Stuck With You Guys, Again

”Awwwwww! ” They just laugh after hearing Felixs sweet and cute confession.

”Aw, you are so cute! ” Beca shouts while hugging him tightly.

”Urgh, stop it! ” Felix whines in Becas arms.

”Oh, what about you, bro? ” Beca asks Caleb while letting Felix go.

”I… don know… ” Caleb answers while looking down.

They just stare at him without saying a word. They understand the struggle to find what their dreams are in such limited time.

They just smile and try to comfort him with sweet words,

”Hey, its fine! Just take your time… ”

”Dude, its fine to not know shit! We
e teens, thats what we do! ”

”Bro, you
e gonna be fine! Youll find it in no time! ”

”And its totally fine if you don find it! Its totally normal!

”Don take the pressure that much! Its just a stupid assignment! ”

Their effort to comfort Caleb seems to reach him and he just laughs out loud at his ironic situation.

Caleb looks at them and he knows deep down that he is so thankful for them.

-Farrells, twins house-

Caleb is sitting at the edge of their swimming pool while dipping his feet in it. He looks at his reflection there and starts to wonder.

”Dream? Passion? Hobby? I only like eating… but that ain a hobby! ” he complains with frustration in his voice.

Unlike the others, he is the only one who doesn have a firm hobby. He feels like the only who doesn have a passion.

When he looks around, it feels like hes the only one whos oblivious. He feels alone every time people talk about dreams. Its like everybody has figured out what they want to do in life while he has no idea about it.

Caleb feels a wall between him and the world. He feels like nobody knows how it feels to be unaware of ones own self.

Hes joining the basketball team just because they have been doing it since kids. There is no other reason for him to do that.

If Felix and Kai decide to quit basketball, he will surely do that too. All his life, he has never had anything that he truly loves.

Whatever it is, subject, activity, even girl, he has never had anything that he really holds dearly to him, except his best friends.

The question of what he longs to do in life is getting into him more and more. The longing to find something special in his life keeps creeping into his mind.

He has yet the answer to what he wants to do in the future specifically, but there is one thing that he surely desires.

It is lifetime happiness.

He may not know what major he wants to get into, but he knows that he wants to be happy while doing it.

He may not know what job he will want to do or what kind of girl he wants to settle down with.

However, the desire to live a happy life with others is enough for him.

While Caleb is lost in his thoughts, a reflection of a girl appears beside his on the water.

”Hey, whatcha doin! ” Beca asks him cutely.

Caleb looks at her with a surprise in his eyes.

”Why are you here??? ” Caleb asks her while smiling widely.

”Hey, I asked you that first, you idiot! ” Beca teases him.

Caleb just laughs and looks away.

”Its… the assignment about dream… Ive been thinking.. a lot about it… ” he says while staring at the bright stars in the dark sky.

Beca joins him and stares at them too.

”So, have you found it? ” Beca asks him.

”Yeah… I think I have… ” Caleb answers while smiling serenely.

Beca looks at him while smiling warmly and asks, ”What is it? ”

Calebs eyes sparkle from looking at the beautiful shiny stars and responds, ”happiness… I want to have a happy life… Thats… my dream, I think… ”

Beca giggles for a moment at his twin brothers words.

”Hey, what are you laughing at?! ” Caleb whines while also giggling with her.

”Nothing! Hahaha… I think its a good one, bro… your dream, ” Beca answers and pushes him for a little to tease him.

Caleb was almost going to fall into the pool, had he not grabbed onto his twin sister tightly.

”Hey, it aint funny to go swimming at eleven at night! ” he complains to her.

They just laugh at each other warmly.

”When did you realize… that you want to find true love, Beca? I mean as your dream? ” Caleb asks her while looking at her homely.

”Hmm… I don know. Watching mom and dad as a kid really makes me want to find one too. I don know, it just feels like its been forever since I want that… ” Beca answers while looking at their reflections on the water.

That warm, but magical moment might be forgotten by them in the future. It may turn into a fraction of their memories about each other.

However, at that time, they feel the warmth in their hearts.

The question of dream and future has been bothering them since yesterday.

They might forget it after they watch something interesting on TV or when they realize they have math homework, but at some moments, they were really worried about it.

The fears and excitements to wait on future, the unfamiliar feelings when they think about the changes that they will have to face, the worries and anticipations about college, all those things that were troubling them for a moment were indeed there.

Those feelings got into their minds for a moment. They all took a moment to stop and think about the future that they have no idea about.

However, all they can do right now is to keep living their lives to the fullest because the future will come whether they realize it or not.

Preview for the next chapter:

Beca lets him hold her hands for a second, but she pulls her hands away and says, ”No! it- ”