Everything turns south as Eleanor Stevens moves ten hours away from her uppity rich family and into a house with her mother-like best friend, Addison and her boyfriend Brett. What happens when her secret crush and Brett's brother, Hunter is also inv...
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"What the hell is going on," Addy screams.
My eyes jolt open and I find Addy standing in the doorway giving Hunter and I a murderous look. My brain not forming any words and I lay there with my mouth opening and closing, trying to find words.
"Addy, I was just..we were," Hunter stumbles.
"I don't want to hear it, Hunter. Get out of her room now, I can't believe you'd do something so irresponsible, so inappropriate."
"No, it's not his fault. I asked him to come in here, it's me who's being irresponsible and inappropriate. And last summer, it was me. Not Hunter. Hunter hasn't done anything wrong. So no, he's not leaving, he's staying," I say firmly. Where did these balls come from?
"You have completely no idea what you are saying, Ellie," she says rolling her eyes.
Brett hearing the commotion runs down the stairs and stands behind Addy. He tries to pull her away from the doorway, in hopes to save ourselves from another fight. She doesn't budge and continues to stare daggers at Hunter. Eventually, Brett leans down whispers something in her ear, she turns around and glares to him angrily. Brett turns around and walks back to his room. Then Addy turns back around and with an exasperated grunt slams the door.
I turn my head and rest it on Hunter's chest and I realize that he doesn't have a shirt on. My eyes stay locked on Hunter's muscular chest. His tan had turned dark since the winter, especially considering he spent his days out in California at UCLA. Hunter grabs my chin and lifts it up so his eyes meet mine.
"My eyes are up here," he smirks.
I jab him in the chest with my elbow and stare off into space letting my thoughts wonder. I begin to wonder if this is really the right decision and the influence Hunter has on my actions. We've always been really good friends, best friends even. Anything he'd ask me to do or join him, I'd would always do it within a heartbeat. And then the terrible consequences would roll later. Terrible things would always happen especially if Hunter and I were plotting together. I begin to notice the pit in my stomach and I concluded that this meant everything I was doing was bad. After minutes of those horrific thoughts floating through my head, I had to get up because I completely lost it. I shift myself off of Hunter and crawl out of my bed. I skip to my dresser and pull out a pair of shorts and slip them on.
"El, just come back to bed," Hunter pleads.
I walk out of my room and make my way to the kitchen, knowing that Addy would be there making breakfast, I was right. I saw Addy standing by the stove, a pan in her hand.
"There's some breakfast already," Anna spins around, "..oh."
I grab a plate from the cabinet and throw an egg on my plate. I sit down in my usual spot at the table and eat my breakfast. A door opens then closes and Hunter walks in, Addy turns around hopeful, but her look then turns into hatred. Addy drops the pan and spatula and stalks out of the kitchen and storms up to her room. My head drops into my hands in defend, knowing that my best friend, my unbiological sister, has officially come to hate every part of me. Hunter reaches to grab my hand and I pull away and rush to my room with tears welling in my eyes. I huddle on my bed, crying my eyes out. Hunter walks in my room moments later and crouches next to my bed.
