My bestfriend's brother

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I open the gate and I see a black car. I open the door and hop in. "Hey." He says. "Hey, I hope I'm not overdressed." I point at my dress. "Not at all, it fits the party." He's dressed in business casual clothes, it suits him.

10 minutes later we arrive at a frat house. I can already hear the music and see the lights. There are people walking in and out of the building. "Looks fun." I tell Jayden. "It must be, since my friend is hosting it." He smiles. We get out of the car and walk to the house.

I look around, there are so many people here and I have already lost Jayden. The music is louder now I'm inside. I walk to the table where all alcoholic beverages are placed. I mix a drink and drink it slowly.

A girl comes up to me, she has short brown hair and she's around the same height as me. She seems nice. "Hey, I have never seen you before." She says. "Jayden invited me, it's my first time here." I yell over the loud music and she nods. "I'm Macy, and you?" She gives her hand for me to shake. "Stella!" I grab her hand and shake it.

Me and Macy talked for awhile, getting to know each other. She a really fun person, I hope I'll see her more. I'm not going to lie.. I lost track of the drinks I had, but I'm definitely feeling tipsy right now.

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I open my eyes and I'm sitting on a bench in a park, I assume. It's really dark and cold, I'm literally freezing in this dress. I can't remember how I got here but my head is pounding.

I look at my phone, it's around 4 am. Besides that I have a lot of call notifications from Valentino. What could he possibly want? Oh, right.. I sneaked out. Is he the only one that notices?

I call him back and not a heartbeat later he answers the phone. "Where are you?!" I hear him whisper yell. "I don't know.. a park, I guess?" I sniffle. "What do you mean you don't know?" He sounds angry. "Just track my phone and pick me up please, I'll tell you in the car." He hangs up and I wait.

30 minutes later and I hear a loud car approaching me, the car door slams shut. I get off the bench and turn around to see Valentino taking huge strides towards me. He immediately cups my face, turning my head around to look for injuries. When he sees none, his expression softens. "I was so worried about you." He says softly. "I'm sorry.." I mumble, now realizing the consequences. I shiver from the cold. He takes off his hoodie and puts it over my head, I put it on. The smell of it making me feel better.

We walk to his car and I open the door to the passenger seat, being greeted by the warmth. He starts the car and the engine roars to life. He turns the car around in a swift motion and he drives back to my house. "So, tell me what happened." He says in a soft manner. I start to fidget with the hem of my dress. "Jayden asked me if I wanted to come to this party so I sneaked out... I began drinking and I somehow ended up in that park." I say looking out the window. "Don't you get how dangerous that is? You should be lucky I noticed." And here comes the scolding, of course. He doesn't look it me, just focusing on the road. "Yeah, now I know." I begin. "When Jayden asked I said yes, because I wasn't looking forward to new years with you and the others.. because of 'you know' and I hadn't thought about the consequences."

He lets out a breath like he's relieved. "You almost gave me a heart attack when I couldn't find you and when you didn't answer my calls" I look at him. And now I kind of feel good because he cares about me, 1 point to me. "I'm sorry, Val.." I say while I put my head down, now kinda feeling embarrassed about the whole thing. "You don't have to say sorry to me." He gently pats my head.

We arrive home. I step out of the car. The whole house is dark which is logical. I hear him walk behind me. Luckily I still have my purse, I grab my keys and unlock the door. We walk in as quietly as possible. I go upstairs to get this dress and makeup off. I wear pj shorts with Val's hoodie. I walk to the kitchen and Valentino is already there. He grabs a glass of water and pain killers. I seat myself at the kitchen island. He places it in front of me. "Thank you." I smile at him.

I don't feel tired at all even though it's 5 am, I'm guessing that I toke a nap on that bench. "Aren't you tired?" I ask him. "No, I'm wide awake because of you." He chuckles. "How about a movie? I don't think I can sleep with this headache. He nods and we go to the living room to sit on the couch.

We have a L shaped couch and he takes a place on the long part. I'm guessing that's his favorite spot. He snakes an arm around my waist to pull me closer. I grab the blanket beside me and cover the both of us. I snuggle against him, enjoying the warmth and his delicious smell. He smells so good, I could smell him all day. I'm kidding... I'm not.

Every time we're together, just the two of us, stuff like this happens. I don't mind it at all but it always has consequences. Neither do I know what he thinks about it.

My eyelids get heaver and I keep falling in and out of sleep. So I decide to sleep, I don't think he minds.

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I rub my hand over her waist, up and down. I hear soft snores coming from her, she's already sleeping. This feels... good? I like the way her body feels against me, her warmth and smell.

I still need to figure out if I want this or not. She's special but also vulnerable, I can't just do this because I enjoy it. It has consequences and she has feelings, for me.

I do have commitment issues. My relationship from 2 years ago didn't end well. That has affected me and I don't want her to 'suffer' because of my issues, that's not right. But at this point, I'm starting to take a liking to her. I also do admit that I have a soft spot for her.

"Val.." I hear her mumble next to me. "Mhm?" I hum. I look beside me and I see that her eyes are open, she's looking at me with watery eyes. I really can't resist her when she looks at me like that.. "Come here." I say to her as I pat my lap. She gets up and lays herself on me, she wraps her arms around my torso and lays her head on my chest. I rub circles on her back.

There's nothing casual about this, that's for sure.