*Myra's POV*
"What the hell is going on!" Blake screamed from the door.
Riken went flying off of the couch.
"Riken are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine!"
"I'll ask again, what the hell is going on?"
"Blake what's going on?" Micha asked as he came running up the stairs.
"That's what I'm trying to find out!"
"Blake, do you know how to f*****g knock?"
"Not when my little sister is shut in a room with an older guy who spent the night!"
"Did you make Riken sleep on the floor?" Drake asked. It sounded like he was relieved when he said it.
"No, Blake screamed and Myra pushed me off of the couch because it took her by surprise."
"You're damn right I'm gonna scream when you two are sleeping draped all over each other!"
"Blake, they're fully clothed." Micha told him. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with cuddling man. Like she said last night, we've done a lot more then cuddle on a first date. Just cut her some slack. She can handle her self."
"Now there's the twin I love!"
"Hey Ri," Drake said as looked down at his phone. "What time did you have to leave for USC?"
"11:30, why?"
"Riken, it's 11:00! You've gotta go pack!"
"s**t, Myra, I've really gotta get going! I have a college tour this weekend and I'm supposed to leave town in a half hour!"
"I'll walk you out!"
We walked downstairs and saw Jordan and Cooper sitting at the island in the kitchen.
"Girls leave?"
"Yes they did. Thanks for scaring them last night!" Blake and Micha said as they and Drake walked past to the kitchen. For some reason they were all in there underwear.
I've gotta say, Drake's body is simply amazing!
I looked at Riken.
"Thank you for the date last night, and letting me in!"
"Thank you for coming and showing me your world!"
"Well, you're welcome!"
"Maybe, we can do it again some time?"
"I'd definitely like that!"
"I'll call you when I get home? And I'll text you while my moms driving?"
"Sounds like a plan."
He leaned down and kissed me. It wasn't a typical kiss. It was a long, dragged out, sweet and simple kiss. It was perfect! Until Micha came walking out of the kitchen.
"Alright that's enough. Goodbye Riken." He said as he pushed him out the front door.
"Bye." Riken said standing on the front porch.
"Bye." I smiled.
"Bye Riken." Micha said again as he slammed the door shut.
"Well, I enjoyed old Micha while it lasted."
"Well, old Micha's twin wasn't kissing a random dude in front of her brothers and their friends."
I looked in the kitchen and all of them were staring at Micha and I.
I walked in to the kitchen and started making pancakes.
*Drake's POV*
Seeing Riken kiss Myra boiled my blood. Cooper could definitely tell because he threw me a bottle of water and told me to relax.
Even after just waking up she was gorgeous. So what on earth could she possibly see in Riken? He's been with quite a few girls, but none of them even came close to looking like Myra. No girl did.
Cooper could apparently tell that I was curious about their date. Because out of no where he looked at Myra while she was making pancakes and asked, "So, how'd the date go?"
"It was actually really great!"
"What'd you guys do?" Blake asked concerned.
"Well, we went to dinner at a really nice french restaurant, then after dinner we went to a park, and he told me why each part of the park played a really important roll in his life. Then we went to the basketball courts and played shoot to dare."
"Wait a second dare? What kind of dares? What do you mean dare? What'd he dare you to do?" Micha asked.
"Relax spazz. It was dares like, do a hand stand on the bench for 30 seconds, and climb half way up this big tree."
"And what'd you dare him to do?" I asked.
"I dared him to let me launch him off the teeter-totters"
"That's it?" Blake asked.
"Uh, yeah." she said kind of nervous.
She was leaving something out.
"Are you sure about that?" Micha asked.
"Yes!" she said back "Now, I'm going to go eat my breakfast in the living room, and call mom!"
"Wait a second My, where's our pancakes?" Micha asked.
"After all of that, you can make your own god damn food!" she yelled as she walked out of the kitchen.
*Myra's P.O.V*
MY; Hey mom.
M; Hi sweetie. We miss you already! How was the date?
MY; Mom, it was amazing. We went to dinner at a fancy French restaurant, then we went to this park and he told me the stories of why each part was important to him. Then we played basketball, and listened to music. Then he asked me on another date!
M; That's amazing honey. Is the date for tonight?
MY; No, it'll probably be next week! Him and his mom are going to USC for the weekend for a college tour!
M; OOO, USC is such a good school. And they have an amazing performing arts program.
MY; Mom, you're worse than Blake and Micha.
M; I just hate to see you throw away something you love because of some boy.
MY; I still play mom. I just like to play in privacy. That's why you guys gave me my own room for it.
M; No, we gave you your own music room because none of it will fit in your bedroom! But, I have to go sweetie. Make sure you feed those boys so they don't burn my house down, I love you,
MY; Love you to ma.
I hung up the phone to hear a voice behind me.
"So," Blake said, "I'm sorry I'm so over protective. I just don't want to see you get hurt again. It's been a year, and we're still trying to put you back together."
"Blake, you told me it was ok to like someone again."
"I know I did. I guess, I just didn't mean this soon." he said as he sat next to me on the couch looking at my pancakes.
"Do you want a bite?" I said putting a piece on my fork and putting it in front of his mouth.
He took a bite. "You know everything Micha and I do is just because we care about you. You're our only sister. We just don't want anything to happen to you."
"He's a great guy Blake. He was a complete gentleman."
"You know his reputation right?"
"I do, he told me. But, that doesn't necessarily mean its true."
"Just be careful twippy. OK?"
"OK."
"Now, I need a favor?"
"I knew there was a catch with the apology."
"We're having a party tonight for Drake's brother, and to make a name for ourselves here."
"Is it bad that I already know where you're going with this?"
"You have the best playlists around. Like, in the U.S around in our opinions." Micha said as he walked in the room.
"Can I have the rest of those." he asked.
I handed them the plate.
"All you have to do is set up the system and put your playlists on shuffle. Maybe take requests. Please?"
"What time is it starting?"
"Thank you so much." Blake said.
"Guys, you can come in. She said she'd do it!" Micha yelled.
Jordan, Cooper, and Drake all came running in the living room and hugged me saying thank you.
It was awkward for the most part. Seeing as they were all in their underwear still.
"Uh, guys. If you're going to hug a girl. You probably shouldn't do it in your underwear in front of her brothers."
They all pulled away and looked down.
"Oh dear god." Cooper said as he ran out of the room.
"Uhm." Drake said looking at me.
"I own what I got, I'm not sorry!" Jordan said flexing in my direction.
"Jordan, I think this is the beginning of a very wonderful friendship!" I said as I walked up the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Micha asked.
"I'm gonna go put my bathing suit and one of your shirts on so I can go swimming." I said walking away as fast as I could because I knew exactly what they were going to say.
*Drake's POV*
"God I f*****g hate that." Blake said. "Her image of herself is completely ruined because of that dumb prick!"
"Uh, Drake?" Micha asked. "You helped her the other night. Do you think that you could maybe - "
"If Blake is ok with it, I can go talk to her again." I said as Cooper stared at me.
"You're the reason she was smiling yesterday morning, aren't you." Blake crossed his arms.
"I promise, all that happened was we talked. I listened to her, she listened to me. We came inside, and she went upstairs." I said.
"Look dude. If you can make her feel better, do it. All the power to you. Get up there."
That's not the response I was expecting at all, but I'll take it.
I walked up the stairs and stood in her doorway as she let her hair flop down over her shoulders that was covered by one of Micha's shirts.
"Hi." I said.
"Oh, hey Drake."
"Can I show you something?"
"Sure."
I walked in to her room and turned her so she was facing her mirror and grabbed the bottom of the baggy t-shirt.
"What are you doing?" She asked in a concerned tone.
"Do you trust me?" I asked.
"I guess so."
"So let me do this, lift up your arms."
I pulled the shirt off her slowly, looked at her in the mirror, smiled, leaned down and whispered in her ear. "You, have absolutely nothing, to be ashamed of."
She turned around and looked at me with a terrified look on her face, then looked down. I lifted her face up lightly by her chin with my fingers so she was looking in my eyes.
"You're beautiful." I said.
*Myra's POV*
"You're beautiful." Drake said to me as he looked in to my eyes.
We just stood there and looked at each other for a while until Cooper interrupted. "Hey Myra, Blake sent me up to get the key so we can get the DJ stuff--- oh, sorry!" then he ran down the stairs as soon as we turned our heads to him.
That's when we both looked down. At some point while we were looking at each other Drakes hands found their way from my shoulder and chin, to my waist, while my hands were setting on my dresser in front of my mirror.
Drake pulled his body away from mine. "Uh. I. Uhm. I should probably go help them come up with a lips, I mean list, of people to invite.." he said as he backed out of my room slowly bumping in to the door frame, then turning and running down the stairs.
What the hell is going on in my life. I went on a date last night, had amazing conversation, kissed an incredible guy. Then I have this weird bond with an attractive guy, who I also have amazing conversation with, who I could really open up to, makes me feel better, and stares in to my eyes that I want to kiss. And they just had to be f*****g brothers!
*Blake's POV*
I have absolutely no clue whats going on with my little sister anymore! She likes this Riken kid or whatever. But, the way her and Drake look at each other makes me wonder if they have something going on as well.
I thought to myself for a minute as we were trying to come up with a list of people to invite.
"Why don't we just make it a private event on f*******: and all add people?" Jordan asked.
"That's actually a really good idea." Cooper said.
That's when we heard a loud stumble coming from the stairs fallowed by Drake walking in to the living room.
"So how'd it go?" Micha asked.
"Yeah Drake, tell us how it went." Cooper said.
Just then Myra came walking through the living room and out the back door. And to our surprise, she was wearing a bikini, without a baggy t-shirt. All of their eyes got wide. Other then Drake's. Drake just looked at the floor as soon as she walked in.
"Apparently. It went pretty well." Jordan said as his eyes followed my sister out the door.
"Uh, Drake, can you come help me get some drinks and snacks while we do this?" I asked him.
"Sure!" He said as he stood up and followed me to the kitchen.
We got to the kitchen and as I got in to the fridge I asked him "Alright man, whats going on with you and my sister?"
He got a worried look on his face. "Nothing. She has a thing for my brother."
"Drake, I know my sister. And your brother, isn't the only one she has a thing for."
He just looked at me for a minute.
"And I've had a ton of friends go after my sister, so I know when one of them likes her."
"I'm sorry man."
"Look dude, you can like my sister all you want. But once she has her mind set on something, it normally doesn't change. But, I'd much rather see you with her then your brother."
"Wait what?" he asked.
"I'm rooting for you. So, I'll tell you what, I'll help you."
We sat and talked about ways he could try to win my sister over and I thought to myself, what the hell is wrong with me setting my sister up with another one of my friends?
*Myra's POV*
An intense party, which involves large amounts of drinking, beer pong, and plenty of skanks to grind on. Always leaving the house a total mess. Also known as, in slang terms, a "Banger".
Which is also what the guys decided to name their f*******: event for the party.
Mitch's welcome back banger, hosted by the Rumford's.
"What exactly are you guys going to do if Mom and Dad find out?" I asked Micha.
"Uh, we're probably going to blame everything on you."
"Awesome, ok! I'm gonna go, Riken is calling me."
I went to the patio and answered the phone.
R; Hey blue eyes.
M; Hi there, hows the trip?
R; We just got here, my mom took Taylor to get something to eat, I'm sitting in the hotel room.
M; Why didn't you go get something with them?
R; Because, I wanted to talk to you. I haven't heard your voice since I left, and texting just isnt the same.
M; Oh Riken Adams, you're so sweet to me.
R; Speaking of sweet, my moms a sweet lady.
M; Oh boy.
R; She wants you to come over for dinner on Wednesday.
M; Riken, I'm not very good with parents.
R; She'll adore you as much as I do.
M; If it means that much to you, I'd love to meet your mom.
R; Awesome! Now, what're you up to tonight.
M; My brothers and Drake are throwing a welcome home party for your brother.
R; Wait, a party? With like, alcohol, and guys?
M; I'm assuming so.
R; Will you promise me something?
M; I can try, why?
R; Promise me you wont drink to much tonight. Especially with guys around. And that if anything happens to you, you'll tell your brothers.
M; Riken whats wrong?
R; Nothing, I just know how the guys at school are, and I really don't want anything to happen to you.
M; I promise you Riken. Plus, I don't drink much anyway.
R; Alright, I have to go, the tours gonna start soon.
M; OK.
R; If I don't get the chance to talk to you again, sweet dreams pretty.
M; You too.
We hung up the phones and I started to get ready for the party.
I decided on a pair of dark denim skinny jeans, a tight black mid drift top, my black combat boots, and I put my hair in a curled pony-tail with some anchor stud earrings.
Then I heard a knock at my door fallowed by "Can I talk to you?
*Drake's POV*
The only thing I could think about today is what happened this morning with Myra.
"Whats on your mind man?" Cooper asked me.
"Dude, you know exactly whats on my mind."
"Why don't you just go talk to her?" Blake asked walking out on to the patio with the rest of us.
"Talk to who?" Micha asked,
"Myra. He has a thing for Myra, and I like him, a lot better then his brother." Blake told his brother.
Micha just stared at me for a minute. "Blake are you sure about this?" He asks?
"Well, answer me this, when was the last time you saw Myra smile before he talked to her?" Blake asked.
"Good point. Just go talk to her."
"Are you guys really pushing me to go talk to your sister, alone, in her room?" I asked.
"Yeah."
"Pretty much"
I just looked at them and shook my head then walked up the stairs. There she was. Ready for the party, and looking absolutely stunning.
"Can I talk to you?" I asked
"Oh hi. Come on in."
*Myra's POV*
"Oh hi. Come on in." I said to Drake as he was standing in the door.
"About this morning, ..."
"Don't worry about it Drake, its forgotten. We just got caught in the moment."
"Yeah. Caught in the moment." he said as he looked at the floor.
"Are you OK?" I asked.
"Yeah. Like you said, forgotten." Then he stomped out of my room.
"Drake." he just continued to stomp down the stairs.
What is going on with all the guys around me?
First Riken makes me promise strange things. Then Drake keeps getting mad for absolutely no reason. And on top of that, my brothers just let a boy come in my room and left us alone!
"Myra you need to come set up, people will be here soon." Micha yelled from the bottom of the stairs.
I got to the bottom of the stairs and everyone just stared at me. Including Riken and Drake's brother Mitchell, who apparently just got there.
"What?" I asked.
"Are you sure that's what you want to wear tonight?" Blake asked.
"Yes, I'm sure." I said as I walked outside
*Drake's POV*
"Well, now I understand why you and Riken want the same girl." Mitch said to me as we were setting up kegs.
"Yeah. But the difference between Riken and I is that he has her, and I don't."
"What I don't understand is why you didn't ask her out right off the bat. The Drake I know would've done that before Riken even got the chance to meet her."
"I don't know Mitch, I guess I just got, nervous."
"You've never gotten nervous with any girl. If I wouldn't have just seen her, I wouldn't have understood if you told me you got nervous."
"What do I do?"
"There's really nothing you can do D. You cant just steal her from Riken, he's your brother."
"Damn my life just sucks!"
Deep down I knew he was right. I cant just steal her from him. But something seemed really weird about the fact that he had up and asked a girl out before knowing her for at least a week. Something was up.
Then I remembered hearing her name on the first day of school at football try outs. Riken and his friends were talking about her. If her already knew her name, why did he ask her for it?
*Myra's POV*
Everyone just stared to arrive for the party when I started the first song. Then Cooper came walking over to me with a drink.
"Thanks for doing this tonight." He said handing it to me.
"Thank you."
We stood there for a minute till he broke the silence between the two of us.
"Look, about this morning." Cooper said looking down.
"I promise it wasn't what it looked like at all."
"Do you have feelings for Drake?" He asked.
"I'm seeing Riken, Cooper."
"That's not what I asked."
"I know its not, but --"
"Do you have feelings for Drake?"
"Yes, now stop yelling at me!"
"Are the ones for Riken stronger?"
I just looked at him for a minute.
"Cooper you cant tell anyone. If my brothers were to find out I had, have my eyes on one of their friends again, they'd completely flip."
"I wont say anything. But, you cant lead Riken on if your feelings for his brother are stronger." he said just before he walked away.
And then Mitchell walked up to me.
"So, you're Myra."
"And you're Mitchell. I've heard a lot about you."
"Mitch, And I've heard a lot about you as well."
"From Riken?"
"From both of them. Now after seeing you I understand why they both like you."
"Wait, what?"
"You didn't hear it from me." he said as he winked and walked away.
What just happened.
How can two boys, who are brothers, like me with in 3 days of meeting me?
The party went on, then 4 hours in, some guy came walking on to the patio handing me my sixth drink of the night.
"I'm Jake."
"I'm Myra, and also I'm not interested."
"I think I could make you interested." He said as he grabbed my hand.
Just then someone came running up on the patio, grabbed him by his shirt, and threw him against the wall.
"She said she wasn't interested, and I'm saying that its time for you to go!"
I thought it was my brother, but then he turned around.
Drake.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"I'm fine."
Just then, both of my brothers and the girl Micha was with last night came over to us.
"What happened?" Blake asked,
"Nothing, I'm fine. Drake helped."
"Of course he did." the girl said.
"Excuse me?" I said as I looked at her. "Is there a problem?"
"Yes, there is a problem b***h. What, one Adams brother isn't enough for you. Or are you trying to compensate for your last boyfriend."
"Micha, you better check your friend before I do." I looked over at him.
"Lacey, come on, that's my sister."
"Isn't she Blake's sister too? Shouldn't he know?"
"Know what?" Blake asked.
"Nothing, she's just drunk. Lacey that's enough." Drake said trying to defend me.
"Oh look here, Drake coming to the rescue. Too bad you weren't there when her ex--"
The next thing I know I'm sitting on top of this girl hitting her, her hitting me back when she had the chance. She had just punched me in the eye when Drake pulled me off and I hear Micha yelling "Myra stop!"
Drake got me off of her and half way in the house when I screamed back, "This is your fault Micha. You brought her here. And you told her things that weren't yours to tell! What the hell is wrong with you!"
"The smart thing to do would be to get her the hell out of here. Now." I heard Blake scream to Micha.
The music stopped and Mitch announced that the party was over.
Drake set me down when Micha came running in to the house "Myra I'm so sorry. This is all my --"
"Yeah Micha, it is your fault. Why would you even tell someone about any of that!"
"I don't know OK! We had started talking about Minnesota and --"
"I honestly don't even care. Just, don't talk to me, don't come near me, and don't ever talk about me with one of your stupid little bimbo's again!"
I ran up the stairs and slammed my door shut.
I got undressed and put on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt then looked in the mirror.
My eye had already started to bruise, but boy I couldn't wait to see how she looks at school on Monday.
I heard a knock at the door "I don't want to talk to you Micha."
"It's Drake."
"Come in."
He walked in the room with an ice pack and bowl of panda paws ice cream.
"You look rough."
"Gee, thanks." I said as he sat on my bed.
"Are you OK?"
"I'm fine. But thank you for all that you did tonight."
"Honestly, I cant wait to see what Blake does when he sees Jake at school on Monday!"
"He's probably so mad at me.."
"Honestly he's more mad at Micha right now than anything."
"Good, he should be!"
"I'm more concerned about you right now though."
"I'm OK, I kind of just don't want to be alone tonight."
He just looked at me for a minute.
"Would you maybe want to watch a movie or two with me? Listen to some music?"
"I think I can do that."
Drake and I made some snacks and watched some movies and talked all night.
The first movie we watched was White house down, then Fury. We had conversations about how extremely in to history and economics we were. We talked about our pasts, and what we expect from the future.
Basically, a conversation anyone would want to have with someone they care about.
Listening to him talk so passionately about his family, and the things he loved made me so happy to have someone who actually wants to talk to me.
The way he looked at me the entire night made my heart flutter.
Then I realized, I had two boys who did those things. And that I had to choose one over the other at some point, and some point soon.
We slowly drifted asleep around 3 o'clock.
When I woke up I had a strong pair of arms wrapped around my waist and my phone ringing.
I had two missed calls from my mom, and someone was currently calling me.
Riken.