Ray
Mal was on top of me her breasts pressed against my chest, her face in mine. I did my best not to look at her. She was beautiful in every way but it seemed like a pervert thing to look at her when she was clearly uncomfortable. I looked into her eyes as they widened and she drew in a sharp breath.
I could briefly hear the conversation between Lewis and their dad outside in the hall. Mal and I both held our breath as the voices got louder. I could tell we were both thinking the same thing, if they came in here we would be dead. More me than her though, even though she was on top of me. Lewis had somehow drawn the attention away from Mal’s room and the voices got softer as they walked away. Mal let her breath out and I felt my body react as it hit my face. She had no idea what she did to me.
Before I could do something stupid I pushed her off of me and stood up. I walked to her closet and closed myself inside of it. My heart was racing as I slid to the floor my back pressed against the door. I ran a hand through my hair and let out the breath I had been holding. I was glad for the small space. I needed something between me and Mal. The door did just that.
I wondered what Mal was doing, if she was getting dressed of simply sitting on her bed wondering what the Hell just happened like I was. I closed my eyes and remembered the feeling of her body pressed against mine. I knew my feelings for her were one-sided and I couldn’t help but feel lonely.
“You can come out now Ray.” Mal said her voice calm and I stood up.
I opened the door a little and poked my head out. Mal sat on her bed cross-legged, my shoes in front of her. I smiled, she had taken my shoes. I had been looking for them when I had run into her, I had worried that their dad had found them.
“So you were the shoe thief than?” I said walking over to her and grabbing my shoes.
I didn’t sit on the bed next to her like I wanted to, it felt wrong after what had just happened. So I sat in the chair she had tripped over instead. I slid my feet into the shoes and wondered if she was going to ask why I was there, I could tell the question was playing with her mind. She was good at many things, but when it came to Lewis and I she was bad at hiding what she was thinking.
“I got into a fight with my mom’s dumb boyfriend and he kicked me out.” I said shrugging as if it wasn’t any big deal and it didn’t bug me, even though it really did.
Mal’s eyes slid over my body before resting on my eyes. They spoke volumes, she knew I was lying to her. She knew me better than she was letting on and I could see it all in her eyes for a split second before she pushed it away.
“Are you going home today?” She asked and I watched as she let her eyes fall from mine and she picked at a strand in her blanket.
“That was the plan. I need to grab some things. Since its summer break I don’t really have to stay in the house… I was going to…”
“You’re gonna come back right? Lewis likes it when you stay over.” She said and I wondered if she meant to say Lewis or if she was really meaning she liked it.
“Yeah. I was planning to spend some days here if it was okay with everyone.” I said and she looked at me a smile on her face.
“I don’t have a problem with it.” She said as someone knocked on the door and I dove out of the chair and over her bed.
I crammed myself into the tight space between the bed and the wall, thankful that Mal had a problem with her bed touching the wall so there was always a space. I held my breath, since there wasn’t much room to really breathe in that space. I listened as Mal opened her door.
“You seen Ray?” Lewis asked and I let out my breath and started to move.
“Ray’s over? I didn’t see him.” Mal lied and I stopped.
Why was she lying about seeing me? It was Lewis. He knew I was here already. I listened to their silence and wondered if they were doing that twin thing, the one where they didn’t talk but knew what the other was thinking. It was really creepy at times. One of them sighed, if I had to guess it was Lewis.
“Well if you see him can you tell him to come see me before he leaves? I was going to give him one of my keys since I won’t be home till late and I don’t want him to feel like he is bugging you.” Lewis said his voice held a hint of laughter.
“Sure… I was planning on going out to the store in a bit. So it’ll be perfect.” She said and I heard her close the door.
She sighed before walking over and jumping on the bed. She poked her head over the side and looked at me her eyes kind. Than Lewis poked his head over the edge of the bed and we all laughed.
“You should know my sister is the worst liar of us all.” Lewis said as he gave me a hand out of the tiny space.
“Oh I know. I wasn’t expecting her to lie.” I said climbing onto the bed and looking over at her as she rolled her eyes.
“Oh shut up you two. I’m right here.” She said sticking her tongue out at us and we laughed.
She can be such a kid when she isn’t causing trouble for everyone or making things hard when they don’t have to be. Mal got off the bed and grabbed her phone just as it buzzes. Lewis and I look at each other because it’s simply weird how she knows when her phone will go off. Its juts part of what she does.
“Hey Mr. Ranald’s! Yeah I’ll be there tomorrow bright and early… Oh? I see… Maybe… Oh I can find someone else no problem. If not I’m sure I can handle my group on my own… Yeah… I’ll see what I can pull off before tomorrow… Yup… See ya.” Mal said hanging up and looking at the ground than at the ceiling.
“What’s goin’ on Mal?” Lewis asked and Mal snapped back to normal.
“Oh Jake bailed on me so I have to find a new team leader to help me with my group or somehow pull it all off on my own. I guess I should get busy and call people huh?” She said forcing a smile onto her face, but I could see her frustration.
“Well I’m not really doing anything this summer…” I said and her face lit up.
“You would do that?” She asked jumping slightly a wide smile on her face.
“Well if you need someone I guess.” I said and she jumped on me hugging me tight.
“Oh thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!” She said letting go and planting a soft kiss on my cheek.
Then she ran out of the room already dialing on her phone. I was in shock as I watched her skip down the steps. I turned to Lewis and he just looked at me his eyes wide. He was the only person, besides myself, who knew how I felt about his twin. He was pretty cool about it too, probably because we had talked about it long ago and decided if I married Mal we could be friends forever. Something like that anyway.
“Did Mal just…”
“Yeah she did…”
“Damn.” Lewis said flopping back on his sister’s bed.
“You can say that again.” I said flopping back next to him.