1. Welcome Home

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MEGAN

One year later...

"I'm serious. your mother and I are very excited to have you back."

I looked at my stepfather Steve and smiled. It was the end of my first year in college, and things were going well for me as far as my social life and school goes. I fell into a routine, and it was fine with me.

"Thank you for saying that. I was nervous about coming back to live with you guys. Are you sure I won't be a burden to you?" I asked him. I couldn't get over my insecurity so easily. Steve wasn't my real father so it was hard to imagine him being so okay with me living there.

"You are not a burden, sweetheart. It has been lonely since you left. Adrian hardly stays home anymore. Always out and about, wildin' out with his friends," Steve chuckled.

I thought I could stay with my father for the rest of my college year, but everything changed when he suddenly decided to remarry too.

I could not stand my new stepmother, and frankly, my stepmother felt the same way about me. All we did back home is argue about the dumbest things. It was as if my mere existence irked her.

Luckily, my mother was happy to take me back as Steve said, so I transferred back to a university in Miami.

My heart clenched as Steve pulled into the driveway. Memories from that night came flooding back. I wondered if Adrian had thought about me this past year.

I tried to reach out to him and keep in touch, but he never wanted to talk to me. It was as if he was trying to erase me from his life.

I couldn't blame him. Not after all the things I said to him before leaving for Boston. I knew I had broken his heart, but what choice did I have? I couldn't risk falling for my stepbrother. My mom would've hated me if she found out about us and I'd wind up getting hurt.

But if only I could erase the memory from that night. I still remembered how it felt when he touched me. So soft and warm. The way he tasted, his warm breath on my ear when he whispered how much he wanted me. His hazel-green eyes burning into mine when he was inside me....

Dammit, Maggie, stop thinking about it, you are seeing someone else now, I scolded myself in my mind. I needed to let him go.

I had been talking to this guy I met at the high school in Boston. I figured once I moved back here he would want to break up with me but Emmett insisted that we stayed together and try he long distance thing. I didn't have a high hope for us but I was willing to give it a shot.

"Maggie, you are here!" my mom Natasha exclaimed as soon as I stepped inside. She threw her arms around me and pulled me into an embrace. "I've missed you so much!"

"Mom, I called you every day!" I laughed.

"Yeah, but it's not the same as having my little girl right here, " she cooed.

"Is...um...is Adrian here?" I asked nervously. His father had mentioned earlier that Adrian didn't move out yet and was planning on staying home for another year.

"He went to see his friends, but he will come back to join us for dinner," mom let me know. "I left your bedroom just as it was, so why don't you go and freshen up before dinner?" she said and smiled.

I nodded and headed to my bedroom. I paused right in front of Adrian's room. His door was cracked open, so I couldn't hold my curiosity and peaked inside.

Adrian's room was slightly messy. Typical Adrian, I smiled.

I walked away before someone saw me snooping around. Tonight, I will try to make things right with Adrian. He couldn't stay mad at me forever.

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