Chapter 3

I can't sleep looking at myself like that. I'm going to have to turn myself away from both mirrors.
I get up to leave to room and look for Lily.

Three days later, Lily and I are hanging out in the enclosed part of the back porch with cups of tea, just enjoying the evening sunset.

"Wanna go in the hot tub? Dad cleaned it out and finished treating it last night so it should be ready for us to go in now," Lily says to me.

"Uh sure, but I didn't bring a bathing suit," I say.

"I'm sure there's one here from last summer you might've left. Let's go check my room." Lily stands with her mug and goes inside. I follow soon after, placing my empty mug in the kitchen before heading upstairs.

Lily's room is very similar to hers at home and our dorm, very pastel. Her favorites are purple, pink, and orange, so her room wherever she lives is filled with the colors.

Lily opens her dresser drawer and pulls out a dark purple bathing suit. "This is yours, isn't it? My boobs are way too small to fit, so it has to be." she laughs, tossing me the bathing suit. I hold it up and I recognize it as the one Diane bought for me last summer when I ripped my other one on a rock swimming in the lake with Lily. The top had gotten caught when I drove off the dock and I didn't have my shirt on the shore. Lily had a laughing fit at my expense and we had forgotten towels, so we had to walk back to the cabin with me holding my boobs so no one would see anything. It was humiliating but funny at the same time.

I took the bathing suit and stripped to put it on. It still fits nicely. The dark purple looked almost black in certain light, which I thanked Diane for remembering that I wouldn't have felt comfortable in something as bright as her daughter.

Lily changes into a pink bathing suit and she grabs towels. It'll be cold to the short walk to the hot tub so I decide to run into my room quick for a loose sweater. I didn't pack a loose fitting one that would just slip over my head, so I grab one of Kaleb's off the hanger. He's a lot bigger than me, so his sweater hangs down to my mid-thigh.

I run back out to meet Lily. She looks at the sweater I have on and raises her eyebrow.

"What? It'll be cold and all my sweaters are tight fitting." I say.

She rolls her eyes while shaking her head, a smirk playing on her lips, and we head down to the hot tub.

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We sat in the hot tub well into the night. I'm not sure how late it was but I was starting to get tired, so we climb out and head back to the house. I stop in the bathroom before going into the bedroom to strip off the wet bathing suit. I hang it up over the glass shower door and pull the large sweater over me. I finish in the bathroom and go to the bedroom. When I open the door, the smell of Kaleb's cologne somehow got stronger. It's intoxicating. He's insufferable, but damn, the way he smells can bring me to my knees, even if he's not here. I don't bother turning on any lights, I just climb in the bed. I'm still wearing Kaleb's sweater, but I don't care. As soon as my head hits the pillow, I fall asleep.

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The sun shines brightly in the bedroom. Damn, I forgot to close the curtains last night. Ugh, It's too early to be up. I have no idea what time it is, but I know it's early. I huff and turn over to cover my face, eyes still closed. I feel something touch my thigh and move up towards my hips. I must still be dreaming. But I feel it and it moves higher, almost to my waist. I grab it and it's a hand.

"Lily, what are you doing in my bed?" I groan.

"I'm not Lily and this is my bed." a gruff voice says. I shoot up and look at who's in the bed with me.

"Kaleb! What the fuck!" I yell and jump out of the bed.

"I should be saying the same thing to you. You climbed into my bed in the middle of the night, wearing nothing but my sweater. What did you expect?" Kaleb says in a husky morning voice that sends heat to my core unwillingly. Wow, now I'm getting turned on by Kaleb of all people? Great.

"I've been sleeping in this room for 3 nights because you weren't supposed to be here. What the fuck are you doing?" I practically yell at him.

"I decided to come last minute. Didn't expect naked girls to be in my bed when I got here." Kaleb gets up from the bed and looks right at me. Oh my fuck. I haven't seen Kaleb in over 3 years. He's sinfully attractive. He was always tall but he used to be skinny, like a twig. The man that stands before me now is built like a football linebacker. His dark hair is all messed up from sleeping, giving it this 'just had sex' look. He's only wearing a pair of shorts that stop just above his knee, the waistband hanging low on his hips. I swear I can feel drool coming from my mouth when he snaps my attention back to reality.

"Like what you see, Riley?" Kaleb says. The way he says my name sends a shiver down my spine. I feel my nipples harden. I shut my mouth and narrow my eyes at him.

"No. You just look different. Haven't seen you in a few years," I say and turn to open the closet door. I bend down to get some clothes from my suitcase, forgetting that I'm naked under this sweater.

"Hmm, now that's something I haven't seen," I turn to see Kaleb looking down at my ass, biting his bottom lip. I hold my clothes to my chest as I stomp over to him.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not one of your little toys you can fuck around with. I didn't climb in the bed with you. I didn't know you were in the bed last night. No one knew you were coming, so I wasn't expecting you to be there. This will not be happening again." I say angrily to him. Kaleb lifts his hand and grabs ahold of a piece of my hair and playfully tugs at it, his lips turning up into a smirk.

"You look good, Ry," he says to me, using the old nickname he used to call me when we were kids, "last time I saw you, you were tied at the hip with that dipshit football player. He still around?"

I roll my eyes. "Dane? Fuck no. He can take one up the ass for all I care."

"Good. This should be a fun couple weeks."

I scoff at his arrogance. "If you think you are getting any closer to me than what you did in the bed just now, you'd be mistaken." I turn on my heel and open the bedroom door. I look at back at him, He looks so cocky, but his heated gaze sends sparks down to my core. No, I can't do this with him. He's an ass, a fucking playboy. Not happening. I slam the door and turn around and let out an angry huff.

Lily peeks her head out of the bathroom with a toothbrush hanging from her mouth.

"You good?" she asks.

I walk over to the bathroom and close the bathroom door so I can get dressed.

"No I'm not fucking okay. You'll never fucking guess who I just talked to." I say while pulling some tights and socks on.

"Oh my god. Please don't tell me Dane called and you actually answered." Lily stops brushing her teeth and turns to me.

"Fuck no. I meant in person."

"In person? Who the fuck would be in you're room?" Lily asks with a confused look on her face. I look at her with a glare as I pull my shirt down over my head.

Just then there's a knock at the door.

"Lil, hurry up, I gotta piss like a racehorse." Kaleb calls through the door. Lily's eyes go wide. She whips the door open and there he stands.

"Kaleb?! What the hell are you doing here?" Lily asks as she wraps her brother in for a hug.

"Decided to come last minute. I haven't seen you since last Christmas." Kaleb says.

"Where did you sleep last night?" Lily asks.

Kaleb looks up and smirks at me and I feel both hot under his gaze and angry that he has this control over me.