Chapter 28
Lucy tiptoed into the living room taking her time carefully to check if there's any one around and when she realized there's no one she sighed in relief and sat down on the couch to continue with the TV.
Carl had been disturbing her ever since they'd come back that she'd come to the living room to enjoy some TV shows which she consequently, could not due to Carl's various questions and uninterested chats, he didn't even bother to take her disinterested expression into consideration but he kept asking questions which Lucy don't have any choice but to answer once in a while.
Fred had meet them on one of the occasion when he went to take a glass of water in the dinning room, he'd warned Carl to let Lucy be and not disturb her sister but the flippant Carl wouldn't listen so Lucy came up with an excuse to want to use the ladies which gave her an escape from him.
Lucy kept tunning the Chanel when the electric doorbell chimed, she paused to listen very well again and realizing she's just the only one in the sitting room which she's not even used to the place, she wondered if she should open it or not and when it chimed again she stood up and walked up to door to get it open.
"Hi" she beamed at the lady who stood by the door clutching unto a shopping bag, she'll be a bit older than Lucy, probably two years. She was obviously smiling cheerfully before Lucy opened the door and on sighting Lucy, her face went blank and she looked puzzled
"Hi" she murmured as she walked inside
Lucy was confused at this but she gently shut the door and nicely she asked her who she wanted to see but she didn't reply as she walked towards the dinning
"Hey Iris" Carl called as he was coming into the living room
"Hi Carl" she put on a smile, held Carl by his wrist and pulled him to the dinning room where the whispering began, Lucy just rolled her eyes and slumped on the couch getting herself back to watch her movie but she could still hear some of the conversation clearly as even Carl himself doesn't seems to be interested in whispering but talking.
"Who's she?" Iris asked pointing at Lucy whose back is at them
"Fred's sister" Carl replied and she gasped
"Oh my God!" She said with her palms on her mouth
"What happened?" Carl asked
"Nothing" Iris beamed and scrambled back to the living room
"Hi" she waved at Lucy cheerfully and sat on the armchair besides her but Lucy only nodded slightly putting all her concentration on the TV
Iris bite her bottom lip in regret, looking apologetic she said
"Ehhm, you know... I'm sorry for the other time, I was not really in a good mood then"
"Oh really" Lucy's head tilted to hers
"How strange your mood changed within a minute" she said softly and turned her head back
"That's because I realized I'm meeting Fred's sister one on one for the first time"
"And you were to her" Lucy scowled obviously hurted by her first impression
"I'm really sorry" Iris apologize looking more sad and sincere
"Can I make it up to you?" She asked but Lucy smiled
"It's okay" she smiled cheerfully
"Oh really?, thanks" Iris hugged her grinning from ear to ear
"So Fred is your friend?" Lucy asked and she nodded
"I'm sure you will be able to tell me the truth about him then" Lucy beamed wrapping her legs on the couch to face iris
"You want me to tell you something about Fred" Iris' face brightened
"Yeah, his characters being in school." Lucy said
"Is he brilliant?" She added in a whisper and suddenly, Iris blushed, she seems to like Fred
"Of course" Iris smiled and began to talk about him and all these while, Lucy made the conclusion that she does not only like Fred but she's head over heels in love with him but does he know this? Hope it's not one sided love?
"Here she goes again" Carl's voice interrupted them as he walked into the living room with a bottle of wine and a tray conveying three glass cups
"O Kay guys, let's have some fun" he grinned bubbly
"Oh yeah and I bought a pizza" Iris winked bringing out the pizza from the shopping bag
"Wow, you guys are..." Lucy started and trailed off a bit before Carl cut in
"Awesome! You can say that again" he winked nudging the glass of wine into his mouth to take a sip and Lucy chuckled
"What about Fred?" Iris asked uncovering the pizza as she placed it on the table
"As usual" Carl said taking a slice of the pizza
"As usual?" Lucy asked not seems to understand
"Well, our Cold Fred has locked himself up again probably working on something on his system" Carl explained as he took a bite from his pizza
"Thank God he's got good friends like us" he said pointing at Iris and back to him
"This place wouldn't have be beautifully decorated like this"
"You didn't help in the decoration you know" Iris nudged him
He rubbed his fingers through his temple
"well, I can't really decorate but I do have eyes for beautiful things" he said and they laughed
"But you know Fred is not really cold right?" Lucy said trying to convince them
"Maybe he only do that sometimes for some reasons" she suggested and Iris quickly nodded affirmatively
"I believe" Iris said unconsciously, taking up her glass of wine
"You can say that again" Carl arched a brow as he took a sip from his wine again
Lucy smiled at herself, it seems she was able to convince them easily but the more she think about that the more she suspect her conviction has done nothing in this duo reply to her statement, maybe they know something that she didn't or maybe they already have answers to her suggestion.
But can her brother friends know more about him than her, her sister?
TBC....
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