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Leah stares at Grayson with amusement.

"I suppose so" she looks over at Ryder whose stifling his laughter.

...Weirdo.

"Yeah if you count sleeping in the same crib" James speaks up.

"James! Why would you say that?! We had him going for awhile" Ryder elbows him in the ribs.

"I thought you were having to much fun with it" he rubs his side.

Grant all of a sudden breaks into laughter. Everybody turns and looks at him like he his on crack.

"What's your problem?" Leah raises an eyebrow.

"It's funny because they didn't know that you guys are twins!" He laughs loudly, almost falling on the floor.

"What is really funny is that he thought that they would sleep together" he holds his hands up making quotations with his fingers.

Whoa whoa whoa. They're twins!?!

"You guys are twins?!" I ask, almost falling out of my chair.

They nod at the same time. Creepy.

Shake that thought out of my head, literally.

Everyone in the room starts to laugh and talk and yell all at once.

"Alright alright!" James says, trying to us all. "Let's get over the fact they are related" he says.

"I little more than related I would think" I mumble.

"Okay Leah its your turn" James gestures to her.

She rubs her hands together and smiles looking around the living room. Her eyes suddenly land on me. Lord help me now.

"Vena. Truth or Dare" she asked.

If I choose Truth then I might reveal something I wasn't planning on.

If I choose Dare then I might have to do something that I wasn't planning on doing.

"Mm. Dare" I rub my hands together, waiting for what was to come next.

Leah looks like a pretty innocent 19 year old. Whats the worst she could do?

"I dare you to kiss Ryder"

I stand corrected.

"Pucker up, Baby doll" Ryder smirks.

"Did it ever occur to you that just maybe I don't want to touch your whore contaminated lips" I raise an eyebrow.

"Ooh feisty. I like it" he flirts.

Gross.

"Then drink" James tells me, passing me the bottle.

I take the bottle and take one swig. I swallow hard as the liquid burns my throat.

I pass the bottle back to James and he chuckles a bit.

Why is he laughing? I did that no problem.

"Your turn Vena" Grant says.

"Grant, Truth or Dare" I turn to him.

"Truth" he states.

Wrong choice buddy.

"What is your biggest, deepest, darkest secret" I ask, smirking wildly.

His eyes widen as he blushes more than 12 year old girl during health class.

"Uh" he pauses and looks around. In one swift movement, he takes the bottle from James hand and takes a big gulp.

"James, Truth or Dare?" he asks, his cheeks still quite red.

"Dare, duh" he answer right away.

"You are going to regret that" Grant mumbles.

"Kiss Vena, on the lips" Grant says louder.

I feel as my eyes widen.

Grant, you disgust me. Although I have to admire his choice in revenge.

All of a sudden, James turns and looks at me, his face dangerously close mine.

Don't you dare do it, boy. I will break you.

He reaches out to my face and touches my cheek. I jerk my head back away from him and the room irrupts with laughter.

"Denied!" Grant yells, hitting the back of James head.

Suddenly James leans in close, his lips millimetres from mine.

I try to move away from him but he holds me in place so I can move.

"Don't panic. I would never kiss you" he whispers.

I furrow my eyebrows and then he quickly moves away from me and grabs the bottle from his feet and takes a big drink out of it.

I let out a breath of relief. I didn't know whether or not to take his words as insult or a complement. I promise myself I would think about it to much.

Everybody turns and laughs at me.

"You get a little terrified there, V" Grant smirks.

I roll my eyes and slouch in my seat.

"I'm gonna take that as a yes" Ryder assumes, "Good job, Man. You scared the ever living shit out of her" Ryder high fives James.

So these boys have a death wish, do they?

James eyes move around the group of people and don't land on me, but my best friend instead.

"Grayson, Truth or Dare?" he asks, smiling evilly.

"Dare" he answers confidently.

"I dare you to walk down the hall to the neighbours and when they open the doors drop your pants on the floor and then run" James says.

Grayson stands up and undoes his belt and tosses it at James.

He leaves the apartment and shuts the door behind him.

We all stumble to our feet and rush out the door to see Grayson just knocking.

The door opens and Grayson's pants are already on the floor.

I hear a female scream and he bolts towards up.

He trips on his pants and falls on his face. He quickly gets to his feet and pulls his pants up and gets in the apartment and slams the door.

"That was hilarious" Leah laughs.

Grayson fakes laughs, "Yeah hilarious"

"Grant Truth or Dare" Grayson asks still leaning against the door, catching his breath.

"Dare"

"Kiss Vena" Grayson looks at me.

Why why why are they doing this. Why me? I did nothing to them.

Grant smiles ear to ear and walks over to me.

I try to back away but my back hits the wall.

He leans in and hardly pecks my lips and pulls away. They were smooth against my own. That was the worst moment in my entire life.

The whole room is silent as he sits back in his seat.

I sit back down in my seat and exhale roughly.

It wasn't as disgusting as I thought it would be, but it still was.

"Oh my god Ryder. Did you drink the whole bottle?!" Leah asks, bewildered.

He smiles widely and nods up and down.

"I think it's time for bed" James says, "You guys can crash here if you like" he says.

"But the kitty needs saving and I am a cat saver" Ryder pipes up.

"No. It is definitely time for bed. You going to have one hell of a hangover in the morning" James says, helping him lie down on the couch.

"Fine but in the morning then because that cat will die if I don't help it" he whines.

I toss a blanket to James and he gently lies it over top of him.

"Goodnight guys, sleep wherever I don't care" I rub my eyes.

I turn off the lights and just before I enter my room I feel someone pull on my arm.

"So where we sleeping?" James whispers.

I roll my eyes and enter my room.

He follows me and quietly shuts the door.

"Just let me get changed and then we'll go to your room" I say.

"Alright" he says, flopping down on my bed.

"I'm going to get changed" I say.

He nods and smirks, "Go right ahead".

"Get out perv" I say.

He chuckles quietly and gets up and leaves.

I quickly get changed into my sleepwear and grab my phone and quietly leave my room.

I glance into the living room and see all of them sleeping in the living. Some sprawled out on the couch, floor and my chair.

You better not drool on the chair, Grant. I will break you.

I knock on James's door and he quietly opens it and pulls me in by my forearm.

"OW!" I whisper-yell.

He puts his finger to his lips to shushes me.

"WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM" I whisper-yell.

"Sorry. I just don't want to get caught" he walks over to his bed. "Can you get the lights?" He crawls into bed.

I shut off the lights and get under his covers, "This was your idea to begin with, so if we get caught I am blaming you and taking your wallet" I smile.

He lies down and chuckles, "There is a reason why I am trying so damn hard to keep you quiet" he says.

"Whatever" I mumble rolling my eyes even though he can't see.

I lie down on my side away from James and close my eyes. I feel as James moves up against me and wraps his arm tightly around my stomach. A little too tightly if you ask me.

"Why are you holding on so tight?" I ask.

He nuzzles his face into the back of my neck, "Because I need to" he whispers.

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"WHAT THE FUCK?!" I hear someone yell.

I sit up right away and look at the man standing in the doorway.

"Oh my god Charley, be quiet" James groans, his arm still holding on the me.

I hit is arm and he sits up, "What the hell is your-" he looks up and sees my brother standing in the doorway.

"Please just come in" I groan, "and shut the door. Nobody can hear this"

He glares at James and shuts the door.

"Listen this is going to sound-" I start.

"No you listen. Why the hell are you sleeping with my sister?!" He yells.

I put my finger to my lips and shush him, "Please quiet. I can't let anyone know about this" I plead.

"What is this anyways?" He asks, clearly still pissed off.

"Alright I will tell, but no interrupting and no yelling. Most of them out there have an hang over, but some don't so be quiet" I shoot daggers at him.

"Fine. Start talking" he snaps.

"Alright alright" James says, sitting up. "I'll tell him. This is an agreement. When I first moved in I couldn't sleep for the life of me. I just had problems sleeping alone after I moved out of that house. I just couldn't do it. It was the close before classes started and I knew that I needed to get some sleep" he says.

"I know this all sounds ridiculous, but when I moved in with Vena I thought it would be easier to sleep. It wasn't. So being the person I am, I asked her to stay with me that night and she did after I begged her" he takes a breath.

I look at him, confused. What had been going on at home. I saw is Mom, she was absolutely wonderful.

"I needed someone to just be there when I needed them and Vena was that person" he stops talking.

Charley bites the inside of his mouth for a moment. He did that when he was thinking hard.

"So let me get this straight. You guys sleep together to help each other fall asleep?" He asks.

James and I look at each other and shrug, "Well yes" I answer.

"So there is absolutely nothing between you two?" He asks.

"Yeah, there is nothing and I assure you there never will" James says.

"Good. Now that I know nothing is going on and you guys are just two friends sleeping in the same bed" he says exhaling roughly.

"You can correct" James says.

"Alright. I'm good now. Sorry for barging in" he apologizes.

He starts for the door, "I got to go get ready for work" Charley says with absolutely no enthusiasm what's so ever.

"Wait" I say.

He stops dead in his tracks and turns around, "Yes Ven?" He asks sweetly.

"You can't tell anyone about this" I plead.

"I would never" he smiles and leaves.

"Mm. No. I'm so tired" James moans, lying his head down on the pillow and cuddling into my side.

"Well, Charley knows." I simply say.

He shoots up, "Wait what?!" James's voice gets louder. Did he really not remember two seconds ago?

"He just saw us. What the hell is wrong with you?" My eyes narrowed. He was such an idiot.

"He did?! What are we going to do? He can't tell anyone. If he does, we will be disowned. Disowned I tell you! DISOWNED!" James starts telling frantically.

"James!" I whisper yell, "it's okay! He's not going to tell anyone!"

"Really?" He stares at me in disbelief.

"Really." I assure him.

"Whew. I thought everyone was going to find out. Thank God." He exhales and lays back down.

"Yeah. If it was Orlando who found out, well..." I look over at him and then back at the ceiling, "you would be dead."

"How many brothers do you even have?" He asks, scratching his head.

"Five. And guess what the best part is?" I give him a devilish smile and get up.

"What?" His face looks a bit scared.

"If any guy were to do anything to me, they'd all kick his ass." I walk out of the room dramatically, careful not to be seen. Everyone else is still passed out on the floor.

I get changed and make coffee for everyone when they wake up.

"Ooh I smell coffee!" Grant beams from the living room.

"Shh. Grant. People are still sleeping" I scold him.

He runs in and almost trips but manages to get to me. "So, how about that coffee" he smirks, trying to be charming.

Please, nobody can charm me.

I fill a cup and pass it to him and yawn.

He sits down at the island and takes a sip of his coffee, "You look tired" he observes.

I roll my eyes, "That I am" I reply.

He chuckles, "Just wait until Ryder wakes up. He's going to have a killer hangover. You know with the whole bottle of whiskey he practically drank himself" Grant chuckles.

"I'm surprised he didn't throw up last night" I say.

"He did throw up" he Grant brings the coffee cup up to his lips.

Of course he did. Ryder's a lightweight.

"I'll be right back" Grant says and jogs away from me.

I start to make the batter up for pancakes when I see two arms closing me in between the counter and them.

I pretend that I don't notice and continue what I am doing.

"What you doing?" James whispers huskily in my ear, sending shivers down my back.

I ignore him and continue making breakfast.

I feel as he breaths on the side of my neck, his lips dangerously close to my neck. He slowly moves up to my ear, making me take an shark intake.

He chuckles, "Gotcha".

"You asshole." I hiss at him.

"Why thank you. These pet names have grown on me." He smirks.

"Pet names?" I ask, clearly not knowing what the hell he's talking about.

"Oh you know, asshole, idiot." He chuckles and then goes to the fridge.

"You are such an ass." I groan.

"Oh right! That's another one! Thanks for reminding me, Ven. You've always got my back." He winks and then adds in a hushed tone so that only I can hear, "Wait a minute. I'm always the one that has yours."

"You disgust me." I glare at him.

"I know." He laughs and goes to see Grant, who I think is trying not to have a cardiac arrest by the looks of it. I should have known better not to give him coffee.

"Mm. Good morning" Grayson stretches his arms up.

"No. not good morning. Bad morning" Ryder groans, hobbling into the kitchen.

I get a cup of coffee for Ryder and hand it him, getting a mumbled 'thanks' in return.

Grant and James can into the room laughing there heads off.

"What is so funny?", I flip to pancakes.

"Well Charley just left for work and when he was just about to leave he mentioned that you are quite the charmer" James chuckles.

"Excuse me?" I raise an eyebrow.

"HE SAID-"

"Dude, Grant no she heard me she just doesn't know what we're talking about" James tells Grant.

"Ohh" Grant smiles.

"What are you talking about?" I set down the spatula.

"Okay so Charley told us how you lead guys on and then you just forgot about them and then moved on" James explains.

That little liar.

"Charley is a liar. I was with Zeke for most of my high school years" I say with anger.

"Doesn't mean you can't-" Ryder starts.

"I swear to god if you call me a cheater I will make so much noise that you will hate me forever. Just ask James" I threaten.

"Darling, I don't hate you. I hate him" he nods in Grayson's direction.

Grayson glares at him. I meet eyes with him and I shake my head. I don't understand why he couldn't just tell me what had happened between them.

I notice Grant pull a phone away from his ear and smiles at us eagerly.

"Guess what guys?" He asks.

Not in the mood for guessing games, Grant.

"My brothers are having a part tonight!" He beams.

This is not how I want to spend my Saturday.

James leans into my ear and whispers, "Can I talk to you about the whole Charley finding out thing?" He asks.

I nod and turn off the stove. "Help yourself and make sure to save some for Leah" I say.

I go into James's room, him following. He shuts the door and looks at me.

"So what's up?" I cross my arms over chest.

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