Her Sister's Boyfriend

02

Riley's POV:

I feel my heart racing as James and I stand there, half-undressed. I felt his hand on my back and then he started rubbing it in a circular motion. I looked up at him and he smiled down at me. I don't even know what I'm doing with him. He's my sister's boyfriend and he just cheated on her for me.

"Well, would you look at you two," Ella smirks. I roll my eyes and look down at the ground feeling majorly embarrassed. James kneels down and picks up my top handing it to me and I blush. "Elliot warned me about coming here because apparently Emily and you are always kissing. I'd never have expected you to be kissing her younger sister," she says smugly, getting Eldon's name wrong once again. I bite my bottom lip as I think about the make-out James and I just had. It was terribly wrong, but I loved it and so badly want to do it again at the same time.

"Ella, don't you dare say anything," James says. She looks from James to me a couple of times as a smile forms on her face. 

"Fine. But only if you do something I want first," she says. I have no idea what she was about to say, but knowing Ella, I know it's not going to be something good.

"What is it?" James asks her, his hand now resting on my shoulder. I place my hand over the top of his and Ella notices, grinning at us. 

"I won't say a word about whatever is going on between you two so long as you teach the classes that I have to for when I broke the Nationals trophy and give me a tip of five pounds/dollars every time someone questions you two," she tells us. 

"But I'm meant to be teaching the classes anyway?" I remind her. James raises an eyebrow at me but I shake it off.

"Right, but now at least you get to do it with James. I could give you a bigger punishment but I'm not, so take it or leave it," she says. "And we all know you two are going to be asked a lot of questions so do you want me to hide this from everyone or not?" I nod hesitantly before she smiles and walks out. I quickly put my t-shirt back on and help James delve around the room in search of his top, before finding it in a pile of costumes. I never noticed how far he had thrown it.

"So... what happens now?" I ask him, trying my best to avoid eye contact. If I look at him, it's most likely that I'll be drawn to his lips and we all know how that'll end. However, he uses his fore and middle finger to lift my chin up, before placing a soft kiss on my lips. He doesn't answer my question and instead continues to kiss me, trying his best to get me to kiss back. I'm so, so tempted to, but I know better. "James, we can't do this," I say quietly.

"But Riley-"

"James. Seriously. This just isn't right, okay? Your my sister's boyfriend," I exclaim. He looks down shamefully and I sigh. "Do you even love her?" I ask as I shake my head. He doesn't move or dare to speak. "James, as long as you two are dating, we can't be together," I say. I pause. Even if he broke up with her, we still can't be together because it would be my sister's ex. It just wouldn't be fair. "We can never be together." And with that, I take a few steps back before walking out of the room entirely.

Later that night, I lay in my bed just thinking about James and I. I can't get him out of my head. And our kisses. It felt so good. But it's so humongously wrong. I don't want to be a bad person.

As I scroll through Instagram and Snapchat, I come across James's story. It was just a black background with white text over it which said; 'Why has life got to be so complicated sometimes?'.
I know he was none other talking about the situation with him, Emily, and I. Our situation. I turn off my phone and keep it rested against my body. Just as I continue to think about it all, my phone vibrates against my chest and I pick it up again to find a text from him.

James: Ri, we need to talk about earlier
James: I have feelings for you.
James: Please tell me you feel the same

I can just about get my head around this whole thing. Why would an eighteen-year-old guy who's dating my sister ever have feelings for me? We're practically brother and sister. Well, I guess not anymore...

You: Even if I did- we can't be together.

I sigh as I drop my phone on the bed, only for it to vibrate twice more.

James: That's not the point. The point is that I like you. A lot.
James: I want you Riles.

I bite on the inside of my cheek, contemplating all of this. Do I tell him the truth? Or do I cut this entire thing off now? Whatever I do choose though, it won't change how he feels about me. How did one short kiss lead to us making-out and then lead to this? 

I listen as I hear Em's footsteps come up the stairs.

"Night Mum, Dad," she calls through the house. There's a murmured response from our parents, before my bedroom door opens. She's immediately drawn to the blue light flashed upon my face from the device in my hand and she raises an eyebrow as if to put together what I was doing. "Who are you texting, Ri?" she asks.

"Nothing," I say quickly, just as soon as she finishes asking the question. Smooth. "I mean, no one. I'm not texting anyone or doing anything," I add. She looks at me, clearly not convinced but leaves it.

"Okay, night then," she says, before closing the door shut behind her. I let out a deep breath and then turn on my side. James was still online and had texted my name with a question mark, waiting for my response. I scrutinize everything in my head for a moment, before carefully typing out a reply.

You: I want you too ❤