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I stand there for a second, shocked. I can't answer this question because I don't know the right answer.

"I can't answer that" I look down, avoiding his eyes.

He nods, "I understand", he grabs my hand, "I just want you to know that I will be waiting" he smiles.

I smile, "I know James. It's just that, I can't do this-"

"VENA THE PHONE IS FOR YOU" Charley's loud voice yells from the kitchen.

I hop off of James's bed and out into the kitchen. "Who is it" I try to catch my breath from the sudden rush.

He smirks, "Orlando". He passes me the phone and continues making lunch.

I take the phone and open the door to the terrace. I bring the phone up to my ear as I shut the door. It's now or never.

"Hello?" I say. I glance up and see a couple making out against the glass door in the building across from me. That is disgusting, the least the can do is get a curtain.

"Hi, Vena" Orlando says in his usual business voice. Oh great.

"Hi..." I hope he's not trying to make some deal with me because I remember when he did that when we were kids and he cheated me out every single time.

"I called you to apologize for my actions on James. I couldn't hold back my anger when he kissed you like he did" his voice cracks a bit. I am his little sister, I can't blame him.

"What do you mean by 'when he kissed you like he did?" I ask.

I lean on the rail and wait for his response. I didn't know there was a certain way he kissed me.

"The way he kissed you was like he was in love with you and the way he looks at you is the every man looks at a person they are in love with" he chuckles to himself, "I should have known better that he would gain feelings for you".

I don't say anything because there was nothing to say, because everything he said was true except for the 'He's in love with you part' because I knew that James was certainly not in love with me. He just liked me.

"Listen Vena, Kase is calling me so I got to go, but I just wanted you to know this" he says, "Bye" and he hung up just like that.

Kase is his wife. My brother is hopelessly in love with her.

The sound of the door sliding bought me out my thoughts. The smell of James's cologne was absolutely intoxicating. The way the fresh air and him smelt together was fantastic.

I felt as his arms caged me in between the rail and his body. I try to not lean into him, but his body was so close to me that the heat was radiating off him.

He breathed on my side on my neck, "Are you okay?" I breathes.

I shake my head, "No" I whisper.

His hands were inches from mine on the rail. He moves them over and rests them on top of mine. "What's wrong, my darling?" He asks softly.

I look out at the busy streets of New York. It was always this way. Always busy.

"Sweetheart" he whispers in my ear.

I turn around, my hands leaving underneath his. I was inches away from his face.

"No James. This is the problem" I gesture to us.

He gives me a questioning look, "What do you mean?"

"I mean your feelings. You just had to tell me right? Now I am completely confused and there is no way in hell I am going to be able to concentrate in classes until I figure my own" I began, "You just had to tell me" I mutter.

He smiles, "I did. I had to because you don't understand how many times all I wanted to do was touch you, but I couldn't" he confessed.

Not like you didn't anyways. I have no personal bubble when he is around.

There was a sudden loud bang on the glass door, snapping me out of my trance. I snap my head to the door and see Grant making kissy faces.

I break away from James's arms and open the door and face Grant. "It's time for lunch" he smiles brightly.

I roll my eyes and step past him and into the kitchen, leaving the two boys standing there.

I get up on a high bar stool and when I finally get up I notice Charles chuckling at my struggle.

"Shorty" I mumbles. He looks back down at the pot and stirs the substance, probably soup, I presume.

"I think not. I am a tall as" I glance around, "As him" I point to Grant and hop off the stool and stand next to him. Grant stops walking and stops and stays still as I observe our height.

"See" I show them. Grant shakes his head and walks away from me.

"Not true, actually. I am taller than you" Grant argues. I roll my eyes, what an idiot. I am obviously taller. Anyone could see it, except for him of course.

"Sorry Ven, but I think he's right" Charley observed and starts to dish our bowls.

"You know what, fine. I'll let you have it this time, but only because I know you will never hear the words: 'You're right' ever directed at you again" I smirk.

The room filled with James and Charley's laughs. Grant crosses his arms across his chest, "Not nice Vena" he glares at me. He could be so immature sometimes.

I laugh, "I'm no very nice, Grant" I declared. Charley passes me my soup with a spoon.

"Thanks" I mumble. James takes a seat beside me, while Grant sits down next to him.

I was halfway done my lunch when I felt a large hand resting on my knee. I look down and then at James. I to sweep his hand away but he holds on.

I knew everyone's weakness but I knew it was going to draw attention to us.

I rest my hand on his and when he continues eating I pinch his skin hard and twist.

He yelps and pulls his hand away.

"What's wrong?" Charley wondered. Wouldn't you like to know.

James sneaks a glare at me before answering, "I think I was bit by a bug. A very big bug" he sneered.

Charley gives him and I a quizzing look.

"I think I know this bug" he mutters, looking down at his bowl.

I finish my soup and set it in the sink.

I reach into my pocket and grab my phone turning it on. I perch on the edge on the couch cushion.

"Oh Vena!" Charley calls for me. He enters the room this drying towel swung over his shoulder.

I rip my eyes from the screen of my phone and look up at him, "Yeah?" I question.

"You should know that I'm going home tomorrow. Alissa needs me" he smiles at his words.

That's right, Alissa is my brother's wife and they have a child on the way. My brother is 25 and he is already staring a family. I would never do that.

I nod to him, "Alright well if I'm not awake in the morning wake me up because I want to say bye" I smile to him.

He chuckles, "Oh Vena" He mumbles and turns back into the kitchen, washing dishes I'm guessing.

James strides into the living room while swinging his keys around his finger.

I glance up at him and instead of meeting his eyes I meet the reflection of myself in his sunglasses.

"Get up let's go" he urges me and picks up the remote and turns off the TV.

I give him a questioning look, "Go where?" I question.

He shakes his head, "No time for questions" he grabs my hand pulls me off the couch.

"We'll be back in a few hours, Charley" James shouts into the kitchen.

I slide my shoes on and put my phone in my back pocket. He opens the door and pushes me through and shuts it. He grasps onto my hand and jogs down the stairs quickly and out to his car.

I, once he lets go of my hand to, go to the driver's seat I plant my feet on the pavement. He glances back at me and was about to get when he had to take a double take at me.

He groans and strides over to me. "What on earth are you doing" he complained.

I cross my arms, "I am not going anywhere with you until you tell me where we are going" I countered. He stood there you copied my stance by crossing his arms.

"I'll tell as soon as we get going" he tried to convince me.

I shake my head, "No I want to know now" I demand. He groans and in a swift movement he throws me over his shoulder and puts me in the passenger seat, banging my head on the roof on the car in the process.

"Ow!" I shout, holding the side of my head. He sets me down on the seat and looks at the side of my side.

"I'm sorry, Darling. You should have cooperated with me" and with that he slammed my door shut.

He slides into the driver's seat and starts the engine and pulls out of the parking lot.

As we were on our way to our destination he grabs onto my thigh, not too tight though.

What a jerk. My head hurts like a bitch and it's his fault.

"Alright we are going to Grant's house for a bit" he confesses, still keeping his eyes on the road.

I look at him wide eyed, "We're what?!" I shout, startling him a bit.

He steps on the brake, making us come to a halt. I glance back and see the car behind us giving us a certain finger.

He continues driving, taking a deep breath. "Don't scare me like that" he keeps his eyes on the road.

I decide to stay quiet for the rest of the ride just to be on the safe side.

James pulls into a very large driveway, it had a roundabout with a fountain in it. This place was obviously lived in by rich people.

I get out and gaze at the amazing architecture that stands before me. The house was beautiful, but if this was Grant's house, I couldn't imagine what it would look like inside.

James walks up the large set of stairs without me and just walks inside, leaving me outside. I cautiously walk up the stairs and open the door open to see if James was standing there; he was.

"Come on slow poke" he grabs my hand and laces his fingers through mine and we walk up the stairs.

We enter this large room with all of James's friends scattered around. Grant was sprawled out on his bed, making sure that nobody can sit on there with him.

We enter the room and everyone looks up then down. I look down and see that I was still holding on to James's hand.

I pull my hand away from his. He looks at me and I shake my head. I can't do this right now.

James rolls his eyes and walks past me to plop down on Grant's bed. I glance around the room and see that everyone is still staring at me.

"Why don't you take a seat, sweet cheeks" Ryder says smugly.

Ryder's voice brings me out of my thoughts. I decide to take up his offer and sit down between him and Leah.

There was more silence until someone decided to speak up. "Alright this is boring as hell. Let's go do something" Grant hops off his bed.

I raise an eyebrow at him, "And what did you have in mind?" I question him.

He smiles evilly, "I have an idea".

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An idiot. That's what I am. Why on earth would I agree to something like this? Grant is a freaking idiot if he thinks that we're going to get away with this.

"Vena" Grant whisper yells at me, "Do you have the stuff?" he looks behind us.

I roll my eyes and hand him the crow bar. He smiles and grabs it and starts to open the sliding doors open. It took a minute but he got it open. We walk through the now opened sliding doors. There was stands everywhere that could hold every household item that you could think of.

That's right. We're stealing from Walmart. It was absolutely insane, but here I was.

Grant rubs his hands together, "So what do you want?" he glances around.

I shrug, "I honestly just want to get out of here" I tell him.

He runs his hand down his face, "Oh dear lord, Vena. Live a little" he coaxed me.

I roll my eyes and start walking. I'm better off to just find the others and see how their doing without me.

I looked down all the aisles until I found them looking through a bunch of snacks, stacking them in a basket.

James looks up at me, first he has an alarmed expression, but it fades when he realizes it is me.

"How much longer is this going to take?" I whine, "I need to get home before my brother goes to bed" I tell him.

He runs is hand through his short hair and nods, "We'll go as soon as Grant meets up with us, we'll go" I could tell that even the laid back James was stressed like hell.

Then it happened, that stupid idiot did something and I am going to blame every ounce of him.

Alarms were going off, it was loud and Grant is going to die. He rounds the corner with a basket full of contents.

He half smiles and points to the emergency exits. I would slap him, but we were kind of in need to get out of here. I run out the door with the rest of them behind me. I get to James's car and hop into the driver's seat.

Seconds later James's got into the driver's seat and started it and pulled out the parking lot the back way. Once we got back on the road he exhaled in relief.

It was minutes of silence until James did anything besides drive. He gently grabs my hand and brings it up to his lips. They felt warm against my skin. I couldn't help but smile when he made this slight move.

While still holding my hand, he sets our hands down on the counsel. He glances away from the road and at me. He smiles and squeezes my hand.

"You're smiling" he tells me like I didn't already know.

I nod, "If you think it was because of the excitement of possibly getting caught back there, you're wrong" I assure him.

He smiles, "Then that must mean I am making some progress with you" he says keeping his eyes on the road.

Thank god for that.

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He was shivering like he was living in Antarctica. He was still holding onto to me, the cold vibrations were too. Then his teeth started chattering. I'm never going to get to sleep if this continues.

I turn over and shake his bare shoulder. He opens his eyes slowly and looks at me.

"Are you cold?" I ask him.

He hugs the blanket closer to him and nods.

I groan and get up and grab a blanket out of the closet. When I came back he is perched on the edge of the bed, running his hand through his hair.

I set the blanket down on the bed and I sit down beside him. I reach down by my feet and grab his shirt and pass I to him. "You'll be warmer" I tell him.

He smiles and pulls it over his head. He climbs back under the blankets and sits back on his arms. I lay the blankets over the comforter and get under the blankets beside him.

He pulls me close and wraps his arms around my body, making me lay on top of his chest.

He was breathing fine now. No more shivering, no more chattering.

He runs his fingers through my hair. "Thank you" he whispers.

I nod against his now clothed chest. "Your welcome, James".

He runs his hand down my back for a while until it just stopped and that was a sign that he was asleep.

I, too was going to fall asleep, but the door creaked open showing a tall figure in the door frame.

"Vena" the person whispers.

I lift my head up, "Yes?" I press my hand into James chest, holding myself up.

"I just wanted to say bye. I'll be leaving quite early in the morning and I doubt that you will be up" Charley whispers.

"Yeah. You'll still be going to that family thing Mom likes to do, right?" I ask him.

He enters the room quietly, "Yeah I am" he approaches me, "I would hug you but you know" he nods to James.

I chuckle lightly, "That's alright".

He instead leans down and kisses my cheek, "I'll see you soon" he whispers to me and leaves the room and shuts the door quietly.

I could finally get some sleep. I felt James grab my hand and squeeze it. I smiled before my eyelids shut.

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So it's spring break for me. You know what that means...Lots of updates!!

They'll all be the same length as they usually are but if I can, I'll update every day.

Comment what you thought, please. I honestly don't know how I feel about this one. I mean everyone was saying that I need a filler chapter so...

I love the new Wattpad update.

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