Sleeping With My Stepbrother

Chapter 19: Nineteen

My head was pounding like craaaazy! Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

I slowly opened my eyes, only to find myself tucked under Justin's arm. Presumably butt-naked as well.

I began looking around, and upon realizing that I wasn't in my room, I started recalling the events last

night that led to my current predicament.

"So apparently, Claire and Kenzie wanted to bring their boy toys" Mitch texted me.

We were having dinner, and I was feeling a somewhat deep tension that was looming at the table.

Mom and Dave, was oh-so-ever oblivious to my teen drama apparently, and thank heavens for that.

Mom and Dave kept asking stuff about Justin—his plans for college, how his mom and dad were.

Then there was Luke, who stayed silent as a bee the entire time.

I had no idea if it was just me, but something was definitely up.

To be honest, I think anyone wouldn't miss it. By 'it', I meant the fact that the supposed best friends

weren't acting like the typical best friends you know.

And mind you, these two had known each other forever.

I was at least glad that Mitch texted me. At least I had a minute break away from the tension.

So as soon as dinner ended, I told Justin that I was bringing him to the party. He drove me back home

so I could get ready and promised to pick me up in an hour or so.

"You bringin Justin to your grad part?" Luke asked, leaning on my doorframe, as he watched me do my

makeup.

"Yep" I answered, popping the 'p'. And from his reflection on my mirror, I noticed Luke look down and

purse his lips, as if he was deep in his thoughts

"You ok?" I asked as I turned to face him. That snapped him out of his thoughts and looked at me

"Uhh.. yeah" he answered.

"You sure?" I asked

"Yeah. Just..." Luke said as he began scratching the back of his neck. I stopped doing my makeup so I

could look at him. "It's nothing. Forget it" he said before beginning to leave.

Now, I hated cliffhangers, and I was sensing that this was something way important, so I got up and

walked over to Luke before he could leave my room.

"Tell me" I said as I grabbed his arm

"It's nothing important, Kyls" he said before letting out a smile—a fake one, may I add—then looked

down at his feet

"Dude come on. I don't have all night" I said as I lifted his chin so I was staring into his eyes, and he

was staring into mine as well.

Luke was hesitating and we were dead silent just staring at each other for five seconds, before Luke

hugged me so tight, it overwhelmed me and made my stomach turn.

It took a while for me to register what was happening as well before I managed to hug him back.

"I'm gonna miss you, Kyls" he said before resting his face on the nook of my neck.

And for some weird reason, it was breaking my heart.

I swallowed the lump that was stuck on my throat, and managed to speak.

"Dude come on. We still have at least a month or so before we start leaving" I said, but it didn't make

Luke pull out of the hug. Instead, he hugged me tighter.

"I know. I'll just miss you so much" Luke said once again, before finally pulling out of the hug.

"Anyways, you better get ready. Justin will be here any minute now" he said before flashing me another

fake smile, then hurriedly walked out of my room, leaving me slightly stunned once again.

As soon as I regained composure, I went back to doing my make up, which I only notice now, was one

eye un-lined.

There was that unsettling feeling on my stomach, but I chose to ignore it and continued to get ready.

Not that ignoring the feeling was easy.

By 10pm, I had arrived at Aiden's place with Justin, along with Mitch. Claire and Kenzie were with their

boy toys.

Upon entering, everyone was already half drunk.

People were already making their way upstairs, and some were crowding the house while making out.

The living room as well were filled with drunk graduates grinding their ways to pregnancy.

"I'm gonna go find the host and thank him for this wonderful evening" Mitch said before flashing me a

wink and left.

"So" Justin said before gripping my hand "Do you want drinks?"

"Yes" I answered before pulling Justin to the kitchen.

As soon as we got there, Kenzie and Claire were already there, sitting on the counter top while talking

to Chris and Tyler and some of our classmates.

"Hey guys" I greeted

"Kylie!" Kenzie and Claire screamed before getting off the counter too to hug me. Justin walked over to

Chris and Tyler and gave them manhugs.

We got so deep in our conversation that we lost track of time, until Mitch walked in with Aiden on her

tail.

We all nodded at Aiden and thanked him for the party.

"What better way to celebrate getting out of that hellhole right?" Aiden said, making me realize that

Aiden got suspended twice for weed, and this rich dud was just glad to be out of there.

I looked in between me and my friends and realized that we weren't exactly angels either, but we were

glad that high school ended.

"So" I said, before getting off the counter top and headed to where the alcohol were. I grabbed ten

shotglasses and took a bottle of tequila before pouring the contents on the glasses. "Who wants to get

wasted on this holy night?" I asked, before offering everyone the tequila shots.

"To getting out of that hell hole" Aiden said as he lifted his shot

"To getting out of that hell hole" we all said in unison before downing our shots.

For the next few hours, I had blacked out.

I vaguely remembered dancing like there was no tomorrow, and making out a couple of times with

Justin.

Ok, I wasn't all blacked out the entire night. There were still some moments that I could remember.

By 2am, everyone were already wasted.

Now, I had a good tolerance for alcohol, but right now, I was insanely close to drunk.

"You ok?" Justin asked me as soon as my dancing began to slow down

"Yeah" I answered.

Just then, from the side of my eye, I genuinely thought I saw Luke making out with some girl by the

staircase.

And it made my heart hurt.

It took me a few seconds to realize that my vision was playing with me, and that it wasn't Luke after all,

and relief washed over me.

"I'm gonna get some air" I told Justin

"You want me to come with you?" He asked

"No, it's ok. Stay here" I said before flashing him a smile then headed towards the backyard as fast as I

could.

As soon as I found a spot that was clear of puke, possible stds, and a good distance away from every

drunk people in the backyard with me, I squatted down and had my hands over my face.

I know it wasn't a good idea to lean down as it was going to make me puke in the next few seconds,

but I didn't care.

"Hey. You ok?" Mitch asked as she sat down beside me "I thought you could handle your shots? What

happened to you?"

I took off my hands off my face, and only then did I realize that tears were falling on my face.

"Kyls" Mitch began, as the bitchiness on her face was replaced with worry

"Mitch..." I began to say as the tears continued to fall on my face

And the next words I muttered was what caused me to break down for the rest of the night, and

possibly the reason why I wanted to get wasted in the first place.

"...I'm in love with Luke"