Heart and Desire (boyxboy)

Chapter Fourteen

Oli's POV:

Silas waltzed back into the room during an episode of Say Yes To The Dress. He laughed lightly when he saw the TV screen and took the remote from my hand. Vince and I both looked up at his brother suspiciously.

"Did you take your tablets bro?" Vince asked. It was sweet how much he cares for his younger brother.

"Yup" Silas popped the 'P' and sat next to Vince on the bed. It was silent for a few minutes while Silas chose a programme. He settled on a Mr Bean cartoon and put the remote down.

Silas glanced over at me nervously, "Sorry Oli." He whispered, offering a small smile. I smiled back brightly.

"No worries, Silas. Are you alright?" I asked. He nodded and turned back to the TV, signalling the end of our conversation. Vince gave me a gentle reassuring leg squeeze. I looked over at him to see him mouth 'thank you'. Thank you for what? I just nodded, then turned back to the TV.

We sat in silence for the next half an hour until we heard a knock at the door. The three of us watched as the door opened and Terry popped her head round.

"Dinner's here. We ordered Chinese." She grinned, gesturing for us to follow her. Silas turned off the TV and the three of us followed Terry into the living room. The hotel room was fairly large with two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a living area. The living area was decent sized also, with a TV, two sofas and a coffee table.

The five of us crowded around the coffee table as we dished ourselves a plate of rice, noodles and chicken balls. I poured a dollop of sweet and sour sauce onto my rice and stirred it in using my fork. Terry started a conversation about her sons' schooling arrangements back home, which caused Silas to groan loudly.

"Mum, I don't care that we're missing school to come here. School's shit." Silas moaned.

"Language." His mother warned. Silas just rolled his eyes.

"Oli, you're in college, aren't you?" Rick asked, changing the subject.

"Yes," I nodded, "I'm starting my second year in September."

"Oh, next month then." Terry nodded in approval, "What are you studying?"

"Mainly Psychology, but I'm also studying Law and English Lit." I told her, feeling proud when her eyes lit up.

"Wow, that's ambitious." Terry praised. Rick was grinning proudly too, "Vincent's also studying Law."

"Yeah, I want to be a lawyer." Vince said, shoveling a forkful of rice into his mouth. Silas was staring at his plate, his expression distant. Rick saw me watching Silas and nudged him to attention. Silas looked around confused then returned to his plate, gingerly twirling noodles into his fork.

I looked around the room to see everyone sitting awkwardly. Terry cleared her throat, glancing helplessly at Rick.

"So - Uhm - Oli, what do you want to do when you grow up?" Rick asked lightly.

"I was thinking about maybe going into the criminal psychology field. I've always found it interesting." I smiled, trying to lighten the mood, but I saw Rick stiffen slightly. Vince drew my attention when he snorted loudly.

"You'll probably see Silas there. I swear he's going to murder someone one day." Vincent joked. Silas' head snapped up and his deadly eyes drilled into Vincent. His hands started shaking and his eye twitched. He stood up, throwing his plate to the floor, and marched towards the bedroom. The door closed with a slam.