But He's My Brother?

19. Rejection?

He scrunches up his face into an expression of vexation, his eyes tell me that he is not entirely shocked to hear what I said as it is something we previously discussed, but I see a flicker of pain present in them. As I am about to speak my next words a voice filters out in the air and I turn around to see Lia running towards Samuel and I.

"Babe" she shrills as she nears him and places her arms around his waist to give him a hug. I feel my heart tighten from the display and feel irritation at her not coming to me first. I also feel an emotion akin to anger at seeing her touching him so intimately.

"Elisa! Haven't seen you in so long" she says, finally acknowledging that I am here too.

Why does she sound so distant, where is my hug!?

I turn to look at Samuel who looks incredibly uncomfortable, he ignores Lia and stares at me with an unwavering gaze.

"Earth to Samuel" Lia waves her hands in front of Samuel's face to catch his attention.

"Why are you staring at Elisa like that, it's like you want to kill her" she says laughing to herself like a hyena. I have never seen her act so vacuously.

I send her an inconspicuous angry gaze not at all amused by her lame sense of humour and then turn my back towards them both.

"I'm going home" I shout out and give an uninterested wave as I start making my way to Mum's car.

"I'm your ride" Samuel shouts out from the back, stalling me in the process.

"What?" I stop and turn my body around to look back at him with annoyance and confusion.

"Mum and Dad left together, I'm taking you home" he answers calmly.

"I don't want to go with you" I reply indignantly.

"Too bad, cause you are" he talks back assertively as he starts walking up to me.

"What about me?" I hear Lia bellow out from behind as she starts trailing behind us fast.

"Your parents are right there" he halts his movements to turn back at her and points towards Mr and Mrs James who are currently engaged in a conversation with Alpha James near the pack house.

"They'll take you" he says hastily and starts catching up to me, leaving Lia behind without a second glance. I should perhaps be nicer to Lia because that was quite rude of Samuel but when you see your mate being close to your best friend, you immediately view them both as your enemy and the guilt becomes non existent.

He starts walking along side me quietly the silence both unnerving and  frustrating me. So I start walking ahead of him, trying to keep as much as distance as I can between us, however his 6ft 2 frame takes two long strides and catches up to me instantaneously. I look up to face him and send a scowl, however he suddenly places an arm around my shoulder as a response to my anger, shocking me in the process. I don't think he ever voluntarily touched me since we were two or three years old. My body is paralysed from the shocks and sparks travelling from his arms onto my whole body, I quickly duck under his arms to prevent myself from doing something I will later regret.

"Why did you do that? don't do it again!" I narrow my eyes pointing a finger at him at him with a warning expression.

"Was just being a good older brother" he replies sarcastically, placing his hands up in a surrendering motion.

"Don't say that again!" I reply immediately disgusted by the term brother.

"You stopped being my brother two weeks ago" I say to him resolutely. He just sends me a smirk and continues to walk on silently. I can tell that he is feigning apathy, because I take a glimpse of his eyes and see them quickly transforming back from their golden hue.