20...Mate date...

[Flashback continues]

My eyes trailed to Pete who was already staring at me with those observing beautiful eyes.

"Pete told you Pixie was ill?" Barry asked my nana, glancing at Pete.

"Yeah!" My nana stared between Barry and I "Now, its Barry who's magically ill not Pixie" Nana said with a sarcastic smile.

"Actually, yeah I drove Pixie home, but when we got home, the negative effect of a herb I took started taking its toll on me, so Pixie decided to look after me" Barry jumped in to explain.

Nana smiled, her eyes sliding to mine. "You're now a nurse, huh?"

Barry chuckled, causing me to glance back at his playful eyes. "My personal nurse" He said with a twinkle in his eyes.

There was a drag in the way he called me that, causing slight heat to my body.

"I was just helping him out, you know?" I said to Nana with a fake grin.

My nana shook her head "No, I don't know"

I gave a short laugh trying to make the situation look humourous and I hope I wasn't failing "I was trying to distract him.... by showing him....." I paused, vividly remembering what I showed him in his bedroom was my breast packed in a bra.

"Showing him things" I quickly completed and shrugged, trying to give a casual look, especially as I could feel Pete staring intensely at me. I would not want him to think something happened, when yeah, something really happened.

I'm not a good girl. Confirmed. I mean, Pete's nephew was just close to kissing my lips minutes ago, and might've even sucked my tits, and look at me now, I'm here trying to make Pete like me romantically.

"Yeah..." I heard Barry saying in calm voice "She distracted me so I would not think about some things and then...." He climbed a step to stand at the same staircase I was standing "She showed me beautiful things...." His eyes locked with mine as he dropped those words and my face reddened. We both knew what he was talking about at that moment and I just want to go under my covers to hide my red face from my nana.

'She showed me beautiful things' His words echoed in my ear.

Bastard. He was indirectly talking about what transpired between us in his bedroom to my nana!!

But of course, thank goodness my nana could not decode his words. She simply smiled brightly at him. I swear, Barry is casting a love spell on her.

"Its good my granddaughter is of help to you" She was now grinning "And yeah, I heard you teens are having an outdoor party tonight?" She asked, now glancing among three of us and we nodded.

"You all be careful, okay?" She advised in a joking tone, walking towards her room, then she suddenly stopped and turned around "Pixie is going also, and a lot of....." she paused, staring between Barry and Pete "GUYS will be at the party" She emphasized on the 'guys' like it's some sorta code she's passing to them. The two guys smiled and nodded at her.

"Pixie will be safe" Pete assured.

My nana smiled and left.

"So, you're going to the party, right?" Pete asked me, his full attention on my face.

"Yeah" I recalled Barry asking me to go with him, but that was before he told me to stay away from him.

"I don't have a date, yet" He said, bringing out a cute deep chuckle and taking few steps forward while I took a couple of steps down the stairs. "I would like you to go with me"

"So you can watch over me like a little kid" I said with a playful eye roll.

I just heard my nana tell them there are GUYS in the party, that just means I will be monitored.

"No, I want you as my date" He said, locking his eyes with mine in that loving manner. I went still.

For years, I've been waiting for a day like this. A day he would look at me the way he is currently doing and talk to me with that tone. Damn, it was better than I'd actually even imagined it to be. But....What about Barry who'd asked me before him. Would it not be unfair to go with Pete when Barry had talked about it first? But what if that was not even Barry talking. What if that was the Moonshadow Root, putting words in Barry's mouth.

Pete is the guy I have feelings for, I've always had this big crush on him ever since the first time I saw him and Barry is....well its complicated. He's a guy I can't stay away from. He always finds a way to effortlessly pull me to him ever since the first time I saw him.

I mentally slapped my palm over my forehead.

I'm in a deep shit now.

I glanced at Barry who stared between us with a blank expression on his face and then back at Pete who was staring fixedly at me.

I have always been torn between Barry's green eyes and Pete's blue eyes and its happening again.

Pete was standing confident with one of his large hands casually holding a water bottle and the other hand casually dipped in the pocket of his dark blue Jeans that matched the blue shirt he was putting on and killed me with his blue eyes to match.

I took another step down the staircase and then finally took the last step to reach the ground.

"I..." I twisted my lip, my stomach fluttering at the way Pete was staring at me "I mean, this was...." I played with my fingers, feeling slightly nervous with Pete's gaze fixed on me.

I blew my cheeks "Oh my God, I feel hot!" My voice came out squeaky, making Pete laugh softly at me, his white teeth coming into view and his face brightening up to make him look more handsome.

He licked his soft looking lips after his laugh and continued looking deep into my eyes.

"I just want you by my side tonight, Pixie" Pete said with that soft voice and confident tone, and beautiful sparkling blue eyes. "I wanna see your pretty face by my side whenever I turn" He whispered softly.

I blinked at him. Pete is finally noticing me, seeing something good in me.

"You're pretty" He mumbled, taking in my face and I forgot all about Barry at that moment.

"I mean pretty in all ways" Pete added, making my heart flutter and my face heat up.

This is my chance to get closer to Pete as I've always wished and I'm not about to blow that away, so with a shy smile, I nodded slowly.

"Yeah, Pete, I'll go with you" My voice came out small, smaller than intended.

I heard the sound of footsteps behind, like someone was climbing up the stairs, but I didn't look back to see who it was, not when I still have Pete staring at me the way he is currently doing.

He bit his lip after I agreed to follow him, his face glowing with joy and his eyes taking in my expression, then his eyes narrowed at me. I sensed instantly that something was wrong.

"Isn't that.....Barry's shirt?" The question from Pete made me almost cough out my saliva.

He eyed the shirt with a suspicious look.

Fuck.