The Secret (Book 2 in The Deception Series)

Chapter 3: alive and Julianna

Brennen

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"Party"- Black Lilys

Fucking Julianna Gomez was back in my life. I thought she was gone from life once I left for college but nope. She's here and she's staying in my house, while the girl of my dreams is staying in my friend's room.My life just keeps getting messier and messier by the day.

I woke up and groaned, my back was killing me from practice. Thank god I was free for the weekend or else my body would snap in half.

I get up and make my way to the bathroom to get a bath ready for a nice cold ice bath to soothe my bones. I walk up to the bathroom door and go to open it but it's locked. I groan, "Chris, open the damn door. It's my turn now!"

He doesn't say anything as I continue to bang on the door before it finally opens to reveal Julianna. She glares at me as she crosses her arms over her chest. She was wearing shorts and a white tanktop. I swear she gets prettier every time I see her.

"I thought you were Chris." I voice.

"Clearly." She replies.

Her eyes scan down my half naked body and I almost die. Everytime I was around her my heart would race, my palms got sweaty, and I really just wanted to kiss her again. But I can't. I wouldn't. I left home for a reason. And there's also a reason why I avoided this girl at all costs. But now she's forced right back into my life.

"Bathroom's all yours, Rocky." She says as she walks past me and to the guest room.

I sigh as I walk into the bathroom. Goddamit. I can't catch a break.

After my bath, I made my way downstairs to hear all the voices that filled the house. I walk into the kitchen and see my entire friend group plus my sister and Julianna. They were all hanging out, eating there breakfast and talking. It was like one big family, it was weirdly comforting.

"Brennen, do you want a cup of coffee?" Taylor asks.

I look her and smile, "Sure."

She pours me a cup and hands it to me, our fingers brush against each other and my heart jumps. She smiles at me before turning her attention back to her boyfriend. But I keep my eyes on her. Her long dark hair, her tan skin, her big eyes. She could be a model.

"Rocky, pass me a croissant." I hear her voice call.

I look over and see her eyeing me across the kitchen island. I grab a croissant from the box behind me and toss it to her. She catches it and smiles at me, she leans on the counter and talks to my friends while we throw glances at each other. I didn't know if it meant anything but I was gonna choose to ignore it. Jules and I were ancient history. We are nothing but friends now.

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"Dammit." Chris says as I beat him in mario cart.

I laugh before taking a sip of my beer.

"Damn, Chris you suck." Norah says.

I chuckle as I throw my controller next to me.

"You guys have no food." I hear Jules' voice as she walks into the room.

"That's because Chris eats everything in this house." I told her.

"Lies." Chris says as Jules sits down on the bean bag.

I stare at her as she looks down at her phone. She's changed a lot. She's prettier, I didn't think she could get prettier from the last time I saw her. She doesn't have the same baby face she had from when we were teenagers. I smile a little as I think back to highschool, she was always getting in trouble it was entertaining to watch. I remember getting sucked into her messy life, it was a shit ton to deal with, but we were stupid kids, we didn't know any better.