Chapter Three

Asher's P.O.V

"I don't know why I have to go to this stupid." I groaned.

"Because it's the first party of your junior year and the first party you've been to in years." She replied.

"Lily, I don't see why I can't just stay home with you." I stated.

"I'm your little sister." She said.

"So?" I asked.

"That's just sad." She walked to my closet and swung open the doors and brought some clothes out. "Try these on with those jeans you have on right now and your timbs." She ordered.

"Wh-" She instantly glared at me, it was more cute than scary, "okay okay, I'll put it on."

The first shirt was a black, button down shirt, I thought I lost this. I wore it with the light blue jeans I had on and the shoes she'd suggested, I walked out.

She had a very shocked expression. "Woah." She walked towards me, "now to add the finishing touches."

"Finishing touches? I thought this was all?" I lamented.

"This won't get you any girls." She sighed as she unbuttoned my shirt to the third button.

"I don't want an-."

"That's what you keep saying." She yelled. "You haven't dated anyone since E-" She gasped. "I'm sorry." she apologized as she tucked in a part of my shirt.

"Don't worry about it besides, I already have someone in mind." Her face lit up as bright as a bulb.

"Really? Who is she? Is she pretty? Did you tell her? Can I meet her?." She attacked me with questions.

"Ah.. Sorry, I'm gonna be late for the party." I laughed.

"Jerk." She yelled as I walked out the door.

I popped my head back in, "Her name's Alex." She smiles as I leave again.

*At the party*

"Yo Asher." Lamar calls out. "Dude, you want a drink?" His breath reeked of booze.

"Yea su-"

"You're on door duty, okay. Stay at the door or at least look at the door." He says. "But if you're with someone, I understand." He winked at me.

Door duty, why would you need door duty when-fucking-everyone is invited to the party. It's not even your party. Even though I thought that, I found myself unconsciously looking at the door every few minutes until she walked in.

Alex's P.O.V

The moment we walked in, Zoe left me to go find Chris and Amanda pulls Cole away from my side. I found myself alone in a place where I know nobody, what kind of friends are they? I stay standing at the door for a while when I felt someone looking at me, I decide to mix in with the people dancing, because of the people around me, I feel like dancing too so I do that for some minutes, I began to feel thirsty, I leave to find the kitchen when someone blocks my path.

"Hey, I've been watching you for a while now and I decide to come over and say, you look real nice." The person says, visibly drunk.

"Thanks but you're in my way." I reply.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" He asks.

"No but like I said, you're in my way." I reply agitated.

"Well, do you want a drink then?" He ignores my obvious discomfort and handing me a drink.

"No, I don't want that." I slapped his hand away making the cup tip over and spill on him.

He looked down at his shirt then at me, he repeated this about 3 times, "I try to be nice and offer you a drink and this is how I get repaid."

"I'm sorry but I didn't ask for a drink and I told you that you were in my way." I say, moving away from him.

"Huh?" He asks.

I saw that he was angry and I tried to defuse the situation as peacefully as possible.

"I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you." I say. I had forgotten the fact that he was drunk.

He moved closer to me, close enough that I felt his breath on my neck. It was not a pleasant feeling. "You better." He whispered.

I felt his lips closing in on my neck and I tried to push him off but all my efforts were in vain, no one was paying, even if they were, they just thought we were making out. Only one person knew what was going on and came to pull him off me. It was Co-

"What's your problem man? Leave me alone." The guy yelled, making me lose my train of thought.

I looked up and I realized that it was Asher not Cole, I scan the room looking for him and there he was, in the corner, making out with Amanda. I felt a pang in my chest, it was a very awful feeling.

"Hey, you good? Asher asks, concerned written all over his face.

"That was none of your business." I replied rather harshly, I knew that but just see Cole sucking face with Amanda while I was in trouble enraged me.

"Look, I know you hate me but at least say thank you." He commented on my rudeness.

"Well I didn't ask you to help me." I reply with the same tone I had before.

"So I should've just let him do whatever he was going to do and leave it to Cole to save you, when he's over there eating someone else's face." He yelled at me, his voice rang in my head, I had never heard someone more clearly than I did right now but this only fueled my anger.

"Jeez, so freaking persistent, stop bothering me. LEAVE ME ALONE." I blurted.

Everyone was looking at us now, it was really embarrassing and much more for him because he was the one being yelled at. Gosh I'm supposed to be apologizing to him, he helped me and I couldn't even thank him.

"I'm so-"

"With pleasure." He says as he walked away.

The staring eyes lessened but Cole had finally noticed me and was walking towards me.

"Hey, what happened." He asked.

I was about to answer when I saw he wasn't wearing his jacket, his hair was ruffled and a lipstick stain on his neck, he didn't care about me, he just came here because he heard the commotion. The pain in my chest came back.

"No.. nothing happened." I pushed past him into the kitchen, grabbed the nearest bottle I could find and went out the back door where I bumped into Asher but he hadn't noticed me yet.

"Asher, did you see her?" He was on the phone and on speaker, who calls someone at a party, with loud music.

"Yeah but..." He smiles. "I messed up."

That's the first time I'd ever seen him show any sort of expression, much less a smile. He looks... handsome. Who is he talking to? She must be really special for him to make that kind of face. 'How lucky' I thought as I took a gulp from the bottle. 'How lucky?'

"Are you gonna keep staring at me?" His expression changed.

Asher's P.O.V

"With pleasure." I replied angrily.

I walked into the kitchen trying to cool my head, I saw the back door and headed for it. It was cool outside, some music seeping through but not so loud, you couldn't hear yourself think.

*ring ring*

My phone vibrated in my back pocket, it was my sister.

"Lily, why aren't you in bed yet?" I yelled.

"I wanted to know how the party was going," She paused. "sooo did you see her?" She asked.

"Yeah but I messed up." I replied.

"Oooh, what did you do?" She asked.

"Go to bed!!" I ordered her and hung up.

Just as I hung up the phone, I heard someone close the door then I felt like someone was staring at me.

"Are you gonna keep staring at me?" Oh it's Alex, why is she holding that bottle.

She walks up to me -more like stumbles- "Cole doesn't care about me." She says and trips.

"Hey, watch where you're going." I caught her. "First, lets take off those shoes." I took them off and carried her, bridal style, back into the party.

"Let me down." She thrashed in my arms.

"Calm down, you're so drunk, you can't even walk." I say to her.

I take her upstairs and find an unoccupied room, I laid her on the bed.

"Alex, give me the bottle." I demanded as I forced the bottle out of her hand, trying hard not to hurt her hand.

"No.. its mide." She slurred.

I finally freed the bottle from her hand, I put the bottle on the night stand.

"Mhm..mm." I heard a sound escape from her mouth.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" I moved my ear close to her mouth so I could hear her.

"I feel sick." She said.

I looked at her, she had an unpleasant look and I knew. She sat up, holding her hand to her mouth and crouched.

"Wait, if you do that now-" She puked on my pants and her dress and fell back asleep.

"Alex, wake up." I yelled but no answer.

I cleaned my pants and her chest and carried her out of the room, the party was as loud as ever but the room was soundproof, I scanned the room from the stairs, making sure I don't bump into any of her friends. I spotted saw Cole coming up the stairs but he was so preoccupied with Amanda that all I needed to do was turn the other way so I wouldn't be seen then, I saw her friend, Chloe, I think in the kitchen, right next to the back door. I tried to blend in with the crowd and sneak out through the door without her noticing. I was so close to the door.

"Where do you think you're going?" I hear her voice.

Damn, how am I gonna get out of this.

"Let me get a drink real quick, okay?" Another voice says, this time being a guy.

I looked bad to see her talking to Chris, this was my chance. I bolted out the door, straight to my car and drove her to my place.

I parked in the driveway and saw the the living room lights on, 'Shit, lily's awake' is what I thought so I walked in first, to check.

"Lily, are you in bed?" I whispered at the doorway and there was no answer.

I went back into the car, carried Alex and brought her in. I walked into my room and layed her on the bed, I took my clothes off and went to take a shower. I came out and she was still sleeping.

"I'm sorry." I whispered.

I turned her to the side and unzipped her dress, I went into the kitchen to fill a bowl with hot water, I came back into the room with the bowl and a towel. I walked over to the bed, dropped the bowl and towel on the night stand and took of her clothes, she wasn't wearing a bra which made this harder.

"Mmm." She moaned at the sudden cold breeze.

I dipped the towel in the bowl and rubbed her gently, her face, her neck, her arms, her legs, her back, they were so fair and beautiful, I trailed my fingers down her back on impulse.

"H~nnng." She let out a voice that made me jump, I didn't know her back was sensitive.

I place her on her back and her nipples perked up, so pink and cute. 'I want to see more' I repeated in my head. I stood up, walked to my closet and brought out one of my hoodies, I helped her put in on and placed the blanket on her then left.

Alex's P.O.V

"Where am I? Whose bed is this? Why does my head hurt? All I remember was outside," I immediately remembered Asher's smiling face, my face was hot.

"Ace, are you up yet?" A little girl stuck her head into the room. "Huh? you're not my brother."

"No I'm not." I said.

"Then are you his girlfriend?" She asked with a goofy grin plastered across her face.

"Uh, I...no, no I'm not." I said and she looked disappointed. "Anyways, lets go find your brother."

I remove the covers to see that I was not in my dress anymore, it was probably his hoodie. I walked out with the little girl leading the way.

The little girl turned around, "Oh, my name's Lily by the way."

"Okay, I'm Alex." I replied and she gasped.

We get down the stairs and are walking through the hallway when she runs ahead to which I assume is the living room.

"Hey Wake up!!" She yelled from the other side. "Your girlfriend's looking for you."

I finally reached they were and I saw Asher lying on the couch, he didn't even move a muscle, after she yelled like that. I took the chance to look around, it didn't seem like their parents were home, they didn't even have pictures. Why?

"Hey, where are your parents?" I asked out of curiosity.

Asher jerks awake the moment I asked my question, like he was already awake to begin with then he glared at me, which made me flinch. I could've guessed why.

"Ace, I thought you were sleeping. Good morning." She says.

"Good morning." He pats her head.

They both look up at me simultaneously, making me feel like the odd one. I needed to say something, anything.

"Why does she call you Ace?" I blurted out.

"It was a nickname that they came up with." He replied almost instantly.

"They?" I pressed on.

"Me and Eva." Lily answered.

Eva? Who's Eva? Another sister? I wanted to ask but the displeased look on Asher's face made me stop in my tracks. We all stayed there in silence.

"Hey, why aren't you wearing any pants?" Lily breaks the silence.

I looked down to see my legs completely exposed, realizing all I was wearing was his hoodie. I immediately grabbed the blanket that he was previously using on the couch and wrapped them around my body, it seems he also just noticed because he was looking away from me, his face was slightly red, was he blushing? Wait, I was wearing a dress and now I'm wearing a-

"Your dress is in the dryer." He said, almost like he read my mind.

"Oh okay, thanks." I said.

He walks past me, down the hallway and up the stairs, Lily kept staring at me.

"So you're Alex." She muttered.

"Huh?" I asked.

"If y-you h-hurt him, I w-won't forgive you so, don't hurt him because I really like you." She stuttered then ran away.

I was all alone now, so I decided to look around. There were no pictures on the walls, tables, nothing.

"Looking for something?" I looked back to see Asher standing in front of the hallway, holding a pair of sweatpants.

I walk over to him and he hands it over to me. I put it on and it was a little too big for me but what was I expecting, that it'd fit me perfectly.

"Where are your parent's?" I asked again.

He flinched at the question, he'd probably prefer that I didn't ask but the lack of pictures is really getting to me.

"You don't have to answer if you don't want to." I quickly say, knowing I'd overstepped.

He walked over to the couch and sits. "My mum died soon after Lily was born and not long after that, Our dad bailed on us. Bastard couldn't even take care of Lily." He slammed his hand on the coffee table which made me jump backed, he noticed this, "I'm sorry."

"No, it's okay, I made you talk about it." I apologized. "Hey Ash-"

"Your brother must be worried, I'll take you home," He handed me his phone that was already open to g****e maps, "put your address in."

I took the phone and immediately went to check the time, it was 10:15am, I did as he said and handed it back to him, then he went into the hallway again but this time, he brought back my dress and shoes, my dress was neatly folded and my shoes looked like they were wiped clean.

"Let's go." He walks over to the door, opened it and waited. "Lily, I'll be back in a minute." He yelled.

I was confused on why he was just standing there and not going outside until I figured out, he was holding the door for me, I immediately went out and he followed after me, doing the same thing with his car while, still holding my things. He came into the car and dropped my things on my lap. We were now on our way.

Cole's P.O.V

*Ring Ring*

"Cole, you're getting a call." She said, "Cole." She yelled.

"What is it Amanda?" I jerked awake.

"You have a call." The phone in her hand stopped ringing. "You had a call."

"Who was it from?" I asked, still confused on what's happening.

"Logan." She replied and tossed my phone to me.

"Why so early in the morning? Whatever I'll call him later." I was about to go back to sleep when my phone started ringing again, I let it ring so I could fall back asleep but it started to get annoying so I picked it up.

"COLE, IS ALEX WITH YOU?!!" He yelled.

"Dude, do you know how early it is right now? Why are you yelling?" I asked, hungover.

"Why am I yelling? Why am I yelling?" He continued yelling. "I'll tell you why I'm yelling. I'm yelling because my little sister didn't come home last night."

Hearing him say that Alex didn't come home cleared my head faster than drinking coffee after a hangover.

"I'm coming over." I said then hung up.

I started picking my clothes one by one, Amanda came out of the bathroom and saw me in a hurry.

"What's got you in a hurry?" She asked.

"Alex didn't get home last night." I replied.

"Oh." She said without a worry.

I don't know why I even told her, she'd be more relieved than bothered.

"Maybe she's with Zoe." She commented.

"That's impossible." I said.

"Why?" She asked, still not worried. It was like she was stalling me.

"Because Zoe's here." I replied while buttoning up my shirt.

"Then she's with a guy. Who cares?" She commented again.

"Why would she be with another guy." I blurted out angrily.

"What do you mean 'another guy'?" She asked concerned.

Realizing what I'd just said, I replied with the only thing I had in mind. "Look I don't have time for this, I need to wake Zoe so we can go to Alex's house."

I walked out of the room, ignoring Amanda, desperately shouting my name. I knocked on Chris's door, under the impression that she's in there.

"Zoe, come out." I yelled but got no response. "Zoe, we gotta go over to Alex's."

The door unlocked, she had a towel on. "Why are you yelling first thing in the morning?" She yawned.

"Alex's didn't go home last night," I replied, "so get ready, we need to go to her place cos Logan's freaking out."

She gasped then rushed into the room to put on her clothes. I took this time to go outside and start the car. Some minutes later, Zoe rushes out the front door and hops in the car.

"Go, go, go." She yelled.

I started the car, we took the chance to look at the roadsides hoping we'd spot her walking home but we didn't. When we finally got to her place, we saw an unfamiliar car in the driveway. Whose is it?