Chapter 9

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The group erupted in a fit of laughter as Adrian tackled Justin to the ground and landed a big wet kiss on his lips. They cheered as Adrian walked back with a smile on his face and Justin furiously wiped his lips while crying.

"Way to go babe" Adriana said to Justin who shot her a glare. "Okay who's next?" The game went on, Roxey dared Seth to go swimming naked. Stacey had to kiss Roxey and Seth punched Adrian in the groin. It was now Adrians turn.

He spun the bottle and everyone waited with baited breath. It stopped on Brooklyn, she bit her lip nervously waiting his verdict. "Mmm Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn. What do we do with you" he said stroking his fake beard.

"Okay if you chose truth you have to tell us your deepest darkest secret. If you chose dare you have to kiss Ryan" he shrugged. Brooklyn thought for a minute, she didn't want to tell them all her secrets and she couldn't make up a believeable lie at the last minute. So she had to go with the only other option she had.

It was just a kiss right? No feelings attached, they didn't like each other and she was only doing it to save her own ass. She went up to Ryan and sat on his lap, he looked at her with wide eyes watching her every movement.

She held his face and pulled him closer to her before crashing her lips on him. She was going for just a peck and pull away, but Ryan wrapped his arm around her and placed one of his hands on her face he deepened the kiss.

The others whistled and cheered as they kissed. Brooklyn had never felt what she did with Ryan with any other guy. His lips were soft and plump and moved with purpose over hers. On the inside she felt a tingling feeling going through her whole body. When they finally pulled away she kept her eyes closed still under the spell he put on her.

When she opened her eyes he was staring at her, a look she couldn't quite make out on his face. She moved away from him and was about stand up but he kept her in place with his arm. Brooklyn didn't protest and stayed put. The rest of the game continued with her on his lap.

That night Brooklyn couldn't get the kiss out of her head. She went to bed with a slight smile on her face for the first time in years. Max even saw the change in her behaviour and the way she held him tighter as she slept, but he didn't say anything to break whatever daze she was in.

She deserved a few moments to herself that he had to at least give her. In the following weeks she become closer to everyone in their group, she went to the mall with the girls and out for movies. She hung out with the guys and got to know them better. But more specifically she went on dates with Ryan.

He made her laugh and took her to the cheesiest places ever. But she liked it he made her feel normal, even though she was not really being herself. It was safe to say that they were more then friends from the hand holding, stolen kisses and the glances that he sent her way.

But there was no label to what they were and Brooklyn liked to keep it that way. She was still cautious and didn't know how she really felt about Ryan. She did however notice that the guys were not discrete in their gang dealings and often Ryan used his power as an advantage, he didn't it mostly at school.

It was the weekend and they had all met up at a restaurant after the girls went shopping. "I'm starving" Adriana said as they neared the table, "you're always hungry" Stacey said rolling her eyes at Adriana. "Hey I'm a growing child" she defended, "more like growing a child" Roxey commented and they all burst into laughter.

"Hey" Ryan greeted Brooklyn with a kiss on the cheek as they got to the table, "hi I'll be back in a minute" she replied putting her phone down on the table before rushing in the direction of the bathroom.

A few minutes later she came back to the table and sat down, Ryan seemed to have a pissed off look on his face. Brooklyn looked at him with furrowed brows, she placed her hand on his. "What's wrong?" She asked softly so that only he could here. He tensed and pulled his hand away from her.

Brooklyn frowned at his actions. "Let's talk" he said standing up and storming out of the restaurant. Brooklyn slowly followed after him trying to think what his problem was. They stood by Ryan's car in the parking lot away from everyone.

"What's up?" She asked when they where alone. Ryan angrily paced in front of her, "you want to explain something to me or tell me something?" He asked with narrowed eyes.

"No not anything that I can think of" she said, this seemed to piss Ryan off even more. "Oh so you're not going to explain why there are pictures of a girl who looks exactly like you with another guy on your phone?" He asked holding her phone up.

"How did you...? You touched my phone? How did you even unlock it?" She asked grabbing her phone and looking down at the picture. "Adrian hacked it and yes I looked through your phone. You have some explaining to do" he said.

"No I don't Ryan, we aren't anything to each other yeah we kiss and hold hands but that does not count for anything. I don't have to explain anything to you. My life is more complicated then you think" she shouted back at him.

"Don't you think I know that? You show up out of no where, you smoke you do crazy things you don't give a fuck what anyone thinks of you" he said. "I don't owe you anything Ryan and I suggest you stay out of it before you dig the hole deeper for yourself" she said finality in her tone.

"You know what I don't have time for this" he said walking away and back into the restaurant leaving her standing there. She glared down at her phone, she knew she shouldn't of kept those pictures but then again she didn't think anyone would get into her phone.

Just as things couldn't get any worse for here she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and her eyes widened, as if the person in the picture materialised in front of her.

"Blake?" She whispered with shock. A smirk spread across his lips. "Hello Bayliy."

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