The Boy Next Door's Brother

Chapter Seven

"You are coming tonight right?"

"Fuck Ryan, it's 6 AM. My brain is foggy, where are we going tonight?"

"Party. My house. At 8"

"Oh shit. I totally forgot about the party tonight. Um I don't think I'm gonna go"

"WHY"

"The last party I went to didn't end well..."

"I will be with you the whole time. I promise it will be fun. Pleaseee"

"Fine"

I arrive at Ryan's at 7 to help him set up the drinks and snacks. His mom is in Kansas finalizing the custody battle and Sadie is sleeping over at a friend's house.

People don't start showing up until 9 and the party doesn't really start until 10. Ryan was catching up with some of his friends so I was really bored. The music was giving me a headache so I walked to the lake. I sat on a log and I saw another person here. They were sitting in the sand about 40 feet away. I walk over to them and the face is familiar. Ky.

"Can't get enough of me?" He says with a smirk.

"Never" I give him a playful wink back.

After a couple minutes of sitting he takes off his shirt and throws it in my face. "You coming?"

"To?"

"The water"

I normally would decline such an offer but tonight was different, I wanted to. Or maybe he was what was different.

He stares at me while I take off my shoes, pants and shirt. He licks his lips.  He takes off his pants then dives into the water. I follow his lead.

"Too cold for you"

"A little"

"Here" he swims over to me and wraps his arms around me.

"Umm ky"

"Just let it happen"

I swim underwater and he lets go.

"Rude"

"What are you, a girl?"

"Hey! It's 2017, I can be whoever the hell I want" I punch his arm and laugh at his response.

He confesses, "I can't believe I'm going to act in front of the whole school"

"and parents"

"Not helping"

I laugh and ask him if he wants to wing the kissing scenes or practice them.

"do you want to practice now for the scenes? We have to perform in front of the class on Monday and we are alone right now"

I look around us to check if we are alone "Yeah"

He takes a step closer. My heart races. My eyes drift to his abs. You can tell he works out a lot. He lifts my chin up to look into his eyes. "Eyes up here babe"  I take a deep breath as he leans in. We are centimeters from touching and his warm breaths are heavy on my lips. I can't wait any longer so I pull his head closer and we interlock our lips. My fingers are playing with his hair as his are holding my head in place. I separate in order to breathe. He allows the break to only last half of a second before he pulls me into another deep kiss.  I move one of my hands to his face and I place my thumb on his bottom lip as I pull away. I bite my lip and slowly release my thumb from the hold on his. I catch my breath. His eyes don't leave my lips for a minute until I take a step back.

He doesn't hesitate, "Maybe we should practice some more. You know, just so it's perfect"

I place my arms around his neck, "like this?"

"Maybe we can try something like this" he places both of his hands on the small of back. And begins kissing down my neck. I let out a soft moan trying to not let him hear. He definitely heard because he began kissing my body harder. His hands lift my chin up and he pulls me into another kiss. We separate to catch our breaths.

"Warm now?" He asks with a smirk.

"Still a little cold"

"Oh, is that so"

He pulls me into another kiss and begins to trace the outline of my bra straps. I follow his lead and I unhook my bra and throw it to the sand. He watches my every move and bites his lip. I stare into his eyes waiting for his next move.  His fingers move up and down my back and I twirl his hair in my fingers as we kiss again. I  wrap my legs around his waist pulling myself closer to him than we were before.  His tongue asks for entrance into my mouth but I wait a second before letting him in.  Our heads move side to side to allow each other to move around and explore each other's mouth. He bites my lip gently and pulls slightly. He releases and I throw myself into his lips again. Wanting more. I place my hand on his chest as I separate us. I can feel his heartbeat. We are both breathing heavily. I look into his eyes and I feel his heart begin to race. I give him a smirk as I lie onto my back. I float on the water. He stands in between my legs. We are in shallow enough water for him to kneel on the ground.

He places his hands on my hips and I wince. Memories from August 4th start flooding back. Memories of Jake. I still have a mark on my upper thigh from that night.

He rubs the scar and asks what it is.

"Nothing"

"What is it from? It looks like it was deep"

I sit up and kiss him. He pulls away and rubs the area. I lie, "it's nothing, just a scratch"

He looks worried. I kiss him again wanting to distract him. He pulls away, "Taylor, this looks bad. Painful" he looks at my other leg to see bruises on my hips. He gasps. "What the hell is this all from tay?"

"I don't even remember how I got it" I lied.

He grabs my wrists and sees the bruises he left.  He looks mad.

"I'm fine now" I finally told him the truth.

I sit up and place my hands on either side of his face, "I'm safe". He pulls me into another kiss and our tongues meet each other's. I slightly pull away but he follows my lips. He wraps his hands around my waist and pulls me closer to him. My legs are wrapped around his waist. I kiss his neck passionately and I stop when the water meets him. I lick his lips and then enter into his mouth again with great force. His nails dig a little bit into my back.

"What the fuck is going on?"

I look up to see Ryan 20 feet away from us with his arms crossed. I quickly hide underwater and try to cover my face but it's too late. He saw me. Ky gets out and hands me my clothes.

I can't see what they are saying but I can tell that they are signing to each other. I slip on my clothes and walk up to them. They immediately stop talking. Ky grabs his clothes and walks back into the house. No goodbye.

I look at Ryan and he looks upset. Correction, he looks like he has had his heartbroken.

He follows ky back into the house and I am stranded by myself without my left shoe.