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I pace around my room. Why had just happened. My best friend came back, who happened to be arch enemies with my roommate.

Great...

I have no idea how long I have been in here for, but I know it has been some time.

James hasn't bothered me, thank god for that. I couldn't have him bothering me after his stunt.

Suddenly there is a knock on the door. I move away from my desk and glance in the mirror to see if I look alright and then open the door.

He stands there with his shirt off, exposing his toned chest.

"Hey Ven" He says. I lift my head to see him smiling at me.

"Hi" squeak out. His smile turns into a frown.

"What's wrong?" He asks. I shake my head and put a fake smile on my face.

"Listen Vena, I lived with a house full of women for most of my life so I when you are upset. So don't even try to deny it" He says stepping around me and into my room. I turn around and he is already lying down on my bed with his arms behind his head.

"What on earth are you doing?" I ask.

He chuckles and pats the bed beside him. I walk over to my bed and sit down on the edge.

"Vena" He warns.

I look up at him. "Yes" I say as confidently as I can.

"Come here" He says.

I shake my head, "No, I'm not going down that road again" I state.

He was half of the problem to why I was freaking out.

He laughs, "Your conscious, Dear" He says. I roll my eyes at him.

"I'm going to bed, James" I say, getting up and going to my wardrobe to get myself some pajamas.

"Okay" He smirks.

"That means get out" I snap.

He stands up and walks towards me and leaves, leaving the door open.

"Good night, Vena" He says to me before shutting his door. I let out a breath that I didn't realize I was holding.

I change into my PJs that I was holding and then crawl into bed and turn off my light. I close my eyes and drift off into sleep.

I open my eyes and glance at the window and it's still dark. I pick up my phone and turn it on and the time reads: 3:23 AM.

I groan and sit up in bed. Suddenly I hear footsteps coming from the left of me. I look up and realize that it is coming from the next room over. I stand up and stretch my arms up and turn on the light. It is blinding.

I open the door quietly and enter the hallway. I walk up to James's door and am about to open the door, but I remember his rule.

Do not enter my room.

I step away and knock. Suddenly the door opens and James looks at me tiredly.

"Yes" He asks in a husky voice.

"I- um heard moving around it woke me up" I say.

He nods. "Will you come in for a second?" He asks.

I hesitate for a second, but I do. I walk in and sit down on his desk chair.

"Yes?" I ask.

"Can you sleep with me tonight?" He asks.

I think my jaw just dropped on the ground. I look at him disbelief.

"Not like that, Vena" He says with a smile, "I mean sleep" He corrects himself.

"Oh. Why?' I ask before saying no.

"I can't sleep" He says simply.

"Why?" I push.

He sighs, "There is a lot on my mind right now" He replies.

I nod."I have one simply question. How is me sleeping with going to solve this problems?" I ask.

He shrugs, "It won't. I just to sleep and I need something to distract me" He says rubbing his eyes.

"And by distraction, you mean me" I refer to myself. He nods. We sit there it silence for a few moments.

"If I do this, you have to promise something to me" I shoot him a stern look.

He nods, "Okay, what is it?" He asks. "You must never tell anyone about this, ever" I state.

He nods silently.

I stand up and hold out my hand for him to shake. He takes it and shakes it roughly. Probably from lack of sleep. I let go and leave the room. I hear his footsteps beind me.

"What are you doing? We had a deal" He whines.

I snap my head around and look at him.

"I am not breaking the deal, I am just getting my phone and pillow" I state.

"Oh, okay" He mumbles and turns and enters his room.

I walk into my room and and grab my pillow and phone. I glance at my phone and it reads:

Vena, did you know that Grayson is going to college at ASA?

It's from Zeke.

I roll my eyes at the screen and turn off the screen and walk out my room leaving the door open. I walk down the hall and turn and enter James room. James lies down in his bed, under the covers with his book in his hands, his eyes focus on the white pages. I clear my throat to get his attention and it does. I hug my pillow to my chest. He closes his book and sets it on the nightstand.

"Well come here" He says gesturing me to come here.

I turn off the light and drag my feet across the floor. He moves his pillow over and he lies down, resting his head down on the pillow.

I set my pillow down on the empty spot. I sit down and put my legs under the covers, I scoot myself down and lay my head on pillow. I lie on my back, staring at the white ceiling.

"Ven?" He asks. I turn my head and look at him. "Your supposed to my distraction" He smirks.

The street lights shine through his windows, reflection off his face.

"I know" I whisper.

"In order to distract my mind, you need be in my arms" He says cheekily.

I groan and move closer to him. He takes this opportunity and pulls me closer to him. He snakes his arm around my waist and holds me in place. My head rests on his bare chest. I rest my hand on his shoulder. I freeze in my position when he slides his hand on my stomach.

"Are you not comfortable" He asks.

I turn and look at him, "Not exactly" I state.

He nods and turns, making me fall off his chest, onto my pillow. "Lay on your side" He demands. I nod and turn on my side, facing him.

"My dear, I would love to sleep like this, but then I know you would definitely be uncomfortable" he chuckles. I groan.

I feel my cheeks warm. I turn over onto my other side, facing the door. I put my hand underneath my pillow, supporting my head. I feel James get closer to me. I feel his body against my backside. He snakes his arm through the crook of my neck. He drapes his arm over my side. He snuggles into my back, I can feel him breathing on my neck.

"Good night, Vena" He whispers from behind me.

I smile to myself, "Good night, James" I reply. I hear his breathing slow.

Suddenly his arm that draped over me is now holding my stomach. I sigh. I close my eyes and fall into a deep sleep in James's arms.

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I wake up the sound of vehicles passing the apartment.

I feel a hand up the back of my shirt. I open my eyes. I see a bare chest, I look up and see James sleeping peacefully. I start panic, but then remember James asked me to me to be is distraction. I notice that my hand is resting on his chest.

I try to get, but I can't, his grip his too tight around me. I push him a little away from me. Then I get an idea. I move my hand up and down on his chest. My hands explores his chest. I hear his groan.

I lean into his ear, "James" I say seductively. He shifts, moving me with him. My hands drift down to the waistband on his sweatpants.

He jolts awake, letting me go. "What were you trying to do?" He asks, looking terrified.

"Wake you up" I say, I jump out of his reach and start get off the bed.

He suddenly grabs a hold of my wrist, "Wait, could you stay for a bit longer?" He asks, smirking at me.

I laugh, "Mm, let me think about that. No" I say. He chuckles letting my wrist go. I get off the bed and grab my pillow. I grab my phone off the nightstand and leave the room. I enter my room.

I change out of pajamas into my clothes. I walk out my room dressed in a tee shirt and shorts. I walk into the living room. James sits on the couch with his phone in his hands. He looks up from the screen and smiles at me.

"Good morning, Darling" He greets me.

I sit down beside him and look at him.

"Why do you call me that?" I ask. He chuckles.

"It suits you" He states.

I cock my head to the left and raise an eyebrow, "It suits me?" I question.

"Yeah, it does" He states.

-

I haven't seen James since he left to go to the 'grocery store'. He claims to be going there, but guys like him don't go to grocery stores.

I stare down at the pages that I hold in my hand. The words start look like a mixture jumbled letters. I shut my book and set it down on the coffee table.

Suddenly the door comes swinging open, James walking through. His arms full of bags. "Instead of checking me out, would you care to help me" He smirks.

"Anything to lower your self esteem" I mumble. Clearly he heard me cause that smirk did not leave his face.

"That will never happen, Darling" He states.

I roll my eyes and take some of the bags off his arms and bring them into the kitchen.

I turn around and see James lounging on the couch with his feet on the coffee stand.

"Aren't you going to help me?" I ask.

He glances at me, smiling. "I brought them home, you put them away" He tells me.

"Excuse me?" I snap.

"You heard me" He states.

I swear to god, if he was in my reach, I would slap him so hard.

I drop the bags in my hands and they fall on the floor.

He looks at me wide eyed. "No"

I narrow my eyes at him.

"No?" He says calmly.

"You heard me" I say mocking his words. I walk down the hall, down to my room. I slam the door behind me.

"There is no need to overreact" He yells to my room. I want to slap him so hard right now.

-

My eyes snap open. When did I fall asleep?

There is someone banging on my door and I am pretty sure they have a death wish. I get up and swing the door open.

Suddenly I feel an impact on my stomach. There is a liquid seeping into the fabric of my top. I look down and see that it's water and there is plastic from a water balloon lying on the floor.

I want to scream in frustration, but I don't.

I walk out my room, leaving the door open. I walk out into the living room and there sitting is James, trying to keep in his laughter.

If I tried to strangle his right now, would that still be considered assault? Mm...

James looks me up with amusement, "Darling, you are looking a little wet" He smirks.

Don't strangle him, Vena. It'll only make it worse.

I become calm instantly. I fold my hands in front of me. "I have a very simple question for you James" I state, faking a smile.

He winces at my sudden change of emotion. His eyes fill with fear, or maybe that is just another smirk. I just can't tell anymore.

"Okay" He raises an eyebrow. I slowly walk over to the couch.

"I just wanted to know exactly why" I look up at him, changing my facial expression into a furious emotion. "WHY YOU WANTED TO PISS ME OFF MORE THAN YOU ALREADY HAVE" I shout at him.

He leans back I into the back of the couch, not being affected by my outburst.

"Well, Vena, it's very humorous to see you mad" He states smiling. I will slap that smile right off your face.

I roll my eyes at him instead of strangling him, it was probably the more legal way of doing things.

I walk into the kitchen and there are no bags, no groceries lying on the floor.

Smart Boy.

I open the fridge and grab the fruit punch off the top shelf. I pour myself a glass and bring it into the living room. I sit down in the chair across the room from James. He sits there staring at the screen and I don't see him taking his eyes off that screen anytime soon.

I set my glass down on the table beside the chair and walk out the room, going to my room to grab my phone.

I leave my room, shutting the door behind me and go into the living room. James still sits there staring at the TV like his life depends on it.

James stares at me. She must have seen me glaring at him. Whoops.

"What?" He snaps.

I shake my head and turn away, picking up phone. I turn it on and there are six unread messages. I open up my messages and the first one is from Grayson.

Hey Ven. Can I come over? Or is your roommate going to rip off my head?

I laugh out loud and James smirks at me. I roll my eyes at him and then return my eyes down to the screen.

Sure. He wouldn't dare, not after today anyways. I hit send.

I open the next message and it turns out the other 5 messages were from Zeke. Fantastic...

Please Vena.

I'm begging you.

Please

Vena?

Please answer.

Does this dude not give up?

Suddenly I hear a knock at the door. Before I can even get up, James is already there, answering it. I gasp mentally. He opens the door and stares at Grayson.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He snaps. Uh oh.

"I'm here for Vena" He stated, glancing at me.

I get up out of my chair and cross the room to where the two boys stand. "What did I say about you coming here?" James snaps.

I grab the front of James's shirt and pull him down to my height.

I glance at Grayson, "I'm sorry about this, Grayson. I will be right back" I say.

I drag James into the kitchen. I let go of him roughly. "I told you this once, and I'll tell you again. You do not have any right to who comes into this apartment and who doesn't" I point at him.

"I second that. I live here too, Vena" He shouts, "I have as much of a right of who steps foot in this apartment as you do" He adds. I didn't realize that he had gotten so close to me. I take a step away from him.

"I would gladly change that" I say turning out of the room.

Suddenly he grabs ahold of my elbow. "Vena, I think you and I both know that you need me" His face expressionless.

I let out a chuckle, I rip my arm from his grasp. "You are the last thing I need in my life right now" I spit out like venom.

I leave him standing there in my room, I walk into the living room.

Grayson sits on the couch on his phone. "I'm back" I state.

He lifts his head up and smiles at me, stuffing his phone in his pocket. "Good, are you alright?" He asks, standing up.

I nod my head, "Yeah" I say.

The truth was that, I didn't know if I was alright. After what has happened over the last few days, I don't really know the difference between being fine and alright.

-

He stands there with a lighter in his hand, stepping closer to the pile of my dead brother's belongings.

I jolt awake. "Shush, It's alright", someone rubs my back in a friendly sort of way. I look up and see James staring at me with concerned eyes. I look him up and down and I notice that he is in his usual nightwear: Sweatpants. That's it.

I look at him suspiciously, "Why are you in my room at", I look at my phone, "4:00 in the morning?" I ask.

He shrugs, "You were screaming, I came into your room and you were still screaming. I tried to wake you, but you are a deep sleeper. Was it a bad one, Vena?" He asked concerned.

I ought to take advantage of this time because this is the first time I have seen care for someone, other than himself.

"Nah, I was just screaming for fun" I say sarcastically. He shakes his head, chuckling. He stares at me for moments.

"Do you want me to stay with you tonight?" He asks, sitting down on my bed.

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3047 words, Updated on Friday, December 2nd, 2015 at 8:02 PM

Hi guys, I'm sorry I didn't post much this week, but I was very busying obsessing over Viners. It's not ridiculous, stop judging. I love them. So stop. Anyways, this update probably surprised you, I was even surprised my myself for thinking this kind of genius. Hope you liked it. Comment below. I'm doing this little contest thing with my book, so comment if you think I should do it. Okay, bye.

- BWS

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