Brothers Best Friend

Chapter 2

"Wake up" I hear my brother but my eyes don't want to open. I didn't sleep at all that night. Next thing I know I'm getting dragged out of the window and on to the floor. I look up and he smiles.

"Were going to the beach. Get up" I stand up and rub my eyes.
"Get out so I can change" I push my brother out of my room. I put my hair in a pony tail and grab my bright pink bikini to put it on. I put a sun dress on to cover up. I packed a bag of all the things I'll need for the beach and left my room. I run down stairs to find my brother to see if he was ready.

"Hey Josh. Are you ready?" I yell at the top of my lungs.
"He went to the store. Said that I could get a ride from you." Jason comes into the kitchen.
"Oh.. Um.. Yeah sure. Lets go" I say not sure why he couldn't just go with him to the store. We got in my car and it was silent. And not the good kind of silent, it was awkward.

"So why didn't you go with him?" I break the silence.
"He said you didn't know where he wanted to go so I had to help you. And he needed to set up before 12. And that you were taking for ever." he smiled and shifted in his seat.
I smile and just keep driving the silence coming back.

I turn the music on amd I start humming to 'The night is still young'.
Then I bust out singing forgetting Jason was in the car.

The night is still young
The night is still young
And so are we
The night is still young

I start moving in my seat trying to dance and focus on the road at the same time.

"You have a pretty voice" I jump remembering that he was in the car.
"Thanks." I smile and start humming again.

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We finally get to where my brother was. And it defiantly wasn't where I normally go to for a swim. I pull into the grass off the road behind my brothers car and get out. I hear music and screaming. Oh great, my brother brought me to a party. I knew this was a bad idea. I could be sleeping right now. Jason smiles and takes off down to where my brother was. Girls everywhere. People drinking. Water splashing. It's not even 2 o'clock yet and everyone is probably buzzed or drunk.

I slowly make my way down to the beach and find a place where no one would find me. I lay my towel down and lay on it. Im getting tan this year. I could hear some people and the music still, but it wasn't really loud anymore. Then everything just went quite. I stand up wondering what happened. I walk over to where everyone was and they're all circling something. Then I hear something.

"I can't do this anymore. If you like him so much maybe you should date him." I couldn't tell who it was though.
"Maybe I will. And you can't say what I did was wrong when you sleep around with your best friends sister. Whats her name. Emily. Yeah her" a girly voice shoots back at the manly voice. I freeze and want to hear more of this conversation. Why was my name brought up. I got closer and see it's Jason and his girlfriend Jen fighting each other.

"I barely even talk to her. I would never cheat on you with someone like her." I get offened by this and my mouth gets a mind if its own.
"Someone like me. What the heck is that supposed to mean?" everyone looks at me and he just stares at me. He shrugs off my question and looks at his girlfrind.
"Oh of course shes here. We're through. I never want to see you again." she walks away and sits on the beach. Her friends run over there and comfort her. I turn around and walk away. I can't believe he would say something like that.

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Its been about an hour since eveything happened and I really wanted to go home, but I knew my brother would need a driver and I would just get lost trying to find my way home. I hear someone walking towards me and I try to make my face look like I haven't been crying.

"Emily?" Jason says. I could tell it was him by his voice. But it was different. He sounded hurt. And like he's been crying for days without end.

"What do you want?" I tried sounding like I haven't been crying, but it didn't work. I sounded just like him.
"I want to say sorry for earlier. It was uncalled for." He looked down at his shoes.
"It's fine I guess. I'll just always be different. I stick out."
"That's the best part about you. Your not like everyone else. You actually see good in others" he says and I smile. At least one person is glad that I am the way I am.

We talk for about an hour just about random stuff. I tried telling him he didn't have to stay over here and that he could party but he said he wasn't in the party mood.

"What do you think your brother is going to say when he finds out about that fight? You know people are probably already saying that me and you are together right?"
"I honestly don't care what my brother thinks. It's my life. And he should know that they are just rumors. We don't even talk to each other" I laugh trying to break the negative around us.
"Wanna go swimming?" before I can answer Jason has me on his shoulder and running to the water.
"No. Put me down. Jason I do..." I get droped and I'm under the water. I pop back up and jump on Jason trying to get him under the water but it doesn't work. My legs are around his waist and my arms around his neck. Im laughing and hair gets in my face. He moves my hair and were both smiling at each other. Then he leans in and the gap between us is no more. His lips move on mine and my lips move with his. I pull away and get down off of him.

"I'm ganna go" I point up to the beach and start walking. He just stands there. I guess he is just as shocked as I am. I sit on my towel and watch him get out of the water and head back towards the party. What a strange day.