll my eyes bringing my knees to my chest, she looks as if she's debating something or is just really constipated.

"Look there's RENE I swear if he were a werewolf I'd totally be his mate, I thought you were exaggerating like always, when you said he was cute but damn mami he's tall and you know what else is tall." She mumbles winking and I roll my eyes, Mayeli and me had been bestfriends for along time, it was no surprise she was comfortable around me and getting there with my family.

"Bryan and your Uncle Rene seem to be talking about something important and then little Rene you know he's not little down there but I mean there's two Rene's so little Rene he's just lounging around looking sexy as hell." She mumbles and drinks whatever she'd gotten and we watch as he gets up walking over here making Mayeli's eyes widen, it looks as if she's hyperventilating, and I found this amusing.

"Hey Gabby, I didn't see you over here, where's your Dad?" Rene asks making Mayeli look up at him and he looks down at her smiling and mumbling something we couldn't hear.

"He's inside with Mum and Corrie." I mumble and he nods looking down again gripping his neck, he had a goofy smile but kept his eyes focused on the concert floor.

"Mind if I sit I mean if I'm not a bother." He mumbles and Mayeli is quick to nod, he didn't pay much attention, he was just as nervous.

"Yup, yep not taken at all." She mumbles and he laughs sitting down next to her and I see her with a smile on her face and I smile, they would look cute together, the age didn't even matter, the way they looked at each other was like this unexplainable bond.

"Moo."'I mutter and she looks at me, since we were younger we had given each other nicknames mine being Gaba short for Gabby and Moo for her short for Mayeli; though they sounded nothing like our names.I could see the shades of scarlet on her cheeks.

"Hmm." She hums as she watches Rene who's watching the Tv, a smile on her face amused with him and his attentiveness towards the screen.

"You haven't met Rene have you?" I asks motioning towards Rene who was never home usually off somewhere in Los Angeles making films or modeling for various name brands.

"No, I'm Mayeli." She mumbles looking at him as he smiled down at her winking and smirking, I was quite shocked I had never seen Rene act that way, he was usually calm and collected most would describe him as antisocial.

"I'm Rene." He says and she looks at me muttering a series of "oh my gosh" or "mami", she was still Moo but on Crack.

"Rene how's the movie going along?" I asks seeming as he was really quiet and seemed quiet nervous but talking about films and modeling made him happy and that showed when I asked.

"Great absolutely great I actually got the part for a movie called Beach Bros." He says and I start laughing shaking my head and nodding.

"And the modeling?" I ask and he smirks, he was proud of himself being successful, he loved modeling and he loved being in films.

"I recently took picture with Gucci and GQ." He says making Moo look at me as her eyes widen, she loved flashy stuff, and Rene was the new definition.

"I love Gucci." She tells him and he laughs gripping his neck for support as he bounces his knee up and down.

"Well Gucci loves me." He says a small wink flying her way as she stares at him and shakes her head, Mayeli was slightly awkward but Rene made things a little easier and a little harder, making her swoon all at once.

"Oooo Sexy look Bryan's coming." She mumbles to me and I feel his presence way before I see him, he just gave off that vibe.

"Hey Bro, what are you doing over here I thought Dad told you to talk to that girl Penelope or some shit like that." He mumbles his voice was deep and he sounded like an idiot most of the time, Rene looked up agreeing to my statement as he raised an eyebrow.

"I like Gabby she's like a mini Richard and Mum is with Erica anyways, so I figured I'd sit with them instead of Penelope the Pig." He says snorting like a pig making me laugh and Moo did too, but I was afraid she didn't hear anything.

"I actually wanted to talk to you about umm Mates." He mumbles and Rene rolls his eyes, that was just Bryan's formal language.

"You use the word Mates as if you're a vampire or something like that, just say girlfriend." Rene rolls his eyes and Bryan scowls.

"You truly are annoying you know that Rene." Bryan says looking down at me his cheeks had a scarlet blush and I sighed looking at Moo who sees the exchange I think her eyes widen cause it wasn't that she didn't believe all the stories it was just that she had never seen it with her own eyes and seeing Bryan blush or make actions it was far different than all the stories I could tell.

"Hey Mayeli." He mumbles and she looks up at him rolling her eyes, they didn't like each other, and neither did him and my cousin Aaron which was one reason why Mayeli and Aaron got along perfectly.

"Hey Gabby's Cousin how's your birthday going?" She asks a small smirk as he groans throwing a fake smile, he tended to do this a lot around Mayeli.

"Lovely." He mutters looking down at me and coming to sit at the available chair to my left, he smirked slightly before sitting.

"The Dodgers are winning the Astros by like two points relax Rene the Astros will make a come back and your Dodgers will loose." Bryan says and I roll my eyes, they were die hard Sports Fans, Rene only liked Baseball; while Bryan loved them all.

"School shooter." Moo coughs out making Bryan scowl and look back at the T.V, I take it he knew what we were talking about.

"Were you choking?" He asks and she scowls looking at him with distaste, that was Mayeli for you perfect explanation at her personality.

"Isn't like you have anything why would I be choking?" She asks seeing Rene laugh and I giggled, Moo hated Bryan sometimes but other times they got along fine, they were alike but jealous of each other from time to time for things that didn't even make sense.

"Got me there." He says and I look at him, it reminded me of a time I had told Mayeli Harry Styles was ugly but I was just kidding Harry Styles is incredibly hot but I had to, she got so offended saying Alex Turner was a skanky slut and I had told her 'you got me there' and we had fits of laughter.

"Bryan why are you here?" She asks and I nudge her reminding her it was his birthday and I see her laugh, hoping he would say something dumb.

"I could ask the same seeming as I didn't say I wanted you here." He says and I look at him shaking my head seeing him frown at the face I made in his direction.

"Bryan." I mumble and he took his eyes off of me and returning them back towards Mayeli who he was going to apologize to, my tone made that very clear.

"I'm sorry, Mayeli." He mumbles and she glances at him a smirk on her face, knowing Moo she didn't care at all, she would take anything and every opportunity to get Bryan back for saying he would leave her on the moon.

"Damn right you best be or I'll leave you on the moon." She says and he laughs shaking his head and getting up leaving Me,Rene,and Mayeli once again and I couldn't be more thankful.

"God he's so annoying I feel bad for Rene." She mutters and he laughs, seeing Rene laugh was slightly rare he didn't really really laugh around people besides my dad. This was a series of first times that Rene actually approaches me as well.

"We don't talk much unless he wants something, I get here he says hi and that's the end of our greetings." He mumbles eyes still focused on the score trying to see if Bryan's predictions were correct and in fact they were when the Astros were ahead by 4 points.

"Fuck." He mutters and glances at us laughing, My Dad comes outside and starts laughing spotting Rene and raising his Yeti that they would fill with Long Island Tea.

"RENE." He yells and runs to Rene hugging him, as if that were his son and he hadn't seen him in ages.

"I haven't seen you in forever," He mumbles probably already past his limit of Long Island Tea and his actions proved that.

"Richard." Rene's Dad who I usually called Uncle Rene says making my dad look at him and smirk, they had a bromance going on, and everyone knew that.

"And there's Def Leopard." He says making Uncle Rene laugh and shake his head, Rene was his son, and he was probably the favorite.

"I missed you Sexy and Bryan was actually looking for you." He says making my Dad nod drinking more of the liquor in his cup as Uncle Rene rolled his eyes glancing at his son.

"Ri." He says and Rene looks at him rolling his eyes, we had a series of nicknames thrown around;My Dad being called Shorty and Rene being called Ri.

"Yeah D?" He asks referring to the nickname they had for their father, both males named Rene and yet everyone knew which one they were calling. Rene looks back at the scores mumbling a string of curse words.

"Have you talked to Bryan?" He asks and he nods groaning taking his eyes away from the T.V that showed the score he was dying to keep track of.

"He just left inside I think." He says and I see My Dad shake his head.

"I didn't see him." He says and Uncle Rene nods I see Moo wink at me and I roll my eyes getting up seeing the two men sit with my bestfriend and Rene, I see Moos face and I see her get up coming towards me as we walk inside.

"I'm going to the restroom wanna sit with My Mum and Tia Corrie?" I asks and I see her nod as she sits at the counter, I see Bryan sitting at the table besides the counter and I head towards the bathroom seeing him get up as well.

I walk down the hall opening the bathroom door and Bryan walks past me and towards his bedroom I assumed I mean it was odd to just walk past the bathroom and into the hall with many doors. I roll my eyes leave it to Bryan to make things difficult and come zoom past you just to go to his room, he had no patience.

I do my business and walk out seeing Bryan leaning against his door on his phone and I roll my eyes, so much for casual. It was a Bryan move to be inside when it was his birthday.

Tons of girls were outside just to see him, the famous Bryan who hadn't been around in awhile and it left them to think he had turned ugly but far from it when they saw the grown up version of their ex football player. He was taller and bigger in everything.

His smirks lasted longer and his eyes were more in connect with his feelings, if you were smart you could look at Bryan and read him like an open book, but only to the extent that he wanted you to see.

I walk back into the kitchen Bryan was being slower than me on purpose and My Mum was facing me a smile on her face and then a frown at a Bryan behind me. A quick glance from her and I knew I was in trouble.