It's always been you

Are we still friends?

"Be careful you might drop your towel" He mumbled throwing the pillow back at me. "You would like that huh?" I replied, absolutely shocked by his comment. Charles shrugged in response, smiling to himself.

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

I quickly made my way back to the bathroom, desperately wanting to escape Charles. I got ready and headed into the kitchen to find my mom.

"Good morning sunshine!" My mom exclaimed, sitting at the table together with Pascale and Arthur. "Good morning mom" I said walking over to her, and giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"How did you sleep?" Pascale asked, as I sat down at the table. "Probably like a baby" Arthur answered, looking at me with a mischievous grin.

"What's that supposed to mean?" My mom asked Arthur. I saw him start to open his mouth. "Don't answer that" I quickly replied, staring Arthur down. He nodded in response and I started to pour myself a cup of juice.

"Just saying she had good company" He mumbled, taking a bite of his breakfast.

What is it with these brothers, and their snarky comments this morning?

I could see Pascale's eye widen, and my mother looked even more confused now. "It's not like that, I don't know what Arthur's on about" I tried to reassure Pascal, but a grin continued to be plastered on her lips.

Charles came into the kitchen and sat down next to me. "How did you sleep?" Pascale asked him giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Like a baby" Charles answered happily.

Arthur immediately choked on the water he was drinking as Charles said it. The choking quickly turned into loud laughter. I put my face into my hands as I laughed, my face heating up in embarrassment.

"What's going on?" Charles asked, as we all laughed. I dug my face into his shoulder, in complete embarrassment. "I thought you were more of a little spoon person" Arthur said to Charles, and you could see it all click on his head. "Oh god" Charles said, his face growing more and more red.

"Oh now I understand" My mother said finally laughing as well. Arthur pulled out his phone from his pocket, and I dug my face even deeper into Charles shoulder, hoping to just disappear.

Arthur showed Charles the photo of us from this morning. "I look strong tho" Charles joked as he carefully studied the picture. "Ohh can I see?" Pascale asked, and Charles gave her the phone straight away.

Can this get any worse?

Pascale audibly gasped as she looked at the picture, and my mom hurried over to her, so she could see the picture as well. My mom and Pascale sat for minutes in complete awe over the picture.

"I'm so happy for you two" My mom said and got up to give me, what felt like a million, kisses in my hair. "No mom it's not like that" I quickly answered. "I know, I know, just friends" My mother replied, making a face that clearly showed, that she didn't believe me.

"I thought you hated me" Charles suddenly whispered into my ear. I quickly realized that I had been leaning my head against his shoulder the whole time.

"I still do" I answered, moving away from him, but he put his arm around me, pulling me back to him. "You're sure about that?" Charles asked smirking.