11 - Sibling Love

                                    

                                          
Watching as Clara bumps into an expensive vase and almost falls to the floor, but I catch it just in time giving her a death glare.
"Are you trying to get us caught already?!" I whisper-yell walking quietly through the entryway into the kitchen.
"Oh, relax it's not a big deal Chase" Clara pause. "Nothing went wrong yet"
Look over my shoulder give her a side eye turn on the kitchen light, looking for cereal bowls or porcelain ones to pick for the night.
"I can't believe you copied my outfit, I had it on first" Clara responds, motioning to her pajamas and then looking back at me.
"I didn't copy you trust me you're not worth copying anyways" I reply, rolling my eyes in annoyance, and take out two bowls.
Opening the freezer the freezer and take out a tub of strawberry ice cream, rinsing the ice cream scooper under some warm water. As the moonlight's shadow creeps in slowly on the countertop.
"Chase I want to ask you something," Clara says, thoughtfully taking a seat at the countertop.
"It better not be one of those theories again" I pause. "If not, then ask away."
"What's going on between you and Vivian?" Clara asks,  in genuine curiosity and slightly tilts her head.
Grinding hard on my back molars stare at the ice cream for a few seconds or more, then narrow my eyes at her then decide to relax. While meeting Clara's curious eyes wait for an answer from me.
"It's a bit complicated for me, I feel like I need to work out some of my issues before I drag Vivian into my past decisions" I pause. "She doesn't deserve to go through any of that stuff."
Seeing Clara nod her head considering my words, then watches as I give myself another scoop of ice cream then calls me out for it.
"Hey, you don't need that much ice cream" Clara pause. "Who knows you might gain more weight." 
"Excuse me? Who's taking out the ice cream trust me Clara" I pause. "I could've eaten out the whole tub without you knowing."
"Now that's greedy behavior right there" Clara mutters, rolling her eyes in disgust at my actions.
"What was that?" I reply, being met with an expression of disgust on her face.
Before giving her a bowl of ice cream taking one last scoop of ice cream and place it in my bowl, toss the tub back in the freezer, and slide into a seat next to Clara.
"Enough about my love life being in a crisis" I pause. "What about you, do you have a crush on someone?"
Immediately see Clara look away with her face hard-core blushing, then shyly meets my gaze taking another bite of ice cream.
"So...what's his name?" I ask, teasingly and curious about who this crush is.
"Okay, so I know that you're friends with Daniel Prescott but have you heard about his younger brother?" Clara says, asks while avoiding eye contact with me. 
"Wait, are you talking about Dallas Prescott I haven't seen him around lately" I pause. "I always knew you had a thing for blondes anyway"
Clara playfully nudges me in the side and I steal her last piece of ice cream, then she immediately lunges at me close enough to scratch my face.
"Alright, that's enough of that you too" Julia pause. "You guys need to go to bed before you both get in trouble."
While I and Clara run out of the kitchen and up the spiral staircase out of breath leaning against the wall. Turning on my heel heading towards the direction of my bedroom with the faint glow of candles behind me.
"I love you," Clara says, her voice echoing through the open hallway bouncing off the walls.
I decide to ignore her voice and keep walking as if I can't hear anything, but then again Clara is very persistent.
"C'mon Chase you have to say it back please," Clara says, her voice pleading for me to respond with the same effort.
"Okay, okay I love you too Clara" I pause. "Have a good night and I hope you fall off your bed."

                            

                                
                            
                              
                                  
                              
                              
                                
                                  
                                  
                                
                              
                             
                            
                            
                          
                          
Author's note ♡︎
Hey! My fellow readers, how is your day or night going so far? I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as much as I did!
The last update for this week will be this Friday at 11:30 pm