Her Sister's Boyfriend

05

Riley's POV:

"Okay, what are you still doing here?" I grin as I come out of the shower to find James sat on the bed and staring at me.

"Come on, I don't really need to leave right now, do I?" he whines, pouting his lips. 

I still can't believe what I did with James last night. We can't ever do it again, no matter how desperately I would want to do it. But every time I tell myself to stay away from him, I can't. I'm gaining feelings for him, strong ones too.

"Fine. But as soon as I get a text from Emily to say she's on her way, you're leaving," I say sternly, pointing a finger at him. He smiles, happy with that answer before standing up and then placing his hands on my hips. Another move which is so not needed but feels so good. "James, get your hands off of me..." I sigh, but then he places a kiss on my cheek, slowly kissing my neck, and then he starts sucking. "James," I moan. He smiles against my skin before pulling back. "If you give me a hickey, it will be the end of you," I tell him. If he gives me a hickey, it would be visible to my parents and Emily and then they'll be asking questions and I've never been a good liar so I would never ever hear the end of it.

"Okay sorry," he says, lifting his hands up behind his head in surrender. 

"So... what do we do about.. this," I ask, tilting my head to the side as I swat my finger back and forth in the little space between us. He steps forward, closing the gap between us.

"I'll deal with it, Ri," he says. I frown, unsatisfied with his answer.

"James, what do you mean by that?" I ask, lifting my head to look up at him. The height difference between us is quite a bit, considering he's six foot and I'm 5'4. He places a gentle kiss on the tip of my nose, making me squirm. He notices this so instead he holds my hands.

"I'll break up with Emily," he tells me after a short moment of thinking. I shake my head slowly. There is no way I will allow that to happen.

"No, James. I won't let you hurt my sister like that," I tell him.

"But Riley, if we want to be together, we should be allowed to be together."

"That's not the issue, James. I just can't hurt my sister like that. If you break up with her, you'll date me, and then what? She'll hate me. She'll hate you," I say softly, placing my hand on his cheek. He begins to rub my other palm as it's placed in his, and I look down at our linked hands.

"Even if she does, it won't matter, because I want to be with you. Last night proved that, and you know it," he says. I did know it even if I won't admit it, so I keep quiet. "Please Ri, will you be my girlfriend if I end things with your sister?"

I open my mouth to answer, but nothing comes out. Thi is all just too much. And then to make matters worse, I hear the sound of the front door opening, making me panic.

"Ri, your dad and I are home!" my mum calls out.

"Shit," I mutter underneath my breath. I pick up James's clothes from the floor and shove them to him, throwing them directly in his chest. "We'll talk about this later, for now get in my closet and stay there," I say. I place a quick kiss on his cheek as I open the door to my walk-in closet and push him inside.

"Riley, where are you?" she calls again.

"Coming, I'm just getting dressed," I say. I quickly finish changing, but I hear a whistle. Turning in the direction of the closet, I notice the door wasn't fully closed and James was looking straight at me, but I had to be quick, so I simply just roll my eyes to ignore him and then hurry up. 

Once I've put on my burgundy jeans and blue belly top with islands on it, I take my hairband out of my hair and quickly put it into a half-up, half-down hairstyle. As I slip my sliders onto my feet, I lean down and find James's top on the floor under my bed, so I quickly pick it up and walk over to hand it to him, finally closing the door properly.

"Ri? What were you doing? You're literally panting," my mum says as she walks in. Don't people knock these days?

"Yeah, I just went for a quick jog with Michelle, just got back," I lie.

"You went running in your jeans...?"

"Uh... No... I just changed. We got back a short while ago," I fib again. She nods, somewhat seemingly unconvinced but leaves it. 

"Okay, well I'm going to get Em from Steph's now. Dad's going to work..." she looks at her wrist-watch to check the time. "-now, actually. I won't be long okay?" she says. I nod.

"Okay, bye," I shout as she leaves and walks down the landing. I wait for a couple of seconds until I hear the front door close and then I let out a clogged, deep breath. I walk over to the windowsill to make sure both my parents had gone first, which they had and were now entering the car. I then walk over to my closet and pull it open for James to smirk at me.

"Seriously? You went for a jog?" he mocks. I roll my eyes.

"Okay, seriously. Do not make fun of me right now," I sigh with an added chuckle, before rubbing my forehead. It's honestly so stressful having to sneak around. I wish things could be different, but they're not. And they never will be.

"Ri, what's wrong?" he questions.

"This," I sigh. "This whole thing is just wrong. Not only are you with my sister, but you're two years older than I am," I claim. He's going to college next year and I still have two years until I even have to apply to go to college. Even if he wasn't dating Emily, it just wouldn't work out. He's technically 18 months older than me, but in school years he's only a year above. He was born in June whilst I was born in October- a year and a half after he was. 

"Riley, things between us will work, okay? Just give us a chance," he says, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Do you promise that?" I ask him, stepping back before I allow him to do anything.

"Of course I do, Riles. I'll be calling you mine in a short while, just give it some time," he says, placing a gentle kiss on my forehead.

Boy, do I hope he's right.