He looks at me, then at Mom, then at Dad, and then at me again before he grows redder than a fucking tomato.I cover my face with my hands, unable to believe that this is happening right now. Why? Why? Why? Why did he have to come out at this exact moment? Why?Mom clears her throat. “Kian?”Kian lo
[AVA]I hold back the urge to bury my face in my palms and pray for someone to take me out of there. The tension is thick in the air, and it’s suffocating me.Mom, however, chooses to ignore it and walks towards Brian with a bright smile. “Good morning, Brian. You’re just in time for breakfast.”“Mo
“Yes. She cried for hours.”I roll my eyes. “Mom, please. I don’t think they want to listen to this story.”“I do,” Brian smirks, looking at me with so much amusement in his grey eyes.“Shut up,” I hiss under my breath, trying hard not to blush.He smiles, his dimples popping out, making me want to
[BRIAN]The moment I step out of the apartment, the smile falls from my lips.I try really hard not to look back and turn around to take Ava into my arms, because the urge to do so is so overwhelming. It’s killing me from the inside out, and it’s only because of the guilt I’m feeling that’s preventi
[AVA]“Okay, I know this is probably the last thing you want to hear, but I’m really, really, really sorry,” Sean says, looking miserable and meaning everything that’s coming out of his mouth. I have known him for a while now, and I know the pitiful expression on his face is not made up to make me f
[MAX]“Do you want to hang out later tonight?” Brooke asks as soon as I reach for the elevator.Yup. I know her name now. Not because I asked for it, but because she thought I deserved to know after our one-night stand last week.Well, what a way to start a day!I shake my head. “Sorry, but I have a
I blink again. “Oh, sorry. What can I get you?”She doesn’t smile, doesn’t give an order either. Surprising me yet again, she leans over the counter and whispers as low as possible, “Can you meet me in the back alley in like…five minutes? Please?”I stare at her again. My brain is failing me big tim
[AVA]“I can’t believe you agreed to this.”“Trust me, I can’t believe it either.”I chuckle, not able to help myself. I would have loved to see Brian climbing a mountain, but I can’t, and that makes me sad. But maybe I’ll have better luck next time. I just hope Brian will be as willing to take part
[AVA]“Nope! Still not picking up his phone,” Sean says, shaking his head, trying his damnedest to keep it together.I can’t blame him. If Brian walked out on me this way, I would freak out like hell. Fuck, I don’t even know what I would do. I would probably have a meltdown or something.Perhaps tha
[MAX]I’m ready to take a break and hand over the counter to Patrick when the rainbow girl walks into the café/diner, and the bell chimes over her head.Her eyes find mine in an instant, and I stop whatever I’m doing for reasons I don’t even want to know.“Hey!” She walks over to me, leans on the co
[AVA]“It’s a great idea,” I say to him, finally realizing that it’s never the gift that matters, it’s the intention. And Sean loves Aaron; he only wants the best for him.Sean looks so damn relieved, tears twinkling in his eyes.“Oh, thank God!” He chuckles, nervously running a hand through his dar
I chuckle. “I’d love that, but I’m not sure Aaron would appreciate being put on the spot.”“Don’t worry, I’ll work my magic,” Sean winks and heads toward the kitchen, leaving me alone in the living room.I wander over to the bookcase, running my fingers over the spines of Sean’s collection. He has a
[AVA]“Brian was right, this is a very bad idea,” I mumble to myself as I stand outside the apartment Sean and Aaron share. And yes, let me remind you this is the same apartment where Sean found Aaron furiously making out with his sister.And yes, I should not have thought about that because now the
[AVA]“I’ll miss you,” I say once Brian and I step into the elevator of his penthouse.Kian and Mason are already downstairs, waiting for us. But Brian, being Brian, needed a moment to “make it up” to me for the whole two weeks he would be absent.I’m excited for him. I swear, I am. And yet, when I
[BRIAN]Time for some honesty: I’m terrified of what I’m about to do.Rock/Mountain climbing, I’m not sure if I’m made for such stuff. I mean, sure, I love treks and long walks and boating and camping and driving and all that stuff but climbing a mountain? That sounds a little stretch, even for me.
We pull back and Brian glares at his twin brother, who in turn, winks at us, making sure we know he has only been kidding. “We are heading to the next store. Think you can take your make-out session on the go?”Brian flips him off and Mason laughs, walking away with Kian in tow.Kian looks over his
[AVA]“I can’t believe you agreed to this.”“Trust me, I can’t believe it either.”I chuckle, not able to help myself. I would have loved to see Brian climbing a mountain, but I can’t, and that makes me sad. But maybe I’ll have better luck next time. I just hope Brian will be as willing to take part