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“So you’re the best friend...?" [Jace]

Philip raised a brow when Jace asked the question. With that, Jace sealed the barrier between Philip and him. As he emphasized that Philip was only “the best friend”, somehow it places him in a lower level since Jace is the one who’s in a relationship with Kate.

"I have to thank you...I would have never met Kate if you hadn't stood her up the night you were supposed to meet her at that pub a couple of months ago." [Jace]

As soon as Philip felt Jace hands on his shoulder, he clenched his fist and wanted to punch him at that very moment. When he started to walked away, Philip wanted to call him back but hesitated at the last moment.

Everything came rushing in what happened three months ago. Philip was supposed to meet up with Kate after her dance rehearsal. He remembered that he was already at the pub 2 hours early, and in order to pass the time, he talked to several girls. Thus he ended up getting heavily drunk and walking out with them and then eventually forgetting about Kate. “How can I be so stupid?” he said to himself.

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“I'm happy for you Kate that you're really doing great in Julliard unlike my little brother.” Maddie paused. “And lucky of you, you found yourself one young hot guy. He's really gorgeous.” Maddie said and jokingly pursed her lips seductively. “Too bad Philip can't compete with that, but we will never know until he tries.” she thought to herself. And as she saw Jace walking down the stairs without Philip, she had a hunch that things didn’t go really well upstairs. She just hoped that they can it put it aside make this vacation worthwhile.

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As Philip was going down the stairs, he observed Jace walking towards the kitchen. He saw Laura and Maddie talking in the living room and Kate was nowhere in sight. He walked up to them and bent towards Laura and gave him a polite quick kiss on the cheek. “Hi Laura, How are you? I didn’t notice you were already here.”

“You were too busy to notice, especially when Kate came in.” Maddie teased her brother.

“You two haven’t changed.” Laura commented and let out a slight laugh.

“Kate’s outside the porch, that is if you want to talk to her.” Madelaine, assuming as ever, directed the information to him. Philip eyed her sister even if that’s the reason why he approached them in the first place.

“Go Ahead. I know you have a lot of things to catch up on.” said Laura. She beckoned him to go outside and see Kate. He nodded and slowly left the room.

As Philip went out the door, the sun was already setting and he can feel the summer breeze was getting cold. From his right, he can see Kate sitting on the swing hinged on the porch’s ceiling. He walked up to her, admiring her, as she gazed towards the horizon. Upon hearing his footsteps, Kate looked up to him and Philip can’t seem to fathom what she’s thinking or currently feeling. He removed his jacket and placed it around her shoulders hoping it would keep her warm. He sat next to her and inadvertently kept a distance between them.

“It’s getting a bit cold.” he said trying to break the silence. “So how are you?” he asked. “I’m sure that I missed out a lot based on what had happened earlier.” he said to her as he tried to evade her eyes.