The Boy Next Door's Brother

Chapter One

Sarah, Jenna, and Kate have been planning a "surprise" 16th birthday party for me for the past month. However, Sarah and Kate don't know that Jenna has been telling me every detail from the start. Jenna is one of my closest friends and she knows that I hate surprises. 

Jenna told me that they invited my whole family too which is exactly what I want...my aunt sue and John from Physics grinding on the dance floor.

It is a day before my birthday and I pretend not to notice the whispers between my friends because I am not supposed to know anything.  Kate's mom drove me home after our day at the mall. While I am in the car I get a text from Jenna. "OMG TAYLOR!! JAKE JUST RSVP'D YES TO YOUR PARTY. WEAR THE RED DRESS TOMORROW!!"

My face immediately turns red.

Today is now the day. It is August 4th. The day of my party. What is supposed to be the best day of my life. The hottest guy at school is going to be at my party.

*knock knock*

I open my bedroom door to see my dad holding a cake and a card. I make a wish and then blow out my candles. I open the card and it says

"Happy 16th Birthday Sweetheart! Love Mom and Dad"

I hug my dad and tell him thanks.

"Your mom and I are taking you out to a fancy dinner at six so start getting ready"

mhmm a "dinner".... "okay"

"Also, we are going to take you to the dealership tomorrow and you can pick out a car"

"WHAT! REALLY?! THANK YOU SO MUCH"

"Within a price limit Taylor.  A price limit"

"Oh. Well thank you so much anyways"

I run over to give him a huge hug but I accidentally knocked over the chocolate cake.  All over my carpet. I am so clumsy.

I receive the 50th text from Jenna wanting me to wear the red dress. 

"I think I need a restraining order from you"

"YOU ARE SO DRAMATIC! just put on the dress"

"my fam will be there tonight...i am not dressing like a slut"

"you know who else will be there...JAKE"

I walk over to my closet and put the red and the black dress on my bed.  The red dress barely covers my ass, it is low-cut and bare back.  Did I mention that the red dress is also skin tight?  The black dress goes mid-thigh and is a skater dress.  It has an x cross back. I personally prefer the black one.

"JAKE WILL BE AT YOUR PARTY! COME ON TAY!!! IT IS YOUR NIGHT"

I quickly grab the red dress to change. 

I look at myself in the mirror and I do not recognize myself.  I am not sure if that is necessarily a bad thing though.  Especially since I am shy as hell and I only have a small group of friends but I only ever talk to Jenna.  I am also 16 and never kissed a boy.  

I take a mirror selfie and type "are you happy now ;)" then I send it to Jenna. 

I go into my moms closet and try to find some shoes that match. 

*one new notification*

"Jake Ross is typing..."

Oh my god! Jake snapchatted me. I wait a couple minutes to open it, mostly because I blacked out for a minute.

"Yeah, very happy ;)"

Oh my god, I sent that picture to Jake by accident.

My dad yells, "Taylor come downstairs. We are leaving"

"one second"

He sent another message.

"wanna see ;)"

my heart drops

"um i dont know"

"I promise I can rock your world"

"no jake"

"don't you want to be cool. this is what they do and you can too. I promise it won't hurt"

this is not me and frankly it makes me a little uncomfortable because I have never talked to him before in real life. Maybe I am supposed to feel like this? Maybe this is what is normal?

"i don't know..maybe. I'll see you tonight"

"you know about tonight?"

"yeah, jenna tells me everything"

"who is jenna"

"my friend"

"the ugly one?"

I am hurt by his response because nobody talks about my friend like that. I run back into my room and slip on my black dress instead because I am so creeped out by the situation. I hop in the car and look at my phone to see another notification.

"wear that dress it looks great on you but you know it will look better on the floor ;)"

I shut off my phone and look out the window.

We arrive at the place and my dad walks me to the door, "honey, we aren't going to dinner"

I try to act surprised "wait what"

my moms hand meets my back as she guides me up the stairs and says, "your friends threw you a party"

"seriously?"

"yeah" he then opens the door and I can now see all of my peers and my obnoxious cousins.

I scream and run to hug Sarah, Jenna and Kate. "Thank you guys so much!"

Sarah says, "of course! happy birthday tay!"

Kate screams, "where is the booze?"

We all laugh and shake our heads. Some guy whispers in her ear and they disappear. I spend the next 30 minutes catching up with friends and family members.

Jenna insists I talk to Jake and I say, "I don't know about him jen, he gives me the creeps".  The proceed to tell her what occurred earlier

"all guys talk like that taylor"

"I know, I know but this was different.  He won't stop staring at me either"

"More like your ass"

Sarah says, "that is a compliment! go talk to him"

"I don't know. I might need a couple drinks first"

Kate tumbles over to Sarah, Jenna and I and tries to speak to us but we can't understand her. She is slurring her words. Kate is drunk. We follow her to the drink table and the same guy I saw earlier is there. Kate introduces us, "guys, this is justin". He hands us a cup.

*birds chirping*

I slowly open my eyes and I wake up in a room that is not mine. I look over and see Jake next to me in bed and all of the memories start flooding back. A tear falls as I remember the horrific events of last night.