I turn around completely to see Ryan standing there. Something about him looked different, I just couldn't tell what. "Hey" I said staring at him still trying to figure out what was different.

"So how's it going" Ryan says looking around. "Fine, what about you?" I say creating small talk I guess. "Fine as well" after this was said it went quiet again. The air felt suffocating from how awkward it was, until 5 minutes later he spoke again.

"How are you liking ar-" I cut him off annoyed with that fact that he hasn't said shit about the elephant in the room. "Goddamnit Ryan just tell me who the fuck it is". He blows out air before saying "I care about you and I feel telling you this might cause some confrontation which will lead to you getting hurt".

"Will you just tell me who it is, that's what we came here for right?" I say grabbing his face towards my direction. He hasn't looked at me this whole time and it's annoying me. "Right, well according to the people at the party. They say they saw Jake slip something into some of the drinks. That we just so happened to drink."

Wow, that was a lot. Out of all the people in the world I did not expect him to say my very own stepbrother. Someone who I sorta trusted with my life. I thought of him as my safe place and all of that is ruined now.

"A-Are you ok? You haven't said anything ever since I told you who it was." I looked up at him as tears slowly start to fall from my eyes. I know I'm a fucking pussy, crying over some guy who I literally just started to have feelings for.

He pulled me into a hug and that's when the tears started to erupt more. I'm not a very affectionate person but I really needed this. The information I just found out was not the most positive. He played with my hair as he said "it's ok" repeatedly.

*Fast forward to her going back home*
Ryan had carried me home after my little cry sesh. He was really comforting and made me feel way better. I was now laying in bed watching The vampire diaries on Netflix. Only this show can cheer me up because of how hot Damon is. If only Ally was here she would make this way funnier, but she had to go out with her mom and dad because they're trying to work things out and be a better family.

She had offered to ditch them for me but family is more important so I told her to go. I had been watching this for two hours straight while on my third box of Chinese takeaway.

I look back up at the tv to see Damon slamming Elena into the lockers. "Hot mama" I hear chuckling coming from the side to see Jake standing there. "I brought food but I'm guessing you had enough already" he said looking at the side of my table full of takeout boxes. I ignored him and went back to watching the show.

"Hey I'm talking to you" he says walking over to my bed. "What are you gonna do drug me if I don't listen to you?" He does a double take before saying "uh what are you talking about."

"You know damn well what I'm talking about, how could you. I literally trusted you for god's sake." He grabs my face and says "baby if you're talking about what happened at the party we already established what happened. Ryan drugged you and i found out from someone." I pry his hands away from my face saying "and who told you that because what I'm hearing is that you drugged both Ryan and I."

"Okay look I have a sensible reason for this, he was trying to get in your pants and I wasn't gonna let that happen." I rub my eyes before saying "we were not dating so you have no say in who the hell I can have sex with." I say clearly annoyed.

"Besides I didn't even mean to drug you, you just got in the way. I drugged all the bud lights cause I know he's the only one who drinks them at that party. Who would've known that you liked bud lights too." He says shrugging. "What were you even gonna do with him?" I say curious as to what his intentions was.

"Just rough him up a little bit I guess, tell him to leave you alone." I liked the thought of him being over protective but this was kinda far. "Listen I get that you're mad at me but please don't leave me. You gotta understand I did it out of love." I look around thinking about this. You might think I'm crazy but I really wanted to forgive him. He even just sorta confessed that he had love for me.

"I guess I forgive you, but shit like that doesn't go unnoticed. It will take time for me to fully trust you again." I said making it seem as if I didn't fully forgive him even though I did.

He pulls me in for a kiss that I didn't realize I was longing for. This kiss was filled with so much passion and love it shocked me. I felt so secure and like we were actually in a stable relationship which is crazy because it's my stepbrother. But at this point I didn't care.

It took us awhile to finally pull away from the kiss but when we finally did, I knew that right there in this moment I truly loved him. "Can you sleep with me tonight?" He smiles before saying "funny I was just about to ask you the same question."

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