The Glimpse of My Past novel Chapter 8

Diane’s P.O.V.

“Hey, sis! Can you stop it?” David whined while fixing his hair that I slightly ruined. I smelled my right hand, and my nose creased upon smelling that the hair wax he used seemed to be stuck on it.

“Why? What about it? Can I no longer caress my brother? Hmpft! It was about time to sleep, so do you still need to fix your hair like that?” I wanted to laugh, but I chose to pout my lips to signify that I was quite fretting over his reaction. “Please be honest to me, David. Are you courting someone?” I asked after.

Denise unexpectedly appeared out of nowhere and interfered with our conversation. “Big bro already has a girlfriend, big sis! Believe me, he even went to that girl’s house,” she divulged to me while her round eyes seemed to dilate and grow much bigger than usual.

Then, I threw David some menacing stares and spoke to him seriously. “Hey, David Cristoff! Why don’t you focus first on your studies before you decide to have a girlfriend? The odds will be greater that instead of being the valedictorian, you will end up going back to being a fourth-year high school student! Can’t you see? I don’t even have time for that so-called love life, and here you are, trying to precede me? Stop thinking about that love life, okay? After all, that can wait. Are we clear?” I sermonized him.

“Did you really believe Denise, sis? Helena is not my girlfriend! She was so peevish and couldn’t even last a day without avoiding me. She always tended to walk out! And one more thing, I went to their house because we had to work on our Annual Camp project. That’s it, nothing more and nothing less!” David’s face flushed as he tried to explain his side. Yet, he sounded too defensive. I couldn’t stop him from growing up. My brother looked more of a teen now.

“Mom was already asleep. Have you ensured that she took her medicine on time?” I changed the topic.

“Yes, sis. Do you still have doubts about me? You know that you can count on me for such things.” David nodded at me, but his eyes were looking at Denise intently. It was as if his eyes were threatening her with the words, “Get ready with yourself later!”

Our youngest sibling just stuck her tongue out to David before she said, “Of course, why would you even forget? You also took care of your crush and gave her medicine, correct?”

I just laughed at them. These two were so naughty! That was the reason why even though I would always wake up in the middle of my sleep when these two quarrels, it was just okay with me. We would always have a squeaking parquet floor, most especially a creaking sound of our wooden ladder, every time these two would chase each other.

Denise and I’s bedrooms were upstairs with our own comfort rooms, but we were sharing the same terrace. Mom and David were sleeping here on the ground floor, and their rooms were adjacent to one another.

Only Mom’s bedroom had also a comfort room, so David had to use the main comfort room near the kitchen to attend to his needs. David preferred to be downstairs because he promised to protect us in case bad people would break-in. But I prayed to the Lord that it would never happen.

Sometimes, my brother was so mature to think and analyze things. But often, he was tremendously childish. No matter what, I was so proud of him.

“Alright! Dave, you know what to do, okay? I’m already home by eleven o’clock. Lock the door since I always have my spare keys. Do not concentrate on being a hottie! Watch over Mom and Denise,” I reminded David.