Hannah

A week after Dane told me about his love life and about his boyfriend - Harry - he set up dinner for us to meet. The guy is awesome, I mean.. a little younger than Dane but awesome, nonetheless. Ever since then, they've hung out at home or Harry's place or whatever. But I could tell Dane was happy and that's honestly good enough for me.

Also, ever since that time when I went to the bar, my friends insisted that I go again with them, just so it's 'fair'. I've never done it again and now, after so many months, they want me to come with them just to prove that it's much more fun with them. I only had one condition, it should be at the gallery because the one they go to is much more wilder, according to their stories.

"Okay, A. I dare you to..." Jamie trailed off, thinking of a dare.

We've been here for at least an hour and all of us were already a bit tipsy, all of them have a higher tolerance though.

"I dare you to get a free round from the bartender." Riley continued.

Ever since the game started, A has been unbeatable which meant all the dares that followed was harder for her. Jamie looked at Elle, they by the way, are twins and one look at each other had a lot of words exchanged between the two of them.

Amanda smirked and muttered 'easy' before making her way to the bar.

We watched intently as she flirted her ass off to the bartender, doing things that revealed certain lady parts that must've made that bartender's night. We were all in awe when A got back with all our drinks in hand.

She bowed and we applauded.

The gallery's a bit crowded today since it's a friday but they just said 'Don't worry, that's when the fun starts.' Yeah, fun and suffocation.

"Hey Hannah, ain't that the hottie you went out with?" A asked pointing at a table near us.

My head whipped around fast and wondered who in the world did I go out with because I don't go around on dates much.. A was pointing at a guy making out with a girl dressed up like she's starring in a porn movie. I was about to say 'no, I don't know that guy' when I realized I kinda did.

"I did not go out with him!" I argued. They knew I didn't. They just liked to tease me about it because in all honesty, the guy was the hottest guy they've ever seen me with.. not with 'with'.

"Oh yeah, I remember him, he was funny, why did you guys end it?" Elle teased along.

"We never even dated!" I said exasperatedly. Looking at Jamie who smiled sheepishly at me.

The twins had different personalities, just like most twins, and Jamie was the quietest one while Elle was more like Amanda. With all the differences we have, I wonder how we even became friends.

"Well that sucks, he's hot."

"Guys," Mitch said. "back to the game?"

I could care less about who the guy dated or made out with but damn, was I that unattractive that he didn't even try to kiss me once? I mean, sure, I didn't want him to but come on, I'm sure I'm much more attractive than the girl he's all over now, and the fact that he didn't even try to kiss me is very offensive.

Snapping out of my thoughts, I felt my phone vibrate, I fished it out of my left front pocket and saw that I received a text from my brother.

'Where are you right now?'

I quickly typed in a response as my friends suddenly decided to dance since the song was good and Riley dragged me to the dance floor.

'At a bar, I told you earlier. Don't worry, I'll be fine and I'm not drunk.

xoxo

PS, have fun on your date'

I put the phone back in my pocket and danced along to a rock song with my friends.

Will

I always do things that always just bites me in the ass later - not literally. I told my friends I can get laid if I wanted to, I just didn't. And then they ask why I didn't and so I told them I do. And now they're teasing me so I had to respond to a girl who I definitely don't want to screw.

I used to really like what I was doing, I mean, getting girls as easy as I can is a priviledge for most men. It's an easy job to me and it can't get better than that, it's just that, this girl who's all over me right now, I realized, is not the one I wanted to be with. And I'm tired of it, after all these years.

Harry and Dane was mindless of the crowd around them next to me and managed to have fun in their own lovey-dovey universe. Me? I haven't felt any of that. And though I never admitted it, I kinda want to feel it too, and this girl disgustingly licking my whole face definitely ain't the one I'm gonna share that kind of passion with.

"Follow me to the restroom." The chick purred.

I gave her a fake look of lust and she finally left me alone to find the bathroom. But I'd never follow.

I sighed.

"Jesus, this used to be so much fun." I complained.

"How come it isn's not fun now?" Dane asked, obviously liking that he's gonna find something to tease me with.

"Because, I don't wanna be with her!" I whined like a five-year-old. "I haven't gotten laid in four freaking months now and I don't even wanna do a girl who practically threw herself at me. I mean, she just told me to follow her in the fucking bathroom and I usually would oblige to that very generous offer but nooo, I'm still here, annoyed with you two because you guys are happy and I wanna be happy and -"

The couple laughed.

I glared at them. "Do you think this is a joke? I've been willingly passing up sex opportunities, aren't you guys worried?"

"Is this about that girl?" Dane asked. Of course they'd bring this up again, when did they let it pass?

"What girl?" I pretended to have forgotten though they haven't stopped teasing me about it. Yes, I couldn't live this down.

It might not even be about that girl, I'd be lying if I said I hadn't thought of her since but this is a different case. It's been four months and all girls I've met, I found them disgusting when they try to throw themselves at me. Maybe I just really, honestly want something different now. Maybe I just got tired of this.

And then I saw her. It's been months and I never expected to see her ever again and now there she was.. I couldn't help but smile, she was on the dance floor dancing and laughing her ass off. She looked so carefree and genuinely happy that I couldn't help but just feel happy internally too. Trouble is, all the guys looked at her lustily-

"Jesus, that girl's gonna get herself in trouble." Dane said, hinting anger..?

I know he didn't like seeing girls do that but he sounded like what she's doing was totally unforgivable.. I wanted to defend her 'honor' or something when I turned to him and he was staring at my girl too and he looked protective, as if he's ready to go over there and take her away or something.

Wait, what? Did I just call her my girl? No way.

"I'm calling her right now-"

"That's the girl." We spoke at the same time.

"You know her?" I asked, surprised. Dane had already fished out his phone but looked at me as if he's surprised.

"She's the what?" He asked back, aghast.

"Wait, hold on," Harry interrupted, also surprised about all this. "Will, that girl.. " He pointed at Hannah and then looked back at me. "she's the girl as in... that girl?" He looked like he can't believe it.

I nodded.

"Will, she's Dane's little sister." Harry said freezing the fuck outta me.

What. The. Fuck.

He's her brother? She's his sister? Just my luck. If this was a book I'd bet it'd be entitled: "Brother's Badboy Friend" and if it was a book about Dane it'd be entitled: "Oh Brother!" - Completely irrelevant yet still very amusing. I tried to clear my thoughts from nonsense before looking at Dane and then at Harry then at Hannah and then back at Dane and holy crap, what the hell?

"No. Will, you know I love you -" Dane said, seriously.

"Dude, you're dating my friend so nothing can happen between us-" I joked, I couldn't help it.

He slapped my arm and continued. "But my sister's off limits."

I shook my head. "Look, man, now that I know she's your sister, well, it made it more complicated but even if I did like her, she hates me, and dude, It's not my choice but I can't phantom even just the idea of hurting her so you can kill me but...."

Dane looked flabbergasted. "Is that really you?" He shook his head. "And did you say she hated you?"

I nodded.

"Okay," He said, somehow relieved. "I mean, she won't listen to me anyway even if I told her to stay away from you but, be warned, I am gonna kill you if you hurt her."

I grinned. "I can't even hurt a fly." I joked.

"Funny how he kept on saying it wasn't like that when it actually really is." Harry said laughing.

"It's not like I'm actually gonna ask her out." I said.

"Oh good." He said. And I swear to god I have never seen Daniel Glenwood look so relieved.

"But I am gonna ask her if she would want a drink." I said and ran off to the girl, not waiting for Dane's reaction.

She was still on the dance floor with her friends that I recognized. I didn't know how to talk to her so I just stood in front of her - awkwardly - and smiled.

"Hi!" I said. I don't dance so I just awkwardly stood there.

The moment she saw me she glared. I guess I can't blame her for that, I kinda did a crappy thing for telling her that big speech and then disapppearing on her like that. In my defence I was scared. I didn't know how to cope about liking a girl. That's never happened and with her, it happened so fast that I just had to run away from it.

"Don't you have some girl to screw or were you done with her and now you're bored?" She said then turned her back on me.

I moved around so she's facing me again. "How would you know I was with someone?"

She looked flushed for a moment before answering, "You seem the type."

I grinned.

"Or, you could've seen me and that's why you're angry."

She snickered.

"As if," she dismissed. "I could care less with what you do with your mouth, or face or your whole body at that."

Then she told her friends she's going back to their table and I followed. "You see, you say that but you actually do care, Hannah Glenwood, even if you say you don't."

Her head whipped back vigorously. "How did you know my name? Are you stalking me or something?"

I chuckled.

"No."

"Then how did you know my last name?" She looked sincerely scared, I thought of playing with her for a while but that frightened look on her face made me tell the truth.

"A friend of mine knows you." I said vaguely.

"Who?" She asked, still suspicious.

"Someone named Daniel." I told her, smiling slightly.

"Dane?" She asked. "My brother?"

"No, your sister. As in, seriously, your sister." I told her, knowing she'd get the joke since Dane already came clean about him and Harry.

"What are you talking about?" She asked, confusion written all over her face.

So, naturally, I panicked. What the hell, she doesn't know yet? I thought she did, is that why they still stay at the apartment all the damn time? Why did they lie to me about it?  Damn, I'll be in so much trouble.

"Um.. Nothing, just joking, I just thought you... um.."

Then she looked relieved. "Oh, you know!" She said, smiling at me. "I thought you were really just being sarcastic with that 'sister' thing. You know about them?"

"Yeah, I know every single thing." I answered happily. I like it when she talks to me without the judging look on her face. God, it's been so long since I saw her, I'm such an idiot for not seeing her again.

"So you know Harry?"

I smirked and nodded. She's probably interested to know all about him and his brother and the whole relationship.

"Sure, I'll tell you all about him and your brother.. I can even tell you all the dirt. But first, you must agree to go on a date with me."

She rolled her eyes, she wasn't buying it.

"Nevermind, I'll just ask him myself."

"Would he tell you what you need to know, though? I mean, first Harry would wanna make a good impression on you for Dane's benefit so that would affect his answers." I said, trying to lure her into doubt so that she'd agree to go on a date with me for his brother's sake.

"He won't do that."

"I mean, I have no gain in lying whatsoever, I know everything about them and I'll tell you, it'd just cost you a date."

"I've met him, he's a nice guy." She stood her ground.

Tough girl.

"I mean, having a friend like me, that dude must be very stupid or very different from what he told you or what you thought you knew. I mean, come on, he's friends with a bastard like me..."

And that's when she bought it. It's very offending, really.

"Fine." She surrendered. "Tell me."

I smiled, trying to look cute for her. "Okay.. Harry's still in school, he wants to be a lawyer and he met Dane at school. Actually I had a class with Dane but he's two years higher than me, anyway since he was pretty cool, I asked him if he could help me with my majors and stuff and so he agreed and Harry tagged along and then one day Harry confessed to me that he's inlove with Dane and he fell for your brother headfirst... And then your parents died and Dane was so broken and just on a verge of a breakdown and I don't know, somehow, Harry managed to fix him up and then they were together.

"To tell you his intentions, there is none apart from loving your brother. Honestly, if you ask me, Dane is more capable of hurting Harry than Harry hurting him."

"He's that nice?" She asked.

I shook my head.

"No, he is that in love." I confirmed. "Okay.. so I'll pick you up tomorrow for our date."

"No way, you tricked me into that, I'm not going." She resisted, not buying whatever I tried.

"No I didn't, I just told you the possibilities. I won that date fair and square so I'm picking you up tomorrow and I'm taking you out on a date."

"Hold on.. I can't, you're older than me." She reasoned again.

I snickered.

"Is dating me seriously such a bad idea?" She shrugged as response. "Don't worry, I'm just 21 years old, that's just three years older and I already asked your brother for permission."

"I don't believe that.. you were in school with my brother, you can't make me believe that you were in college four years ago when you were just what,.. sixteen, seventeen?" She said looking smartly at me. "And you asked permission?"

"Sixteen. I skipped a couple of grades, I'm smart." I said, winking at her. I'm not lying but she doesn't look like she believed it. "I kinda asked permission... Either way, he threatened to kill me if I hurt you." I smiled at her. "So, want a drink?"

"No thanks." She said then moved away from me.

Honestly, I'm glad she did, It's taking up all of my willpower to stop myself from kissing her. I mean, I wanted to kiss her but not after I just made out with some chick. But it's a tough challenge since she's looking irresistible tonight, wearing a tight dark tank top, cut up skinny jeans and combat boots.

"Hey, I'm driving you home tonight, okay?" I said, biting my lip so I won't sound desparate. 

She snorted "And why is that?"

"Cause you're Dane's little sister and I wanna make sure you're okay.." I said with a shrug, it's partly true but mostly I just really wanted to be with her.

"Thanks but... I actually have a date."

"Oh." I said. Think of something else, think of something else. Shit, Will, use your brain. Don't make this awkward. "Your brother's here actually.."

"Really?" She answered, she probably wanted to change the topic as well.

"Yeah, that's how I found out you guys are related.."

"He's still here?" She asked, looking around.

"He's probably gone now, they were about to leave when I came here."

"He's going home? How did their date go?"

"He's going to my place, probably, where he often is and then he's gonna have dirty sex with my best friend." I said, trying to make the conversation funny. "And their date was awesome, the food was so good and the chef's that guy with the show. It was awesome."

Her nose scrunched up, "Did you seriously have to tell me that? Now I have r-rated images of them together!" Then she looked at me curiously. "Wait, how do you know the food is good?"

I couldn't help but laugh. "I begged them to let me come with. I had a boring night ahead."

"And they agreed?"

"Yeah, I told them bringing me with them will make up for all the noises they've been making every night."

"Oh, that probably sucks!" She exclaimed, disgusted at the thought and all I could think was, she looked cute.

"Yeah it does." I said truthfully.

"Hannah." A doof said, standing behind her. Hannah turned around and smiled awkwardly at the guy. Was he the Clint guy I've heard all about the last time I saw her?

"Oh, Tyler." She said, looking awkwardly at me.

"Hey."  'Tyler' replied, obviously annoyed at the fact that I'm here. He sat next to her, closer than I'd like and she seemed awkward about it too but maybe that's just because of me being around. I really don't know.

"Um, uhh, Tyler, this is Will, a friend of my brother and ahh, Will, this is Tyler, the date I was telling you about."

So she really had a date. Damn it. I'm in for a tough fight, the guy looked fairly handsome and if she already trusted him enough to let him wrap his arms around her like that then I got a fat chance in winning her. Doesn't mean I'm backing out, though.

He took one look at me to realize I wanted the girl he's holding.

The dude whispered something in her ear and she nodded. I'm betting he's gonna take her outta here, maybe have some sweet sex in the back of his car. "Um, we're just gonna get a drink." She said.

I nodded, "yeah, sure, I'm going, anyway." I forced out a smile and stood up holding a hand up to the Tyler guy. "Nice to meet you bro." We shook hands and then I decided to walk a bit slowly then turned to keep an eye on her. I wanted to take her away, the one girl I liked is being taken away by some ass and I could do nothing about it, maybe I could say that her brother said so. No.., Dane didn't really meddle in her relationship. I sighed in defeat, the guy was leading her into the restroom does she know that's where they were going.. did she lie to me..? They never got there. Tyler's hand slipped down her ass and she slapped it away, I saw him laugh then he suddenly faced her and kissed her aggressively. He knew I was watching, it's a warning.

I felt my heart sink, how can fate be so cruel to me that it'd let me watch this heartbreaking moment. God, I am turning into a girl. 

I saw him take a look at me, as if challenging me. I balled my fist, refraining myself from beating him up. I watched his hands as it slipped down her ass and that's when I saw it, she was struggling to break free.

"Stop." I pretended to hear her say just so I could beat the guy up. I ran towards her as fast as I could but by the time I was near, she finally broke free and pushed him away.

"Fuck you, stay away from me." I heard her scream at him.

He came close again and grabbed her ass. That's when I came in, I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, gave him a big hard punch that threw him down the floor. I kicked him a few times and brought him up again to level our faces, to give a warning, something cool and badass but then I noticed that the crowd was starting to circle around us and I knew the bouncers would soon be here. He then found his opening and threw a good punch at me which made me lose my grip on him due to the sudden pain, he threw one more punch that cut my lip then I caught his hand right before he got to give me another punch. I twisted his hand onto his back and kicked him on his groin.

"When a lady tells you to stop you stop, " I twisted his arm again sending him to kneel down, I leveled my face with his so that I could send my warning clear, "And when I tell you to stay the hell away from her, you'll do exactly that unless you wanna wake up one morning with both your pervert arms ripped off. That clear?"

He nodded painfully.

I let him go and he ran to the bathroom, good thing too because he was bleeding. Another good thing is that I knew the bouncers here, being a regular and all, so a little explanation was needed and I was off the hook.

I looked at her and she looked shaken, I waved my hand on her face and she flung herself to me. "Thank you." she whispered over and over again.

I rested my hands on her back, loving the fact that she did this willingly, it's her choice this time. Warmth settled over my body, I sincerely want this, I'm not going to run back and hide again, this is for sure this time, I want to be hers and I'm going to do absolutely everything to make that happen.

She was going to tell me something so she pulled away but then she looked at my face and she looked surprised. "Shit, your face." She said worriedly.

I snorted.

"I'm that ugly?" I asked jokingly.

"No, you're bleeding!" She said, her voice worried. "There's probably first aid by the bar, come on."

She interlaced her fingers with mine hurriedly and dragged me to the bar and I'd like to say that I love the feel of our hands entwined. I wished I get beat up more so she'd hold my hand more.