Me, Myself and a Hot Guy

Chapter 2

"Have you got the money then?" Ben asked, coming into my bedroom. I nodded enthusiastically and threw mine and Sasha's money at him.

"Oh, by the way, Kane's coming too. Hope you don't mind." he winked before leaving my room. Kane was Ben's best friend. Kane also happened to be insanely hot. Blond hair and dark brown eyes. What more could a girl ask for? Oh, only a six pack to die for (that I saw when I 'accidentally' walked in on him in the shower), a perfectly beautiful Hollywood style smile and the best sense of humor known to man.

Okay, maybe I exaggerated the last part. But he was rather funny, although that might just be my undying love praising the sex god for his (not so) hilarious jokes. Ben knew of my little crush on Kane, so I assumed Kane knew too. Nothing was ever said about it while he was about though, thank the lord!

"Oh my god, Liv. Me and Ben, and you and Kane all together. Eeeeeeeek!" she squeaked like a mouse. I occasionally believed Sasha really was a mouse. White-blond short hair, pale skin, petite figure.. pure mouse material.

"Shut up will you! For god's sake woman. Ben doesn't even know you like him, so perhaps you have a chance. Though personally how you can even consider bog features to be boyfriend material is beyond me.. Anyway, Kane obviously knows I fancy the pants off his ass, and he hasn't done much about it. He hasn't even said anything about it actually, so-"

"So he might not know. Ben might not have told him you know. He's such a sweetie." Sasha said dreamily. Ew.

"Balls to that. Ben tells Kane everything." I replied, sulkily. And I meant everything. Especially about me. I believe their favorite pastime is making fun out of my mishaps. I think that's why Ben and Liam get along so well. Everyone loves to have a laugh at Olivia Yasmin Jones.

"Well.. maybe he's just shy and doesn't want to let you know his real feelings." Sasha said, trying to reassure me.

"Which are..?"

"That he fancies the hell outta you!" she said with the biggest grin on her face.

"Yeah right. Anyway, Kane and shy don't even live on the same planet. He's so confident and sexy and..." I was cut off my Sasha's hand being slapped over my mouth. I would like to point out that it hurt. A lot.

"Stop fantasizing about him, will you. Let's go challenge Ben to a game of pool!" she said, jumping up and running out of my bedroom door. Hypocrite.

Two hours and eight games of pool later, we were all sat in my brothers room playing Need For Speed on his Xbox. Sasha seemed to be much more enthusiastic about it than I was, but maybe that was because she was pressed up close against Ben. In fact, forget maybe, it was definitely because she was pressed up close against Ben.

"TAKE THAT YOU MONSTER!" I shouted at Ben as I had just crashed my car into his and made his right back wheel fall off. Completely accidental, I promise.

"You're cruel." he said, pouting. I noticed Sasha look up at him with adoring eyes. I almost puked right there. It was truely gross. What was even worse though was that I noticed Ben return the look.

"Oh. My. God." I said in disbelief. They both looked at me as I stood up and backed out of the room, totally horrified. Okay, so maybe I over-reacted. But whatever, my big brother and my best friend were totally giving each other the eye.

I kept walking backwards, all eyes on me as they had no idea what had scared me so much. But in true Olivia Jones fashion, I managed to trip over the air and land on my backside with a thump. Of course, Ben and Sasha found it absolutely hilarious. I however, didn't. I laid on the floor as two total idiots stood above me laughing. Neither of them offered to help me. Stupid pigs.

"I hate you both." I said before walking back to  my room. I heard Sasha following me. Surprising, I thought she'd be all over Ben by now. Wait, why did I just think that? Those are images I did not need to see. Damn my over-active imagination.

"What's up with you?" Sasha asked innocently. Like she didn't know.

"You. And Ben. Oh my god, don't act all innocent." I said when she gave me her 'I'm so confused about everything right now' look.

"You were like Jack and Rose from Titanic, only without the big ship and the fancy dresses and Jack's undeniable beauty.. anyway you get my drift."

"What the heck are you on about, you crazy crack whore." she replied, chuckling to herself and looking at me in disbelief.

"You and Ben were totally giving each other the adoring eye. Don't even try and deny it. You know you do it!" I said to her. She looked shocked. Seriously, is she really that dim? She knows she looks at him like a little lost puppy who's just found his owner. It's a surprise that Ben hasn't figured out she fancies him yet. You'd have to be really stupid not to know.. then again, this is Ben we're talking about.

"You chat shit. I don't give him the adoring eye..." she said, a blush creeping onto her pale cheeks.

"Yes you do. You know you do. And he returned it. It makes me sick." I replied, pretending to throw up and falling off my bed in the process. Sasha looked at me, but didn't say anything. She had that look on her face, the one she gets when she gets a (usually bad and potentially painful) idea.

"What're you thinking..." I asked wearily, fearing whatever crazy plan she was thinking up.

"Did he really look at me like that? Really, really, really?" she jumped down next to me, her face so close to mine I couldn't see. I jumped away from her instinctively and hit my head on my wardrobe.

"Ouch! Yes. He did. But you seriously sound like a creeper girl right now." I said, rubbing the back of my head. "Don't go looking desperate, I'm quite sure he wouldn't like that. And since he's my brother and you're my best friend.. if you two aren't on good terms I'm kind of stuck.." I spoke from experience.

Ben's ex Eleece and I had become quite close while they dated, almost like sisters perhaps. Of course when they'd broken up, she didn't come round to our house anymore. She came a couple of times to see me, but when Ben and Eleece started arguing, the whole place seemed to shake. It wasn't pleasant. Before long Eleece and I lost contact. I then heard she'd been cheating on him their whole relationship. Stupid slag.

I may seem to hate my idiot brothers, but I do love them deep down. Albeit very deep down, but the love's still there.. somewhere.

"OK, whatever you say.. But if he really did like me.. theoretically.. would you mind?" she asked.

Seriously? Of course I'd mind! This was my big brother we were talking about, with my best friend! It was wrong on so many levels. Yeah, you read it in books, the loyal best friend with the sexy older brother. But lets get three things straight. 1) Ben was NOT hot. In any way, shape or form. 2) Books lie. Fiction isn't real, okay? 3) Well.. I can't actually think of a third reason. But this doesn't lessen my point.

"No. I wouldn't mind." I lied. Like they'd actually get together anyway. There's 3 years between them. Same for me and Kane. Oh. That's reassuring. But I came to terms with the fact than Kane and I weren't meant to be not long after Ben found out. I instead plan on marrying Frank Iero. He is totally a sex god. I believe that may be more likely than me and Kane. Maybe I'm exaggerating, but whatever. My mind. I can do what I like.