There were a few half-open doors when I got to the top of the stairs. She could have been in any one of those rooms. I stuck my head in the first door, and it looked like it might be the Davis' bedroom. There was a large bed in the center with a frilly white, antique-type blanket across it.

It definitely wasn't Riley's room.

I ducked out of that one quickly and continued on my search.  I started to peek into the next room when I heard banging and shuffling coming from the end of the hall behind the only door that was completely closed. When I crept closer, I could hear light rustling and little footsteps across the floor.

That had to be her making all that noise.

I tried the doorknob and was relieved when it began turning in my hand. It wasn't locked; it was like she left it that way because she knew this would happen. 

Riley was waiting for me.

I pushed open the door and saw the blond near her dresser, in deep concentration as she stuffed a few things into a bag in her hand.

I snuck inside quietly and began slowly closing the door behind me.

"Brynn, I told you I would be down in a minute," Riley said with her head still buried in her dresser.

I clicked the lock in place so no one could get in.  I had a feeling Brynn and Aiden would both be up here in a few minutes to look for us once they realized we were both missing.

I snuck up behind her where she couldn't see me. The flap of fabric covering her body was dangling loose as she bent slightly forward to open the next drawer down. I stuck my hand inside the gap and over Riley's stomach.  I ran my fingers over the bare skin and tightened my grip on her.  I picked up my girl and threw her body back on the bed. She landed face down with a little bounce and I flipped her over onto her back.  She started to sit back up, but I was faster than she was.  I pushed her shoulders down against the bed and climbed on top of her body.

I grabbed both of her hands in one of mine and lifted them above her head to pin her down. She didn't even put up that much of a fight when I placed my other hand over her mouth.

She wasn't going to get out of this.

We would not leave the room until she realized she felt the same way about me that I did her.  I would barricade us both inside if I had to. 

"Don't scream," I whispered with my mouth against her neck.

She shivered and nodded. I released her hands and mouth to let her free.

"Ezra, what are you doing up here? Someone will see you." Riley began panicking as her eyes darted to the door.

"They think I'm in the bathroom. We don't have much time."

"Time for what?" She asked with wide, unsure eyes.

"You were such a bad girl tonight, beautiful." I spread her legs with my knee and lined my hips up to work her over. I rocked against her and began running my tongue over her neck.  She moaned the second I bit down and sucked at the little spot she loved.  I moved harder and faster against her as I lost control of my body. I wanted to tear her clothes off and take her fast and hard, right here and now.

This whole situation sucked.

I finally had Riley right where I wanted her, but I couldn't fuck her because we didn't have enough time.

We may not have been able to do the actual thing right now, but it didn't mean she couldn't use her mouth on me.

It wouldn't take long for me to finish.

I stood up in front of her and crooked my finger to tell her what I wanted.  She obediently sat up and raised my shirt to place her mouth against my skin.  Her eyes smoldered at me as she began running her tongue along the skin just above the button of my jeans. 

Fuck, it was too much. I pushed her head harder against me when she began biting and sucking. She was such a tease, looking up at me that way with her head next to my hard dick. 

I groaned and threw my head back.  Her sinful little mouth was going to push me over before she ever even started.

She began unbuttoning my jeans. I looked back down at her to watch. After seeing her tongue work over the spoon downstairs, I had a feeling my body couldn't handle the things she could do.

This girl was going to break me and I was going to let her. 

Aiden's stupid smirking face danced across my vision.  I could still see the way he smiled when he stood between her legs and pressed against her. It made me violently sick as I thought about the two of them together—the accidental touches, the secret smiles, and the little flirtatious banter back and forth. 

I pulled away from Riley and looked down at her.  Her cheeks were flushed and she was breathing harder than usual.  She frowned at me like she was frustrated.

"Are you fucking Aiden? Don't lie to me." If she said they had been together, I wouldn't be able to handle it.  Everything in this room would be shattered and then I would go downstairs to break all of Aiden's bones. 

"We are not doing anything. I've told you before."

"You're not acting like it." I accused her of lying.

"What about Brynn? She was sitting on your lap." Riley argued back.

"I don't want her. I thought if you saw me with her tonight, you would get jealous and realize you aren't done with me yet." I explained my reasoning.

"What are we doing?" Riley asked as she tucked herself into a ball on the bed.

"I don't know. All I know is I can't stop thinking about you. I'm not sure why I can't let you go." I confessed.

It was the absolute truth; it wasn't just some bullshit line just to get inside her.  Nothing had ever felt like this for me before.  I didn't know what this was or how to do it.  I had gone my whole life, with countless girls never experiencing anything like I felt when I was next to her. I didn't even know this girl, but I knew I didn't ever want to be away from her. 

"Ezra, you know what this is. You don't really want this. You are friends with my brother. We both know we can't let this go any further. We should have stopped it before we ever started."

Her idea of what this was and mine were polar opposites. The deep recesses of my mind knew what this unnerving feeling was, but the rest of my brain didn't want to admit it out loud.

She wasn't just any other girl to me.  She never had been.

"I know what I want and you do too. Why are you so scared that JD will find out we messed around?" I sat back down next to her on the bed, right by her side, close enough to touch her.

"Ezra, I really don't like to talk about it." Riley hid her face from mine.

"Tell me because I don't fucking understand why we can't do this," I begged her for answers.

She looked up at me with glossy eyes. The pain on her face was apparent and all I could see.

What the hell happened to this girl to make her so scared?

She licked her lips slowly and the words began gushing out. 

"When I was fourteen, JD took me to a party. JD had a friend who was older, like 23 or something who started talking to me when I got there. The guy started handing me drinks the minute JD walked out of the room. I had never had alcohol before, so I didn't know what I was doing. He gave me a lot of attention, so I kept taking the drinks he was offering me. I started to feel sick after a while and wanted to go lay down. JD's friend told me he would take me upstairs to help me."

I put my hand on her back to hold her shaking body up. Riley looked like she would collapse any second. I ran my hand over her to provide some comfort to her; it helped me too. I was vibrating inside with anger; it was lashing at the inside of my skull like a spike-tipped whip. I knew exactly where this story was heading because I had seen it so many times before with my cousin Jake and his friends. 

Someone hurt my girl.

"When we got into the room, his friend locked the door. He walked over and began kissing me. I told him I had never done anything like that before. I hadn't even had my first kiss until he forced his tongue in my mouth. He said not to worry that I hadn't done it before. He said it didn't matter to him. He pushed me back down on the bed and started to take my clothes off."

"Did he make you have sex with him?" I asked. 

I knew my instincts weren't rational, but I had the urge to hunt the guy down and murder him for making this girl feel this way.  He would be buried in a shallow grave deep in the woods if I ever got my hands on him.

"No, he didn't get that far. He stuck his fingers in me and I started to cry. It hurt a lot and he was rough with me. Someone must have heard me because I heard banging on the door a few seconds later. JD was screaming on the other side and trying to get inside the room. He broke the door down and when he saw the guy still on top of me, he beat the shit out of him. The cops were called and the guy pressed charges against JD. JD got in a lot of trouble and wouldn't tell anyone why he got into the fight with the guy in the first place. I finally told my parents what happened before JD went to court. My parents threatened to press charges against the guy since I was a minor and he dropped his case against JD. After that, JD started making Aiden and Mark help keep their eyes on me when he wasn't around. He must trust you too since he has already made you babysit me."

"Riley, I had no idea. You were just a kid and that creep deserved to go to jail for what he did to you. You didn't do anything wrong." I wrapped my arm around her to try to hold her together. 

"I kept drinking that night and I almost let it happen again the other night at the house. It is my fault. If you weren't there to stop it, I don't know how far that would have gone."

"But I was there, just like JD was there. I would never let anyone hurt you." I smashed my lips against the top of her head. My eyes were wet with my tears, too, as I watched her feel so small.  I tried to hide them from her before she could see them. I felt every single emotion she was feeling inside my body. Her torment was my own, raw and unfiltered, with nothing to fill that hole to ease the pain. I knew what it was like to have someone take something away from you.

I knew what it was like to never be able to get it back.

"I don't want to talk about it anymore. I have a bad habit of finding trouble." She added, snuggling in under my arm.

"Me included?" I looked down and raised my eyebrow at her as she clutched my body tightly. 

"Especially you." She said with a small, strained chuckle as she buried her head into my chest.

I smiled into her hair. I loved the way she made me feel. It was so fucking confusing, but it was there.

It was time to take my girl home. 

"We will figure out how to deal with this later. Now pack your shit so I can take you home with me. I've got plans for you tonight." I stood up and pulled her into me. I wrapped my arms and squeezed the blond so tight that I was afraid she might pop.

Then I did something I had never planned on.

I bent down and brushed my lips against hers. Riley was so soft and gentle as she closed her eyes and lingered against me. I fought to hold myself back as the burning desire built inside my bones. We would never get out of this house tonight if I couldn't keep my shit together. 

She let go of me first and way too soon. Riley grabbed her bag and headed towards the door.  I watched her ass bounce as she walked by. I didn't miss the opportunity to run my hand over it as she passed by me.

Even though the game I played with her tonight backfired, I couldn't have been more excited about how the night turned.  I was finally going to get more time with her. I was hoping she would let me finish what we started the night of the concert.

Now I just had to figure out how we were going to find a way to be together without getting caught.