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"Do you eat anything other than Fruity Pebbles?" Miles grunted, whilst grabbing a bowl from the cabinet and his favorite cereal.

"Do you eat anything other Cinnamon Toast Crunch?" I retorted, causing his face to scrunch at my chewed up, rainbow food-filled mouth.

"Gosh Mase, you could at least act like a lady."

"Suck my dick." I snickered, shoveling another overfilled spoonful of fruity goodness into my mouth.

"Hey, if you had one, I might be down." Failing to hold back a laugh, tiny bits of chewed up cereal flew from my mouth. The majority of it landed in Miles' cereal with a bit on his face. "Ew, Mason!" He whined, his arms held in the air while the rest of his sat unmoving.

Coughing a few times, I stood up rushing over to get him some paper towels. "I am so sorry." I couldn't help but giggle as soon as I saw his milk-covered face all over again.

"It's so sticky."

"Well I mean, you should be used to that, no?"

"Har, har, har." He mocked. Standing up. "You're so funny. Now please excuse me while I go take another shower."

"I really am sorry."

"Yeah, yeah." He grumbled walking away while I went to pick up our bowls and clean up the mess I had made.

"Oh and Mase,"

Looking over my shoulder, I saw him with his head poking around the corner. "Yeah?"

"Grayson's a great shot, so no, I'm not" And with that, he was gone.

I stood there confused as my brain ran over what he said a few times before finally, "Oh, ew!" I physically shivered. I had just finished wiping down the table and Miles' chair when someone walked into the kitchen.

"Oh, Good morning Mason."

I literally froze at the sound of her voice, my body tensing immediately. Shit. Why couldn't Miles' still be down here? Looking up at the happy couple who just so happened to be holding hands, I plastered the biggest smile I could manage. "Good morning Layla." I paused, not really wanting to say it but knowing if I didn't, it would make it seemed as if I was bothered by him and her. And of course, I was but I wasn't about to let them know that. Who knows what the boy could have told her about me. "Alex." I muttered and quickly turned around to throw the dirty paper towels in the bin.

"We were going to go to the mall today to get in some last-minute Christmas shopping. Would you like to come?"

Did she really just ask me to go to the mall with them? What the actual fuck? Did she just, no. She couldn't have. I mean but she, what in the actual hell? "I uh, sorry, thanks for the invite but I've got plans."

She smiled kindly at me. "You and Miles going on a date?"

I nearly choked on my spit. "M' sorry, what?"

"Oh, sorry. Is that supposed to be a secret? I just saw you two together and, I'm really, really sorry. I swear we won't say anything."

I couldn't help but snort. "Uh, thanks but you don't need to worry. Miles and I don't like each other that way."

"Oh, I just, you two seemed so close."

I smiled, "We are."

"Are you sure there's nothing between you two? Because you two really seem to have great chemistry."

"Well unless I grew a penis overnight that I'm unaware of, Miles doesn't find me attractive in that way."

Her eyes grew as wide as saucers. "Oh! Oh, okay. So you guys are like best friends?"

"Mhm."

"Well, I guess that makes sense. Although you're not blood-related, I suppose it would be weird to be in a relationship with someone you see as your brother." What in God's name was this girl talking about? My brothers? I mean, of course, I thought of them as family and all but the fact that she would just make that assumption is kind of weird to me. "Oh, I hope you take offense. I really didn't mean anything by it. It's just, Alex said you were basically his sister so I just figured," She trailed off.

His sister?

His sister?

His mother fucking sister?!

Well fuck, I didn't know most people made out with their sisters and allowed them to suck their dick.

His fucking sister, really? That's the best he could come up with. Well damn, might as well be the petty bitch I am and play along. My lips stretching into a wide, evil grin I looked at the true. "Oh, no, no. That's okay. I completely understand what you're saying. Me and Alex, we're so close it's almost as if we're blood-related. Isn't that right Alexander?"

"I didn't know your name was actually Alexander." She spoke, looking up at him.

"Oh, don't worry sweetie. He never tells anyone his full name. Just us family members know. He's not too big a fan of it."

"Oh." She smiled.

"Hey Mase, Gray and I wanted to know if you wanted to," He stopped talking as soon as Alex and Layla came into view. He looked to me quickly as if to ask if I was okay.

"Oh, hey Miles. Layla, Alex and I were just discussing how much of a family we are." Miles looked at me confused. "Oh, it's a long story. You see, Layla so kindly invited me to the mall to do some Christmas shopping with her and Alex and I told her that I couldn't because I had already made other plans and then she asked if you and I were going on a date and so, of course, I explained to her that you only like dicks and she moved on to say that she understood and that it made sense because it might feel weird dating one of you boys since you're all like my brothers. Or at least, that's how Alex feels, you know, like he's my brother."

It took nearly all of my willpower not to spit the last sentence. I mean, I get it, Okay. He didn't want to tell his new girlfriend that I was his old girlfriend and although I think that's dumb, it's whatever. He's not obligated to tell her and I'm sure as hell not going to mess up their relationship by saying anything. But to sit there and say that he sees me as a sister, is really a huge fucking blow to the chest. One that I was so desperately trying to cover up and hide with sarcasm at the moment. Not that little miss Layla had any clue whatsoever.

Miles stood silent, mouth hungover while he looked back and forth between Alex and I. Thankfully, we didn't have to stand there long because the next thing I knew, there was an ear-piercing squeal and I was being tackled to the ground. I smiled, ignoring the pain flaring in my arm as the familiar scent of cotton candy perfume filled my nostrils. Tightening my arms, I squeezed tighter. "I miss you Pipe."

"I missed you too, Hoe." She smiled, climbing off of me and holding her hand out to help me stand up. "And how many times have I told you not to call me Pipe? It's not a cute nickname."

"But you're cute, so it makes up for it."

She smiled widely, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "Well, I suppose you're right." I smiled, I really did miss her. "Um, who are you?" She muttered, not turning all of her attention on Layla while ignoring Alex the entire time.

I stepped forward, linking my arm with hers. "Layla, this is Piper. Piper this is Layla, Alex's girlfriend."

"His mother fucking what?"

"Oh, hey Babe. Can you come help me find my socks upstairs?" Nico asked, grabbing her hand.

"What? Boy, no. Go find your own damn socks. Can't you see I'm in the middle of a situation?" She ripped her hand out of his, not once taking her eyes off of Layla.

"I need your help though."

"Quit being a baby."

"Please, I promise as soon as we're done we can come right back down and finish, whatever, this is."

She sighed. "Okay but only because I need a minute to calm myself." With one last evil glare towards a confused Layla, her and Nico disappeared behind the wall.

"Um, did I do something wrong?" Layla asked after a moment of silence.

Miles was about to open his mouth but rushed to answer before him knowing his reply would be just a rude as Pipers. "Oh, no. Of course not. Piper is just on her period right now and she gets extra cranky. Realy, I wouldn't worry about it."

"Oh." She nodded in understanding but still seemed confused.

We all stood there in an awkward silence before I finally remembered, "Oh, Miles. You had a question?"

"Uh, yeah. Gray and I wanted to know if,"

"Hey, baby boy." Grayson's voice traveled through the kitchen as he came up from behind Miles, wrapping his arm around his waist and placing a soft kiss to his temple.

Miles smiled, instantly melting into his touch. "Hey, I was just asking Mason if she wanted to go out with us today."

"Oh, so you haven't told her about the surprise?"

Surprise? What the hell were these two talking about?

"Not yet, but we can do it together if you want. Where is he?"

He? He who?

"Oh, he'll be right in. He got a call right when we got here."

"What in God's name are you two talking about?" Just as I asked, the front door opened and shut.

"Miles and I knew how much you missed him."

Who the hell did I miss?

"So," Miles grinned widely, looking at me as if to say, Just play the fuck along. "Grayson went and picked up Wesley for you."

Wesley? Who the hell is Wesley?

Just then, a beautiful, blue-eyed boy stepped into the kitchen. Well, shit. Who the hell is this?

"Wesley?" Alex asked, speaking for the first time.

"Wesley!" Miles exclaimed. "Mason's boyfriend."

Mason's what? I swear, my eyes were about to pop out of my head.

Before I had a chance to process anything, the Greek-like man was across the room with his arms wrapped around my waist, pulling me flush against him. In one fell swoop, he bent down and pressed his lips to mine.

He tasted like spearmint. I like spearmint.

Of course, leave it to Miles and Grayson to go and find someone to pretend to be my boyfriend just to save face in front of Alex. I mean, at least they picked someone pretty and he smelled good. He wasn't a bad kisser either. Of course, I could have pushed him away and instantly denied the boys' claims but who was I to turn down such a beautiful man kissing me?

A throat cleared, causing us to, unfortunately, pull apart. As soon as I attempted to step back, Wesley grabbed a massive handfull on my ass and pulled me right back against him, placing a soft but quick kiss on my lips, a dazzling smile gracing his lips. "I missed you, Baby."

Well shit.

"I, I missed you too?"

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authors note,

hiiii!

I mean, I had to help Mason out somehow, right? And what's better than a pretty man?

Let me know, did you guys see any of that coming?

What do you think Alex's reaction is going to be?

Thank you so much for reading, commenting and voting. I love you all, I really, truly do!

Maisie.