novelxo Chapter 28: Their story
Nancy's POV:
"I am planning to have a family picnic---"
We all looked at my mom when she suddenly stopped talking.
"Do you hear that?" she asked instead.
At first, we're all confused about what she's asking about, but later on, we understand why she has stopped.
"No way, love! You said it's my room, it's my life and it's my decision, so I want you to sleep next to me."
We all heard Gabriel laugh. All our eyes snapped from where his voice was coming from and then we saw them arguing from the
top of the stairs and as they went down.
"No!" It's Madi.
"Yes, my love!"
"No!"
"Yes!" And he chuckled again.
"Oh my God, honey! Can you see that?" my mom asked my dad as tears were forming in her eyes.
I understand where those tears come from. Because that's exactly how I feel right now, after hearing my brother's laugh.
He looks so happy as he teases his girlfriend.
"It's been a long time since we've heard him laugh like this," Dad said with a smile.
"Yeah. It's been a long time since he showed this carefree side of him." Mom agreed.
A smile also formed my lips. Well, thanks for Madi. She brought my brother back.
We just stood there, watched as they exchanged 'No and Yes love'.
But then all of our eyes went wide when Gabriel pulled Madi and kissed her on her lips. Aunt Cindy and Aunt Morgan
immediately covered Chris and Sav's eyes.
Since when does my brother become affectionate and a fan of PDA---Public display of attention? Honestly, I've never seen him
kissed Stacey on her lips especially in front of us.
"Argh! Why do you always do that?" an annoyed Madi asked and she punched him in the arm.
My brother has already noticed us, but Madi is still oblivious.
"Because you keep on arguing with me." he laughed as he took Madi's hand.
"Because you don't want to listen.!"
"Ohh... love, no matter what you say, we're going to sleep together in 'my' bed."
I arched my eyebrow when he emphasized the word 'my' which meant his bed.
"No! I'm going to sleep on the couch."
"Okay, we'll both sleep on the couch." he shrugged.
"Hey, you two! Arguing about where you sleep... really?"
I saw how Madi's face turned into the shade of red.
"Madi, if you want you can share a bed with me. I have a queen size bed in my room."
Her face lit up.
"No!" Gabriel immediately disagreed.
"Why? It's just one night. Can't I borrow your girlfriend even just for a night?"
"No Nancy! You're just about to plant something on her head."
I gasped. "Wow! Now I'm planter to you big brother! But I don't even know how to plant a single rose."
Everyone in the room laughed at my joke including Madi... well except my brother who just glared at me.
"And what do you think I'm going to 'plant' in her head? She's no longer a kid, Gabriel!"
"I said no, Nancy!"
He pulled Madi to his side as he continued giving me a hard stare. But I just arched my eyebrow. As if I'm going take her away
from him. I glared back, but we were interrupted by our mom.
"Kids. Kids. Stop these nonsense arguments of yours. And please, stop that glaring competition Gabriel, Nancy. You're both no
longer a kid! Let Madi choose where she wants to sleep. And Gabriel, you shouldn't force Madi to sleep in your room and your
bed!"
"Ma?"
I laughed at Gabriel's protest. Our mom is a bit conservative.
"What? You're not married yet!" she narrowed her eyes on him.
Gabriel chuckled and scratched the back of his neck.
"Ma, your argument dates back from the 1940s. It's now the 21st century and I'm marrying her soon."
We all gasped at his statement. But as long as I want to agree with him, I turned to my mother's side just to annoy him.
"Mama is right, Gabi. Madi, I'll tell the maids to bring your things straight to my room." I winked at her.
"No! Stop this. You're not going to win this, Nancy!" he said and then turned to Madi. "Okay, fine. I'm going to sleep on the couch,
just stay in my room," he said completely annoyed but still kissed Madi's forehead.
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Madi's POV:
After our lunch, all the girls sat in the living room while the boys went directly to the mini-bar that can be found by turning left,
from the kitchen.
Nancy sat next to me.
They were all sharing Gabriel's childhood with me. His school days, his first injury and he got from playing their softball game at
school, how he got his first trophy, his first crush... but then they stopped when someone's mentioned Stacey's name. I've
noticed how sensitive this topic for them when it comes to her.
And I put a reminder in my head to ask Gabriel about her, one of these days.
I was just listening to them sharing their stories when Aunt Cindy suddenly asked me.
"So Madi, how did you meet our Gabriel?"
I looked around to see all their eyes were on me, waiting for my story.
-'Where are you, Gabriel? You said you're going to help me?'-
I smiled and took a deep breath.
"Well, our first meeting was in a coffee shop near his office building. I remembered he was getting his order from the counter,
while I was just about to buy my favorite cake and my coffee. Then... it's an ordinary story. I bumped into him and his coffee flew
over his coat and to my surprise, he shouted at me, although I already have my apology."
I chuckled due to nervousness.
"He was so mad at that time, but of course, I didn't let it pass so easily. I shouted back at him and he got more mad. He said he
won't forget my face, but I just laughed at him. I said 'So what? I won't forget your ugly face either, jerk!' I swear if only looks
could kill, at that moment, I was already buried six feet under the ground.
I bit my lip when they all laughed together.
"Ohh, Madi, it's not just an ordinary story, it's awesome!" Mrs Wilsons said while still laughing.
"I agree with mom, sissy." I glanced at Nancy when she mentioned the word 'sissy'. "You know, you're so brave to scream
Gabriel as a jerk. Now I know why he loves you."
I gulped at her words.
"But, back in your story.. it serves him right! Because my brother was a total cold and jerk at that time."