Crush

Philip stared at Serena who was standing at his door with a wide smile. Ever since she confessed to her father about bringing Zakhir home.

She has been looked on like a goddess whose heart was as pure as snow.

The injustice was eating Philip up but every time he complained about it he would get a lecture about being older and more, the experience was nothing but frustrating.

"What do you want this time your majesty" Philip said sarcastically.

"I'm here to see my boyfriend"

Philip could tell Serena was enjoying this. 'We used to be twins, now they want me to be a protective older brother like Link' he scoffed inwardly.

"By all means possible, take him with you" Philip walked away while Serena followed beside him.

"Why do you look so salty, people will think I'm a bad twin" Serena said indifferently.

Philip stared at her in disbelief, except maybe Jeffrey he had never seen anyone more shameless. 'You know what forget I'll just find someplace to cool off later'

It was the beginning of his weekend, he didn't want it to be ruined by someone, especially if that someone was Serena.

"What I never understand is, your fight every second of the day but you eat together on the same plate at the dining table and always wear the same clothes, tell me, who are you guys kidding?" Zahir asked with a weird expression.

Since he was a 'taken in by Serena' his movements were not restricted to just Philip's room anymore.

Although he refused to have his own room, he could still go anywhere in the house and he also noticed that the relationship between Philip and Serena couldn't be any weirder.

They were visibly close, in fact you rarely found siblings as close as they were, he also noticed that during the time they fell sick the other twin would not rest until the sick one was better.

So his confusion laid in, 'why we're they even fighting?'

"You're delusional Zakhir we do those things because we have to" Philip justified.

"Right of course you do" Zakhir replied sarcastically.

"We're going on a date, are you excited Zakhir?" Serena asked with a smile, why Zakhir groaned inwardly.

He pleaded with Philip with his eyes but the latter ignored him.

'The last thing I want to be part of is this kind of drama' Philip thought before he sat down to resume his video game then his phone started ringing.

"Hey Jeff, tell me something good, I could use good news right now"

"Then you might have been in luck. Come over to my place, Evie needs help with her comic and you'll make a great critic" Jeffrey said over the phone.

"No way this is the best news I've heard all year" Philip jumped out of his chair in excitement and immediately went to his wardrobe.

"I want to come"

"Me too"

Zahir and Serena said and Philip turned to them with a frown. The phone was on loudspeaker so they probably heard what Jeffrey said, he resisted the urge to facepalm himself.

"Why look like we're asking for your life?" Serena scoffed.

'You're certainly not asking for something less' Philip trained inwardly. "Look I want to spend time with my friend can't you guys just go on your date or something?"

"One ticket to the Frozen Palace Of Doom" Serena said.

"Deal. Get ready, we're wasting time" Philip urged not even explaining to the confused Zakhir.

'What is the Frozen Palace Of Doom?'

* * *

After Jeffrey received a call from Philip saying he was close, Jeffrey got dressed and decided to wait for him outside his house.

"Oh seems like you're ready as well?" a voice he wasn't expecting came from the side.

"What are you doing here?" Jeffrey asked with narrowed brows.

"What does that mean, I got invited to remember" May said with her hand on her waist.

"Unfortunately you did" Jeffrey sighed but May ignore him.

Few minutes later Philip arrived with a crowd

"And why are you here?" Jeffrey asked staring at Serena with a raised eyebrow.

"I bought my spot" Serena harrumphed.

Jeffrey turned to Philip who shrugged and decided not to ask. Then he sent a message to Evie about two more people coming along and she did not seem to mind it at all.

They boarded a taxi and stooped outside Evie's house.

Madison came to receive them with a smile plastered on her face, she was happy her young miss was bringing people home, it proved she wasn't in her shell anymore and that would make John very happy.

"Welcome, the young miss has been expecting you?" Madison said as she walked them inside.

'As expected of a Lake, can't believe she stays alone though, won't she be lonely' Serena thought as she observed the interior of the small mansion meant to serve as a home to a single person.

"You're here" Evie's excited voice came from the stairs.

"Is that really Evie, I've never seen a picture of her in simple clothes before, she looks so.."

"...Pretty" Philip and Jeffrey said at the same time interrupting Serena.

"Of course she is, it's common knowledge that uniform makes people ugly" May smiled. This was not her first time visiting Evie so she wasn't too surprised but she did notice that Evie must have worked hard to look this nice.

'I can't believe there's someone that would actually have a crush on Jeffrey, I mean of all creatures' May shook her head, feeling pity for her friend.

Evie then led them to her study room while glancing at the red-haired boy from time to time. 'A friend of Jeffrey's perhaps, they are all so unique but even with that face of his I still prefer Jeffrey'

If the others knew what she was thinking they would have spat blood. How could Jeffrey who was suffering from facial paralysis most of the time be compared to Zakhir ever?