You're Joking...Right?

13

DONOVAN'S POV
The next party was going great and everyone was having a good time, plus I was glad that Quin liked Riley and Quin even seemed especially fond of Ally. I was having a blast when Quin walked over and seemed weird.

"Isn't that your brother, Bradley?" He asked.

"Why the fuck is he here?" I growled.

"Why the fuck is he talking to Riley?"

"Shit, I'll be back." I said.

I walked over and slung my arm around Riley's shoulders.

"Ri, come here. I gotta show you something." I said with a fake laugh.

I dragged her away from my brother and luckily, some drunk guys were trying to twerk in the middle of a crowd, so I showed her that and she laughed. Hours later, the party ended and everyone left except Riley, Ethan, Ally, Jack, and Quin. Unfortunately, my brother decided to spend to night too and I couldn't kick him out since he has a key. We hung out in the living room and talked about the party while my brother stayed in his room, then after a while, we went to our rooms to either sleep or be alone.

RILEY'S POV
Ethan and I decided to share a room and since neither of us were tired, we decided to watch movies. After the first movie, he fell asleep, so I decided to wake Ally up to go get a snack. I grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around myself before shuffling to her room and softly knocking.

"Ally? Wake up!" I whispered.

She didn't respond, so I sighed and shuffled to the kitchen. While I searched for a snack, I heard footsteps and turned around.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't know anyone was awake." He said.

"It's cool. Wait... I remember you. We talked earlier."

"Yeah, but Donovan dragged you away."

"Yeah, sorry about that."

"It's cool, that's just how he is."

"I never got your name."

"Bradley." He smiled.

"I'm Riley."

I settled on a bag of pretzels, then we went to the couch and sat down to talk. He seemed really nice, then got quiet for a bit since he was deep in thought.

"How do you know Donovan?" He asked.

"It's a long story. We met a while back, fell off, then we bumped into each other again."

"You should be careful around him." He warned.

"Why?"

"He has a temper and he used to hit his ex girlfriend."

"W-What?" I gasped.

"Yup."

As he told me the story, I couldn't help but think back to the time in the ski lodge when we got into an argument and he was banging on the door: He sounded so angry and was banging so hard that I thought he'd break the door down.

"I-I never knew that." I quietly said.

"Just a heads up. Plus, he's pissed a few people off in the past."

"What else should I know?"

"He cheated on his ex, he's done drugs, and he's basically unpredictable."

"Oh..."

"You're his girlfriend, right?"

"No, we're just friends."

"I'd be careful around him if I were you."

"Good to know... How do you know all of this?" I asked him.

"I'm his brother."

Then, we heard footsteps and turned to find Donovan walking in, but he froze when he saw us.

"Hey." I greeted.

"What's up?" Bradley grinned.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Donovan glared.

"Just chatting." Bradley smirked.

"Riley, come here."

"I think I'll go back to my room." I quickly said as I got up.

"I'll walk you." Bradley offered.

"N-No, it's fine."

"I got it." Donovan said with harsh tone, still glaring at his brother.

When Donovan put his hand on my back, I wrapped the blanket tighter around myself as we walked away.

"What's with the blanket?" Donovan chuckled.

"Huh? Oh! I went to get a snack and was a little cold."

"You want another blanket?" He asked with much gentler tone.

"No, it's fine. This is good."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, thanks." I smiled.

"Alright, goodnight." He softly smiled.

"Night."

He hugged me, then kissed my head before I went in my room. Once I shut the door, I slid to the floor and thought about what Bradley said.

"Ri?" Ethan yawned.

"Yo." I laughed.

"Where'd you go?"

"Snack."

"Go to sleep." He groaned before pulling the blanket over his head.

"Don't hog the sheets!" I warned as I climbed in.

"No promises."

I couldn't help but laugh, then decided to go to sleep and that I'd tell Ally all about this tomorrow. As I drifted off to sleep, I heard yelling and a crash, then jumped up and saw that Ethan was awake too.

"Stay here." Ethan said as he went to check out what happened.

I followed after him but he closed the door, so I opened it and peeked out to find Ally doing the same.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"No clue."

We decided to go snoop, but made sure we weren't seen. When we peeked in, we found Ethan and Jack holding back Donovan, Quin was in the middle holding Bradley back, and both Donovan and Bradley were bleeding and there was a huge mess. We looked at each other in shock since we knew they got into a fight.

"Who is that?" She asked.

"His brother."

"He has a brother?"

"I gotta tell you something tomorrow."

She nodded, then we headed back to our rooms before the guys could see us.