Between Two Hearts

Chapter 1.

~April~

He's there. My best friend being kissed by the love of my life.

He is unaware that he is the love of my life; naturally, not even my closest friend is aware of this. I also can't forget Evans, but she's been leading him on, not sure if she's in love with him or Damon. The unfortunate aspect was that these three men were brothers. Years have passed while I've seen their insane love—if it can even be called love—go on and on. Without knowing anything, I've yearned for Theo, experienced his suffering, and gone through everything with him. I experienced the same anguish as he did each time she broke his heart and raced towards Damon. I could feel it every time she ran to Evans and left them both. I found it incomprehensible that three guys could be so deeply in love with a lady who was unable to make a decision.

It shouldn't be too difficult. Instead of leaving them all wondering who she would flee to next, she ought to have picked one. Neither Theo nor any of his brothers deserved this.

She was regarded by them all as their mate. It never occurred to me that they would all have such terrible luck to mate with the same woman. It seemed to me that there had to be a problem. However, / was the only person who appeared to The fact that Starr was my best friend didn't help. She was the closest friend I had, thus I loved her. Even though I've been in love with Theo since the day I met him, I should support her in this. It seems like it happened yesterday. He got down on the floor to get my book off the floor after I dropped it by accident. That day, while he was giving it back to me, our hands made contact for the first time, and the sparks I felt between my legs caused me to go moist. Before I realised that he wasn't looking at me, I assumed he felt the same way. He had Starr in his sights. That's when I realised he had feelings for her.

I assumed at the time that it would be alright and that my feelings were just those of a simple crush. And I was not. Very incorrect. At fourteen years old, I had a limited understanding of what love entailed. I now realised that witnessing the person you care about fall in love with someone else could shatter your heart to pieces. And it hurt much more to know that the indecisiveness of the person he loved was continuing to hurt him.

That day, I assumed that she would want to be with Theo by himself and that their relationship would end. However, Starr felt the same way about his brothers as she did about him. She also made no attempt to conceal it from any of them. Everyone knew she was unable to make a decision. She wasn't interested in one of them; they all knew that.

However, that did not sit well with them. They weren't content. The brothers were not fond of sharing. It was not my fault.

However, why wouldn't they make an effort to let another girl into their lives?

I've been waiting for just one moment for Theo to notice me.

Since I first met Starr, I've wanted to tell him how much I adore him. He was the one I wanted to be with, and I wanted her to know that. But as I already mentioned, I had no idea what love was at the moment. I was unsure of what to anticipate or how to deal with my emotions. She was the first to express her liking for Theo and her want to be with him, so when I did eventually bring him up to her that day, she cut me off and wouldn't let me talk.

I didn't want to be the girl who was too proud to let her best friend go. Besides, it's not like Theo would have picked me. He would have quickly rejected me if I had initiated the initial contact instead of her. Perhaps this was an additional reason why I never told Starr the truth about how I really felt about him.

Furthermore, I didn't believe that telling her or anybody else the truth was appropriate at this time. It was now too late to do that.

For us, it was too late. I would never have anything to do with Theo. I would have to bend in order to embrace it.

"Autumh!" My mother storms into my room and yells my name. "Why do you still not have on clothes? I informed you that we have a crucial meeting at the Perers' house.

The Deer. The same family that my thoughts kept returning to.

A. T. Perer. Perer Evans. Perer Damon.

Other siblings existed. However, I was most familiar with those three.

My parents and the Perer family were business partners.

We are all enrolled in the Angelites Academy for Supernaturals because of them. Everyone is aware that the school is solely attended by the wealthiest. We came from billionaire families. Starr was not one of those people. She was the only impoverished girl in our year. The principal would always let one girl or boy to enrol in our school. Even if many of the wealthy families disagreed with that decision, they nevertheless adhered to it as a rule. Although the school generally complied with the requests of the affluent parents, this particular regulation was upheld in spite of the criticism it faced. The reason for this is that the principal wasn't an absolute moron. At least one typical child should be able to receive a good education at our school, according to him.

However, I was certain that when a new principle was appointed, this rule would be altered. Few have the bravery that Sir Alex Smi did.

I closed the phone. Another photo of Starr and Theo together didn't need to be seen.

I say, "Mom," as I glance down at my jeans and t-shirt. "V am dressed."