When It Comes To Love, YOU NEVER KNOW by sunshinehkl (digital ebook reader txt) 📕

“ I still can’t believe it. It feels so much like a dream! I mean who would’ve thought that all this time Heather has actually liked me back!” Brian said with a dreamy expression.

“I did.” Kiara said dryly.

“What?” Brian asked getting startled.

Kiara shrugged. “I knew she harboured some feelings for you. I wouldn’t have taken such a bold step if I wasn’t sure of her feelings. I mean I wouldn’t want to...”

“How did you know?” Brian interrupted her getting eager to know the answer.

“She kept staring at you whenever you weren’t staring at her. And trust me it was so annoying to watch! I mean all this time I had to watch the two of you staring at each other while each being oblivious of the feelings of the other and none having the guts to actually do something about it. In the end, I just simply couldn’t take it anymore and just decided to take matters in my own hands.”

“She’d been staring at me?” Brian exclaimed. “All this time, she’s been staring at me like I’ve been staring at her?! And I never knew it!” Brian was almost jumping with excitement like a little boy. Then he frowned a little and looked at Kiara.“Wait a second,” He said, “If you knew that Heather had feelings for me than why didn’t you tell me before?”

Kiara rolled her eyes and asked “Would you have believed me if I did tell you?

Brian frowned with confusion. “Why wouldn’t I believe you?”

Kiara let out an exaggerated sigh and then making a sombre face, started speaking-“Kiara, I think this is just your illusion. I mean you know about my feelings for Heather so you are hoping that she feels something for me too. So subconsciously you started to look for any signs that could mean that Heather has some sort of feelings for me. And the desire in your subconscious became so strong that you started imagining things that wasn’t really there and reading too much into her actions, which is to say that what you thought you were seeing in her actions was not actually what happening in reality but what your subconscious wanted you to see, so..”

Brian burst into laughter. “Okay, okay, I get your point, so you can stop now. I guess you are right; I probably would have come up with something like that if you did tell me. By the way, that was a really poor excuse of mimicking my voice.”

“Oh, please! I am a pro at this. I mean, I can mimic your voice better than you can do it yourself! Now, shoo, go home and let me get back to my sleep.”

“Actually, I’m just going to crash on the couch here tonight. I’m too tired to drive back home.”

“If you were so tired then you should have simply slept at home instead of barging in here at the middle of the night to ruin my sleep.” Kiara said, dryly.

“Are you kidding? Do you think I would’ve been able to fall asleep without talking to you tonight with all the excitement going through my head? I needed to see you tonight!” Brian said excitedly with a grin that lit up his whole face.

“My, my! A happy little puppy, aren’t you?” Kiara said with amusement.

“I guess I am.” Brian said sheepishly.

“Good!” Kiara said with a smile and then she yawned. “Now, you can go to sleep or you can just keep standing there all night with that stupid grin on your face, do whatever you want, but I’m going to go back to my sleep right now, so good night.”

”Wait!” Brian exclaimed as she started to stride towards the stairs to go to her room.

“What now?” Kiara asked throwing her hands in the air.

“I have a girlfriend now!” Brian said incredulously as if he had just realized it.

“I already know that!” Kiara chuckled.

“I still can’t believe it!”

Kiara shook her head and moved towards Brian. “You are not dreaming, if you were wondering,” she said, patting his head, “So get used to it already, Briany boy!”

Brian didn’t say anything and just hugged her tightly instead.

“What?” Kiara laughed.

“Thank you.” He breathed.

“For what?”

“For everything. For being my friend, for being there all these years, for doing what you did at the party, for existing! It’s only because of you that I am so happy right now.”

“Yeah, yeah, I already know that I am absolutely amazing. It’s hardly a secret to anyone! Now let go of me so that I can finally go and get some decent sleep!”

Brian pulled back from the hug and looked at her with an amused expression. “One can only trust you to say something like that after hearing such an emotional speech. You will never change, will you?” Brian said shaking his head at her while his eyes were filled with humour.

“Well, I certainly don’t intend to!” Kiara said with a wink.

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“What are you doing?” Kiara asked in a sleep engrossed voice.

“Oh, good. You are up. I was just about to go to your room to wake you up.” Brian said looking up from the fry pan, “Go, and freshen up, Breakfast is almost ready.”

“Ummhmmm. ” Kiara said in a groggy voice as she sat on a chair and laid her head on the table, “Just let me sleep for five more minutes.”

“Hey! No sleeping on the table! Get up right now!”

“Hmmmm.”

“Kiara!” Brian warned.

“Fine! I’m going, okay? Gee, you are so annoying!” Kiara grumbled.

“Don’t fall asleep on the shower!” Brian called out and Kiara responded with showing him the finger.

15 Minutes later

“Brian!” Kiara shrieked as she suddenly burst into the kitchen making Brian Jump and almost drop the plates that he was about to set on the table.

“What? Did you ran out of hot water?”

“No! You have a girlfriend now!”

“I think the both of us already established that last night.” Brian chuckled.

“No! You don’t understand! You are not supposed to cook my breakfast in my kitchen, right now. You are not supposed to be here right now!”

“Why not?”

“Because you are supposed to be on your way to Heather’s so that you can pick her up and then go to the office together.”

“Hey! That’s actually a good idea. Why didn’t I think about it myself?”

“Because you are Brian which means that although you are ridiculously romantic, you are completely hopeless when it comes to your own love life.”

“Gee thanks. Okay then, let’s finish our breakfast quickly so that we can start on our way to pick up Heather.”

Kiara looked at Brian incredulously.

“What?”

“So that we can start on our way to pick up heather?”

“Yes? Isn’t that what you suggested?” Brian asked getting confused.

“No! I only suggested that you should be on your way to pick up Heather, not we.”

“You don’t want to go with me? Why?” Brian was even more confused this time.

Kiara let out an exaggerated sigh and Brian got even more confused.

“What?”

“Nothing. I am just trying to understand that how I, Kiara Jones, the most anti-romantic person in the whole universe, have a more clear idea on how to be romantic than you Brian Dickerson, the lovesick romantic fool!”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, what kind of idiot wants to bring along a third wheel on their first attempt on trying to surprise their girlfriend to ruin their romantic moment?”

“You are not a third wheel. You are my best friend! What’s wrong with picking my girlfriend up with my bestfriend?” Brian responded defensively.

“ Because it’s the first time you are picking up your official girlfriend and you two need some privacy, Heather will expect some privacy, and I’ll be just in the way.”

Brian stared at Kiara frowning furiously as if he was in some deep thought.

“What?”

“Is that why you left the party early last night? To give me and Heather some sort of privacy?”

“Well..”

“That’s what it was about right? God, I’m such an idiot!  I should have known when you refused to let me drive you home and insisted on going with Megan instead! I mean when did you and Megan became such good friends?” Then he narrowed his eyes at Kiara.

“What?” Kiara asked nervously.

“Last night you didn’t really take a lift from Megan, did you? You came home alone. You just used her as an excuse as she was leaving the party at that time, right?”

“Why would you think that?"

“Kiara, you only got away with lying last night because I was too overwhelmed to notice the inconsistencies of your behaviour. But that’s not the case right now so you’ll be only wasting your energy if you try again.”

Kiara shrugged.

“You  lied to me!” 

“Well that’s only because you wouldn’t have let me leave the party alone if didn’t. Last night something really big happened to you, Brian. I mean you have been forever dreaming about the love of your life and about that “magical moment” when you finally get her. And last night it actually happened to you, last night all your dreams finally came true. And I wanted you to live that moment to the fullest. I wanted you to forget about everything else and focus solely on the moment for which you have been waiting all your life.”

“Oh, Kiara!” Brian sighed and shook his head . “You are right. What happened last night was really big for me. I felt like I was the happiest man in the universe. And I wanted to share that happiness with someone; I wanted someone to witness every moment of it and understand the feelings that I was going through. And there’s only one person I wanted to share these things with, and that’s you, my best friend. I’m sorry Kiara, but last night, I did not want any privacy from you. Rather, I wanted to share every bit of it with you. I was rather disappointed when you left early. Why do you think I came barging at your door in the middle of the night? Because I wouldn’t have a moment of peace until I’d have shared my feelings of happiness with you.”

“Oh.”  Kiara responded not knowing what else to say.

“ Don’t lie to me again.” Brian said intensely looking at her eyes.

“Geez it was just a little white lie.”

“I don’t care how small or big it is. I simply don’t want you to lie to me again. No, let me rephrase it. You are not allowed to lie to me again.”

“Okay, you are clearly overreacting now.”

“I am not overreacting. I simply don’t want you to distant yourself from me.”

“What? When did I do that?” Kiara exclaimed getting baffled.

“When you lied to me. We always, always share every single thing with each other. So you lying to me, means that somehow you are distancing yourself from me and I will never accept that.”

“Alright smarty-pants, you are over thinking things way too much! Okay so you don’t like me lying to you, I get it and I’m sorry for doing it. Now, can we please get back to the main subject? Time is running you know!”

“Well about that, if you want me to pick up Heather than you will have to come along. But I will understand if you are not comfortable with going to Heather’s house.