"Common. Let's dance", Sarah whined at me. For the fifth time I think. I couldn't just keep my eyes off Ashley as she danced with that creep from the arcade. I hated the way he was touching her. He let his palm go down from her waist to the bottom of her back. Slightly grazing her ass. I could see her flinch.

Meaning she didn't want this

So why the fuck did she smile at him when he did that.

Why the hell did she even say yes when he asked.

I was so happy that I would get to dance with her. Here. That's why I fucking brought her here. We were having a good time drinking and that asshole had the guts to ask her to dance. While she was talking to me.

What beats me is that I didn't say anything.

Fucking pussy.

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*Flashback

"You mean the drinks are free here too?" I nod. "Then why don't you ever bring me here?" she was laughing because I shrugged. "I don't know... I guess there was never a right time?"

"That sounds more like a question than an answer Zack", she slurred. She really couldn't hold her alcohol. She had 3 glasses of Scotch and that was all it took for her to turn into a giggling mess. It was so cute. From the stool we were sitting, I turned and my leg grazed her bare thigh and I saw her take in a gasp.

I just realised I never told her how beautiful she looked.

That should have been the first thing you said when you saw her. Dimwit.

Well it's not like I had that much of a chance.

Stop giving dumb excuses and tell her.

"Ashley, you look so beautiful tonight", a light blush was starting to form on her cheeks.

Damn I should have told her earlier.

"It's okay. You don't have to beat yourself up for it. It's not like I gave you a chance to take me in", she rubbed my leg with her palm. "You want to talk about it?" she asks and I shake my head to say no. We were supposed to be having fun. Not sulking over nightmares I couldn't get over.

"Okay, tell me one of your craziest childhood memories", she asked innocently before taking another glass. I thought to myself. I actually had fun with my family until that guy came along and ruined us.

Hey! No bad thoughts remember?

"Okay, I've got a good one!" I yelled laughing at the memory. She nodded her head towards me and I couldn't hold my laughter. She was so cute.

Isn't it too late to start noticing these things?

"So, I can't remember how I old I was, but then I, my sister and my parents decided to play hide and seek. My dad was doing the counting and we all went to hide. Guess where I hid", I asked and she turned her mouth up to pout. I've noticed that she does this when she's trying to think and most of the time, she comes up with very lame ideas.

"The bathroom?" I shake my head. "Even worse. The freezer".

She paused for a second and looked at me as if trying to look for some kind of giveaway to show that I was joking. Finding none, she burst out laughing.

Even her laughter was beautiful.

What the hell, Zack. You're acting all soppy.

"Are you fucking crazy, you would have frozen to death!"

"Well, aren't I alive now?" I said, letting my hand go up her thigh. Her breathe hitched. Her alluring lips parted for the smallest second and I was sure I was ready to kiss her right here and now. Instead she laughed again and nudge me. "Stop undressing me in your mind and go on with your story".

"Fine. But just saying, I was done mind undressing you a long time before now. So you can't be too sure that you're even wearing clothes right now. Anywayyys, I turned off the freezer, so I wouldn't freeze to death. See I was pretty smart back then", I said chuckling when she shook her head.

"The freezer was still quite cool but as time went on, heat started to slip in and I started to yawn. I heard my dad come into the kitchen. 'Oh Zackiee, I know you're in here. You're the last one hiding. Come out, come out wherever you are'. I even heard my mom laugh as she walked up to the freezer. 'Hey. Who turned this off? The food is going to turn bad you fools'. My mom laughed and turned on the switch"

"Why didn't you come out?" she asked. Well, we all wonder too.

"Well before we started my dad said he had to say 'I give up' before you could come out. Especially if you were the last one. Meaning that if I had come out then, my dad would have won. Although it was fucking cold, I stayed there anyways. And I slept off." Her eyes widened. "No. I passed out. And then I woke up to the cries of my mom. She thought I was dead. Well they all did. Gave me a hot bath and banned me from playing hide and seek alone".

"You mean they still let you play?" she asked laughing. Her laughter was so free and pure and so fucking childish despite the fact that she was no longer one. Her laughter felt like a tickle maybe even a bounce and I couldn't help but laugh alongside with her. "I had to beg them to let me hide with my sister. Just so I could still play but my sister got mad because I was always getting her caught first. So they had to take turns with me".

When I remembered things like these I felt happy. Like I was cuddling with my whole family in one large bed. That only happened once by the way.

If only...

I felt a hand on mine and opened my eyes to see Ashley looking at me with a little bit of sadness in them. "You went there again" and I nod at her. Maybe it was alright to share. Then I wouldn't feel so burdened about it.

But I couldn't.

"Do you want to hear the story of how I slept in the pool when I was playing hide and seek with my family?" she immediately asks and I noticed how her smile reached her eyes.

I loved that she was trying to cheer me up

"How is that humanly possible?" I began to laugh again.

"Lemme guess, my brother is boring you with childhood memories right?" Sarah came to us with Dave's arm around her waist. Ashley laughed anyways even if she was interrupted before she could say her story.

"Yo! Ashley!"

All heads turned towards the new voice. Fucking Prick. Why was he even here? Noah walked up to us- well to Ashley and then took her hand. "Do you want to dance with me?" he asked. She looked at me for a moment as if expecting me to say something but when I gave no response, she took his hand and they literally ran to the dance floor.

/End of Flashback*

"Well, I'm asking for the last time, can I have this dance?" Sarah asks me and I just watch her outstretched palm. She had a goofy smile on her face. "Shouldn't you be watching your man? Isaiah might steal him away from you", I chuckled when I saw Isaiah twerking in front of Dave. "Nah, they're just playing", she says as she tries to drag me up. I nod my head to the side for her to look behind her and we see Isaiah slapping Dave's ass while he's twerking.

We turn our heads to each other and share that knowing smile.

"Videos", we both say as we pluck out our phones and start to take pictures and videos of them.

"Oh, they're gonna hate this", Sarah said amidst her laughter.

"I love you sis"

"Well that was random", she laughs but then I see that she cares just by looking into her eyes. "I love you too lil bro. and I'm sorry for being so inconsiderate back at dinner. I just thought you would be over it and that maybe you'd be willing to help".

I shake my head, "Let's not talk about this. I honestly hate having this conversation plus I already said I'd help. I'm just going to supervise the workers so they'll know that your spirit possessed me". When I say this, she nudged my shoulder and I laugh. While laughing, I glance back to the dance floor to see Ashley dancing with that prick. And I don't like that one bit.

"Also, I do want to make something clear to you. Just in case you don't see it".

"And what would that be?" I ask and she sits on the stool beside me. She nods her head over to Ashley, who is now laughing at whatever it is he was telling her. I hate that she's happy especially when it's not me who's making her smile.

Okay maybe I sound a little selfish.

Okay maybe a lot.

She deserves to be happy whether or not I'm in the picture. But hell knows I want to be in the goddamn picture. I can't imagine a moment without her. Well except this one. I want to be the main reason why she has a smile on her face. I want to be with her and hold her and hug her and fucking cuddle.

Why is my heart beating a lot faster right now?

Cause I'm angry.

I'm mad that he is in the picture right now. I want to be the one she's looking at longingly, I want to twirl her around and touch her in places she didn't think was possible.

How did things go from me wanting to dance to being sexual with her?

Ahhh, you dirty minded pig.

Well if I'm dirty, I want to be dirty for her.

"EEEEWWWWW", I hear Sarah groan and I face palm myself. How could I have thought that out loud?

"As much as I find that disgusting. It's great to know that you like her", she says and smiles at me. Well, no more hiding the truth. "Yes. I fucking do".

"And I know you'll want to deny it but- wait did you just say," she looks at me wide eyes and an open mouth and I laugh quietly. "You figured it out? By yourself?!"

"uhh, I'm not that oblivious sis."

"You've been living with her for over 5 months and all you've had is sexual tension and blue balls because you keep calling it off every single time".

Wait, how did she?

"Girl talk", she whispers as if she finally realized that she must have slipped her private gist out to me. "Well what else do you talk about?" I say nudging her shoulder. "uhhhhhhh uhhhhhh", I kept nudging her. She tightened her lips as if trying not to give in.

Then I attacked.

I kept tickling her and she was squirming beneath my fingers until she fell off her stool unto the floor but not before dragging me down with her. I still don't stop torturing her with my fingers though.

"I never go down alone".

I remember her saying when we were growing up. I guess she still goes by that.

"SHE SAID YOU HAVE A BIG COCK!!" she screamed and most heads turned to us. I roll off her completely embarrassed and smack her. "Why would you tell me that?! I already know that!" I scream back and that earns us some laughter from the small crowd around us. "You made me! You know tickling me is my weakness", she says laughing and I join her.

Now we're sitting upright on the floor with our backs against the counter. "Okay, since when did you realize you liked her?" she questions. "I guess since I wanted to kiss her so bad it hurt but now I think it's since when I hate seeing her wrapped in another guy's hands."

"Possessive much?" she wiggles her brows.

"Nah. That's not being possessive at all. We both know that. It's just me saying the honest truth. Or maybe it's the drinks. Either ways, all I know is that I like the idiot. She's just fucking amazing even if she doesn't know it. And God her mouth..." I trail away as memories of me feeling her lips in sync with mine fill my head.

"Uhm, you don't need to mind link me the details. Go tell her"

"Don't you think it's all too sudden?"

Don't you think what you just said makes no fucking sense?

"Seriously? Fine, I guess we'll just watch how lover boy over there gets in her pants tonight."

"Fucking tease", I murmur under my breath as I walk away from and she laughs behind me. Ashley throws back her head in laughter and for all obvious reasons, Noah leaned forward. If I got there a second late, he would kiss her.

And I couldn't let that happen.

"Ashley!"

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*SQUEAL!!* he finally came to his senses!! :)

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There goes Chapter 13! I hope you like it... and if you do, don't forget to vote and comment (I need to know what y'all think!)

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From here onward, the shit is gonna go downnn!!

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See y'all on Saturday!!!

~Nifiee